Eddie Zuko

One Liner: Spanglish rap and reggae sounds mashed together.

Wikipedia Genre: No Wikipedia, but this is spanglish rap.

Home: L.A.

Poster Position: Level 3 (14) 
Both Weekends.
Saturday.  

Thoughts:  I'm honestly not sure what you even call this at first listen.  Spanglish rap?  Reggae reggaeton rap?  Feels like I keep hearing the same thing over and over, as well.  I think he has a lot of remixes.  A person with this name, I guess I assume it is this dude, added guest vocals to a song on the Sublime with Rome album called Blessings.  Zuko is also the name of a character in Avatar: the Last Airbender, and the last name of Danny Zuko in Grease.  But not much is helpful online to get to know him.  Here is the best I could find: "Born in California’s Imperial Valley, Eddie grew up surrounded by the music of his Mexican family, singing at quinceañeras and family gatherings. As he took on music more seriously, he always kept his roots close weaving Spanish into his music and encouraging young Mexican-American’s to be proud of their family’s traditions. Eddie’s independently released 2017 EP El Zuko brought his breakout track “Made” which has gone on to amass over 2 million Spotify streams and opened the door to opening for Jay Rock on tour and collaborating with Sublime with Rome."  So there you go!

HIs moustache makes me think of Anthony Keidis.  His voice sometimes sounds like Logic's singing voice.  His first single available on Spotify is attributed to just Zuko, and is an ode to the humble tamale, surprisingly titled "Tamales."  He has no actual albums, just one EP from 2017, and then more singles after that.  Top track is a 2023 single - "Still" - with 4.6 million streams.

Now that I knew he sang on a Sublime song, I keep hearing it in this one.  That chorus sounds like a hook that would have been in the background of some classic Sublime track.  It's catchy for sure.  And, of course, it was a TikTok hit because everything that is on this poster must have been a TikTok hit to become part of the festival.  

"Yallego" has a boppin' beat and a fun moment where he sings some Rage Against the Machine lyrics.  That one stands out among this stuff.  But his second-most streamed track is from that initial EP six years ago - "Made" - with 2.7 million streams.

I much prefer the newer one to that one.  Although I liked watching his granny make tortillas.  Just a pretty basic beat and nothing all that exciting about his flow.  Also, no clue what he is saying for large chunks of the song, which always makes it harder to give a stamp of approval.  I probably would not go out of my way to see this one.