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“Latin alternative was already scrambling the definitions of musical categories, and Hip Hop Hoodios throw in humor and ethnicity for added confusion.”      - NEW YORK TIMES

“Hip Hop Hoodios marry klezmer with cumbia, hard-core hip-hop with Santanaesque grooves. Somehow it all works, thanks to cameos from members of Santana and the participation of alterlatino acts such as Jaguares, La Barranca, and Orixa & Los Mocosos.” -WASHINGTON POST

“The socially conscious anti-corporate playa-hating of Hip Hop Hoodios is funnier than any Beastie Boys punchlines recently.”   -VILLAGE VOICE


Critically-acclaimed Latino-Jewish urban collective Hip Hop Hoodíos (‘hoodio’ is a play on the word “judío”, Spanish for ‘Jewish’) is back with the new single “Times Square (1989)”, an old school-flavored homage to pre-gentrified Manhattan that is sure to win over fans of The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and Jurassic 5.  Hip Hop Hoodíos is offering the music industry’s very first ‘Reverse Madoff digital money back guarantee’ with the forthcoming release of their career retrospective Carne Masada: Quite Possibly the Very Best of Hip Hop Hoodíos (Jazzheads Records - April 28th iTunes; May 12th all other retail). Anyone who purchases the album on iTunes in the first two weeks of release and dislikes it can email the purchase receipt to the band for a refund.

“Carne Masada: Quite Possibly the Very Best of Hip Hop Hoodíos” is the first-ever ‘Best of’ collection -- including 5 new tracks -- from the critically-acclaimed Latino-Jewish urban collective. Hip Hop Hoodíos’ latest release on Jazzheads Records features guest participation from members of such major Latin & Jewish acts as Ozomatli, Jaguares, The Klezmatics, The Pinker Tones, Delinquent Habits, Los Mocosos, and Los Abandoned.. The album spans the group’s entire career and also includes liner notes written by the (soon-to-no-longer-be) esteemed Rolling Stone/LA Times music critic Ernesto Lechner.

The Jewish answer to Los Fabulosos Cadillacs? The Latino respuesta to the Beastie Boys?  From Latin funk to klezmer to cumbia to straight-up rap, Hip Hop Hoodíos are a cross-cultural phenomenon. The band is almost certainly the only act in the history of recorded music to have co-headlined both the Salute to Israel Parade AND the Barrio Museum in Spanish Harlem. The 2007 Hip Hop Hoodíos release ‘Viva la Guantanamera’ (a benefit for Amnesty International’s efforts to close Guantanamo Bay Prison) hit #9 on the iTunes Latino albums sales chart and #1 overall on eMusic. In recent years, the band’s music has been featured in a number of films and television shows including the Warner Bros Pictures release ‘Pride & Glory’, MTV’s ‘Life of Ryan’ and a national Volkswagen campaign.

For more information about Hip Hop Hoodios: www.myspace.com/hiphophoodios