A Nuyorican by birth but representing Southern California, this Emcee/Producer is back at it again with his 2nd album release "1Boricua". Showcasing his range of styles from raw unadulterated Hip Hop, in songs like "1Boricua" and "Can't Stop Me" to fusions of Dancehall/Hip Hop & Reggaeton, in songs like "Musica & Sexo", "Star Fi Di Show" & "Pa La Isla". Switching from English to Spanish & hardcore to comical, Quique Cruz does it all. This album will inspire Puerto Rican cultural awareness and uplift all oppressed people of the world to "Live life to the fullest." So please, enjoy the versatility and savor the originality of this "...one Puerto Rican son."
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The debut solo album from Emcee/Producer Natty Roots a.k.a. Quique Cruz... This is lyricism with a style. A showcase of Hip Hop styles, from the gutter to the club, or from underground to mainstream. Influenced by Reggae/Dancehall, and spiced with Reggaeton.
Quique Cruz, a gifted Emcee/Producer of Puerto Rican descent, was born April 9, 1976 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York. With Hip Hop Culture all around him it was inevitable he would, one day, become involved in the movement. At the age of ten he packed up his bags and flew to the West Coast, with his mother and brother. Santa Ana, California was his final destination, and Quique was never to return to his place of birth. His migration to the West couldn't have been more timely, as Hip Hop Culture was moving in the same direction at the same time. With Rap music's heavy influence of Reggae, this fusion would soon become apparent in the lifesyle of young Quique (pronounced kee-keh).
As a youth, Quique was into freestyle dancing/choreography and toured in his early teens with a dance crew including his older brother, dancing for rap groups who were at the time up and coming. Being in this sort of atmosphere inspired him to persue a career in the music industry. He started writing rhymes to the instrumentals of all his favorite artists. By the time he reached eighteen years of age he would borrow a friends sampler and 4-Track, allowing him to exercise his music composition skills.
Today, Quique Cruz is himself a proficient producer and emcee. He is also a top-notch traditional Nyabinghi drummer, even gaining praises from the Nyabinghi Specialist himself, Ras Michael. He is constantly producing music for many artists local to the Southern California area, and is very involved in artist development. As an emcee he loves to perform, and has been rocking crowds since '95.
Quique has been featured on several different albums within the last few years. Some of wich include a colaboration with Producer/Emcee Lumbajac (of Hoodlum West) on his debut album "Sumthing Wicked", and a verse on Warbux's album "Victory Weapon". Also, he produced a few tracks for Zaire Black's album "Victory Dance". He has worked with LMNO, Mums The Word, Mr. Brady, DJ Drez and many others. When he is not on stage performing, he can be found in his Earth Bound Sound studio (The Mother-ship), working on a new rap, hooking up a beat, or mixing down a new song.
The Puerto Rican Freedom Album is up online for album downloads and physical dual CD purchases.
The Freedom Album is a musical CD/compilation dedicated to the welfare of the Puerto Rican political prisoners and their families. The album features over 30 artists from Puerto Rico to the states, and is available for purchase at the website at www.prfreedomproject.org and the myspace at www.myspace.com/freeourpoliticalprisoners
Artists appearing on the album:
The Welfare Poets with Alkebulan (Hip Hop - NYC), Roy Brown (Folk – Puerto Rico), Siete Nueve (Hip Hop – Puerto Rico), Aurora y Zon Del Barrio with Yomo Toro y Sammy Ayala (Bomba, Plena and Salsa - NYC), Division X (Hip Hop - NYC), Intifada (Hip Hop – Puerto Rico), Ilu Aye (Orisha/Afro-Caribbean tradition -NYC), X-Vandals (Hip Hop - NYC), Rebel Diaz with Divino of The D.E.Y. (Hip Hop Chicago/NYC), Alma Moyo (Bomba y Plena – NYC), Ricanstruction (Hardcore/Punk/Hip Hop - NYC), Quique Cruz (Hip Hop - California), Foundation Movement (Boston – Hip Hop), Lourdez Perez (Decima – Puerto Rico), Homeboy Sandman (Hip Hop – NYC), Babalu Machete (Hip Hop – Puerto Rico), Segunda Quimbamba (Bomba – NJ), El David (Hip Hop - NJ), Dr. Loco (Hip Hop NYC), Fernando Ferrer (Salsa/Acoustic), Maria-Isa (Hip Hop -Minnesota/Twin Cities), Velcro y Ikol Santiago (Hip Hop – Puerto Rico), Ray Concepcion y Cafe Con Leche (Salsa – the Bronx), M-Team (Hip Hop – Pittsburgh/ Brooklyn), Bryan Vargas Y Ya Esta (Latin, Nu-Jazz and Afro-beat – NYC), La Bruja (Hip Hop/Reggaeton NYC), MC Natra Y Lady M (Hip Hop – Vieques), Carlos Jimenez (Latin Jazz – NYC), F.A.L.L.E.N. A.N.G.E.L.Z. (Hip Hop – NY and Florida), Nino Blanco (Hip Hop – NYC) and Angel Rodriguez (Guaguanco - NYC).
Quique Cruz rockin with Strollin Wreckless @ Hoguie Barmichaels in Newport Beach, Ca.
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