L7nnon aligns samples from recordings by Cassiano, Claudette Soares and Tony Tornado on the album 'De volta ao podium'

L7nnon releases the album 'De volta ao podium' with 16 tracks in which it uses samples of songs and/or recordings by artists associated with Brazilian soul — Photo: Manoella Mello / TV Globo

In 1970, when Claudette Soares (1935 – 2026) released the album “Claudette nº 3”, the singer presented new music by then debutante Tim Maia (1942 – 1998), “I don't care (I don't even want to know)”. After 56 years, rapper L7nnon uses a sample from this recording by Claudette – a singer who passed away yesterday, November 13th, at the age of 91 – in “Não precise”, ninth of the 16 tracks on the album “De volta ao podium”, released by the Rio rapper on the night of Thursday, November 12th.

In addition to the phonogram of Claudette's album, L7nnon aligns samples of recordings and/or songs by Cassiano (1943 – 2021), Erasmo Carlos (1941 – 2022), Hyldon, Tony Tornado and Tim Maia himself throughout the 16 tracks of the album recorded by the rapper with musical production orchestrated by Papatinho with collaborations from Dubbeatz, Léo do Kick, Nemesio and Terror dos Beats.

Erasmo's voice, for example, is heard in the track that opens the album, “É necessary dar um way”, with echoes of the recording of the song “É necessary dar um loja, meu amigo” (Roberto Carlos and Erasmo Carlos, 1971), amplified two years ago by the broadcast on the soundtrack of the film “I'm still here” (2024).

Tony Tornado's voice in the recording of “Não grile minha cuca” (Tony Tornado, 1972) reverberates in the homonymous track, the eighth on the album in which Lennon seeks a connection with the rapper's first album, “Podium”, released in 2019.

The track “Estações” tunes a sample of Cassiano's voice in the original recording of the ballad “A lua e eu” (1975), one of the masterpieces in the composer's original songbook, whose work is one of the cornerstones of Brazilian soul.

By the way, L7nnon gravitates in the album “De volta ao podium” around the works of masters of soul and national funk. Hyldon has the ballad “As Dors do Mundo” (1975) used at the beginning and end of the track “O Mundo Necessita de Você” while excerpts from “Gostava Tanto de Você” (Edson Trindade, 1973), a samba-soul released by Tim Maia, are used at the opening and closing of the track “Momentos Não Voltam”.