We interview with 1/2 of Los Chicos Criollos, Kingdom Kome for an exclusive interview. We discuss their new album, Merca Musica, which is out now, and much more so check it out
All right, we’re here with Kingdom Kome. How’s it going, man?
Hey, brother, how you doing?
All is well. Doing good, doing good. Let’s get right into it. You just dropped your new group album entitled-
Did you pronounce it right?
My Spanish is a little rusty. Merca Musica, that was dropped today.
There you go.
All right. Yes, sir. Tell me a little bit-
Absolutely.
Tell me a little bit about the album and how it came together for you.
For sure.
So it’s, you know, apart from doing all the solo work, I have a Latin rap group that I have. It’s called Los Chicos Criollos, LCC, the Criollos boys. I’m originally from Argentina, and I’m a partner in Rhyme Che Uno as well.
We hooked up a couple of years ago through a mutual friend, and you know, he grew up in Toronto, Canada, so he’s heavily embedded in the hip hop community, the legend out there, and myself as well, being from Argentina and raised in Miami all my life. You know, we were both immersed in the hip hop world, the dance and graffiti, DJing, all the elements. And we just linked up through a mutual friend, and it was like my long lost cousin and brother.
We dropped our first album, then we dropped a remixed album, we dropped D10S Sucio in 2024, which is like our Magnum Opus album. And you know, we’ve been working on this one for about a year, year and a half. The album is fully produced by my in-house DJ and producer Ruen.
It’s the first full length we have with Los Chicos Criollos and Ruin, Merca Musica, and it’s just that pure, unfiltered, uncut dope. You know, just raw, rugged, boom, bap, grimy hip-hop, which is what we do best.
Ok, absolutely. You already dropped a couple of singles. Do you have any more singles or videos set to drop from the album?
Oh yeah, so the first one we dropped was Olmedo Y Porcel, which is a really dope disco influence joint, real party, radio, world-friendly record. That one did immensely well. Then we dropped GunPowda Nosebumpz by Daniel Son, really raw record.
After that, we dropped the real conscious political statement with Verdadero Argentinos kind of tapping into the Afro-Argentinian identity and indigenous identity, which has been kind of erased from a lot of history. And then we just dropped Miami Uzi with a dope artist from Argentina called Ze Pequena that’s killing it out there. And then the title track, Merca Musica, we’ll listen to one of the artists drop yesterday before the album drop.
We have some visuals coming out. There’s some 7-inch vinyl we dropped for the project that’s available now on Bandcamp. Very limited.
And we just did a CD, very limited, high-end collector’s CD run with DITCD, which is available now. So we’re just getting into, you know, full swing on the album. We have some merch that is dropping this week for the project.
Some real, real, real dope stuff in collaboration with Daywear, which is a clothing brand. My people’s in Miami. So yeah, man, just covering all grounds and real happy to get this one out so people can connect to it.
A lot of dope features on the album, so the project’s been received really well so far.
Definitely, definitely. Do you have any favorite tracks or favorite studio moments from the LCC album?
Oh man, I mean, me and Che work so organically. You know, like either when we’re working music together in the studio, it’s a real, we put tracks together in five, ten minutes, real organic feels. As far as the joints, man, honestly, like I bumped the album this morning on the ride to take my son to school.
Kind of, you know, apart from, you know, because when you’re making the music, you listen to it with a different ear. And I got to, I think it was the first time I got a chance to like hear it as a listener, kind of step away and just, yeah, man, every joint’s dope. I really like the, a little bit, you know, track one, honestly, all of them, man, I like every song on the album.
It’s definitely an elevation to everything that we’ve done, the beats, the lyrics, the concept, everything just really, really elevated high level quality. So I’m really, I’m really happy with this project.
Okay, absolutely. I would say so far for me, the Gunpowder NoseBumpz is so far is my favorite track. I haven’t listened to it all the way through, but definitely going to finish it later this afternoon.
So yeah, I mean, if you like that, the album’s in line with that. It’s very, very hardcore, rugged, no filter, no water down, nothing, just raw, grimy hip hop.
Okay, absolutely. Do you have any upcoming shows or tour dates promoting the album or anything in general just coming out you want to let people know about?
Absolutely, I literally just got back yesterday from Argentina. I had a little quick tour run over there, did a couple shows, promo for the album, and hit some promo with the last project I dropped earlier in the year. We’re working on a Latin America tour for LCC, hopefully December, early next year, trying to get Che out there, get his passport figured out so we can rock in Rosario where he’s from, Mar del Plata where I’m from, a couple shows in Buenos Aires and in Colombia, Chile, and Brazil.
So we’re working on the tour for that. Other than that, nothing on the books as of yet. Well, you know, situations always pull up and come out.
Okay, absolutely. What’s your website information for people who are going to check out your music, the group album, and just see in general what you got going on?
For sure. So the website is kingdomkomemusic.com. Kingdom is spelled the regular way and Kome is with a K, kingdomkomemusic.com. That’s my website.
I’ll take you to all the pages. Instagram is at kingdomkome, K-O-M-E, same thing with Twitter. The Instagram for the group is Los Chicos Criollos, just how it’s spelled.
Yeah, man, we got in the bag, we got another two, three albums loaded up for LCC Ready to Drop. We got an Eclipse for next year. I got a bunch of solo stuff, singles features.
We’re always working, so just trying to elevate the music and get the bag that comes with it because we’re knocking on some big doors right now. So just trying to make sure we move smart.
Absolutely. All right. Well, that’s all the question.
That’s all the questions I have for you. Appreciate you getting down for the interviews. Are there any last words or shout outs you want to get out there to the people?
No, shout out to Demarcus, it’s I2G Hip Hop, right?
Yes
Yeah, shout out to everyone tuning in and just real thankful that the art’s been received the way it is. For me, the art and the music always comes first and the craft and the passion. So, I’m just thankful for the people and everyone check in the music, features, bookings, anyone needs anything, just holla at me. I’m always available. Down to do business.