Baco Exu do Blues
Diogo Álvaro Ferreira Moncorvo, known professionally as Baco Exu do Blues (born 11 January 1996), is a Brazilian rapper, singer, and composer. He rose to prominence in the Brazilian rap scene with his 2017 album Esú. He was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in 2022 for best Portuguese language Rock or Alternative album.[1] The main characteristics of his work include strong metaphors with raw lyricism and poetics, with topics ranging from love and sex to power, religion, and society.
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Background information | |
Birth name | Diogo Álvaro Ferreira Moncorvo |
Born | Salvador, Bahia, Brazil | January 11, 1996
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Instrument(s) | vocals |
Years active | 2015–present |
Career
Baco Exu do Blues began to gain popularity with his 2016 track Sulicídio, which he composed in 2016 with Diomedes Chinaski.[2] The track features both criticizing the current state of the Brazilian rap scene for being concentrated almost solely in the Southeast region of Brazil, specifically in the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, reclaiming more visibility to the musical production in Baco's home region of the Northeast and in the North.[3] In 2017, Baco won the award for New Artist by the Multishow Brazilian Music Awards. In the same ceremony, he was also awarded Song of the Year by the juries for his song "Te Amo Disgraça" from the album Esú.[4][5]
His 2018 album Bluesman was also ranked among the 50 best Brazilian albums of 2018 by Rolling Stone Brasil.[6]
Esú
In September 2017, Baco released his first solo album, Esú, to critical acclaim by the media and critics alike.[7][8][9][10] The album constructs a point between faith, death, love, literature, photography, and cinema. His album takes inspiration from Brazilian authors such as Jorge Amado, Machado de Assis, and Mário de Andrade, famed Bahian photographer Mário Cravo Júnior, and movies such as the 2011 Pedro Almodóvar film The Skin I Live In, of which a song from the album is named after.
With the album, Baco was nominated for the 2017 Prêmio APCA in the categories of New Artist, Song of the Year, and Track of the Year.[11] "Te Amo Disgraça" was awarded with the title of Best Brazilian Rap Song of the year by Genius through the Genius Brazil Music Awards 2017.[12] It was ranked as the 5th best album of the year by Rolling Stone Brasil.[13]
Discography
Studio albums
EPs
- Oldmonkey (2015)
- Direto do Hospício (2017)
Awards
Year | Award | Category | Nomination | Result | Ref. |
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2017 | Prêmio APCA | New Artist | Baco Exu do Blues | Nominated | [11] |
Song of the Year | "Te Amo Disgraça" | Nominated | |||
Record of the Year | "Esú" | Nominated | |||
2018 | Multishow Brazilian Music Award | New Artist – Superjury | Baco Exu do Blues | Won | [15] |
Song of the Year – Superjury | "Te Amo Disgraça" | Won | |||
2019 | Clip of the Year | "Bluesman" | Won | ||
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity | Entertainment for Music | Won | [16] | ||
MTV MIAW Awards Brazil | Musical Artist | Baco Exu do Blues | Nominated | [17] | |
Beat BR | Nominated | ||||
2022 | Album of the Year | QVVJFA• – Baco Exu do Blues | Nominated | [18] | |
Big Fucking Clip award | "Gotham é Aqui" – Baco Exu do Blues | Nominated | |||
23rd Annual Latin Grammy Awards | Best Portuguese Language Rock or Alternative Album | QVVJFA• | Nominated | [1] |
References
- Cobo, Leila (November 17, 2022). "Latin Grammys 2022: Jorge Drexler & Bad Bunny Lead Early Winners (Updating)". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
- Rezende, Eron (23 October 2017). "Deixe Exu passar". A Tarde. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- Dias, Tiago (21 February 2018). "Abre caminho: Baco Exu do Blues veio da Bahia para furar o bloqueio do rap". UOL. São Paulo. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Anitta e Baco Exu do Blues são destaques do Prêmio Multishow 2018". O Estado de S. Paulo. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- Prisco, Luiz (26 September 2018). "Anitta e Baco Exu do Blues são os vencedores do Prêmio Multishow". Metrópoles. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- Antunes, Pedro (30 November 2018). "Baco Exu do Blues, Gilberto Gil, Duda Beat: os 25 melhores discos brasileiros do segundo semestre de 2018, segundo a APCA". Rolling Stone Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Grupo PERFIL. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
- Azevedo, Victoria (22 December 2017). "Rapper Baco Exu do Blues apresenta músicas de seu disco de estreia no Supernova Festival". Folha de S.Paulo. São Paulo. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- Teixeira, Luiz F. (1 November 2017). "'Esú' abre as portas de Baco Exu do Blues no cenário nacional". Estadão. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- Brêda, Lucas (26 October 2017). "Baco Exu do Blues desconstrói "mito" e busca – até na cama – o "humano" no disco de estreia, Esú". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- Salgado, Daniel (6 September 2017). "Rapper baiano Baco Exu do Blues lança seu disco de estreia, 'Esú'". O Globo. Rio de Janeiro. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Rapper baiano concorre em três categorias no premio APCA 2017". Correio. 4 December 2017. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
- "Prêmio Genius Brasil de Música 2017". Genius. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Melhores Discos Nacionais de 2017". Rolling Stone Brasil. Grupo Spring de Comunicação. 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- Lichote, Leonardo (21 November 2018). "Depois de estrear com o incensado 'Esú', Baco Exu do Blues lança 'Bluesman'". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Elza Soares, Anelis Assumpção e Baco Exu do Blues são os destaques das categorias eleitas pelo Superjúri do Prêmio Multishow 2018". Multishow. O Globo. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Baco Exu do Blues supera Beyoncé e Jay-Z e leva prêmio em Cannes". O Globo. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "Veja a lista de ganhadores do MTV Miaw 2019!". FavelaSound. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- "MTV MIAW 2022: Veja lista de vencedores" (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
- "VEJA AGORA OS GANHADORES DO MTV MIAW 2022!" (in Brazilian Portuguese). MTV. 29 July 2022. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
External links
- Baco Exu do Blues on Instagram
- Baco Exu do Blues on Facebook
- Baco Exu do Blues on Twitter
- Baco Exu do Blues's channel on YouTube
- Baco Exu do Blues on Spotify
- Baco Exu do Blues on SoundCloud
- Baco Exu do Blues on Last.fm
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