Sandy & Papo MC, MC Papo & Sandy MC times or simply Sandy & Papo, was a duo of merengue house and hip-hop, with temporary residence in Venezuela. It was made by Sandy Carriello "MC Sandy" and Luis Deschamps "Papo MC", both from the Dominican Republic. The duo was created by Nelson Zapata and Pavel de Jesus, after attending an audition for Proyecto Uno

Proyecto Uno

Proyecto Uno is a Dominican-American merenrap group which helped popularize a style of music which blends merengue with rap, techno, dancehall reggae and hip-hop music. The band was founded in New York City's East Side in 1989 by Nelson Zapata and managed by Porfirio "Popi" Piña...

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The group was part of the merenhouse, house-merengue or merengue-hip hop, rhythm emerged in New York to Dominican merengue fused with elements of hip hop, house and other dance genres. Were part of this movement groups such as Proyecto Uno

Proyecto Uno

Proyecto Uno is a Dominican-American merenrap group which helped popularize a style of music which blends merengue with rap, techno, dancehall reggae and hip-hop music. The band was founded in New York City's East Side in 1989 by Nelson Zapata and managed by Porfirio "Popi" Piña...

, Fulanito

Fulanito

Fulanito, a group of Dominicans born in the United States, has received acclaim in Latin America for being among the first groups to combine Merengue , with about 2 million albums sold throughout the world...

, Ilegales

Ilegales

Ilegales is a Grammy-nominated Dominican merenhouse trio, founded in 1995 The group is led by singer-songwriter Vladimir Dotel and comprises Dotel, Juan Carlos Campos, and Lumy Pimentel. In addition to reaching the Billboard Tropical charts on their own, the group also had a hit with Alexandra...

 among others.

Sandy & Papo MC merenhouse performed a version of the popular house "El Mueve Mueve" ("I Like To Move It"). They were also creators of the song "Huelepega" which served to promote the Venezuelan film of the same name, directed by Elia Schneider.

The group came to an end when the July 11, 1999 Luis Deschamps (MC Papo) died in a car accident. Sandy MC continued as a solo and received success with the song "Homenaje a Papo." Sandy MC is working on his new album (2011).

Soundtracks

In 2006, the Australian film Happy Feet

Happy Feet

Happy Feet is a 2006 American-Australian computer-animated family film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released...

 included parts of the song "Candela" from Sandy & Papo MC.

Discography

Sandy & Papo albums

• 1995: Sandy & Papo MC
  Sandy & Papo MC
  -Track listing:# El Mueve Mueve # La Chica Sexy# Candela# La Hora de Bailar# Candela # Bueno Pa' Goza# Pégalo# Solo# Un Poco de Lo Que Sé# La Hora de Bailar # La Hora de Bailar...
  
  
• 1997: Otra Vez
  Otra Vez
  Otra Vez is an album from the band MDO. It was released on January 25, 2005.The album is the first featuring the current line-up of Daniel Rodríguez, Elliot Suro, Luis Montes, and Lorenzo Duarte...
  
  
• 1998: The Remix Album
  The Remix Album (Sandy & Papo album)
  The Remix Album is Sandy & Papo's remix and last album.-Track listing:# La Hora de Bailar# La Hora de Bailar # La Hora de Bailar # El Mueve Mueve # El Mueve Mueve # El Alacrán...
  
  

Sandy MC solo albums

• 2000: Homenaje a Papo
  Homenaje a Papo
  Homenaje a Papo is the debut album by Dominican singer Sandy. It was released in 2000.-Track listing:# Homenaje a Papo# Diferente# A Bailar # Vuelve# Ta' Bueno # Amor En Clave# Himno a Los Niños...
  
  
• 2005: El Duro Soy Yo
  El Duro Soy Yo
  El Duro Soy Yo is the second album by Dominican singer Sandy. It was released in 2005.-Track listing:# Intro# El Duro Soy Yo# El Hijo de Doña Beba # Ella Lo Bailó# Interlude # Pa' Qué Me Tiras# Tu Esclavo de Amor...
  
  
• 2011: Insuperable