La Guardia in Colombia: Days 2 - 3 1/2
Miami hip-hop artist La Guardia will be keeping a travel diary of his trip Colombia from May 9 - May 25, as part of La Lengua A De Mi Barrio, a hip-hop exchange program. For more information on La Guardia visit his website, www.laguardiahiphop.com.
May 11, 2009
Aight, it’s now day 3 of my journey.
I’ve gotten the chance to see/stay in the non-tourist side of Colombia. The down to earth, jump on the bus quick or get left, chilling on the porch with your shirt off, hustling on the corner (food/clothing/music…etc) part of Colombia.
The vibe is a blend of Miami and the Caribbean…getting a chance to travel to Jamaica and Trinidad a few years ago creates somewhat of a familiarity in the atmosphere.
As soon as I finish this blog I’ll be writing a verse for a collab with a local emcee to record this afternoon…he’s one of the illest I’ve heard so far. The femcee movement is pretty strong over here too (I’ll have some video clips of that for you soon as well).
I’ve got a chance to get some background knowledge of free trade and it’s relation to Colombia from the Organizer of the hip hop exchange program, who’s also a femcee “Ruth Henry”. I’ll record a brief interview with her and post it up so you can get what I mean first hand.
To summerize –
May 9, 2009 – a very chill day, home cooked meals, political convo/history of Colombia
May 10, 2009 – went to see part of a local hip hop group (16 deep/made up of 7-8 sub groups) practice. We freestyled together, exchanged albums/eps, talked about why we do what we do…and basically I got a chance to see unbridled raw passion from a group of emcees/femcees dedicated to hip hop for the love.
May 11, 2009 – recording a collab with a local emcee.
Something interested that I’ve learned about the local hip hop scene is that no one has been able to make a living off of their craft. Though Colombia has a underground hip hop festival every year that brings out over 100,000 people, the financial support for the local hip hop scene is week. I look forward to speaking to more artist first hand about this and filling ya’ll in.
Give me some feedback and ask any questions you’d like…maybe I can pass on some questions that you have about Colombia, it’s hip hop scene, and even some stereotypes.
Blessings.
P.S. PICTURES ARE COMING I PROMISE!!! My first show is Friday night by the way, can any of ya'll make it?
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So what Colombian dishes did you have so far?
It's nice to know that female emcees are reppin' hip hop in Colombia well.
I would like to hear some of your collab tracks, when are you going to have those up?
Verse,
I'll have to post up a list of the names for all the foods I've tried so far. Just to give you an idea - eggs, fried potatoes, rice, beans, plantains, veggies, breads, tuna, mangos...etc. I'll definitely see if I can get a copy of what I've recorded so far to post a link to soon. One track is going on the album of the emcee named "Julo" to be released May 23rd.
Bless