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Cultura es la Ostia

P*NK* | Puerto Rico | 10/19/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Tremendo CD, Cultura ha encontrado un sonido nuevo, toma tiempo ecostumbrarse, pero el flow y la melodia de sus canciones es tremendo, la mezcla del reggae, jazz, hip-hop, funkete es algo extraordinario. Espero que siguan asi evolucionando su sonido y trayendonos mejor musica cada dia, muerte a los mandriles azarosos."

El mejor grupo de Reggae en español

esp71 | 11/10/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Otra vez Cultura Profetica nos trae un manjar musical irresistible. Canciones con sentido social, canciones de alerta, himnos para la nación de Puerto Rico. El mejor reggae en español se llama Cultura Profetica."

Solid, solid, solid

DAVID E MIRO | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 08/30/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I may be biased due to my nationality, but Cultura Profética is perhaps THE best current roots reggae band in the world right now, bar none. This album is proof of that. Quite evident proof, I might add. "Diario", their previous CD, was a bit stale, good musically, but stale in their lyric approach and subject matter. This is a welcome change for the better.



"Ritmo que Pesa" is their current set opener, and it shows that their bottom end is getting tighter and heavier... Wilo Rodriguez does an excellent job as both singer and bassist (not too flashy in either role, which suits CP well), and Boris Bilbraut's playing has never been as solid as in this one. "Canto en la prisión" is not a favorite of mine, but they provide a solid backbeat on that one. Lyrics are also solid in the album, although English speakers will obviously miss a lot in the translation (if any is available to them).



They did some excellent quasi-hip hop work here in "Canción Despojo" and "Nadie se atreve" (a strange twist for CP) and a sweet percolatin' "Un Deseo", in my book one of the nicer "love" songs (not a true one, lyrically it is more like an icebreaker with a girl kinda tune) since the times of Bob Marley. Reggae has to be truly melodic if it is to tolerate love lyrics, and there is nice melody on that one.



My only beef with CP is that they can sometimes be more accurately described as a jazz band that plays reggae. It is perhaps on purpose: soloists in this band are let loose when they feel like it, and arrangements can get to be very complex at times. That's precisely what makes me take a star off. Sometimes they can veer off in a tangent that just loses me, and while there are people that tolerate jazz, I don't. They have sworn off the compact 4-minute pop format, and I respect that, but sometimes the same message (music- and lyric-wise) can be carried out more powerfully with shorter, less experimental songs.



They have a brutally powerful brass section that is mostly underused in their arrangements. Older CP fans miss the prominent backup singing. Otherwise, this is a GREAT roots record. While I'm not a partaker in the activities suggested by their earlier tune "Fruto de la Tierra", the album lends perfectly to said. Wink, wink. It is THAT good a record."