December 2, 2024 12:46 pm

MUSICALLY BORN WITH THE HIP-HOP: J-Ax + DJ Jad = Articolo 31

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Alessandro Aleotti (stage name J Ax), was born in Cologno Monzese in 1972, while Vito Luca Perrini (aka Dj Jad) was born in Bollate in 1966. So, two boys from the provinces, the first rapper and the second disc jockey who met during a party. By re-proposing the distinctive characteristics of their freestyle in Italian, they had been successful both in Italy and abroad. The return of Article 31 was announce in 2018, with a series of five concerts at the Fabrique in Milan. Articolo 31 https://www.art31.com/ is a hip-hop musical group formed in Milan in 1990. In 1994, they had opted for pop sounds, taking on a melodic cantato and reducing hip-hop.

They would have liked to be call Article 41, from an article of law that provides for the possibility of military exemption for nerve syndromes. A rapper and a disc jockey met in Milan in 1990, so J-Ax and DJ Jad decided to form Articolo 31 https://www.rockol.it/artista/articolo-31, referring to an Irish law in 1976, enacted following the riots in Northern Ireland. From their point of view, it was a threat to freedom of expression. Article 31 dealt with a different topic, but commercially the choice of that name was original. After releasing nine albums, the Articolo 31 duo split up, each starting their own career.

Their style? To understand it, just memorize a piece of what they sing: Sometimes it messes up my life, but so I do not want to tell me how to take it. I am leaving the tracks looking for a new path, to each question I answer: why yes! Then I turn around. The first single of the duo was Born to rapping, released in 1992. With the departure from the underground environment, after two years Articolo 31 https://it-it.facebook.com/art31com/ released the album Messa di vespiri, but a rift was born with other Italian rappers. Within this album was an ironic narration of J-Ax’s love affair with marijuana, Maria Maria, their best know song. Taken from the lyrics of one of their songs, one of their beautiful phrases is part of our colloquial jargon: A night without you is as meaningless as non-alcoholic beer!

With the aim of researching Italian hip-hop music, J-Ax, writer Raptuz TDK and rapper Space One founded Spaghetti Funk in 1994. Their As it is, was released in 1996 and achieved sales of over half a million copies, transforming Articolo 31 https://www.musicalstore.it/wordpress/musica/musica-a/articolo-31-biografia/articolo-31-discografia-e-testi/ into a reality in the Italian music scene. Their fourth album, Nobody, was based on the chorus of a Natalino Otto song, but also included Bob Dylan’s Like a Rolling Stone, obviously as a reinterpretation of the original song. In 1999, their Xché sì proposed a catchy mix of pop / funk and hip-hop. In 2000, they staged a concert in the San Vittore prison in Milan. In 2001, to celebrate ten years of hip-hop in Italy, they made a film: Senza filtro.

TOMORROW I STOP – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7WSrlSIF8k. They told me to be quiet and good. They said quiet and change tone. They told me not to speak with my mouth full and to walk straight well, straight with my back, not to go off topic and follow the pattern. Alternatively, to go to bed without dinner, not to create a problem that is not worth it, to be grateful to be born on the side of the world, which is perfect. Perfect, perfect, perfect like you, Letizia. I am not sure when it started. Suddenly I no longer obeyed. Honey, it is as you say, really. I do not know what ruined me. It is just that I have started saying too many no’s. Maybe that is why you left me. And I won’t suffer a little from it. However, I am sorry. For now, I do not think it is a perfect world. I will stop tomorrow. Better, call back tomorrow. They told me to stay on the tracks. They told me respect these times. They told me keep your feet on the ground. They told me this war is right. I am sorry, for now I do not think it is a perfect world. I will stop tomorrow. I also left the toilet seat on. I will stop tomorrow. Moreover, I make too many trips without a ticket. I will stop tomorrow. Better, call back tomorrow. They told me not to step on the grass. They told me not to grow weed. They told me what clothes you wear. In addition, my hair was either too long or too short. Moreover, I do not wear an approved helmet. I do not put my identity on a diet. I took a bath after I ate, and I am still wet. I am sorry, for now I do not think it is a perfect world. I will stop tomorrow. I also left the toilet seat on. I will stop tomorrow. Moreover, I make too many trips without a ticket. I will stop tomorrow. Better call back tomorrow.

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