Vengo (album)

Vengo
Studio album by Ana Tijoux
Released	March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
Recorded	2013
Genre	Hip hop, Andean
Label	Nacional
Ana Tijoux chronology
La Bala (2011) Vengo (2014)
Singles from Vengo
"Vengo" Released: January 21, 2014 (2014-01-21)

Vengo is Chilean hip-hop artist Ana Tijoux's fourth solo studio album,^[1] released in March, 2014. Its debut single "Vengo" was released on Spin in January of the same year.^[2][3][4][5] Vengo was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the 2015 Ceremony.^[6]

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

A reviewer at NPR called it "virtually flawless",^[9] and MTV said it was "some of the most dazzling hip-hop this year".^[10]

Several reviewers noted the inclusion of Andean music elements, especially the pan flute. NPR's reviewer said it was "refreshing" and noted Andean music has been "often done a disservice by "world music" labels."^[9] Of the flute, the MTV reviewer said "it's a bit challenging to extricate the instrument from its associations with corny new age compilations ... Tijoux is attempting a tough task to take back and breathe new life into music that has a rich heritage, but has been commercialized and marginalized into schlock."^[10]

Reviewers also noted the progressive elements of the lyrics, including feminism, environmentalism, social justice and post-colonialism.^{[10][11][12][13]}

The album's instrumentation is completely done with in-studio recordings, often with traditional South American instruments. Unusually for modern hip-hop recording, there are no samples used on the album.^[13][12][1] One reviewer said that it contained elements of folk music and jazz.^[13]

Awards

Track listing

Charts

References

Notes

Sources

• Spin Premieres First Single From Ana Tijoux's New Album 'Vengo' To Be Released March 18th With Upcoming USA Tour Dates, Nacional Records, January 21, 2014 
• Afroxander (January 25, 2014), Ana Tijoux teases new album with single, "Vengo", Voxxi 
• Schlanger, Zoë (March 18, 2014), "Chile's Hip-Hop Heroine Goes Deep", Newsweek 
• Garsd, Jasmine (March 9, 2014), First Listen: Ana Tijoux, 'Vengo', NPR 
• "A Beating Heart, a Social Conscience and a Deluge of Ideas — New Music by Ana Tijoux, Tunde Olaniran and the Bad Plus", The New York Times, March 14, 2014 
• Schedule: Ana Tijoux, SXSW, 2014 
• Johnson, Kjerstin (March 19, 2014), "Chilean Rapper Ana Tijoux's New Album Hits on Identity and Politics with Expert Flow", Bitch 
• "10 New Artists You Need to Know", Rolling Stone, March 2014 
• Stephens, Alexis (March 18, 2014), Reviewed: Ana Tijoux's Vengo, MTV 
• "Hear Ana Tijoux's Horn-Heavy 'Vengo': Grammy Nominated, 'Breaking Bad'-featured MC announces new album out March 18", Spin, January 21, 2014 
• Jurek, Thom (2014), Review: Vengo, Allmusic, retrieved 2014-05-05 

Further reading

• Nina Liss-Schultz (March 17, 2014), "Ana Tijoux Waxes Political With 'Vengo'", Mother Jones 
• Nick MacWilliam (March 21, 2014), REVIEW ANA TIJOUX – VENGO, Sounds and Colours