[upcoming bands] Halloween

Halloween is one of the best portuguese hip hop acts. I don't know since when he's been rapping about portuguese criminal reality, street life, ghettos, street violence, drug addiction, prostitution, etc.
Check out these songs (click the one you want to hear, it'll direct you to youtube):
-No Love;
-Procriar;
-O meu Par;
-Dia de um dread de 16 anos;
-Bang bang;

Sugestion: Use a free translator to understand some of this music, if you don't speak portuguese.

Next, I'll put here a video of Halloween:

Clouddead "Clouddead"

One of theirs songs was selected for this blog's playlist- in fact, it's the first one playing right now. This compilation, released in 2001, is really catchy (at least to my ears). Pitchfork gave it an 8.0 out of 10.0. All Music gave it 4 stars, out of 5 stars. It has around 71 minutes and 30 seconds, I think. It compiles the six 10″ singles that the group had previously released, over a period of two years, on Mush. Each track on the CD corresponds to one side of a single.
Extract from wiki: "Clouddead (styled as cLOUDDEAD) was a musical group consisting of the experimental hip hop musicians Doseone (Adam Drucker), Why? (Yoni Wolf), and Odd Nosdam (David Madson).[5] Generally Drucker and Wolf provide the group's vocals while Madson produces the music.[2] Occasionally Madson's vocals can be heard, while Drucker and Wolf provide music, especially for the group's only album.". To me, they're so original, they mix so many instruments into their songs, trully expanding hip-hop into a new world. They have cheesy synths, classy beats, superb flow, everything and above all, it all goes smooth together. Yeah, they're cLOUDDEAD. Their compilation can be yours by clicking here - but please buy their compilation by clicking this shortcut to eBay.


The first part of the first single can be heard right below: