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.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Ferreira and the second or paternal family name is Moncorvo.
Baco Exu do Blues
Baco Exu do Blues in July 2022
Baco Exu do Blues in July 2022
Background information
Birth nameDiogo Álvaro Ferreira Moncorvo
Born (1996-01-11) January 11, 1996
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • singer
  • composer
  • rapper
Instrument(s)vocals
Years active2015–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
  • Esú (2017)[14]
  • Bluesman (2018)[14]
  • Não Tem Bacanal na Quarentena (2020)
  • QVVJFA• (Quantas Vezes Você Já Foi Amado?) (2022)

EPs
  • Oldmonkey (2015)
  • Direto do Hospício (2017)

Awards
Year Award Category Nomination Result Ref.
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]

[19]

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
  1. Cobo, Leila (November 17, 2022). "Latin Grammys 2022: Jorge Drexler & Bad Bunny Lead Early Winners (Updating)". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  2. Rezende, Eron (23 October 2017). "Deixe Exu passar". A Tarde. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. 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.
  4. "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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. "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.
  12. "Prêmio Genius Brasil de Música 2017". Genius. 11 January 2018. Archived from the original on 5 May 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  13. "Melhores Discos Nacionais de 2017". Rolling Stone Brasil. Grupo Spring de Comunicação. 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  14. 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.
  15. "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.
  16. "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.
  17. "Veja a lista de ganhadores do MTV Miaw 2019!". FavelaSound. 4 July 2019. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
  18. "MTV MIAW 2022: Veja lista de vencedores" (in Brazilian Portuguese). UOL. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  19. "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.
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