History of Rap in Brasilia, over the last (erm?) 50 years.

So far seems to start with 80s b-boys, more or less like everywhere else. Nevrtheless, if you want to catch some obscure, old-skool Brasilian hiphop, listen to this documentary.

Drankenstein is pretty nice. Fresh sounding. I like the combination of arpeggios with the half-speed beats; though the crunky raps are a bit wearing over the long-haul.

Keynes vs. Hayek

Heh heh ... trying to download some more bassline house / niche I'm coming across some recent happy-hardcore with "northern" garagey style rapping on it. And some interesting sounds that I'd normally associate with grime. Is it possible that up in Lancashire somewhere the whole thing is going to mutate into some kind of happy bassline-core hard-niche sound full of frenetic beats, luscious melodies and shouty speeded up voices? :-)

Roll on, I say. Distinctly reminiscent of The Prodigy when they were still good (ie. before the second album.)