Gnotes - "Guitars in the Trunk"

The first track form Gnotes' 2006 album INTHRUMENTAL, "Guitars in the Trunk" is about the Gnawledge Records trip to Cuba for the 10th annual Havana Hip-Hop Festival. We brought a mobile studio down to do some recording with Anonimo Consejo, a pair of Cuban MCs. When we arrived at the Jose Marti International Airport, the security agents were unbothered by our guitars and drum machines, but they were not happy about us importing microphones into Cuba. Video by Canyon Cody.

Lyrics:
"The human voice is a beautiful thing,
but the human voice is a powerful thing.
They confiscated our bags when we got off the plane.
Suitcase with instruments and all types
of machines that make beats,
but they only took the mics.
Charged with illegal vocal amplification,
Locked my mic behind the cell
but released us form the station.
Homeless, lazy, lifeless, sunk.
Technics in the backseat,
Guitars in the trunk."

Buy the album here: http://www.amazon.com/Inthrumental-Gnotes/dp/B000G19QZ8

More from Gnotes: http://www.myspace.com/silentgnotes
More from Anonimo Consejo: http://www.myspace.com/anonimoconsejocuba

La primera cancion del disco INTHRUMENTAL (2006) del rapero Gnotes, "Guitars in the Trunk" trata de nuestro viage al festival de hip-hop en La Habana. Llevamos un estudio movil para grabar con Anonimo Consejo, un grupo de raperos cubanos. Cuando llegamos al aeropuerto, las guardias de seguridad no tenian ningunos problemas con nuestros guitarras ni cajas de ritmos electronicos, pero no les gustaron nada nuestros microfonos.

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• gnotes
• gnawledge
• cuba
• underground
• hip-hop
• rap
• instrumental
• seattle
• boston
• habana
• havana
• MC
• police
• censorship
• airport
• jose marti
• indie
• canyon cody

[machetes]

ha ha "inthrumental" i get it.