![]() At the same time, not only are black girls and women consistently made invisible, when they do appear in the media, their image is usually connected the centuries old Brazilian stereotype that connects black women to menial labor and sexuality.Ī few months ago, BW of Brazil featured a story about the all-black female funk group known as Bonde das Maravilhas. Without making reference to the countless studies that analyze the question of race and representation in Brazilian society and media (and there are hundreds of them) one could safely argue that women of a more European phenotype consistently represent the women featured on magazine covers, on television, billboards, etc. ![]() As has been repeatedly shown on this blog, the image of white women as the standard of beauty and respectability is dominant throughout Brazilian society. Getting right to the point, the question is: does the color of a woman’s skin change a viewer’s perception of sexuality when that woman performs sexually provocative material? This question goes far beyond the question of the quality of funk beats. The issue to be discussed on this post has to do race, sexuality and representation. Now whether you like this type of music or you don’t (I’m personally not a fan) is not the issue here. Fast beats, sexually provocative lyrics and scantily clothed women, you know the deal. * ![]() No, Brazilian funk started off far more akin to the 80s/90s Bass sound associated with Miami and Florida in general in the US. As in past posts that have touched on the topic of funk, it is necessary to explain that when used in Brazilian vernacular, funk has nothing to do with the rhythmic, heavy bass, chicken scratch guitar and punctuated horn arrangements of the James Brown, P-Funk or Kool & the Gang variety. Note from BW of Brazil: OK, so the debate over the Brazilian music style known as “Funk” has raged on for a minute now. Gera Samba released four albums in his time.Bondedasmaravilhas1 Funk groups Bonde das Maravilhas (left) and Gaiola das Popozudas Carla Perez, one of the many under Gera was noticeable among the teen and kids' age group. The two females drifted off on their own to become cover girls. He had a group of two female dancers and a male dancer. They made an album after that, complying to a signature dance move. Gera had some legal complications with his band name and ended up having to change the name. His hit Segura o Tchan went outrageous on the hit board, going platinum. Sangalo released six CD's and over four million copies have been sold. Ivete owns her own clothing store now which is the third biggest retail store in Brazil. Ivete uses a lot of upbeat Bahian rhythms. She is well known for her powerful voice and she is also popular in Portugal. She has sung with American singer Brian McKnight as well. Her other hits are also "Quando a Chuva Passar" and "Berimbau Metalizado". Ivete Sangalo's big hit "Sorte Grande" get her the spotlight. Mercury along with a couple other female singers had over twenty million albums sold worldwide. Her other major hits are O Canto da Cicade, Batuque, O Mais Belo dos Belos, and Voce Nao Entende Nada. Mercury was the lead singer of a pop group called Companhia Clic. Then she moved onto a career with Gilberto Gil as his backup singer, making the hits "Pega que Oh!" and "Ilha das Bananas." It was not long after that she fell upon a solo career with her hit Olodum on the album "Swing da Cor." Now she produces her own music in her own way and negotiates the labels. As a Brazilian female singer, Daniela began with a band called Cheiro de Amor. Olodumĭaniela Mercury is one of Brazil's best known singers. Jobim put his work with American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz to get his music familiar to English speaking citizens. Other people now perform his samba songs in Brazil and internationally. His song The Girl from Ipanema was one of the most recorded songs in Jazz and Pop repertoires of all time. The Girl from IpanemaĪntonio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim, also known as Tom Jobim, helped discover the Bossa Nova style. ![]() He began playing the guitar and singing in a tiny bathroom. Gilberto had no life before his music career and one person by the name of Luiz Telles saved him. Gilberto created music based on older samba songs from the 40's and 50's that appealed to him and a crowd. Elizeth Cardosa began with Gilberto as her guitarist. Joao Gilberto: With the style of Bossa Nova, The Song () was the hit to begin Gilberto's career in 1957. These are subjective so I'm sure they will be some disagreement but can't we all get along. The 5 most famous Samba songs are listed below.
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