Calle 13 vs. Manu Chao

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thu 7/26/2007

name/s	René Pérez y Eduardo Cabra.	José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao.
hometown	Born in Hato Rey and Santurce but live in San Juan, Puerto Rico.	Born in Paris, France but lives in Barcelona, Spain.
born on	Feb 23, 1978 (René) and September 10, 1978 (Eduardo).	June 26, 1961.
nicknames	Residente y Visitante.	Oscar Tramor.
style	hipster Reggaetón.	hipster Reggae.
before they were famous	Residente was a web designer and Visitante played with a Batucada group.	Frontman for influential rock groups Mano Negra, Los Carayos and Hot Pants.
breakthrough debut	Calle 13.	Clandestino.
beloved for being	Foul-mouthed merry pranksters who explode the meaning of reggeaetón.	An eclectic pan-american genius who can bring peace to the world, broder.
heaviest lyrics	”Lucha, lucha, como lucha libre, por la libre, viva Puerto Rico libre! Hay mucho tiburón en el Caribe, 100 x 35 es el calibre!”	”Pa' una ciudad del norte, yo me fui a trabajar, mi vida la dejé entre Ceuta y Gibraltar, soy una raya en el mar, fantasma en la ciudad, mi vida va prohibida, dice la autoridad.”
most recent release	Residente o Visitante.	La Radiolina, to be released in September.
the critics	Stylus Magazine says: “Stripping down the cornerstones of reggaetón—percussion sounds and ubiquitous “Dem Bow” rhythm—the duo creates complex song structures all but foreign to mainstream pop.”	Popmatters says: "Some people believe, and I'm one of them, that if anyone can carry on the weighty mantle of Bob Marley's legacy -- with all of its musical, spiritual, and political import -- it is Chao."
webprops	4,340 results on YouTube. 32,590 friends on official MySpace.	3,500 results on YouTube. 19,350 friends on official MySpace.
best video moment	Getting romantic in the outback and practicing ventriloquism in La Jirafa.	Walking with el pueblo and around the world in Desaparecido.

also tagged calle 13, mvs1c, versus, reggae, manu chao, reggeatón, reggeatÃ³n

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63 responses to “versus: Calle 13 vs. Manu Chao”

CALLE 13!!!

roxtar!

(mx)

4/25/2008

Ive neva heard dat toha dude, but calle 13 is da bomb!

LIKE DAT!!

Ese Loco Guy

(Santa Fe, NM)

7/28/2007

Calle 13 y manu son distintos nada k veer en su musica. pero los dos me gustan mucho, calle 13 por su lenguaje y manu por la combinacion de sonidos generos y lenguajes. Los dos son chidos......

Gerardo

(Zacatecas,mx)

7/29/2007

WELL AM A VOTE 4 MANU CHAO EVEN IF IDK HIM...KUZ CALLE13 TH3Y B3 SINGING SOME DUMBAZZ SONGZ....[AM NOT HATIN ON THEM I JUST DONT LIKE THEM SONGZ]...WELL I GUESS DATZ MAH OPINION!!BUT I RESPECT OTHER PPLZ OPINION 2!!!!

MICH3LL3

8/24/2007

who in the world is manu chao

marlene

(HURON CENTRAL CALIFAS)

8/8/2007

calle 13 of course

CRYSTAL

(CHICAGO,IL.)

8/3/2007

CALLE 13 IS THE BEST!!! ME ENCATA SU MUSICA!! ES LO MEJOR!!!

Layla

(CHI-TOWN)

10/4/2007

CALLE 13 IS AWESOME THEY ARE MUSIC ES BIEN BUENA

lillian

(santee)

7/27/2007

Hey, Manu Chao's new album "La Radiolina" will be out very soon on September 4th! I think it'll be really cool, you can already listen to one of the songs "Rainin' in Paradise" on his myspace.

www.myspace.com/ManuChao

saludos y que viva manu!

Manu fan

8/7/2007

don't know who manu is?!?! i am not sure how to describe his sound, but it's definitely unique mixing many languages, french, spanish, english, arabic and genres, rock, ska, reggae. not sure if he's comparable to calle13, both are great in their own right... totally different sounds but both amazing live! just saw manu a month ago for the first time. definitely check him out if you get a chance...excited for Radiolina!

acosta

(ny)

7/27/2007