Kinto Sol

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Kinto Sol


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Genre = Hip hop
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Label = Disa, Univision
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URL = [http://www.kintosol.com kintosol.com]
Current_members = DJ Payback Garcia
El Chivo
Skribe
Past_members = El Gordo

Kinto Sol is a Latin Hip Hop group based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The group consists of three brothers: DJ Payback Garcia (Javier García), El Chivo (Eduardo García) and Skribe (Manuel García); originally from Iramuco, Guanajuato, Mexico, [ [http://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/columnists/rburr/stories/MYSA040807.5J.burr.296e610.html "Kinto Sol sees magic and power in the business of music"] , Ramiro Burr, MySA.com ("San Antonio Express-News"/KENS-TV), March 6, 2007.] they moved to the US at a very young age due to financial struggle. They rap mainly in Spanish, fusing traditional Mexican music with hip hop beats that makes their sound original and like no other. They own their own independent record label called VIRUS ENTERPRISES LLC, which specializes in Latin Hip Hop.

The group's name is a phonetic spelling of "quinto sol" (fifth sun) with a little hip hop twist, and is taken from an Aztec legend in which the Fifth Sun will be the last one to set in this lifetime. The Aztec's calendar was so sophisticated that even NASA is studying it to this day. The calendar stops at the year 2012 as the myth explains. [http://www.diagnosis2012.co.uk/5thsun.htm]

Their latest album "LOS HIJOS DEL MAIZ" was awarded the best Latin Hip Hop album of the year for its content and best sales history. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003788413]

El Chivo has also released two independent solo albums. His latest album, CICATRICES reached number 5 on the Latin BILLBOARD charts "LATIN RYTHM ALBUM" and it was an independent release with no backing of a major record label. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/searchResult.jsp?configType=BBCOM_SIMPLEDEFAULT&pubList=Billboard&an=bbcom&action=Submit&kw=&exposeNavigation=true&keyword=CICATRICES&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Submit&searchType=ARTICLE_SEARCH]

Discography

Albums

* "Hecho en Mexico" (2004, Disa)
* "Del norte al sur" (2003, Disa)
* "La Sangre Nunca Muere" (2005, Disa)
* "Los Hijos del Maiz" (2007, Univision)
* "15 Rayos" (2007, Univision)
* "Carcel De Suenos" (2008)

Collaborations

* Jae-P and Kinto Sol — "Encuentros Musicales" (2007, Univision)

Compilation appearances

* "" (2005, Lakeshore) (song: "No Muerdas la Mano")

Charts

External links

* [http://www.kintosol.com Official website]
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* [http://music.yahoo.com/ar-22329361---Kinto-Sol Kinto Sol] at Yahoo! Music
* [http://musicgroup.univision.com/article.php?artistid=151&type=BIO Kinto Sol] at Univision Music Group

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