Calle 13 (band)
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Calle 13 is a Puerto Rican
, also known as PG-13 (backing vocals).Pérez and Cabra first were discovered by Elias De Leon. They were subsequently given a record deal with
Calle 13 is noted for its eclectic musical style, often using unconventional instrumentation in its music, which distances the group from the
History
2004–2005: early years
Residente and Visitante met when they were both two years old, when Residente's mother married Visitante's father.[3] The family developed strong ties to the Puerto Rican arts community; Residente's mother, Flor Joglar de Gracia, was an actress in Teatro del Sesenta, a local acting troupe, while Visitante's father (who later became Residente's stepfather) is currently a lawyer, but at one time was a musician.[2] The duo asserts that they lived a relatively comfortable lifestyle growing up, as Residente places himself in a group of Puerto Ricans who are "too poor to be rich and too rich to be poor."[4] Although their parents later divorced, the stepbrothers remained close.[3] When they were children, Visitante would visit his brother at the Calle 13 (13th Street) of the El Conquistador subsection of Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, every week. Since the subsection is a gated community, visitors were routinely asked "¿Residente o visitante?" ("Resident or visitor?") by a security guard when approaching the community's main gate.[2] Therefore, Visitante would identify himself as a visitor, while Residente would have to insist that he was a resident to clear the gate.[3] The pair named themselves Calle 13 after the street their family's house was on.[5] Before living there, they lived at Calle 11.[6]
Residente originally studied to be an accountant, and Visitante finished a computer science degree. An art course prompted Residente to pursue a career as a multimedia designer, and Visitante became a full-time musician and producer. Residente states that his degree in design has influenced his musical style: "What I used to do with my visual art is the same thing I do now with my lyrics. My songs are descriptive, very visual."[2] Besides this, Residente was a fan of what was then called "underground rap" in Puerto Rico, and started to earn a reputation as a lyricist (Residente says, with some embarrassment, that his moniker at the time was "El Déspota", or "The Despot"). Meanwhile, Visitante participated in Bayanga, a rock and Brazilian batucada group.[7] After Residente finished studying in Georgia at the Savannah College of Art and Design and earned a master of fine arts in animation, illustration, sequential art and film, he returned to Puerto Rico.[2] Soon after, both of them started working on their music. They claim they initially did it as a joke, but they still managed to get some of their songs heard throughout Puerto Rico.[7] They began recording music together in 2004, with the idea of hosting their work on a website, beginning with two demos ("La Tripleta" and "La Aguacatona").[3] Within a year, the duo began looking for a record label to distribute their music commercially. They decided to pursue a deal at White Lion Records, because Tego Calderón was on the label, whom the two admired.[3]
2005–2006: "Querido FBI" and Calle 13
While their first album was being mixed, Filiberto Ojeda Ríos, leader of the Puerto Rican revolutionary group known as Los Macheteros, was killed in the course of arrest by the FBI.
Angered by the FBI's action, Residente wrote a song protesting against what had happened to Ojeda and asked his record label to allow the group to release it on the Internet through viral marketing through Indymedia Puerto Rico, an alternative news website.[8]
Public controversy about the song's lyrics ensured immediate attention from mainstream media in Puerto Rico. The song, according to critics, "redefined what a reggaeton vocalist's relationship to Puerto Rico should be."[9]
Soon after this, the duo rose to fame in 2005 with two back-to-back hits on Puerto Rican radio stations: "Se Vale Tó-Tó" and "
After this rise to fame, the duo was sought by other reggaetón artists, and they collaborated with artists such as
In 2006 the duo kept on working as they broke into a wider-music scene with at least two more smash hits that were played throughout Puerto Rico and U.S. Urban music radio and television stations, including the songs "Japón" ("Japan"), and "Suave" ("Soft/Slow"). The group had their first massive-venue concert on May 6, 2006, at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan. They also toured Central and South America, playing "Atrévete-te-te" before an escola de samba in Venezuelan television, and also visiting, among others, Guatemala, Chile, Honduras and Colombia.[citation needed]
In light of the criticism directed towards the band, Calle 13 has become a cultural reference to be reckoned with in Puerto Rico. An example of this is the constant references made to the band and to Residente by satirical writer Fiquito Yunqué in the weekly pro-independence newspaper Claridad. Yunqué's columns sometimes feature Calle 13 lyrics as their titles, and Yunqué even introduced the band onstage at one of their live performances in Puerto Rico.
Acceptance of Calle 13's music even influenced the former Governor of Puerto Rico, Aníbal Acevedo Vilá who, in December 2005, admitted to listening to Calle 13 because his son had copied some of their songs to his iPod. Acevedo claimed that "songs such as Calle 13's were eye openers" to him. As a result, since the country had a chronic problem of people being unknowingly injured or killed by stray bullets fired to the air on New Year's Eve, Acevedo felt compelled to invite the duo to La Fortaleza and to have them record a song against shootings bullets in the air as a way of celebrating the holiday.[11]
The single, "Ley De Gravedad" (Law of Gravity) was released as part of a public-service campaign for that matter. Some political adversaries of Acevedo dismissed this as a trick to ingratiate himself with Puerto Rican youth and pro-independence advocates, and was criticized by the local press due to the fact that an artist who seemingly promoted violence with their "Querido FBI" song was now supposed to be a role model for anti-violence. However, the campaign was thought to be effective in reducing the injured, from twelve (and one death) the previous year, to three the year the campaign was run, though many members of the artistic community contributed to this effort in separate campaigns.[12]
2007: Residente o Visitante
As the duo has risen to fame, other international artists of various genres have sought them. In 2006 and 2007, they recorded songs with Canadian
On November 2, 2006, the band won three
On April 24, 2007, their second album Residente o Visitante was released. Tracks in the album were partially recorded in Puerto Rico and while on tour in Colombia, Argentina and Venezuela. While recording the album, Residente and Visitante took a trip to South America to explore areas populated by Latin America's indigenous and African-descended minorities. The duo was strongly influenced by the experience; Visitante discovered and purchased several new musical instruments on the trip including a quijada, a charango and a bombo legüero, all of which were used on the duo's song "Lllegale a Mi Guarida".[4]
Residente considered this album to be darker than the first, but also more introspective and biographical. The album garnered controversy for its sexual and religious overtones.[16] As part of the album, Calle 13 filmed the video for their first single off the album, "Tango del Pecado", on February 25, 2007.
In May 2007, the duo performed at Vive Latino, and the public answered them by throwing beer bottles filled with urine. In 2010, when taking part of the same festival, they were less bitterly welcomed.[6] In July 2007, Calle 13 teamed up with Julio Voltio to speak out against police brutality in Puerto Rico.[17] After recording a song titled "Tributo a la Policía", Calle 13 distributed the single free on the streets in front of the Police Headquarters of San Juan.
On November 8, 2007, Calle 13, along with Orishas, performed the song "Pa'l Norte" at the
Calle 13 earned two Latin Grammys later that night: "Best Urban Music Album" for Residente o Visitante and "Best Urban Song" for "Pal Norte".[18] They were nominated for two other categories,[19] the others being Best Short Form Music Video and Album of the Year. The Gaiteros de San Jacinto, who had also received a Grammy for their album Un Fuego de Sangre Pura, could only accept it when Calle 13 intervened to finance their trip to Las Vegas and obtain a temporary visa to visit the United States on their behalf.[20]
A later tour of the Americas had Calle 13 perform to sell-out crowds in Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina. The band also performed in the United States, including an appearance at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on April 27, 2008.
The band received all three possible audience acceptance awards when they performed at the 2008
2008–2010: Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo
On 2008, their "Atrévete-te-te" song was a featured track on the game
On October 9, 2008, Calle 13 participated in the "MTV Tr3s Pass Tour".[21]
In an interview done during the production of their third album, Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo, Calle 13 stated that the production would include songs discussing poverty.[22] The duo also noted that the production would include cumbia villera and "sounds from Eastern Europe".[22]
On October 21, 2008, the album was released. A series of songs off the album began to be released weekly as singles. Four singles were released: "Que Lloren" (September 16, 2008); "Electro Movimiento" (September 23, 2008); "Fiesta de Locos" (September 30, 2008); and "No Hay Nadie Como Tú", the latter featuring Café Tacuba. On August 11, 2009, the duo was invited to Ecuador by Rafael Correa's government, serving as guests in the local celebrations that commemorate the coup that began the Ecuadorian War of Independence. They played in Quito, performing in Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa for the first time, in an activity that included Nueva Canción: Argentina, León Gieco and speeches by Correa, Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, deposed president of Honduras Manuel Zelaya, Cuban president Raúl Castro and Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega. During the performance Residente said that he wished Puerto Rico could be an independent country such as Ecuador.[23]
Pérez made a cameo appearance in the 2009 film Old Dogs, being cast to interpret a tattoo artist.[24]
On October 15, 2009, Calle 13 won the Premios MTV Latinoamérica for Best Urban Artist.[25] Pérez also served as host throughout the ceremony, using this exposure to insult Puerto Rican governor Luis Fortuño and comment about a civilian general strike that was organized earlier that day, held to protest the firing of more than 25,000 public employees by Fortuño's administration.[25] Pérez was criticised after referring to Fortuño as an "hijo de la gran puta".[26] The phrase is commonly translated as "son of a bitch", although the phrase places emphasis on the mother of the subject being a prostitute, which many found disrespectful to Fortuño's mother. Fortuño responded by saying "This individual disrespected all Puerto Rican women, all Puerto Rican mothers and the people of Puerto Rico in general."[26]
Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo was nominated in five categories for the
On March 23, 2010, the band performed their first concert in Cuba, the event was held at the
The band has also filmed a documentary. The film, Sin Mapa, is about their journeys through South America and the land's indigenous culture and art.[32] The movie became available on iTunes and DVD on July 28, 2010.
2010–2012: Entren Los Que Quieran
Calle 13 released their latest album,
Upon release, the music video for "Calma Pueblo" generated controversy for its violence and full-frontal nudity, which the band claims is a metaphor for self-liberation.[36] The album received more nominations for the
In the press conference that followed, the group was interviewed by journalist Elvis Castillo of VENFM regarding his support to some elements of the Latin American left-wing. The journalist, a member of the conservative Venezuelan opposition, cited the work of local cartoonist Edo, a sketch of one of Pérez's characteristic black shirts scribbled with the phrase A Calle 13: No es lo mismo ver la Revolución como Visitante que como Residente (lit. "To Calle 13: It is not the same to see the Revolution as a Visitor as it is as a Resident") to question a supposed sympathy for Chavismo. Pérez disregarded that notion, stating that "[Calle 13] does not support any president, because when we support any president we stop belonging to the people." On June 22, 2011, Calle 13 performed at The Pachamama Peace Festival and supported the project together with 8 Latin American embassies as the Godparent of the Pachamama Project.
On December 22, 2011, the group received the Medalla Ramón Emeterio Betances from the Ateneo Puertorriqueño, the oldest cultural institution in Puerto Rico, as part of their Puerto Rican Flag Day celebrations. In the event, Pérez was heralded as the "
2013–present: Multi Viral and hiatus
On November 13, 2013, the group released the track and video "
In December 2013, they announced that their new album would be named Multi Viral and it would be followed by a Latin American tour, which saw the band performing in Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Venezuela, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico.[1] The album was released through their new own label, El Abismo,[1] since they decided not to continue their contract with Sony Music Latin.[42] The tour unofficially began at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus in San Juan, where Calle 13 held an impromptu free concert on February 25, 2014. The event was announced only six days before and did not receive formal promotion.[43] The concert, which featured interludes where the group opposed a revision in the UPR's enrollment fee and allowed a low income child to voice the concerns of his community, managed to attract an estimate of 50,000 fans.[44][45] The event featured the live debut of "El Aguante", which opened the show.[46] Despite recognizing that his political ideology conflicted with the inmovilist conservative ideals of governor Alejandro García Padilla, Pérez accompanied the same child to a reunion in La Fortaleza the following day.[45]
In May 2014, the duo once again performed at Vive Latino. When they were playing "El Aguante", one spectator jumped onto the stage and tried to take Residente's microphone. Five security guards grabbed the invader and Residente tried to punch him.[6] The duo later issued a statement (with a fan-made video of the incident) in which they say Residente's punch never actually hit the aggressor.[47] They also included a video in which Residente is shown with the attacker sharing a drink and celebrating the fifth album.[47]
Following the end of their Multi_Viral world tour, Residente and Visitante went separate ways to focus on personal projects - the former would see the release of his first solo effort, Residente, in March 2017. In October 2018, Visitante premiered his new musical project "Trending Tropics", a collaboration with Dominican singer Vicente García.[48] Though at the time of his album's release some media outlets referred to Calle 13 as a defunct band,[49][50][51] Residente had previously said on multiple occasions that the band is not over and is just taking a break.[52]
Musical style
Although most people have labeled Calle 13's music as reggaeton, the band has tried to distance itself from the style.[4] Indeed, Residente once admitted the group played reggaeton in their first album as way of gaining some initial popularity more easily, while assuring that the group has nothing against the genre.[6] Visitante, being a professional musician, tries to fuse diverse styles in the group's songs. Early cuts featured elements from jazz, bossa nova and salsa, while recent songs feature cumbia, tango, electronica and others. In their recent tours around Latin America they have added different musical elements according to the place the band is playing in, yet many of their songs carry the traditional reggaeton "Dem Bow" beat such as in their hit "Tango del Pecado" and the remix to "Suave".
Singer Residente is reluctant to label their music in a specific genre, instead calling it plain
Residente's lyrical style is inspired partly by the lyrical approach used by artists such as Vico C and Tego Calderón, trying to minimize what they refer to as "clichés" of the genre -such as open confrontations with other rappers, known in Spanish as tiradera (pronounced [tiɾaˈeɾa] in Puerto Rican dialect). He attempts to stray away from the "wannabe gangster aesthetic" typical of reggaeton music.[4] Residente's trademark is a lyrical style full of sarcasm, satire, parody and shock value, which some critics and fans have likened to Eminem's.[3] Jason Birchmeier of AllMusic writes that Residente's lyrical style and delivery "eschews reggaeton's clichés, showcasing a healthy sense of humor and an almost clownish approach to sarcasm ... A world apart from the kingly bravado of most reggaeton vocalists, not to mention the obligatory glimmers of misogyny and violence that accompany such streetwise swaggering."[3] Residente also utilizes Puerto Rican slang considerably (which in turn incorporates a sizeable dose of Spanglish), as well as allegory. Early in his career, Residente expressed a desire to write lyrics only in Spanish, however he has recently stated that he will begin to write more lyrics in English in order to help communicate with English-speaking listeners.[56]
Residente's lyrics treat a wide and eclectic variety of subjects. He mentions (and sometimes derides) celebrities and icons such as
Visitante, on the other hand, is strongly influenced by
Members
Recording members
- Residente (René Pérez Joglar) – lead vocals
- kalimbaand other instruments
- PG-13 (ILE (singer)) – backup vocals
Touring members
- Andrés Cruz – drums
- Héctor Barez – congas
- Arturo Verges – trombone
- Víctor Vázquez – saxophone
- Ismael Cancel – drums
- Jonathan González – bass guitar
- Jerry D Medina – trumpet
- Michael Santana – clarinet
Discography
- Calle 13 (2005)
- Residente o Visitante (2007)
- Los De Atrás Vienen Conmigo(2008)
- Entren Los Que Quieran (2010)
- Multi Viral (2014)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2008 |
Residente o Visitante | Best Latin Urban Album | Won |
2010 |
Los de Atras Vienen Conmigo |
Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban Album | Won |
2012 |
Entren Los Que Quieran | Best Latin Pop, Rock or Urban Album | Nominated |
2015 |
Multi Viral | Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album |
Won[58] |
Latin Grammy Awards
Billboard Latin Music Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2007 | Calle 13 | Best Reggaeton Album | Nominated |
2009 | " No Hay Nadie Como Tu " |
Hot Latin Song of the Year Vocal Duet or Collaboration | Nominated |
Lo Nuestro Awards
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2008 | "Pa'l Norte" | Video of the Year | Nominated |
2009 | "Un Beso de Desayuno" | Video of the Year | Nominated |
2010 | " No Hay Nadie Como Tu " |
Collaboration of the Year | Nominated |
Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2006 | Calle 13 | Promising Artist | Won |
2007 | Calle 13 | Best Urban Artist |
Won |
2009 | Calle 13 | Best Urban Artist |
Won |
Instituto Cubano de la Música
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2010 | Calle 13 | Premio Internacional Cubadiscom | Won |
Ateneo Puertorriqueño
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
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2011 | Calle 13 | Medalla Ramón Emeterio Betances | Won |
See also
- Music of Puerto Rico
- Alternative-reggaeton
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