Some people just make music. It's rare and powerful when an artist goes beyond the scope of just 'making music' and becomes an entirely different being. Guante is more than just good music, he is a force of creative energy, and activist and above all: a teacher.
He lives here - Why is Guante so angry? It's not merely a website for his music, it's a dedicated news feed to the thoughts and mind behind Guante. He has made appearances on numerous lists, including: URB Magazines "Next 1000" and City Pages "Artist of the Year" - but his music alone isn't what makes him so magnetic, he is literally a teacher to the younger generation.
Lightning is taken from his latest release with his go to producer, Big Cats! To me this song embodies all that Guante is: powerful, creative, uplifting and haunting. It's the type of song that you spin once, and immediately have to spin it again because you want to catch everything you missed the first time through. It teaches you something about yourself that has always been there, you just might not have seen it right away. Couple songs like this, with him actually teaching kids about Hip-Hop and poetry and you start to see how important Guante is.
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After hearing his words, you slowly start to grasp the spectrum of Guante. He is a moving target, a puzzle piece of emotion, excitement, struggle, pain, hope and change - his most powerful feature? He invites you to express your story, show your excitement, pain and hope. He is bigger than a MC, he becomes art.
