versatile man, El Langui is returning to the market after 7 years with his latest album ‘Spasticidad’. A work that raises awareness of inactivity in two senses: the difficulties she struggles with every day due to her illness, and a self-inflicted and increasingly common social trend.
“You don’t have to have cerebral palsy to realize that people are rigid.” points to EFE, this artist from Madrid who released his second solo album this Friday after ‘Hola’ (2015). International Day of Persons with Disabilities With a clear goal of raising awareness.
This is how he originally conceived it, with this title referring to the core and symptoms caused, for example, by various pathologies or a head injury, leading to problems with the mobility of atrophied and stiffened muscles. no control over them.
“Prejudices, little tolerance and lack of empathy make us feel awkward. Fortunately, not everything is negative and there is a society doing its part to combat rare diseases and vulnerable groups,” emphasizes El Langui, more clearly than ever in his rhymes in search of “visibility and normalization.”
That is why it gives importance to it. Strong health with access for all. “People are leaving so badly and it’s a shame in Madrid. It’s very difficult for people to go to work and many taxes are paid, so politicians who can’t just take care of the public for their own benefit are detrimental to health. It gives impotence” points out before their last white show.
After touring with “Hola” for four years and returning to La Excepción to record two singles, he began work on “Spasticidad” in 2019 and sought to replace his preparations with thousands of other projects in progress, including a restaurant. and a short film… until the epidemic hit.
“Deep down, the pandemic has made it more timely, because many people have realized that the axis of their lives is stress and being tense due to acceleration.made them look up from their mobile phones,” he thinks before reading the duo he condemns on the album.
Quickly, however, “auMuch of society has been struck by the uncertainty, thinking that you can’t let your guard down because you have to pay the bills.“. And the head again falls rigidly onto the screen of his phone, disconnected from reality.
“That’s how they want us, they’re busy with fake news, because while there’s good content, there’s another piece of content that doesn’t criticize you. This causes us to have a youth that does not hesitate to get an education with some musical references that they like and defend materialism, individualism,” he complains.
When asked if he was referring to urban artists like Omar Montes, a so-called resident of the Pan Bendito neighborhood, El Langui replied:He didn’t grow up and live there, this is a character that works for him as he created it and the media bought him.“.
El Langui prefers the company for the work of his son Hugo, who goes to a physio-neurology center to document himself with children with cerebral palsy, such as Javi and Dani, who are featured in the ‘Spasticity’ clip he directed. or Kase.O, who responded to him on the same subject as “the Shrimp of rap”.
She’s not the only guest on an album that also features Brisa Fenoy or Diego “El Cigala”, it’s featured on “Y no hago más na”, a section of society disapproving of El Gran Combo from Puerto Rico. that he is satisfied with living on social assistance.
“I come from a workers’ neighborhood where there are people who come out of marginality and try to instill values in their children.. And I didn’t include it not just because they took advantage of the system, but also because of them, because they had concerns as human beings,” she opposes inaction in front of another song on the album.