O Silêncio Q Precede O Esporro (Portuguese: The Silence Dat Precedes the Blast) is the fifth album by Brazilian band O Rappa, released in 2003 through Warner Music.[2]
Produced by Tom Capone and the band, this was the first album without the lyricist and drummer Marcelo Yuka, with the drums took over by the keyboardist Marcelo Lobato and the lyrics by his brother Marcos, and Marcelo Falcão.
DJ Negralha — scratches on "Pára Pegador", "Rodo Cotidiano", "Linha Vermelha", "O Salto", "Deus Lhe Pague", "Papo de Surdo e Mudo", "O Novo Já Nasce Velho" and "Mar de Gente",
DJ Nuts — scratches on "Óbvio"
Cleber Sena and Paulo Negueba - percussion on "O Novo Já Nasce Velho"
Gustaco da Lua — percussion on "Maneiras"
Marcos Lobato — banjo and dobro in the songs "O Salto II", "Bitterusso Champagne" and "Óbvio"
Zequinha Pagodinho — cavaquinho in "Maneiras"
Marcelo Lobato e Glauco Fernandes — string arrangements on "O Salto"
Orchestra in "O Salto", "Deus Lhe Pague" e "O Salto II"
Glauco Fernandes — violin solo
Glauco Fernandes, Daniel Nogueira, Léo Ortiz, Pedro Mibielli, Herr Agapito, Flávio Gomes, Carlos Mendes, Erasmo Fernandes, Marluce Ferreira, Rogério Rosa, Rodolfo Toffolo and Verônica Gabler — violins