Having conquered the world with his sound and razor-sharp bars, global hip-hop phenomenon and multiple Latin GRAMMY® winner TRUENO releases his fourth studio album, TURR4ZO, a deep dive into the sonic roots of his native Argentina. The album is available now on all digital platforms.
Co-produced by the artist alongside long-time producer Tatool and El Guincho (Björk, Rosalía, Charli XCX, BTS, FKA Twigs), TURR4ZO is the most conceptual work of TRUENO’s career: a deep exploration of Argentina’s musical roots through a series of samples that forge a dialogue between past, present, and future woven seamlessly into the narrative he builds across every track.
Culturally, the album is rooted in the Argentine barrio, through lyrics that speak to the turro: the archetype of the working-class Argentine youth whose identity, slang, and sense of style have shaped the country’s visual, cultural, and musical identity since the nineties.
TRUENO pays tribute to this world with the album’s title track, “TURRAZO,” built around “Tírate un Paso,” a barrio anthem of the 2010s by Los Wachiturros, a group that influenced TRUENO’s upbringing, introduced viral youth culture to an entire new generation, and brought cumbia villera into the mainstream.
The album features “X UNAS LLANTAS,” its sole advance single, blending chacarera, Dominican mambo, house, and hip-hop to tell the story of how a pair of sneakers (llantas) becomes a symbol of status and identity for young people not only in Argentina, but globally.
The number 4 runs through the entire project like a thread: TRUENO’s fourth studio album, released at age 24, inspired by Comuna 4, the Buenos Aires neighborhood where the back-to-back Latin GRAMMY® winner grew up.
As he has done on previous albums where he paid homage to the legends who laid the foundation of American hip-hop, TRUENO now turns his attention to the figures who built Argentina’s musical and cultural fabric, through the surgical incorporation of samples. It’s here that Spanish producer El Guincho truly shines, weaving these fragments into the stories TRUENO tells across every song. Icons like Sandro, Gustavo Cerati, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Chaqueño Palavecino, and Carlos Gardel echo across tracks like “CON EL COMBO,” “ZOMBI,” and “PUMAS,” among others.
On TURR4ZO, TRUENO delivers the fourth installment of “RAIN,” a series in which the voice belongs to Mateo Palacios Corazzina, not TRUENO, the star. “RAIN IV” is an emotionally charged song in two distinct movements: the first, steeped in nostalgia; the second, quiet and serene reflecting the weight of his feelings for his parents: Uruguayan rapper Pedro Palacios, known as MC Peligro, and his mother, Juliana Corazzina. In this deeply reflective track, Mateo offers gratitude to the people who made him while acknowledging the legacy he now carries with him around the world.
Collaboration is also woven into TURR4ZO, and in keeping with the album’s ongoing conversation between past and present, TRUENO enlisted a roster of artists who embody that vision. Legends including Pity Álvarez on the album-closing “PITY IN THE SKY,” Andrés Calamaro on “1000 HORAS,” and Rubén Rada on “URUGUAY” share space with the next generation: Milo J on “PUMAS,” Neo Pistea on “GRILLZ,” and María Becerra on “90s.”
More than an album, TURR4ZO is a love letter to Argentina and TRUENO’s declaration that his country has its own language within global hip-hop.