History Music / Caparezza

* {{Homage}}: His [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Od--00x73E8&feature=player_embedded music video]] for "Abiura di me" (a song apparently about videogames) is a [[IncrediblyLamePun glowing]] homage to TRON, a couple years before ''Film/TronLegacy'' hit the theaters.

** ''Verità Supposte''[[note]]""Presumed Truths", with a pun about "supposta" meaning "suppository"[[/note]] (2003)

* CallBack: The third album begins with a snippet of a song from the second album that says "mamma quanti dischi venderanno se mi spengo" (''Oh my, they'll sell a lot of records if I pass away''). Indeed the album satirizes, among other things, the concept of DeadArtistsAreBetter (see below).
* CamelCase: The album covers render his stage name as "[=CapaRezza=]", however this way of writing is used almost only on Wiki/ThatOtherWiki (the Italian version). ''Possibly'' referenced in one of his songs, when someone calls him "Mr. Rezza Capa".

* {{Determinator}}: The titular character of "Eroe, Storia di Luigi Delle Bicocche" (Hero, Story Of Luigi Delle Bicocche), who continues to work even though he's retired to earn a living for his family
* EitherOrTitle: UpToEleven across ''Prisoner 709''. First, every song title has a subtitle in brackets. Second, every subtitle has two parts. Third, that second part is a pair of words of seven and nine letters respectively, with an "or" separating them.
* HailToTheThief: "Non siete Stato voi".

* LastNoteNightmare: The song "Limiti" from his second album ends with a few seconds of silence... followed by Capa screaming AIUTO! (''Help!'') in a distorted, screechy voice.

** "Vieni a ballare in Puglia" (Come Dance in Apulia) is a cheerful, lively song...about work-related deaths, devastating fires, deadly industrial pollution and the exploitation of migrant workers, problems that plague Capa's native Apulia. As noted earlier, the ironically uplifting music made several people misunderstand the song's painful message.

* NonActorVehicle: His first, last and probably only film part was in Checco Zalone's "[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1808015/?ref_=ttrel_rel_tt Che bella giornata]]" (which incidentally was the ''highest-grossing Italian film of all time'') where he and his band played themselves; however he really didn't care much about it and went on to his music career.

Caparezza (born Michele Salvemini on October 9, 1973) is an Italian rapper known for his often political lyrics, serious statements expressed with unusual and ironic metaphors, nasal voice [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and his]] FunnyAfro. Influenced by Music/FrankZappa, Caparezza is also known for [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly genre blending]] [[ConceptAlbum concept albums]].

** In the video for "Avrai ragione tu (Ritratto)", Giovanni Allevi (pianist, composer and orchestra director, with an iconic FunnyAfro of his own) briefly appears when he gets name-dropped in the lyrics.

* FunnyAfro: His stage name Caparezza means "Curly head" in the dialect of his hometown.

* DarkerAndEdgier: His album "Il sogno eretico", a concept album whose lyrics are more pessimistic and disilluded, and that contains a very political protest track sung in his "real" voice, to signify that he's dead serious about what's singing.

* AnimatedMusicVideo: For the songs "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH7JyGiIwfw&feature=player_embedded Jodellavitanonhocapitouncazzo]]" (AllCGICartoon), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjKLIeDJBFc&feature=player_embedded The Auditels Family]]" ([[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Python]]-esque animated cutouts) and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC88mrTl7lM&feature=related Cacca nello spazio]]" (an interesting use of StopMotion).

** ''Museica'' [[note]]A pun on "musica" and "museo"[[/note]] (2014)

** "Vieni a ballare in Puglia" has an intro featuring famous easy-listening singer (and fellow Apulian) Albano Carrisi, who also appears in the video.

* SpokenWordInMusic: "Non me lo posso permettere" has a brief intro in which Capa dismisses his orchestra because "he can't afford it".

* UnusualEuphemism: "Dancing" in "Vieni a ballare in Puglia". It becomes clear if you pay attention to Al Bano's intro. [[spoiler:It means to die.]]

* ConceptAlbum: Quite a few of his albums. For example, ''Le dimensioni del mio caos'' is a RockOpera involving time-traveling hippies, aliens, and pre-evolution Bonobos. ''Habemus Capa'' is a concept abum about the idea that [[DeadArtistsAreBetter dead artists sell better]], and ''Il sogno eretico'' has to do with the nature of dreams. His 2014 album ''Museica'' can be seen as an equivalent to Emerson, Lake & Palmer's ''Pictures At An Exhibition'': every track was inspired by a work of art (not only paintings, but graffiti and statues as well) and the album is structured as if it was a visit in an art museum.

* {{Determinator}}: The titular character of Eroe, Storia di Luigi Delle Bicocche (Hero, Story Of Luigi Delle Bicocche), who continues to work even though he's retired to earn a living for his family

** "Vieni a ballare in Puglia" is a cheerful, lively song...about work-related deaths, devastating fires, deadly industrial pollution and the exploitation of migrant workers, problems that plague Capa's native Apulia. As noted earlier, the ironically uplifting music made several people misunderstand the song's painful message.

* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Caparezza's music has elements of various genres, including AlternativeHipHop, ProgressiveRock, HeavyMetal and, in the case of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahN-bcmT8n0 Argenti vive]], {{Dubstep}} elements. Not only do his albums use live instrumentation (and not just rock instrumentation, but also horn and string sections), but he also writes sheet music for many of his songs.

** ''Habemus Capa'' (2006)''

** ''Museica'' (2014) [[note]]A pun on "musica" and "museo"[[/note]]

!!Discography - studio albums

** ''Tengo duro'' (1996)
** ''La mia buona stella'' (1997)

** ''Verità Supposte'' (2003)

** ''Le dimensioni del mio caos'' (2008)
** ''Il sogno eretico'' (2011)
** ''Museica'' (2014)

* AnimatedMusicVideo: For the songs "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH7JyGiIwfw&feature=player_embedded Jodellavitanonhocapitouncazzo]]" (AllCGICartoon), "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjKLIeDJBFc&feature=player_embedded The Auditels Family]]" ([[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Python]]-esque animated cutouts) and "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC88mrTl7lM&feature=related Cacca nello spazio]]" (an interesting use of stop-motion).

** Tengo duro (1996)
** La mia buona stella (1997)

** !? (2000)
** Verità Supposte (2003)
** Habemus Capa (2006)
** Le dimensioni del mio caos (2008)
** Il sogno eretico (2011)
** Museica (2014)
** Prisoner 709 (2017)

* AnimatedMusicVideo: For the songs ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH7JyGiIwfw&feature=player_embedded Jodellavitanonhocapitouncazzo]]'' (AllCGICartoon), ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjKLIeDJBFc&feature=player_embedded The Auditels Family]]'' ([[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus Python]]-esque animated cutouts) and ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC88mrTl7lM&feature=related Cacca nello spazio]]'' (an interesting use of stop-motion).
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Deliberately invoked in one song. ''Pimpami la storia'' ("Pimp My History") is all about this, being sung by the perspective of schoolboys who only care about modes and having fun. More broadly it's about how history is being over-simplified for the masses, or even totally distorted to please ideologies. One example: they think the "Marshall Plan" was made by Music/{{Eminem}}'s grandfather...

* LyricalDissonance: "Vieni a ballare in Puglia" is a cheerful, lively song...about work-related deaths, devastating fires, deadly industrial pollution and the exploitation of migrant workers, problems that plague Capa's native Apulia. As noted earlier, the ironically uplifting music made several people misunderstand the song's painful message.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[Music/SpandauBallet Tony Hadley]] driving a truck at the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lmVZstFqlU ''Goodbye Malinconia'''s video]].
* MusicIsPolitics: Referenced in his song "Chi se ne frega della musica" (''Who gives a damn about music''). He implies that videos, song charts, producers, talk shows are all that is important in the music business, and nobody gives a damn about the ''music'' itself.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly: Caparezza's music has elements of various genres, including AlternativeHipHop, ProgressiveRock, and HeavyMetal. Not only do his albums use live instrumentation (and not just rock instrumentation, but also horn and string sections), but he also writes sheet music for many of his songs.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahN-bcmT8n0 Argenti vive]] has {{Dubstep}} elements.

** Since "otto" means "eight" in Italian, the song ''Giotto Beat'' may be another great example: as a reference to Giotto the artist (the lyrics talk about "perspective"), as a play on words to "8-bit" (Donkey Kong is mentioned), and a reference to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G8_%28forum%29 G8 summit]] ('''G-otto'''), especially the one that took place in Italy in 2001 where several protesters were brutally '''beat'''en by police officers. And it's also a throwback to the ''beat'' songs from TheSixties.
* ReferenceOverdosed: He applies a metaphor to his lyrics and takes it UpToEleven, for example the songs ''Abiura di me'' (about his will to improve as an artist) and ''La marchetta di Popolino'' (about narrow-minded people) are disguised as huge amounts of videogame and Creator/WaltDisney references.
** Once again, he did it for the first single of his 2014 album: titled "Cover", it is a long list of references to notorious album covers, which mirror his personal growth as a man and an artist.

* SelfDeprecation: He sometimes mocks his Mikimix persona in a few songs. Also, he says things such as he's not an artist, he comes from the gutter and so on.

* TheUnpronounceable: His first album is called "!?".
** [[FridgeBrilliance It's "Caparezza!?"]]

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Not Caparezza himself, but many listeners. He wrote a catchy song called "Fuori dal tunnel", about how the system is trying to uniform people's free time too... which immediately became a huge summer hit in discos and mainstream radio channels, the expressions of that "fun factory" he derided. He spoofed this in one song of his next album, when someone listens to "Fuori dal tunnel" and thinks that it's about drugs.
** His song "Vieni a ballare in Puglia" ("Come dance in Apulia", the region where Capa was born) suffered the same fate. It's actually about work-related deaths (the metaphors at the beginning make it clear that "dance" really means "die"), but many people mistook it for Caparezza professing his love to Apulia. The fact that the catchy refrain is an EarWorm doesn't help matters.
** One of his 2011 songs, which mocks catastrophism and conspiracies, has been mis-interpreted as well. If Youtube comments are an indication, many people praise Caparezza for "telling the truth", taking seriously his statements about Reptilians and chem trails.
** And again for his song "Legalize the Premier". Despite ''explicitly'' stating in the lyrics that it's not advocating the legalization of marijuana (the song is about politicians making stuff legal for themselves thanks to their position), several listeners assume that, since he has a left-wing point of view, he ''must'' sing about free weed for everyone.

** Habemus Capa (2003)

* CamelCase: The album covers render his stage name as "[=CapaRezza=]", however this way of writing is used almost only on ThatOtherWiki (the Italian version). ''Possibly'' referenced in one of his songs, when someone calls him "Mr. Rezza Capa".

* ReferenceOverdosed: He applies a metaphor to his lyrics and takes it UpToEleven, for example the songs ''Abiura di me'' (about his will to improve as an artist) and ''La marchetta di Popolino'' (about narrow-minded people) are disguised as huge amounts of videogame and WaltDisney references.

'''Caparezza''' (born Michele Salvemini on October 9, 1973) is an Italian rapper known for his often political lyrics, serious statements expressed with unusual and ironic metaphors, nasal voice [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and his]] FunnyAfro. Influenced by Music/FrankZappa, Caparezza is also known for [[NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly genre blending]] [[ConceptAlbum concept albums]].

He began his musical career in 1995 under the name '''Mikimix''', writing melodic rap/hip hop songs with little success; since 2000 he underwent a total change of appearance and style, rejecting his past and openly mocking it.

* CompletelyMissingThePoint: Not Caparezza himself, but many listeners. He wrote a catchy song called "Fuori dal tunnel", about how the system is trying to uniform people's free time too... which immediately became a huge summer hit in discos and mainstream radio channels, the expressions of that "fun factory" he derided. He spoofed this in one song of his next album, when someone listens to "Fuori dal tunnel" and thinks that [[ViewersAreMorons it's about drugs]].

-->'''CapaRezza''': [{{Beat}}] ''Pretend that I'm not here, I know that guy, he never shuts up...''

* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[SpandauBallet Tony Hadley]] driving a truck at the end of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lmVZstFqlU ''Goodbye Malinconia'''s video]].