Respuestas is a compilation disc featuring 12 female rappers who joined forces back in 2002 to make womens presence more visible within the movement with a well-structured dialogue on ethnic and gender issues. The recording was made on the Asere Productions label of the Cuban Rap Agency and includes artists Union Perfecta, La Dama, Las Krudas, Mariana and Positiva.

Magia Lopez, director of the recording company and one of the artists featured on the compilation, said, "This is a historic disc and thats how we are treating it. It includes singers that at one moment were very important for hip hop."

Llena de amor el mambo, by Ogguere, and also produced by Asere Productions, contains ten songs forging Cuban rhythms with hip hop, alternative music and pop. Singer Edrey Rivery said, "We hope to reach audiences in a way that they can understand the message we want to project: a great feeling of joy and at the same time of conscience, because things have to be done with meaning and love.

"Among the main satisfactions with the production of our first disc is the song recorded with the Aragon orchestra, one of the great legends of Cuban music," said Rivery.

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