A Havana-born group that mixed hip-hop with Cuban rhythms starting in the late 1990s.
For their sound, try 'Hay un Son' or 'No Hace Falta Ná'. If you want the social edge, 'El Kilo' still lands.
Orishas mattered because they brought Cuban son and rumba into hip-hop at a time when few were doing it. Their debut 'A lo Cubano' had tracks like '537 Cuba' that felt like a street-level update of old Havana sounds. Songs like 'Emigrantes' kept that blend sharp even as they moved into social themes.
They started in Havana around 1999 with Yotuel Romero, Ruzzo Medina, and Hiram Riveri. After 'A lo Cubano', they put out 'Emigrante' in 2002 and 'El Kilo' in 2005, the latter using a weight metaphor about trafficking. They kept recording through 'Cosita Buena' in 2008 and 'Gourmet' in 2018, always as a trio.
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