After Menudo, Rosa went on to star in a minor Hollywood hit, the 1988 movie Salsa. On the set, Rosa fell in love with his co-star Angela Alvarado. They wed a few months after the movie's release, started raising a family and have also been working as partners in Rosa's different projects ever since.
In 1990 Rosa moved to Los Angeles and formed a rock band called "Maggie's Dream" which released an album under Capitol Records. In the early 1990's Rosa legally changed his name to "Draco Cornelius Rosa" (draco means "dragon" in Latin) saying he wanted to leave his old image and lifestyle behind. During this time, he released two albums which differ greatly from each other. The first one, Frío was released in 1994 and featured a pop sound along with soft rock influences. His second major work, Vagabundo, was released in 1996 and marked a drastic change from the previous album and image. Under the name Draco, Rosa created a heavy and dark album that carried elements of goth, psychedelia, and heavy metal. Vagabundo is considered one of the greatest Rock en Español albums of all time.
During this time Rosa began collaborating with former Menudo colleague Ricky Martin, co-writing many of Martin's biggest hits, among them "Livin' La Vida Loca", "She Bangs", "Maria" and "The Cup of Life". He and co-writer Desmond Child earned Grammy nominatios for their work with Martin.
In 1998 he released his first english-language album, titled Songbirds and Roosters. It featured the english versions of the tracks from his debut album Frío. In 2001 Rosa released a Greatest Hits album called Libertad del Alma which featured songs from an upcoming album in which he had been working for more than three years.
In 2003, Draco again re-invented himself yet again, in preparation for the release of his most ambitious project yet, an album titled Mad Love Released in March 2004, the album contained tragic love themes in different musical genres ranging from hard rock to flamenco ballads. The album was comprised of 15 songs, 3 of which are sung in Spanish. The album was the first to earn Rosa international recognition beyond Latin America, becoming widely popular in Europe. Rosa toured the continent with Lenny Kravitz in the summer of 2004.
Rosa received a Latin Grammy Award in 2004 for the video clip of the song "Más y Más". In September 2004, Draco took his show to Puerto Rico's new 18,000-capacity Coliseo de Puerto Rico, selling out the venue. A CD/DVD of the event was released on December 6, 2005, titled DRACO Al Natural. He capped 2005 with 7 sold out concerts at Puerto Rico's "Bellas Artes" theatre in the month of September and proceeded to focus on a new spanish-language album for 2007.
Rosa currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Angela and two sons, Revel and Redamo, although he also has a residence in Puerto Rico. Rosa has been known for using many different pseudonyms when writing songs for other artists. Among them are "Dolores del Infante", "Ian Blake" and "Phantom Vox". On December 19, 2005 multi-artist Celso Gonzalez introduced an instalation called "El Ultimo Viaje: El Entierro de Robi Rosa" ("The Final Voyage: The Burial of Robi Rosa") at Puerto Rico's Museo de Arte Contemporaneo.
Brujeria
Robi Draco Rosa Lyrics
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Junto a mi cama
Y una pistola cargada de miedo
Bajo mi almohada.
Guardo palabras del infierno y del cielo,
Risas prohibidas
Y gritos tan fuertes que parecen silencios
Poesía, brujería.
Poesía, brujería.
Guarde las fórmulas de un viejo adivino
Entre mis libros
Que no se pueden pronunciar en voz alta
O estás perdido.
Guardo las lenguas que consumen los hielos en mi cabeza
Y terremotos de oraciones
Que no se rezan
Poesía, brujería.
Poesía, brujería.
Yo veo la suerte como la muerte
Te toca es que ni conoce quieren verte
Del cielo te caen parientes
Solo una letra las hacen tan diferentes
Gracias al éxito que nos deja verte
Pero tan con un o siempre siempre
En las malas y las no tanto
Por cristo bendito seras su el espíritu santo
Que me tiene bendito su manto
Poesía, brujería.
Poesía, brujería.
In the song "Brujería" by Robi Draco Rosa, the singer-songwriter reflects on his innermost thoughts and fears that he keeps close to him at night. He acknowledges that he has "tons of explosive poetry" and "words from hell and heaven" that can wound like silence, along with a loaded gun under his pillow out of fear. He alludes to owning secrets that could be dangerous if revealed or spoken of out loud, including ancient formulas of a diviner and different languages that can consume him if not careful. He sees his luck as unpredictable and akin to death, that could happen at any moment without notice or introduction. Despite the fear and uncertainty he faces, he turns to the power of poetry and magic, using it to express himself and protect himself from the harsh realities of life.
Line by Line Meaning
Guardo toneladas de poesía explosiva
I keep explosive tons of poetry
Junto a mi cama
Close to my bed
Y una pistola cargada de miedo
And a gun loaded with fear
Bajo mi almohada.
Under my pillow.
Guardo palabras del infierno y del cielo,
I keep words from both heaven and hell,
Risas prohibidas
Forbidden laughter
Y gritos tan fuertes que parecen silencios
And screams so loud that they seem silent
Que hacen heridas, que hacen heridas
That hurt, that hurt
Guarde las fórmulas de un viejo adivino
I kept formulas from an old diviner
Entre mis libros
Among my books
Que no se pueden pronunciar en voz alta
That cannot be pronounced out loud
O estás perdido.
Or you're lost.
Guardo las lenguas que consumen los hielos en mi cabeza
I keep tongues that consume the ice in my head
Y terremotos de oraciones
And earthquakes of prayers
Que no se rezan
That are not prayed
Yo veo la suerte como la muerte
I see luck as death
Te toca es que ni conoce quieren verte
If it touches you, it's because it doesn't even know you, yet wants to see you
Del cielo te caen parientes
Relatives fall from the sky onto you
Solo una letra las hacen tan diferentes
Only one letter makes them so different
Gracias al éxito que nos deja verte
Thanks to the success that lets us see you
Pero tan con un o siempre siempre
But with an 'or' always always
En las malas y las no tanto
In the bad and the not so bad
Por cristo bendito seras su el espíritu santo
By Christ blessed you'll be His Holy Spirit
Que me tiene bendito su manto
Who has blessed me with his cloak
Poesía, brujería.
Poetry, witchcraft
Poesía, brujería.
Poetry, witchcraft
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Kelly Jimenez Riera
Joya del rock latinomericano. Te descubrí en un concierto en Caracas por allá en el año 2017, creo, desde ahí no te dejo de escuchar. Vagabundo es una muestra de lo mejor de nuestro rock, gracias por remasterizarlo ¡GRANDE DRACO! QUÉ VIVA VAGABUNDO
DiamondPR
Lo descubristes muy tarde espero puedas escuchar toda su gama de albunes que son muchos. Yo lo amo desde Menudo desde que era un chamaco.con Ricky Martin🇵🇷❤️ Y lo he visto mas de 4 veces en Concert ❤️ Y tengo La Mayoria de todos sus albums
Víctor Gallardo
Lo mejor del Rock Latino
jahwana1
Incrivel, ñ tem uma musica q eu ñ goste. Um petáculo só! Divine! Atemporal!
Antonio Neutro
✌🏾😎 ..... El primer album que oí fue el de Libertad, y es muy bueno, la canción de Junkie me sorprendio la versión en español, muy interesante 😌, saludos desde México 🇲🇽 , honestamente un buen rock por descubrir .
yakaira reyes
Escuché de ti por un amigo que le gusta el rock and roll en español y me enamoré . Desde entonces me encantas con tu forma de interpretar. Mucho misteriooo.
lia delgadillo
No dejaras de sorprenderme es dinamita pura💕🥂
Sonidomateria
Terminar una lista de reproducción de Death Metal , con buen rock de América, que buen soundtrack civil ..... La música hecha para los oidos
Alberto Cordero
Orgulloso de ser boricua y que robi lo sea
efestereo
el corazón y la magia está guardado aqui. gracias robi