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Piotta
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Discography
La banda der trucido, mix tape (1997)
Comunque vada sarà un successo (1998/1999)
Democrazia del Microfono (2000)
Eurocontanti (2001)
La grande onda (2002)
BIO
Rome's Piotta, with his campy Playboy posing and lounge lizard attitudes, strikes an interesting figure in the world of Italian Hip Hop. His crew Robba Coatta has included a wide range of talent.
After working in the Italian Hip Hop scene for years, Piotta's 1997 mix tape La banda der trucido was critically acclaimed. That same year he recorded "Ciclico" for the soundtrack to the Manetti Bros.'s cult film Torino Boys. In 1998, he was featured on Fritz the Cat's debut CD with the song "Antiparucca." His remix single "Spingo io/Ciclico" prompted old time Italian pop star Patty Pravo to dub Robba Coatta as "vulgar."
At the end of 1998, he released his first CD Comunque vada sarà un successo. That year, AL Magazine voted Piotta "The Best MC." The album's bonus track "Supercafone," which pokes fun at a buffoonish disco denizen, became a huge surprise hit across the country. The Manetti Bros.'s made the video.
Piotta also collaborated on two of the Manetti Bros.'s full length films: he recorded the song "La mossa del Giaguaro" (with Jenny B) from the film "Il segreto del Giaguaro" (2000) and played the role of screenwriter; and he performed the tune "Ragga" (under the pseudonym General Puma) for the soundtrack of "Zora la Vampira" (2000).
His second released Democrazia del Microfono was issued in July 2000.
An Italian publishing house invited Piotta to discover new authors and two books were published under his guidance: "Beograd B-Boyz" about a Hip Hop crew in Belgrade and "Hanno rapito Gorbaciov."
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