By José Gandue @spinning zone
Is the audience ready to hear a vocal machine gun, the fastest flow in the West?, the most intense string of the momentHe's barely 18 years old, and from the first time he was heard, Nohelys Jiménez, better known in the music scene as J Noa, He is surprising for many reasons: the speed of his speech, the informality of his language, because every song he records is a story told without any subtlety, who doesn't hesitate to recount everything that happens in just a few minutes, and whose every word is a slap that leaves no statue standing. Born in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, on October 17, 2005, In his short time on Earth, he proclaimed himself «"the daughter of rap", He has a current contract with the Latin division of Sony Music, and has already received a Latin Grammy Award nomination in the Best Rap/Hip Hop Song category for Autodidact, And a year later, she received nominations for the Soberano Awards and the Lo Nuestro Awards. And just a few days ago, showing that she's headed beyond outer space, she released her first album., Kill yourselves for the crown, a groundbreaking album that breaks the mold in the continent's hip hop scene.
Watch out, what J Noa says in his songs sounds like a neighborhood fight., Cockfights can take place on any street corner in our cities., But the way this woman does it manages to contain the irony, the courage, and the complaint that one expects from an artist willing to be cared for and never forgotten. Few people know how to swear with such grace as she does, and what's more, she knows how to deliver her profanities amidst some truly remarkable urban poetry:
Shut your damn mouths, all you know about me is my name. I grew up without my dad, an alpha female. I don't eat shit from men, I don't count on anyone. I look like a fool, my hands are the ones that answer. If I die, I die proud because this brunette, ah, nobody hides from her.e
She talks about many things: about love (with all the doubts of someone who has just reached adulthood, but with the confidence of someone who already knows what human despair is all about), self-esteem, what others will say, of the society that surrounds her, of the pitfalls of the entertainment world, and the lies of its own music scene. Anyone could accuse her of being haughty, presumptuous, and petulant, but she's simply telling her truth, with the boldness we need in these times. J Noa doesn't ask permission to speak. «"I was born the other day and everything I've done is already relevant,", And that is empowerment. No one can try to humiliate (without making a fool of themselves) this beautiful black Caribbean woman who has all the strength to conquer the whole world.
But, to complete the package, J Noa has a Honduran producer behind him, Jeffrey “Trooko’ Peñalva (who has worked with high-ranking figures such as Beyoncé, Residente, Bad Bunny, Chris Brown, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez and Rihanna), who understood the context of the Dominican woman's sermons, and He gave it a soundscape that includes jazzy, rock, and stylized pop moments.
There is no complacent music here, quite the contrary: The recordings are full of aggressive textures that never lower the level of combat. What's new about J Noa is this: There's no innocence here, only pure rage that's overcome with denunciations, with truths, with the necessary words. I insist, there's no kindness here, and perhaps that might irritate more than one listener, but, frankly, at this point, This type of diatribe is more necessary than everyday submission.