O Rappa: LadoB LadoA

In LadoB LadoA (SideB SideA), Frederico Coelho dissects the historical and social context in which the band O Rappa wrote the songs featured in the namesake record, portraying the city of Rio de Janeiro in the late 1990s. The author covers everything from the beginning of the recording process to the developments of the album’s release. The polarization between the inside and outside of favelas, funk music, violence, drug dealing, the streets, the outsiders and a number of other issues raised in the record are shown to be interrelated – all of which are explored by the author as he pores over its songs and analyzes each of the album’s tracks.

About the band
O Rappa was formed in 1993 in Rio de Janeiro, by Nelson Meirelles, Marcelo Lobato, Alexandre Menezes, Marcelo Yuka and Marcelo Falcão. The band incorporated musical elements from rock, hip-hop, samba, dub, funk and rap. The songs of LadoB LadoA, with its poignant lyrics about central issues of the Brazilian reality, marked a whole generation and became classics.

About the author
Frederico Coelho is a historian, essayist, researcher and professor. He holds a doctorate in Literature from PUC-Rio and is part of the Center for Studies in Literature and Music of this university, where he is a professor in the Department of Literature. He is the author of the books Eu, brasileiro, confesso minha culpa e meu pecado (2010) and A semana sem fim – Celebrações e memória da Semana de Arte Moderna de 1922 (2012), besides other books and articles published in newspapers and blogs.

About the collection
Editora Cobogó has been publishing books on music since 2014. In the collection The Book of the Album import records are dissected revealing stories behind the creation of the album, recordings, composing, concerts, production. Each book presents a different great album with a singular perspective written by writers, journalists and music lovers.

Specifications
Collection The Book of the Album
Band O Rappa
Author Frederico Coelho
Language Portuguese
Page count 128
ISBN 9788560965694
Cover Radiográfico
Format Softcover
Size 13 x 19 cm
Year 2014