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Vengo is Chilean hip hop artist Ana Tijoux's fourth solo studio album,[1] released in March 2014. Its debut single "Vengo" was released on Spin in January of the same year.[2][3][4][5] Vengo was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album at the 2015 Ceremony.[6]

Vengo
Studio album by Ana Tijoux
Released	March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18)
Recorded	2013
Genre	Hip hop, Andean
Length	53:15
Label	Nacional
Ana Tijoux chronology
La Bala (2011) Vengo (2014) Antifa Dance (2020)
Singles from Vengo
"Vengo" Released: January 21, 2014

Reception

Critical response

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

A reviewer at NPR called it "virtually flawless",[9] and MTV said it was "some of the most dazzling hip-hop this year".[10]

Several reviewers noted the inclusion of Andean music elements, especially the pan flute. NPR's reviewer said it was "refreshing" and noted Andean music has been "often done a disservice by "world music" labels."[9] Of the flute, the MTV reviewer said "it's a bit challenging to extricate the instrument from its associations with corny new age compilations ... Tijoux is attempting a tough task to take back and breathe new life into music that has a rich heritage, but has been commercialized and marginalized into schlock."[10]

Reviewers also noted the progressive elements of the lyrics, including feminism, environmentalism, social justice and post-colonialism.[10][11][12][13]

The album's instrumentation is completely done with in-studio recordings, often with traditional South American instruments. Unusually for modern hip-hop recording, there are no samples used on the album.[13][12][1] One reviewer said that it contained elements of folk music and jazz.[13]

Awards

Year	Ceremony	Nominated work	Recipient(s)	Category	Result
2015	Grammy Awards[6]	Vengo	Ana Tijoux	Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative Album	Nominated

Track listing

Charts

Chart (2014)	Peak position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)[14]	15
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[15]	33

References

Notes

Sources

• Spin Premieres First Single From Ana Tijoux's New Album 'Vengo' To Be Released March 18th With Upcoming USA Tour Dates, Nacional Records, January 21, 2014
• Afroxander (January 25, 2014), Ana Tijoux teases new album with single, "Vengo", Voxxi
• Schlanger, Zoë (March 18, 2014), "Chile's Hip-Hop Heroine Goes Deep", Newsweek
• Garsd, Jasmine (March 9, 2014), First Listen: Ana Tijoux, 'Vengo', NPR
• "A Beating Heart, a Social Conscience and a Deluge of Ideas — New Music by Ana Tijoux, Tunde Olaniran and the Bad Plus", The New York Times, March 14, 2014
• Schedule: Ana Tijoux, SXSW, 2014
• Johnson, Kjerstin (March 19, 2014), "Chilean Rapper Ana Tijoux's New Album Hits on Identity and Politics with Expert Flow", Bitch
• "10 New Artists You Need to Know", Rolling Stone, March 2014
• Stephens, Alexis (March 18, 2014), Reviewed: Ana Tijoux's Vengo, MTV
• "Hear Ana Tijoux's Horn-Heavy 'Vengo': Grammy Nominated, 'Breaking Bad'-featured MC announces new album out March 18", Spin, January 21, 2014
• Jurek, Thom (2014), Review: Vengo, Allmusic, retrieved 2014-05-05

Further reading

• Nina Liss-Schultz (March 17, 2014), "Ana Tijoux Waxes Political With 'Vengo'", Mother Jones
• Nick MacWilliam (March 21, 2014), REVIEW ANA TIJOUX – VENGO, Sounds and Colours

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