David «El Santo» became known with Falsalarma, one of the pioneering groups of the national hip-hop scene and with which, together with his brother Titó, he was a member, founder and MC. From 1995 onwards they were gaining followers both in the national territory and in Latin America and have been a source of inspiration for many artists who would come later.
Falsalarma came to publish seven albums between 1997 and 2019, in addition to various singles and EP’s. Along with other artists with whom he has collaborated (Frank T, Violadores del Verso, Tote King, SFDK…), the MC from Sabadell was part of the generation that laid the foundations of hip-hop, rap and urban music in Spain and Latin America. A full-fledged pioneer whose verses led him to tour the entire Iberian Peninsula and countries like Mexico or Chile.
With all this baggage behind him and as the indisputable figure of hip-hop in Spanish that he is, El Santo is now about to start his solo career and preparing his first album that will be released this year 2023. ‘Partir de Cero’, the new single, already lets you guess the motivation for this change of stage. The album is produced by Koar -producer of artists such as Natos and Waor- and will feature powerful collaborations that will be revealed shortly.
‘Partir de cero’ is an intimate, introspective, courageous song that makes catharsis, self-exorcism, of a historical artist. On the one hand, it means looking back, the musical and personal achievements, the beginnings from the bottom when everything was a dream, until achieving it. On the other, there is the fact of embarking on a path alone, a new adventure that places El Santo back at the starting line, in solitude, in risk and in the adventure of a new beginning when he already has a path. tour, almost as if it were an irony. The path of the hero in the form of a song, the pairing of success and the risk of a new project, fear and talent, the wounds of the past together with the achievements of yesterday, the illusions of tomorrow together with its uncertainties. The past, present and future of an artist who is a reference and underlined in an entire genre who is emotionally naked for the first time.
It’s not that it hasn’t happened more times in his career, it’s that it had never happened with maturity, with melancholy, with the value of experience and, in turn, with the certainty that there are never certainties. Welcome to an artist’s channel opening, to the heart of true hip-hop. Yes, the one you missed.
