![]() ![]() ![]() Or that employs a frame of cultural references that gleefully mixes and matches Luis Buñuel, Billy Preston, Daniel Pennac, Tristan Tzara, Shakespeare, Dickens, Zola, Frank Miller, Ella Fitzgerald, Dario Argento, Vladimir Horowitz, Schopenauer, Juvenal, Fabergé, Fabrizio de André, and André 3000, Donkey Kong, Nintendo Wii, and Google Apps, Looney Tunes, the film La Haine, the anime Yu-Gi-Oh, or characters from La Divina Commedia and I Promessi Sposi, to name a scant few. Name another rap artist who has made a concept album about painting, each track inspired by a specific work by the likes of Van Gogh, Goya, Duchamp, Giotto, Warhol, Malevich, Dalì, Kahlo, Dmitry Vrubel, Francis Bacon, Elmyr De Hory, Robert William Buss, Gustave Doré, Lucio Fontana, Shigeru Mizuki, Giuseppe Pelliza da Volpedo, or Antonio Ligabue. First and foremost is his utter originality, almost shocking in a field as stuffed with imitators and poseurs as rap is. Fortunately, the former typically outweigh the later, making the sprawling Museica eminently worthy of attention. Six albums into his career, Caparezza keeps doggedly displaying the same set of strengths and weaknesses. Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
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