HIP HOP HOODÍOS
"Agua Pa' La Gente"

New Album From Allstar Latino-Jewish Urban Music Collective Is In Stores Now!!
The Full-Length Follow-Up To 2002's Self-Released "Raza Hoodia" EP, "Agua Pa' La Gente" Features Guest Appearances from Leading Latin & Jewish Music Acts, Including Members of Santana, Jaguares, The Klezmatics, Los Abandoned, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Midnight Minyan, and Orixa.

"On Hip Hop Hoodios' new album ["Agua Pa' La Gente"], cameos from members of Jaguares, Santana, and The Klezmatics help make the socially conscious anti-corporate playa-hating funnier than any Beastie Boys punchlines recently."
-VILLAGE VOICE

"None of this [Latin and Jewish identity] would matter much, musically that is, if the Hoodios didn't bring it. And bring it they do, marrying klezmer with cumbia, hard-core hip-hop with Santanaesque grooves. Somehow it all works, thanks to cameos from members of Santana and the participation of alterlatino acts such as Jaguares, La Barranca, and Orixa & Los Mocosos. You might snicker at the lyrics to "Ocho Kandelikas," but you're going to dance, too."
-WASHINGTON POST

"The lyrics are provocative, clever and funny. Musically, the 12-song album is an intriguing mix of modern and classical instruments, cutting-edge sensibility and ancient echoes. The Hoodios are indeed onto something funky, fresh and fun."
-ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hip Hop Hoodios ("hoodio" is a twist on the word "judio" - Spanish for "Jew") is an allstar Latino-Jewish urban music collective led by Josué Noriega and Abraham Veléz that includes participation from members of such notable Latin & Jewish acts as Santana, Jaguares, The Klezmatics, Orixa, Los Mocosos, Midnight Minyan, and Los Abandoned. The Jewish answer to El Gran Silencio? The Latino respuesta to the Beastie Boys? Put the categorizations aside - Hip Hop Hoodios are out to change the notions and preconceptions of Latin and Jewish music. From Latin funk to klezmer to cumbia to straight-up hip-hop, Los Hoodios are cross-cultural mayhem at its best.

The LA/NY-based bicoastal band has signed to respected indie label Jazzheads Records for its new full length debut "Agua Pa' La Gente." The disc is now in stores nationally, including at retailers such as Amazon.com, iTunes, Tower Records, Borders, Newbury Comics, and Virgin Megastores. The new album represents the follow-up to Hip Hop Hoodíos' acclaimed 2002 debut 'Raza Hoodia' EP, which sold 5000 copies as a self-released title. Understanding how difficult it is to break new artists in today's saturated music market, Hip Hop Hoodíos and Jazzheads are backing up the new album with a MONEY BACK GUARANTEE that few other artists have the courage to make- any buyer who is not satisfied with the band's music can return the disc for a FULL REFUND.

Los Hoodios realized that delivering a follow-up to 'Raza Hoodia' (recently certified as the biggest selling Latino-Jewish hip-hop album of ALL TIME), would not be easy. But whereas 'Raza Hoodia' was recorded in one drunken weekend on a mere $500 budget, the new album 'Agua Pa' La Gente' was recorded on a Cirque du Soleil-sized budget over the course of FIFTY TWO drunken weekends. In other words, fans can expect more of the trilingual mayhem they've come to love - but this time, with a sonically-enhanced psychosemitic Latin sheen that would make even a silver apple go rolling home, sighing softly.

The new album is highlighted by lead-off track "Agua Pa' La Gente", a high-octane and socially-conscious Latin-alternative vamp. "1492" represents a growth in musical maturity for the band, as Hip Hop Hoodíos are joined by Frank London of The Klezmatics for a soul-jazz exploration of how the Spanish Inquisition resulted in millions of Latinos unknowingly having Jewish roots. The new album was produced by Happy Sanchez (Los Mocosos, Latin Soul Syndicate) and features 12 spanking new tracks of Latino-Jewish madness, as well as remixes, seahorses, and lord knows what else.

Hip Hop Hoodios recently made their European debut with packed headlining shows in France, and have been playing to full houses on both coasts in the U.S. The group's crossover appeal continues to make waves, as evidenced by Los Hoodios' acceptance by Jews, Latinos, and gentiles alike. The video for the first single "Gorrito Cosmico" has been in heavy rotation on MTV-Espanol, and can also be seen on such national networks such as Mun2/Telemundo, SiTV, and LATV. Stay tuned for more news, including an update on the forthcoming "Kike on the Mic" video, which was shot in East LA and directed by Alex Cortez