{"id":88508,"date":"2021-09-29T17:47:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T15:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/cimafunk-rompelo\/"},"modified":"2021-09-30T10:19:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T08:19:06","slug":"cimafunk-rompelo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/cimafunk-rompelo\/","title":{"rendered":"Cimafunk joins forces with Lupe Fiasco for \u201cR\u00f3mpelo\u201d video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The uptempo song is another step towards <em>El Alimento, <\/em>the Cuban artist\u2019s new album, scheduled for October 8.&nbsp;<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently named by Billboard as a \u201cTop 10 Latin Artist to watch,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/cimafunk\/?_per_page=17\">Cimafunk<\/a> has been turning Cuba upside down over the past years. The artist has created a movement in Havana and throughout the island, selling out venues with thousands of fans excited to dance to his Afro-Cuban funk blend. His name refers to his heritage as a \u201ccimarr\u00f3n,\u201d Cubans of African descent who resisted and escaped slavery, chiming with the rhythmic innovation and subversion in his music. His latest project, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/3OgoFDgcFpncuzMonAjLQD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terapia<\/a>, <\/em>allowed him to travel around the world and participate in Cuba\u2019s impressive musical outreach.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eVIDa5hOMJg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Funk aspirin<\/a>,\u201d his latest single with George Clinton, the singer is back with new visuals featuring Grammy-award-winning American rapper Lupe Fiasco. \u201cR\u00f3mpelo\u201d fuses Cimafunk\u2019s trademark AfroCuban sound and vocals with global hip hop, a powerful combination. The highly colorful video is above all an expression of joy. In addition to Cimafunk\u2019s dance moves and Lupe\u2019s contagious smile, it features scenes of beach sports, paintball, poolside fun and partying.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new song is taken from his forthcoming album <em>El Alimento<\/em>, which will also feature local as well as international artists such as CeeLo Green, ChocQuibTown, Stylo G, Chucho Vald\u00e9s, El Micha and Los Papines. The project was produced by Jack Splash, who called the result of El Alimento \u201c<em>fearless<\/em>,\u201d stressing that his approach to the music \u201c<em>breaks down lots of musical boundaries<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/orcd.co\/elalimento\" target=\"_blank\">El Alimento<\/a><\/em> by Cimafunk, out on October 8.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to &#8220;R\u00f3mpelo&#8221; in our Songs of the Week playlist on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/2Pz0eyg\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/30zVbUA\" target=\"_blank\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cimafunk-el-alimento.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-88499\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The uptempo song is another step towards El Alimento, the Cuban artist\u2019s new album, scheduled for October 8.&nbsp; Recently named by Billboard as a \u201cTop 10 Latin Artist to watch,\u201d Cimafunk has been turning Cuba [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":88506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3944],"tags":[40850,4758,25159],"location":[7946],"yst_prominent_words":[8576,11104,9172,8489,8407,23626,8414,8933,9185,20527,8402,11238,15308,8543,12928,8449],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88508"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88508"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88508\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88508"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88508"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88508"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=88508"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=88508"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}