Dealema
{{short description|Portuguese hip-hop band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
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| origin = Porto
Vila Nova de Gaia
| genre = Hip-hop
| years_active = {{Start date|1996}}–present
| label = Norte Sul, Banzé, Optimus Discos
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| website = {{URL|https://www.dealema.pt}}
| current_members = Maze
Fuse
Mundo Segundo
Expeão
DJ Guze
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Dealema is a long-running Portuguese hip-hop group based in Porto. Along with Mind Da Gap, they are one of the oldest hip-hop bands in Portugal and had major influence over the genre's development across the country.{{cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/scene-report/northern-portugal-hip-hop-scene|title=Meet The New Voices of the Exuberant Hip-Hop Scene in Northern Portugal|last=Klemin|first=Jeremy|date=2020-09-28|publisher=Bandcamp|access-date=2022-03-15}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fcporto.pt/pt/noticias/20181123-pt-dealema-no-proximo-dar-letra-a-musica|title=Evento agendado para 13 de dezembro, no Auditório Fernando Sardoeira Pinto|date=2018-11-23|publisher=FC Porto|access-date=2022-03-15|language=pt}} Their early influences included Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, and Nas.{{cite web|url=https://www.dealema.pt/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dealema-clipping-blitz-1998_02_23.pd|title=Rap no underground as bandas|date=1998-02-23|publisher=Blitz|website=Dealema|access-date=2022-03-15}} Dealema has been performing with the same lineup of Mundo, DJ Guze, Fuse, Expeão, and Maze since forming in 1996.
History
Dealema was formed in 1996, the result of a merger between Factor X and Fullashit.{{Cite web|url=https://artesonora.pt/breves/mundo-segundo-de-regresso-aos-palcos-2o-piso-hard-club-porto/|title=Mundo Segundo De Regresso Aos Palcos|last=CATATÃO|first=DIOGO|date=2021-05-03|publisher=Arte Sonora|access-date=2022-03-15}}{{cite web|url=https://www.juponline.pt/cultura/artigo/27885/mundo-segundo-nao-medo-dizer-lhe-vai-na-alma.aspx|title=MUNDO SEGUNDO NÃO TEM MEDO DE DIZER O QUE LHE VAI NA ALMA|date=2018-09-20|publisher=JUP Online|access-date=2022-03-15|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sapo.pt/video/HED0JsmV5T09rmzcc6dk|title=Hip-hop dos Dealema em Guimarães levou público vimaranense ao rubro|date=2015-02-03|publisher=SAPO|access-date=2022-03-15|language=pt}} They self-published their first album, O Expresso do Submundo, in 1996 and reissued the cassette in 2018.{{cite book|last1=Nitzsche|first1=Sina A.|last2=Grünzweig|first2=Walter|title=Hip-Hop in Europe|url={{Google books|iE-ZAgAAQBAJ|page=86|plainurl=yes}}|page=86}} Their self-titled album was produced by Norte Sul and released in 2003. V Império (Banzé, 2008){{cite web|url=https://banze.com.pt/index.php?controller=store&action=index|title=V Império|date=2008|publisher=Banzé|access-date=2022-03-15|language=pt}} is considered the album that solidified Porto as the capital of the country's hip-hop scene.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}} In 2010, they were on-boarded to Optimus Discos by Antena 3 presenter Henrique Amaro, who was the artistic director of the label's project focusing on Portuguese talent. Their EP Arte de Vivier was released in 2010, followed by A Grande Tribulação in 2011. Their sixth album, Alvorada da Alma (2013) featured 12 guest musicians including Ace from Mind Da Gap ("Bom Dia"), Emicida ("Comportamentos bizarros"), Nach, and Angolan rapper Kid MC ("Plara É A Alma").{{cite web|url=https://mag.sapo.pt/musica/artigos/dealema-no-tmn-ao-vivo-os-tempos-que-antecedem-a-alvorada-da-alma|title=Dealema no TMN ao Vivo: Os tempos que antecedem a alvorada da alma|date=2013-11-26|publisher=SAPO|access-date=2022-03-16|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=https://vaiserrimando.com.br/dealema-lanca-palavra-e-alma-com-participacao-de-kid-mc/|title=Dealema lança "Palavra É A Alma" com participação de Kid MC|date=2013-12-09|publisher=Vai Ser Rimando|access-date=2022-03-16|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=http://www.noticiario-periferico.com/2013/11/emicida-participara-de-cd-de-um-dos.html|title=Emicida participará de CD de um dos grupos de RAP mais respeitados de Portugal|date=2013|publisher=Noticiario Periferico|access-date=2022-03-16|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=https://tvi.iol.pt/noticias/musica/alvorada-da-alma/dealema-regressam-aos-discos-em-dezembro|title=Dealema regressam aos discos em dezembro|date=2013-05-11|publisher=tvi Noticias|access-date=2022-03-16|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=https://tvi.iol.pt/noticias/musica/frankie-chavez/optimus-discos-disponibiliza-quatro-novos-eps|title=Optimus Discos disponibiliza quatro novoEPs|date=2010-03-24|publisher=tvi|access-date=2022-03-15|language=pt}}
In 2015, the band started filming for what was initially going to be a documentary but later morphed into a multi-episode documentary series. It was directed by Rui Miguel Abreu and released onto YouTube.{{cite web|url=https://www.noticiasmagazine.pt/2017/mundosegundo/historias/24019/|title=A vida de Mundo Segundo dava um álbum inteiro de hip hop|date=2017-01-25|publisher=Noticias Magazine|access-date=2022-03-15|language=pt}} In 2017, the band shared that they were primarily focusing on their solo work but that "[t]hese breaks are nothing new."{{cite web|url=https://24.sapo.pt/vida/artigos/dealema-vao-lancar-online-serie-sobre-20-anos-de-carreira|title=Dealema vão lançar 'online' série sobre 20 anos de carreira|date=2017-01-12|publisher=Sapo|access-date=2022-03-15|language=pt}} They appeared in the docuseries Implementation of Rapública in 2019; in series 2, episode 5 of the A Arte Elétrica in Portugal in 2020; and No Ar in 2021.{{cite web|url=https://www.rimasebatidas.pt/implantacao-da-rapublica-queremos-tentar-mostrar-o-mais-possivel-aquilo-que-e-hoje-o-rap-e-de-que-forma-e-que-o-passado-e-o-presente-se-unem/|title=Implantação da Rapública: "Queremos tentar mostrar o mais possível aquilo que é hoje o rap e de que forma é que o passado e o presente se unem"|last=Santos|first=Pedro João|date=2019-10-05|publisher=Rimas e Batidas|access-date=2022-03-16}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rimasebatidas.pt/a-arte-eletrica-em-portugal-o-episodio-sobre-hip-hop-tuga-ja-esta-disponivel-na-rtp-play/|title=A Arte Elétrica em Portugal: o episódio sobre hip hop tuga já está disponível na RTP Play|date=2020-03-25|publisher=Rimas e Batidas|access-date=2022-03-16|language=pt}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rtp.pt/play/palco/p8711/e553219/no-ar|title=No Ar|date=2021-06-23|publisher=RTP|access-date=2022-03-16|language=pt}}
Discography
- O Expresso do Submundo (1996, EP)
- Dealema (2003, LP)
- V Império (2008, LP)
- Arte de Viver (2010, EP)
- A Grande Tribulação (2011, LP)
- Alvorada da Alma (2013, LP){{cite web|url=https://www.juponline.pt/cultura/artigo/33404/dealema-quando-fazes-musica-com-um-sentimento-tao-profundo-e-tao-real-ela-torna-se-intemporal.aspx|title=DEALEMA: "QUANDO FAZES MÚSICA COM UM SENTIMENTO TÃO PROFUNDO E TÃO REAL, ELA TORNA-SE INTEMPORAL"|date=2019-10-28|last=Costa|first=Francisca|publisher=JUP Online|access-date=2022-03-15|language=pt}}
Personnel
- Edmundo "Mundo Segundo" Silva{{cite web|url=https://espalhafactos.com/2015/05/03/festa-do-hip-hop-nacional-no-coliseu-dos-recreios/|title=A festa do hip-hop nacional no Coliseu dos Recreios|last=Farinha|first=Ricardo|date=2015-05-03|publisher=Espalha Factos|access-date=2022-03-15|language=pt}}
- André "Maze" Neves
- Expeão
- Fuse
- DJ Guze
External links
- {{Official website|https://www.dealema.pt}}
- [https://www.discogs.com/artist/122972-Dealema Dealema] on Discogs
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Category:Portuguese musical groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1996