Bad Bunny's latest album sees him embracing his Puerto Rican roots and rediscovering his musical identity.
The rap-forward LP found the global superstar flaunting his lavish lifestyle, including a new Hollywood Hills ZIP code and supermodel girlfriend. Amidst the trap-drenched beats thumping around him in dark nightclubs, Bad Bunny sounded lost in a vortex of unfathomable fame as he grappled with the frenetic year that followed his career-defining album. It all came across as inaccessible — worlds away from the former grocery store bag boy turned reggaeton innovator.
So where do you go when you need to find yourself again? For Bad Bunny, the answer is back home. Bad Bunny brings listeners along for his triumphant homecoming with 17 songs that traverse Puerto Rico’s rich kaleidoscope of genres. It’s homegrown, jubilant, and fresh as Benito takes the best moments from and pushes the limits of his continuously experimental sound into the unchartered territory of Puerto Rican folk music and salsa. While Bad Bunny honors his homeland and snapshots of his life there, he finds pieces of himself that felt lost just a year ago: the love-lorn poet, the dreamer, and, most of all, the proud. The journey starts in New York, a key point in the Puerto Rican diaspora, from the “Loisaida” to the Bronx. Bad Bunny invokes the city to declare his unrivaled greatness as a musician, crediting Boricua legends who’ve paved his way like salsa singer Willie Colon and Nineties hip-hop hitmaker Big Pun. He even samples Puerto Rico’s “Godfather of Salsa” Andy Montañez Rodrígue’s rendition of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico’s song “Un Verano en Nueva York” against a boisterous dembow beat. It’s a bold track that sets the tone for the album filled with nods to classic reggaeton from the early 2000s, Bad Bunny finally lands in Puerto Rico with the crucial reminder: It’s both his and reggaeton’s birthplace. Bad Bunny can’t help but revel in the childish joy of being back home, and the euphoric title track sums this feeling up
BAD BUNNY UN VERANO SIN TI PUERTO RICO REGGAETON MUSIC
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