''M.O.T.A.'' is the fourth studio

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by the Puerto Rican

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band, Cultura Profética. The album was recorded at Playbach Studios in

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, and released in 2005. The title is a

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for "Momentos de Ocio en el Templo del Ajusco" (

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: a volcano in Mexico City) which means "Moments of Leisure in the Temple of Ajusco". This is a reference to the suburb of

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where the band lived during a four-month tour in that country, which inspired them for the material in this album. "Mota" is also a slang term for marijuana in Mexican Spanish. ''MOTA'' reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot Latin Albums chart, becoming one of their most commercially successful projects.

Track listing

All songs written by Eliut González, Willy Rodríguez, and Omar Silva, except where noted. # - 5:49 # (González, Rodríguez) - 5:35 # (Rodríguez) - 5:22 # (Rodríguez, Yallzee) - 5:32 # (Bayrex Jiménez, Rodríguez, Silva) - 4:43 # (Rodríguez) - 4:20 # (Boris Bilbraut, Elizam Escobar, González, Jiménez, Rodríguez, Silva) - 5:20 # (Letra de Silvio Rodríguez, tema del album Descartes (1998)) - 5:59 # (Bilbraut, González, Jiménez, Rodríguez, Silva) - 1:22 # (González, Rodríguez) - 5:44 # (Rodríguez, Tek1) - 6:17 # - 6:04 # - 0:25 # - 4:08 # - 2:10 # - 4:51 # (González, Jiménez, Rodríguez) - 4:41

Musicians

* Willy Rodríguez -

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* Eliut González -

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* Omar Silva - guitar, bass guitar * Boris Bilbraut -

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, vocals * Bayrex Jiménez -

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, keyboards

Additional musicians

* Efraín Martínez - drums on Tracks 4, 9 and 11 * Alexandre Carlo (from Natiruts) - vocals in "La Noche Vibra" * Guillermo Bonetto (from Los Cafres) - vocals in "Ritmo Que Pesa" * Siete Nueve - vocals in "Canción Despojo" * Tek1 - vocals in "Canción Despojo" * DJ Nature - samples on Tracks 4, 7, 11 and 17 * Iván Gutiérrez - piano in "Yavida" * Claudio Illiobre (from Los Cafres) - Moog in "Canción Despojo"

Production

* Produced by Willy Rodríguez, Eliut González, Omar Silva, Boris Bilbraut, Bayrex Jiménez

Recording

* Recorded at Playbach Studios in

* Mixed at EMG Studios in

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* Mix engineers -

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and Shane Brown

References

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