From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop
Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop
Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop is a hip hop group Argentine hip-hop scene, being active since the mid 80’s.
formed in Argentina. They currently consist of three For a while, at the end of 2002, they lived in Miami, Flori-
members: Smoler, DJ Fabry and Huexo [1], and two pro- da where they met their new manager who would lat-
ducers, but they have had different numbers of members er take them to Puerto Rico, where they became more
over time [2]. Their style mainly consists of hip hop and successful than in their homeland. In the meantime they
funk. The group received a Latin Grammy award in 2001 recorded a song called "Piénsalo" (Spanish for "Think
for best hip hop/rap album. about it") for a compilation published in Chile and Spain
and in that song they insulted Argentine music journalist
History and former friend of the band Juan Data.
Through all this years, el Sindicato were victims of a
Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop, which stands for Argen- long list of beefs, the most known with rivals Koxmoz,
tine Hip Hop Syndicate, started as a group of old-school but they never gave this beefs too much importance.
hip-hop culture fans in the early nineties in Morón, a Their second album, Sangre Sudor & Furia was re-
city in the western outskirts of Buenos Aires. In 1996 leased first in Puerto Rico and they never officially
when Buenos Aires underground hip-hop scene emerged played it in Argentina. A little after the album came out,
with the first CD compilation of local artists, Sindicato Frost announced that he was starting his solo career and
was heading the scene. Back then it was a full live band leaving Sindicato. Many thought that was the end of the
with up to 10 musicians and two MC’s: Smoler (back then group but in 2007 they announced a come-back with the
spelled Smaller) and Derek. They recorded two songs for last three remaining members: Smoler, Huexo and Fabri.
that CD compilation called Nación Hip Hop, produced In 2009 Frost will release his debut solo album "En Es-
by Zeta Bosio of Soda Stereo. One of them, "Del Barrio" tado Libre" (In Free State, referring to his freedom from
(Spanish for "from the hood") became the only single out Sindicato) through independent international label
of that album and had a video on Latin MTV during 1997. PHHAT, with production from 23-year-old MC Say.
In 1998 the band added to new MC’s: Huexo (Smoler’s
brother) and Frost (who used to go by D-Frost and before
that MC Villa). Later on they got rid of the live instru-
Trivia
mentation and Fabri, who used to be the drummer be- • Smoler’s original rappers name was Smaller.
came the DJ. During 1999 they disappeared from the local • Frost, formerly known as MC Villa, was one of the
scene, focusing on recording and developing their pro- first three MC’s to start rhyming in Spanish in
duction skills. They came out with an underground cas- Argentina along Mike Dee and Jazzy Mel.
sette release distributed locally only in small quantities. • Critics pointed out that Sindicato claims to be
It was during this time that they were featured in the hip- Argentine in their name but on their lyrics they use
hop documentary El Juego (by Juan Data and Ariel Wino- "tú" instead of "vos" which would be the proper
grad). colloquial way of speaking in Argentina. It’s
After being spotted in that documentary by a record discussed if that is a conscious strategy to appeal to
producer, they signed a contract with Universal Records, an international audience more than the local one.
becoming the first Argentine rap group ever to get signed • In 1998 Sindicato Argentino Del Hip Hop was the first
to a major label. However a lot of people in the local rap artists in their country to make a song over a
scene saw it as a betrayal to their underground roots, tango sample, the unreleased "Tiempo Perdido".
since they had to change their sound and made it more After 2000 many hip-hop artists started sampling
radio-friendly to be able to sign that contract. tango (the local equivalent to American jazz).
Un Paso A La Eternidad was their first official album
and didn’t make too much noise in Argentina until the
album was awarded a Latin Grammy for the best rap in
Discography
Spanish album of the year. That lead them to tour Latin • Nación Hip Hop -compilation- (BMG, 1997)
America and the United States, where their album was • Un Paso a la Eternidad (Universal Records, 2001)
released by Universal Latino in 2002. • Sangre, Sudor y Furia (Universal Records, 2005)
Little after the first album came out, Derek left the
group, leaving only three MC’s: brothers Smoler and
Huexo and Frost who was one of the original pioneers of
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop
External links SAHH’s
• / Official SAHH’ web site
Frost’s
• / Official Frost’ Myspace
Sindicato’s
• / Official Sindicato’ Myspace
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Categories:
• Hip hop groups
• Latin Grammy Award winners
• Argentine musical groups
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