Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia
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| Released | 27 October 2002 | |||
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| Length | 110:24 | |||
| Language | Portuguese | |||
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Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia (English: Nothing Like the Day After Another Day), also released as Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia, Vol. 1 & 2, is the third studio album by Brazilian hip-hop group Racionais MC's, released on 27 October 2002 through Casa Nostra.[2]
A two-volume album, the project was critically acclaimed, named as one of the best Brazilian albums of all time by Rolling Stone. It also won the Prêmio Hutúz for Album of the Year in 2002. It includes some of the group's most recognizable songs such as "Vida Loka I", "Vida Loka II", "Negro Drama" and "Jesus Chorou".[3] The cover art for the album features Ice Blue in front of a Chevrolet Impala.[4]
Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia was released in 2002, following the commercial success of Sobrevivendo no Inferno (1998) and the release of the group's first live album Ao Vivo (2001).[5] It spanned five singles, "Vida Loka I", "Vida Loka II", "Negro Dama", "Jesus Chorou" and "Estilo Cachorro", all released through 2002.[6]
In 2006, the group released 1000 Trutas, 1000 Tretas, their second live album and first DVD. It is composed of mostly songs from Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia, including all the singles except "Estilo Cachorro".[7]
Composition
Consisting of 21 songs, the album is divided in two parts, the first is an eleven-song volume named Chora Agora ("Cry Now") while the second is a ten-song volume named Ri Depois ("Laugh Later"). It makes significant use of sampling with most of the songs in the album sampling one or more songs, both by Racionais MC's themselves as well as by artist such as Marvin Gaye, Al Green and various musicians from Brazil, among others.
The album is framed within a fictional radio transmission. The interlude "Sou + Você" opens the album with Mano Brown playing the host of Radio Êxodos. It ends with the eight-minute track "Da Ponte pra Cá".[8] Similar to their previous studio album, Nada Como um Dia Após o Outro Dia deals with themes of class inequality and racism, as well as the experiences of life in the periphery of São Paulo, Brazil.[5][8][3] Jail life is discussed in "Vida Loka Pt. 1", while experiences of triumph and social mobility are celebrated in "Vida Loka Pt. 2".[9][4] Racism appears as a topic in songs like "Negro Drama", which deals with the hardships of being a Black person in Brazilian society and "A Vida é Desafio", which addresses issues such as dreams in the midst of racism and the future perspectives of Black people.[2] Cars make recurrent appearances as symbols of success and money throughout the album, like in the cover art as well as in "Vida Loka Pt. 2", which features the line "Imagina nóis de Audi ou de Citroën. Indo aqui, indo ali. Só pam de vai e vem" ("Imagine us in Audi or Citroën. Going here, going there. Just 'pam' back and forth").[4] In addition, the song "A Vitima" tells the story of an accident that took place in 1999 at Marginal Pinheiros, a highway in São Paulo, where Edi Rock crashed against a Kombi while driving his Opel Diplomat, causing the death of the driver of the Kombi.[4]
Track listing
All tracks were produced by Racionais MC's.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sou + Você" | 1:48 | |
| 2. | "Vivão E Vivendo" |
| 1:58 |
| 3. | "Vida Loka (Intro)" |
| 0:24 |
| 4. | "Vida Loka, Pt. 1" |
| 5:03 |
| 5. | "Negro Drama" |
| 6:51 |
| 6. | "A Vítima" |
| 7:20 |
| 7. | "Na Fé Firmão" |
| 6:05 |
| 8. | "12 de Outubro" |
| 3:31 |
| 9. | "Eu Sou 157" |
| 8:50 |
| 10. | "A Vida É Desafio" (featuring Afro-X) |
| 7:13 |
| 11. | "1 por Amor 2 por Dinheiro" (featuring Trilha Sonora do Gueto & Rosana Bronks) |
| 6:58 |
| Total length: | 55:58 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "De Volta à Cena" |
| 2:01 |
| 2. | "Otus 500" |
| 2:11 |
| 3. | "Crime Vai e Vem" |
| 7:55 |
| 4. | "Jesus Chorou" |
| 7:51 |
| 5. | "Fone (Intro)" |
| 1:56 |
| 6. | "Estilo Cachorro" |
| 6:17 |
| 7. | "Vida Loka, Pt. 2" |
| 5:50 |
| 8. | "Expresso da Meia-Noite" |
| 5:21 |
| 9. | "Trutas e Quebradas" |
| 6:17 |
| 10. | "Da Ponte pra Cá" |
| 8:47 |
| Total length: | 54:26 | ||
Sample credits
- Taken from Genius:[10][11]
- "Sou + Você" samples the song "Uma Lágrima", written and performed by Cassiano.
- "Vida Loka, Pt. 1" samples the songs "Soon I'll Be Loving You Again", written by Arthur "T-Boy" Ross, Marvin Gaye and Leon Ware, and performed by Marvin Gaye; and "You Are My Love", written by Billy Kinsley and Roger Scott Craig, and performed by Liverpool Express.
- "Negro Drama" samples the song "My First Night Alone Without You", written by Kin Vassy and performed by Dionne Warwick.
- "Eu Sou 157" samples the songs "Georgia on My Mind", written by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell, and performed by Ray Charles; and "Orai Por Nós", written and performed by Dudu Nobre.
- "De Volta à Cena" samples the song "Simply Beautiful", written and performed by Al Green.
- "Otus 500" samples the songs "Carta a Sociedade", written by Afro-X and performed by 509-E; "Voz Ativa", written by Mano Brown, Ice Blue and Edi Rock, and performed by Racionais MC's; and "Racistas Otários", written by Mano Brown and Ice Blue, and performed by Racionais MC's.
- "Jesus Chorou" samples the songs "Strager in Paradise", written by George Forrest and Robert Craig Wright, and performed by Isaac Hayes; and "Free at Last", written and performed by Al Green.
- "Fone (Intro)" samples the song "That Is Why You're Overweight", written by Eddie Harris, Yvonne Harris and Sara Harris, and performed by Eddie Harris.
- "Estilo Cachorro" samples the song "Am I Black Enough for You?", written by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, and performed by Billy Paul.
- "Vida Loka, Pt. 2" samples the songs "Theme from Kiss of Blood", written and performed by The Button-Down Brass featuring The Funky Trumpet of Ray Davies; and "Programado pra Morre", written and performed by Trilha Sonora do Gueto.
- "Expresso da Meia-Noite" samples the song "Pânico Na Zona Sul", written by Mano Brown and performed by Racionais MC's.
- "Trutas e Quebradas" samples the songs "Soon I'll Be Loving You Again", written by Arthur "T-Boy" Ross, Marvin Gaye and Leon Ware, and performed by Marvin Gaye; and "Minnie's Lament", written by Minnie Riperton and Richard Rudolph, and performed by Minnie Riperton.
- "Da Ponte pra Cá" samples the songs "Onda", written by Cassiano and Paulo Zdanowski, and performed by Cassiano; and "Cusswords", written and performed by Too $hort.
