Calle 13 talks about beginnings, new growth

         Calle 13 talks about Beginnings, new growth

All big ideas start small, and Calle 13 - the wildly popular urban alternative band from Puerto Rico - is no exception. Its members, Rene Perez, who goes by "Resident," and Eduardo Cabra, "Visitor," has stepbrothers. When Their Parents divorced, Cabra Would visit Perez at HIS father's house on 13th Street, or Calle 13. He WAS required to identify himself to enter, either as a resident, "resident" or visitor, "Visit," in Spanish. The names stuck. "Later, it took on Another Meaning, with the question of Whether immigrants has Residents or visitors," said Perez, who Along with Cabra, recently sat down to talk with CNN en Español's Claudia Palacios. "But That WAS how it started." Neither brother Could have Imagined Calle 13 THEN what Would become - one of the most highly praised and Talked-about groups to come out of Latin America in years. It has won 20 Grammys and More Than Moved beyond ITS reggaeton roots to include instruments and sounds from all over the region, winning critical and popular praise in the process.

Though Raunchy, the group's hard-hitting lyrics is Often on social issues, and Perez is particularly well-known for Being outspoken about poverty, education and Puerto Rican Independence. Asked how he now views HIS career, Perez said he's matured and made ​​adjustments so That Some People Can Hear better and understand HIS message. "I liked to use bad words," said Perez, who writes the group's Raps and lyrics. "Because it seemed to me Gave it a reality that's missing in music." "There has bad words in Novels, in theater, in documentaries, at the movies. Why Can not they exist in music?" "The problem," he Continued, "That WAS Were people concentrating on the bad words and losing the message." Though he'll still swear on records if the song calls for it, Perez says he uses expletives less now in the hope That HIS music will be Able to reach the Wider audience. To That end, Perez, who Went to school at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, said he complained to start writing lyrics in English and thinks he Might one day live in New York. His music and words is paired with beats created by Cabra. Their Younger sister, Ileana Cabra, known as "PG-13," Sometimes Also performs with Calle 13.

Cabra describes the group's sound as a mix of Many influences. Eclectic is a good word for it. In spite of the Variety that's out there, though, Cabra CNNE Told That's Palacios he thinks "we're going through a bad time, the worst time in music." "Everything sounds the Same on the radio, different Producers Doing The Same work," he said. "Look - we're making the best music note in the world. But what we have is making sincere, and I think that's worth Something."Anulaţi modificările