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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Racionais MC's
| image = Racionais MC's (8972998151).pngjpg
| caption =
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| background = group_or_band
| alias = Racionais
| origin = [[SaoSão Paulo]], {{BRA}}
| genre = [[AlternativeGangsta hiprap|Gangsta hop]], [[Rapping|rapRap]], [[political hip hop]]
| years_active = 1988–present
| label = Zimbabwe, Cosa Nostra
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'''Racionais MC's''' is a [[HipBrazilians|Brazilian]] hop music|hip hop]] group based in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]. The Manooriginal Brownlineup (Pedroformed Pauloin Soares1988 Pereira),consisted Iceof Blue[[Mano (PauloBrown]], EduardoIce Salvador)Blue, Edi Rock (Edivaldo Pereira Alves), and DJ KL Jay (Kleber Geraldo Lelis Simões) formed the group in 1988. Each member hails from the ring of ''favelas'' ([[slumsSlum|favelas]])'' around São Paulo locally called the ''periferia''. Their lyrics combine themes of [[social justice]] with [[gangster]] imagery, a far cry from the idyllic breeziness typically associated with Brazilian rap music, Racionais McMC's is often considered the most important Brazilian rap group{{by.<ref whom|datename=JuneFSP-06-DEZ-2006>Persia, 6 de dezembro de 2006</ref><ref name=VIRGULA-09-MAI-2014}}.>Rabassallo, 9 de Maio de 2014</ref><ref name=TVBRASIL-ESPACOPERIFERIA>Estação Periferia, s/data</ref><ref>Agência Estado, 26 de julho de 2011</ref><ref>G1, 14 de dezembro de 2012</ref>
 
==History==
 
===The Zimbabwe Years (1988-19951988–1995)===
Racionais MC's first appeared on the [[Zimbabwe]] Records label compilation ''Consciência Black'' (Black Conscience) in 1988. Their songs ''Pânico na Zona Sul'' ("Panic on the Southside") and ''Tempos Difíceis'' ("Hard Times") offer a snapshot of ''favela'' life with lyrics vividly depicting rampant police brutality, [[racism]], [[poverty]], and crime. The group released their first album, ''Holocausto Urbano'' (Urban Holocaust) in 1990. The EP included the two songs from ''Consciência Black'' along with three new tracks dealing with themes of loose women and institutionalized racism. The group played several shows around the city and state of São Paulo over the next two years, including two shows at the FEBEM (''Fundação Estadual do Bem-Estar do Menor'') juvenile detention center and a special show with Public Enemy at the Ginásio do Ibirapuera.
 
Racionais MC's gained national attention with their participation in the Ministry of Education's ''ARAPensadoRAPensando ea Educação'' (looselya word play, roughly translated as "The Rap -Thinking and Education") program in 1992. The program included lectures and discussions in schools on a variety of issues affecting ''favela'' inhabitants, including drugs, police violence, poverty, and racism. These forums had the dual effect of expanding awareness of Racionas MC's agenda along with their fan base, as residents the ''favelas'' in cities across Brazil could relate to the ''Paulista'' rap group's experience. That year the group released their second album, ''Escolha o Seu Caminho'' (Choose Your Path), with the notable tracks ''"Voz Ativa"'' ("Active Voice") and ''"Negro Limitado"'' ("Limited Black Man"). Following its release the group headlined the Rap no Vale show at Vale do Anhangabaú in São Paulo.
 
[[File:Mano Brown.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Mano Brown, the group's frontman.]]In 1993 the group saw their notoriety continue to increase. They participated in the National Theatre's ''Música Negra em Ação'' (Black Music in Action) project alongside Thaíde e DJ Hum, another prominent São Paulo Hip Hop act. Their [[philanthropic]] activities continued as they played several benefit shows for health clinics, youth sports programs, and [[samba]] schools. The year also saw the release of their first full -length LP ''Raio X Brasil'' (X-Ray Brazil). The album includes several standout tracks including ''"Fim de Semana no Parque"'' ("Weekend in the Park"), a lyrical sketch of lowlifes in São Paulo; ''"Mano na Porta do Bar"'' ("Man at the Bar Door"), a skillful [[remix]] of [[Curtis Mayfield]]'s "[[Freddie's Dead]]"; and the unexpected harmonica and piano jam ''"Fio da Navalha"'' ("Razor Edge"). Mano Brown won the Prêmio Sharp award for ''"O Homem na Estrada"'' ("The Man on the Road"), one of the album's other notable tracks. A 1994 show at the Vale do Anhangabaú in support of the album ended in a [[riot]] when police raided the show and arrested the group. The group was charged with inciting violence.
 
===Cosa Nostra (1995-present1995–present)===
The presentations continued and increasing impact of Racionais MC's beginning to extrapolate the boundaries of São Paulo. In 1997, a sort of 'DIY' (do it yourself) rap group inaugurates its own label Cosa Nostra Phonographic with the release of the album ''Sobrevivendo no Inferno'' (''Surviving in Hell''), selling over 1.5 million copies independently including the tracks' ''Diário de um Detento'' (Diary of a Prisoner), ''Fórmula Mágica da Paz'' ('Magic Formula for Peace'), ''Capítulo 4, Versículo 3'' ('Chapter 4, Verse 3') and ''Mágico de Oz'' ('Wizard of Oz'). Stamp still throw discs Sabotage, RZO and Revelation 16, and Rosana Bronks define a well peculiar group work with his musical career. Brown, KL Jay, Blue and Edi Rock has, to date, control of its entire production, from composing and recording his own albums in a studio, to distribution. Among 12 songs of ''Sobrevivendo no Inferno'' took one previously unknown proportions. Composed in partnership with ex-con Jocenir, the track ''Diário de um Detento'' ('Diary of a Detainee') bursted on the radio in the country, portraying the tension that preceded the rebellion of 1992 in [[Carandiru Penitentiary]] in São Paulo, where 111 prisoners were killed by Police's Special Troops.<ref>{{Citation
| url = httphttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22240536
| title = Brazil police sentenced over Carandiru jail massacre
| publisher work = [[BBC]] News
| accessdatedate = December21 6,April 2013
| access-date = December 6, 2013
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| title = All Music web site Review by Matt Rinaldi
| publisher = [[AllMusic]]
| accessdateaccess-date = December 6, 2013
}}</ref> that made many hits as "[[Vida Loka I]]", "[[Vida Loka II]]", "Negro Drama", "Jesus Chorou" e "Estilo Cachorro".
 
Some of its tracks, such as 'Vida Loka' I and II, 'Negro Drama' and 'Jesus Chorou' are still some of the most performed at concerts. But despite the success, the album would mark the beginning of aan 11 -year hiatus without any album releases. Released in 2006 the first DVD of the group, '1000 Trutas, 1000 Tretas', a record of 15 songs recorded during concerts held since 2002. The only new song from the compilation is the track 'Abenção Mamãe, Abenção Papai', which includes a cameo by [[Jorge Ben Jor]]. In the year following the release of the DVD, reliving the episode of 1994, the Police intervened in the Racionais MC's presentation during the ''Virada Cultural''. The confusion would have started after the police repress some people from the audience who tried to climb a newsstand to watch the show.
 
Some songs came to publicised on the web, but no official release has been made, In 2012 the group released the video clip of the song ''Mil faces de um homem leal'' (Thousand faces a loyal man) which portrays the life of Bahia, communist militant, enemy number 1 of the Military Dictatorship in Brazil, [[Carlos Marighella]], the video that was recorded in the 'Occupation Maua' - housing considered the 'New Pinheirinho' for housing more than 200 families in the city center of SaoSão Paulo - refers to armed struggle against the military dictatorship in Brazil, interspersing historical images of protests, with scenes of Mano Brown, Ice Blue, KL Jay, Edi Rock and Dexter invited back to 1969 with the occupation of Radio National, with Carlos Marighella sending a message and calling on the people to resist and fight oppression. On a memorable night, the video won the award for best video of the year at VMB 2012. The group's sixth studio album, from''Cores e Valores, Brazil's' mostwas importantreleased rapin group2014.<ref>{{Cite isnews|url expected= tohttp://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/musica,novo-disco-dos-racionais-vem-nostalgico-e-com-reflexoes-profundas,1601477|title be= launchedNovo indisco dos Racionais vem nostálgico e com rflexões|last = Maria|first = Júlio|date = 3 December 2014|work = O Estado de S. Paulo|access-date = 3 December 2014}}</ref>
 
== Discography ==
===;Studio albums===▼
* 1993 - ''[[Raio-X do Brasil]]'' (1993)▼
* 1997 - ''[[Sobrevivendo no Inferno]]'' (1997)▼
* 2002 - ''[[Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia]]'' (2002)▼
* ''[[Cores & Valores]]'' (2014)
 
;Extended plays
▲===Studio albums===
* 1990 - ''[[Holocausto Urbano]]'' (1990)
* 1992 - ''[[Escolha Seu Caminho]]'' (1992)
▲* 1993 - ''[[Raio-X do Brasil]]''
▲* 1997 - ''[[Sobrevivendo no Inferno]]''
▲* 2002 - ''[[Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia]]''
 
===;Live albums===
* 2001 - ''[[Ao Vivo'' (album2001)|Ao Vivo]]''
* 2006 - ''[[1000 Trutas, 1000 Tretas]]'' (2006)
 
===;Compilation albums===
* ''Racionais MC's'' (1994)
* 1989 - ''[[Consciência Black, Vol. I]]'' -<small> (Various artists - contained the tracks "Pânico na Zona Sul" and "Tempos Difíceis")</small>
* 1994 - ''[[Racionais MC's (album)|Racionais MC's]]''
 
== Awards and nominations ==
===DVD===
* 2006 - ''1000 Trutas, 1000 Tretas''
 
=== Music Videos ===
* ''[[Tempos Difíceis 1993]]''
* ''[[Magico de oz 1998]]''
* ''[[Diário de um detento 1998]]''
* ''[[Vida loka II 2004]]''
* "[[Ponta de Lança Africano (Umbabarauma)|Umbabarauma ponta de lança africano]]" 2010 with Jorge Ben Jor feat. Negresco sis & Nação Zumbi''
* ''[[Ronaldo Fenômeno 2011 Feat. Terra Preta & Helião]]''
* ''[[A mente do vilão 2012 feat. Rosana Bronks, Don pixote, & Banda Black Rio]]''
* ''[[Mil faces de um homem leal 2012]]''
* ''[[That´s my way 2012 Feat. Seu Jorge]]''
 
== Prizes ==
{|class="wikitable"
! AnoYear
! PrêmioPrize
! Category
! Categoria
! Ref
|-
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|''[[VMB]]''
|''Audience's Choice''
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://vmb.mtv.uol.com.br/vmbpedia/1998 |title=1998-VMB-MTV Brasil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003223915/http://vmb.mtv.uol.com.br/vmbpedia/1998 |archive-date=2012-10-03 }}</ref>
|-
|2002
|''[[Prêmio Hutúz]]''
|''Grupo ou Artista Solo''
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/materias/ver/premio-hutus-anuncia-seus-indicados |title=Cliquemusic: Matéria: Prêmio Hutus anuncia seus indicados |publisher=cliquemusic.uol.com.br |accessdateaccess-date=23 December 2009 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819034329/http://cliquemusic.uol.com.br/materias/ver/premio-hutus-anuncia-seus-indicados |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|2006
|''[[Ordem aodo Mérito Cultural]]''
|''Música''
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cultura.gov.br/site/2006/11/07/pifanos-viola-bumba-meu-boi-carimbo-e-cacuria-homenageados-com-a-ordem-do-merito-cultural/ |title=Ministério da Cultura - MinC - Pífanos, Viola, Bumba-Meu-Boi, Carimbó e Cacuriá homenageados com a Ordem do Mérito Cultural }}</ref>
|-
|2009
|''[[Prêmio Hutúz]]''
|''Melhores artistas da década''
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:hTFanA29RXsJ:www.hutuz.com.br/10anos/in.php?id%3Dganhadores+hutuz+vencedores+10+anos&cd=1&hl=pt-BR&ct=clnk&gl=br&client=firefox-aganhadores |title=.:. HUTÚZ 10 ANOS.:. |publisher=74.125.47.132 |accessdateaccess-date=23 December 2009 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191248/http://www.hutuz.com.br/10anos/in.php?id=ganhadores |archive-date=29 October 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|2012
|''[[VMB]]''
|''Clip of the Year''
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mtv.uol.com.br/programas/mtv1/noticias/mil-faces-de-um-homem-leal-dos-racionais-e-o-clipe-do-ano-no-vmb |title='Mil Faces de Um Homem Leal', dos Racionais, é o Clipe do Ano no VMB |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723030052/http://mtv.uol.com.br/programas/mtv1/noticias/mil-faces-de-um-homem-leal-dos-racionais-e-o-clipe-do-ano-no-vmb |archive-date=2013-07-23 }}</ref>
|-
|2014
|''[[Multishow_Brazilian_Music_Award]]''
|''Best Show''
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://caras.uol.com.br/musica/veja-quem-foram-os-artistas-vencedores-do-premio-multishow-como-luan-santana-musica.phtml |title=Veja quem foram os artistas vencedores do Prêmio Multishow 2014 |publisher=Caras Magazine Website |access-date=20 June 2023 }}</ref>
|-
|}
 
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==External links==
*[httphttps://cliquemusicwww.uolracionaisoficial.com.br/artistas/ver/racionais-mc-s Racionais MC's] inOfficial CliqueUolWebsite
*[http://www.kboing.com.br/racionais-mcs/ Racionais MC's songs] in Kboing
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