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Chaparra Visits the Republic
Records Single with Hip Hop Band B-Boy Three
Sulari, Suldanor
January 4895


Chapara Joins up with Kalistani Hip Hop group B-Boy Three to record New KME album for LTD

Returning once more to the Republic, Gaduri legend Chaparra has teamed up with the Sulari Hip Hop trio B-Boy Three to record a new Album for LTD Records called "Mujer Como Yo." The Record, which is due out in February contains a multi-lingual melange of Gaduri inspired beats and rhythms, and both Egelian and Vrassan language songs.

"This was really my first time recording in Luthori," said Chaparra. "I speak the language well, but I think it is a new challenge for me to sing it, given my long career in Egelian, and I am pretty happy that Luke and the others of the B-Boys gave Egelian a chance too." Rapping in Egelian was more of a challenge for the members of the B-Boy Three. "The way our rhyme schemes go normally, sort of lends itself more to the Vrassan," said Luke Terrance, who is the group's leader. "I gotta give a lot of props to Chaparra, of course, she's such a professional and she was very patient with us as we had to do a bunch of takes between our verses, while she just banged her's out like it wasn't even a challenge."

The album mixes hip hop and rap with a more Gaduri sound that almost moves it out of the KME subgenre. "Luckily, we brought in a lot of featured artists like La Mas Mala, who was totally down to do work with Chaparra, and we had this band as a backup group called Los Banditos, who played on a lot of our tracks," said Terrance. "I think in general, its a nice little mingling of music, which is a lot of fun, and even then, its somewhat different from what we normally do. I don't think too many people will be in the club poppin and lockin to this music, but on the other hand, it might introduce us to a whole new crowd too, who like the KME and loves to dance."

The album's lead single, "Mujer Como Yo", is a RF track, which the B-Boy Three rap in both Vrassan and Egelian, and which Chaparra composed while also singing in both languages. "It's about... well, its about these guys who just are... well... really into Gaduri Women," said Chaparra. "It was kind of a joke, and it turns out that Apple (Edwards, of the B-Boy Three) is totally into Gaduri women, so it was kind of making fun of him a little bit. At the outset, it seems to be a sexy song, but really its all solos chistes sobre El Manzanito." Chaparra also directed the video for the lead single. "They gave me kind of a freedom with video directing up here in Kalistan," she said. "There's a way we do things in Gaduridos, but they do things a bit more freely and are a bit more permissive with their videos here, and the guys were pretty down with it all."

This record is the first record that Chaparra has recorded in Kalistan, but of course, she and her music have a tremendous fan base in the Republic, and her joining the B-Boy Three will certainly propel their career forward. "For now, lets just say we had a lot of fun recording the record and making the videos," said Chaparra. "I mean, its not classical, its not hard core, or anything like that. It's good for their fans and for mine, and was something that I could do now that I really don't have to work and can do what I want to do." For B-Boy Three's part, they were more than happy. "Yeah, we met her at FOMAT a long time ago, before any of this and we were like 'Chaparra, you don't know us, but if you ever want to do a record, call us up. We'll be there anytime, any place.' She kind of laughed and then four years later, well, here we are, you know?"

The Record will be released on LTD Records, and the new video can be seen here.