Suppra drops her second album “Yanco”

Since the early days of hip-hop, it’s well-known Latin America was embracing the Bronx-born culture that was taking over the globe step by step. It wasn’t long before Latinos came up with their own styles, giving the game new dimension and flavor that, commercially, took a huge leap with the emergence of Cypress Hill back in ’91 when they dropped their debut album. What’s interesting, even though there’s a number of women throughout the world that rap, no continent provided such a large number of female hip-hop artists like South America did…and still does.

Suppra, the Colombian rapper from Bogotá, is another example of how even today South America continues giving birth to an imposing number of gals with serious penmanship, nurturing the culture in their own way. She’s a relatively new artist on the scene who made her first appearance in 2020 with the “Amazona Street” EP some time after moving to Chile, but she caught attention from the very start with her style and soothing voice. That eventually gave birth to her debut album “Epifanía”, released in 2023, reaching a somewhat wider audience and letting people know there’s a new slick cat in town. Now, with a few singles which precede it, the Latino representative comes back with a new studio project – “Yanco”.

Same as before, the accent is on her distinct voice and relaxed, but penetrative delivery filled with swift multi-syllable rhymes that pop up here and there, just to avoid having too much of it. The pitch of her flow isn’t oscillating much as she’s keeping it more or less neutral which, considering the nature of her vocals, is a perfect choice as it keeps her on top of everything that happens in the sonic background, not allowing the listener to lose their attention. In accordance with her name, which is a play on a Latin word “supra” (roughly translated “above” or “beyond”), she’s staying on top of her game with no intention of falling down.

Musically, in case y’all are wondering, the girl stayed true to the boom bap sound so there’s not a single track that stands out like a sore thumb. Suppra is dealing with beats like they’re a part of her DNA, and probably are, so there’s a perfect balance between her vocals and the instrumentals. Shout out to whoever was dealing with mixing and mastering. Now, don’t expect anything extravagant about the beats. They’re nothing special, so to speak, but they do provide the perfect atmosphere for Suppra to flow over, so they do the job they’re intended for. The only track that features a slightly different sound is “Ruleta” due to its melancholic, piano-driven instrumental to add more depth to the topic at hand, but all others – pure slappin’.

In conclusion, she’s not just another rap name in the sea of rappers, but instead puts something cool on the table. However, I don’t expect that everybody will be able to vibe with it, fully or partially, but objectively speaking, the girl deserves to be given flowers. As for me, I vibe with it fully and can expect she’ll much more dope stuff in the future. After all, she’s at the very beginning of her career, hopefully a fruitful one.

TRACKLIST:
01 • Intro Yanco
02 • Wake Up
03 • La Opotunidad feat. DJ Sta
04 • Ruleta feat. DJ Efe
05 • N.C.R.M
06 • Interludio
07 • Rapcore feat. DJ Efe
08 • Dorado
09 • Alud