Rap das Armas
| "Rap das Armas" | ||
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| Single by Cidinho & Doca | ||
| from the album Tropa de Elite Soundtrack | ||
| Released | 2008 | |
| Format | Digital download, radio | |
| Recorded | 2007 | |
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| Length | 3:27 | |
| Writer(s) | MC Doca, MC Cidinho (2008 version) MC Júnior, MC Leonardo (original version) |
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| "Rap das Armas" on YouTube | ||
"Rap das Armas" (English: Rap of Weapons) is a 1990s song originally written and performed by Brazilian duo Junior e Leonardo.
Cidinho & Doca (a Brazilian duo made up of MC Cidinho and MC Doca and known in Portuguese as Cidinho e Doca), made it an international hit in 2008 and 2009. The duo are two prominent proibidão rappers in Brazil, proibidão referring to songs which are prohibited airplay by order of the Brazilian courts due to alleged crime apology.
The song enjoyed a considerable amount of success in the mid-1990s. It resurfaced when it was used as the soundtrack of a popular Brazilian film, Elite Squad (Portuguese: Tropa de Elite), but was withdrawn two weeks after release.
A remixed Dutch version of the song became popular in European nightclubs and reached #1 in the Netherlands and Sweden.
The song is considered as part of the funk carioca movement that started with the release of the album Funk Brasil in 1989 produced by DJ Marlboro, a compilation which is considered the milestone of the funk movement. The movement was solidified with a string of albums and songs including the first-ever version of "Rap das Armas" written by siblings MC Júnior e Leonardo in 1992 and performed by them in 1994. The song started as a praise to Rio's beauties, but eventually became a protest on urban violence. Although the text called for peace and was against violence, it was still prohibited for mentioning names of a great number of weapons including Intratec (a semi-automatic pistol), .45 ACP, FMK, Uzi, 7.62×51mm NATO and 7.65×21mm Parabellum rifles, hand grenades, .44 Magnum, Beretta, Madsen (referred in the song as "android hunter") and automatic weapons. Leonardo said he picked the names of the weapons in his day job as a newsstand attendant. The refrain of the song was based on The Outfield's "Your Love," replacing the lyrics with the sound of a machine gun, imitated by the rendition "pa ra pa pa..."
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