Deize Tigrona
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Deize Tigrona is a Brazilian funk carioca
musician. Born in the São Conrado neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
, Deize worked as a house cleaner until her music career became successful. Her song “Injeção” was used as the basis for the M.I.A.
song "Bucky Done Gun
". Recently she has performed both with M.I.A. and with another popular funk carioca singer, Tati Quebra Barraco.
While funk’s lyrics often focus on relationships and sex, and many male funk carioca artists commonly objectify women, Tigrona has received some criticism for some of her lyrics. Although she has a relatively low profile, her song "Injeção," which translates to the English word "injection," had some success, and includes the lyrics Quando eu vô ao médico, sinto uma dor / Quer me dar injeção...Injeção doi quando fura which roughly translate to "When I go to the doctor, I feel a pain / He wants to give me an injection... The injection hurts when it penetrates." The song, which incorporates many other sexual metaphors, samples the horns from the theme of the Rocky
films, "Gonna Fly Now
." Alex Bellos has noted the key characteristics of this genre as "Coke. Guns. Booty. Beats." - the last two of these can certainly be heard in Tigrona's song. Funk carioca, when played in its typical, extremely loud, floor-shaking style, often has the effect of "going straight to the booty," says funk researcher Greg Scruggs.
As is expected with music that is this sexually explicit, the dance style that goes along with it is very sexually suggestive. Furthermore, songs like "Injeção" serve as a powerful affirmation of the Brazilian preoccupation of anal sex.
Many of her songs, including “Sex-o-matic” and “Injeção”, blatantly discuss sex and woman in a way some other funk carioca performers, like Tati Quebra Barraco, consider offensive. Tigrona maintains that funk music is for dancing and that people find her double-entendres entertaining. Despite the criticism, Tigrona’s music is gradually becoming more popular to a wider audience, even beyond the streets of Brazil: she makes a guest appearance on British dance producer Greymatter's 2010 album, with the track ["Eu Fomo"]http://soundcloud.com/greymatter/eu-fumo-ft-deize-tigrona-preview-1
Funk carioca
Funk carioca , favela funk and, elsewhere in the world, baile funk, is a type of dance music from Rio de Janeiro, derived from Miami bass....
musician. Born in the São Conrado neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Deize worked as a house cleaner until her music career became successful. Her song “Injeção” was used as the basis for the M.I.A.
M.I.A. (artist)
Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam , better known by her stage name M.I.A. , is an English singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, painter and director of Sri Lankan Tamil descent. Her compositions combine elements of hip hop, electronica, dance, alternative and world music. M.I.A...
song "Bucky Done Gun
Bucky Done Gun
"Bucky Done Gun" is the third single from M.I.A.'s critically acclaimed album Arular. It is written by Maya Arulpragasam and Wesley Pentz and produced by Diplo, with additional production by A. Brucker, P. Byrne and Wizard...
". Recently she has performed both with M.I.A. and with another popular funk carioca singer, Tati Quebra Barraco.
While funk’s lyrics often focus on relationships and sex, and many male funk carioca artists commonly objectify women, Tigrona has received some criticism for some of her lyrics. Although she has a relatively low profile, her song "Injeção," which translates to the English word "injection," had some success, and includes the lyrics Quando eu vô ao médico, sinto uma dor / Quer me dar injeção...Injeção doi quando fura which roughly translate to "When I go to the doctor, I feel a pain / He wants to give me an injection... The injection hurts when it penetrates." The song, which incorporates many other sexual metaphors, samples the horns from the theme of the Rocky
Rocky
Rocky is a 1976 American sports drama film directed by John G. Avildsen and both written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. It tells the rags to riches American Dream story of Rocky Balboa, an uneducated but kind-hearted debt collector for a loan shark in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
films, "Gonna Fly Now
Gonna Fly Now
"Gonna Fly Now", also known as "Theme from Rocky", is the theme song from the movie Rocky, composed by Bill Conti with lyrics by Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins, and performed by DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford...
." Alex Bellos has noted the key characteristics of this genre as "Coke. Guns. Booty. Beats." - the last two of these can certainly be heard in Tigrona's song. Funk carioca, when played in its typical, extremely loud, floor-shaking style, often has the effect of "going straight to the booty," says funk researcher Greg Scruggs.
As is expected with music that is this sexually explicit, the dance style that goes along with it is very sexually suggestive. Furthermore, songs like "Injeção" serve as a powerful affirmation of the Brazilian preoccupation of anal sex.
Many of her songs, including “Sex-o-matic” and “Injeção”, blatantly discuss sex and woman in a way some other funk carioca performers, like Tati Quebra Barraco, consider offensive. Tigrona maintains that funk music is for dancing and that people find her double-entendres entertaining. Despite the criticism, Tigrona’s music is gradually becoming more popular to a wider audience, even beyond the streets of Brazil: she makes a guest appearance on British dance producer Greymatter's 2010 album, with the track ["Eu Fomo"]http://soundcloud.com/greymatter/eu-fumo-ft-deize-tigrona-preview-1