Los Veteranos

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共18首歌曲

艺人: SFDK
语种: 英语
厂牌: SFDK
发行时间: 2007年01月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

专辑介绍

by Alfonso Goiriz

The fact that Los Veteranos (The Veterans) is a difficult album and that it has generated numerous opinions (in favor and against), only confirm that SFDK is one of the main references within Spanish rap. The purists accused them of selling out, of changing their style, of not being real rappers: the never-ending, inevitable and nonsense conflict between the music and the masses. In any case, with this fifth studio album, the duo from Sevilla (Southern Spain) shows themselves as a mature group not afraid of experimenting, although not reaching the level of 2001 Odisea en el Lodo, their masterwork. But the masterworks are not very common, that's why they are catalogued as extraordinary works. Nevertheless, the truth is some extra listens are needed to master this album and let you soak in the instrumentals of Acción Sánchez (the half of SFDK). Why more listens than usual? Because the album's weight partly veers from the rhymes to the production (entirely in charge of Acción Sánchez) so it is more complicated to appreciate the already here more sparse, well-built phrases of Mc Zatu. This sudden responsibility of the sound man is clear throughout the album, which is full of crazy scratching and broken beats that, in many cases, steal relevance from the rhymes and, moreover, tend to reduce their clarity. "Phanton" stands out because of its double tempo, but it gives the impression that the flow is dragged by the fast base. Something similar occurs in the songs "Intermedio" and "El Umbral", where the original bases seem to swallow the words. Nonetheless, after a hard brickwork piercing the wall of quality samples and itchy scratches, you can bump into some golden words like "Yo soy Güey, famoso constructor de barcos / me gritaron en el norte / Zatu vuelve al hardcore" from the song "La Exaltación del Yo", or the whole cut "Hablando de Nada" (Talking About Nothing) which proves that a message is not a sine qua non condition to make good rap (although, in many cases, it helps to enhance its beauty). A separate remark must be done for "Esclavos", which embraces the album's best features from both SFDK members (rhymes and instrumentals) and what they know about what the fans desire - according to a conversation extracted from "Intermedio": "frases cortas / tempo / pausa" (short phrases / tempo / pause). It is not an album to begin with the rap; it requires patience, a good pair of headphones and to forget 2001 Odisea en el Lodo. Once achieved these requisites, you can enjoy a good album.