Yes, good but uneven and not quite the heights of last one , sounds right.
Forgot BB had own thread & commented on Rolling reggaeton and more one
Rolling Afro-Latin Music 2020: Reggaeton, Salsa, Bomba, Latin Jazz, Bachata, Merengue, Urbano and more Latinx
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 March 2020 16:00 (four years ago) link
no mention yet of the arguably already-iconic "yo perreo sola" video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtSRKwDCaZM
― dyl, Sunday, 14 June 2020 04:47 (three years ago) link
Not super into the new album. Too many guitars, not enough straight-ahead bangers (although obviously that's the point).
― Politically homely (jim in vancouver), Saturday, 5 December 2020 23:53 (three years ago) link
i've found i enjoy it if i ignore everything before "dákiti". not sure what the last track is doing there but i like it too
― dyl, Sunday, 6 December 2020 01:28 (three years ago) link
this thread completely died after early enthusiasts on here were informed that maybe-kinda-liking his first album wasn't as woke as they perhaps thought :( lol
oh well at least he's still putting out good music and might be better-known now than ever
― dyl, Sunday, 6 December 2020 01:32 (three years ago) link
Indeed. He was the #1 most streamed artist on Spotify this year.
― justfanoe (Greg Fanoe), Sunday, 6 December 2020 01:43 (three years ago) link
La difícil was my top played track on spotify for this year
― Politically homely (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 6 December 2020 04:42 (three years ago) link
coming round on the album, it's good actually
― Babby's Yed Revisited (jim in vancouver), Friday, 11 December 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
"yonaguni" song and video both really good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doLMt10ytHY
― dyl, Sunday, 6 June 2021 03:56 (two years ago) link
yep.
As the westernmost inhabited island of Japan, Yonaguni has also been constantly associated with the myth of the island of women (Nyōgo no Shima) since the Edo period.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 8 June 2021 04:54 (two years ago) link
im listening to this too much.
― 《Myst1kOblivi0n》 (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 10 June 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
un verano sin ti is so compulsively listenable
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 7 July 2022 22:42 (one year ago) link
it is
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 8 July 2022 06:19 (one year ago) link
man was the most streamed artist on spotify 2 years in a row, has the highest grossing tour in the world atm, and has the most streamed album of the year so far. but yeah go ahead and tell me how ed sh**ran is the king of pop!— Isabelia Herrera (@jabladoraaa) July 25, 2022
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 04:15 (one year ago) link
case in point: the way that US pubs continue to write about bad bunny is fascinating to me, as though he is a niche artist and not the biggest pop star on the planet lol. not even trying to be a stan or a sycophant; i have my critiques. but it's just quantitatively true.— Isabelia Herrera (@jabladoraaa) July 25, 2022
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 04:16 (one year ago) link
Are people trying to argue with science again ?
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 06:56 (one year ago) link
can't find a list where he's #1, looks to me like he's maybe #2 of all time (behind drake, ahead of ed) and currently #7 globally? anyway being on the top of a pile of shit is nothing to be proud of
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 08:25 (one year ago) link
part of being a responsible poptimist is calling out bad pop
― imago, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 08:55 (one year ago) link
here’s some damn fine pop for your responsible poptimist ass(es):“Andrea” ft. Buscabulla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjvTQTGogUM“Ojitos Lindos” ft. Bomba Estéreo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10EX-_h4pYc
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 09:10 (one year ago) link
okay I knew which beat both songs were going to have beforehand, but I didn't know one was going to be half the speed of the other, that is progress
― imago, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 09:16 (one year ago) link
In reggaeton it counts as a change of time signatureInteresting that Bomba Esteréo is credited and not just Li Saumet
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 09:42 (one year ago) link
calling out reggaeton for using the drum pattern that makes a song reggaeton is not an own
i find it funny that people don’t get the same joy out of pointing out that every garage song uses the same beat, or the 90 million uses of funky drummer
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 12:01 (one year ago) link
I guess for some people it comes off as a novely beat, like calypso
what this attempt at derision gets right is that the beat is central to the genre, as when techno or house is described as untz untz music
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, 26 July 2022 12:48 (one year ago) link
def not an own, in fact it is (imo) ignorant
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 13:58 (one year ago) link
"andrea" is one of my favorite songs of the year. incredible sound design on that one.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 14:38 (one year ago) link
I guess for some people it comes off as a novely beat, like calypsowhat this attempt at derision gets right is that the beat is central to the genre, as when techno or house is described as untz untz music
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
― corrs unplugged, Tuesday, July 26, 2022 4:25 AM (eight hours ago)
his album has the most weeks at no 1 of any album this year. he's also already had the biggest streaming year in spotify history (10.3 billion streams) thru only 7ish months & is consistently their most streamed artist globally. there's also this
Prior to the May release of Un Verano Sin Ti, Bad Bunny’s El Último Tour del Mundo, which played arenas across North America from February to April, grossed $116. 8 million and sold 575,000 tickets, according to Billboard Boxscore. The trek was No. 1 on the 2022 mid-year Top Tours chart, and topped the chart for February and March, breaking several local Boxscore records.
it's pretty indisputable that he's the biggest artist in the world rn
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 26 July 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
eleven weeks in, BB still has ten tracks of the album in this week’s Hot 100 - for comparison, after only five weeks since his album dropped, Drake has only four tracks left. there’s also this:
Bad Bunny and Chencho Corleone‘s “Me Porto Bonito,” at its No. 6 best, takes over as the most-streamed song in the U.S. – and becomes the first all-Spanish-language No. 1 in the history of the Streaming Songs chart
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 26 July 2022 17:06 (one year ago) link
now replace the genre names with any of your own favourite genres and see how ignorant (not “imo”, this is ILM for crying out loud) you sound.and sorry, can’t accept the “for some people” deflection, you were being derisive yourself, and again, this is ILM for crying out loud.
and sorry, can’t accept the “for some people” deflection, you were being derisive yourself, and again, this is ILM for crying out loud.
I didn't mean to sound derisive with the pile of shit comment, just find it a bad measure of anything who's topping those charts, and by "some people" I didn't mean posters here. Techno is one of my favorite genres?
Andrea is great
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 07:34 (one year ago) link
I don't mean to dispute it, just can't figure out where to source reliable data
according to this list https://chartmasters.org/spotify-most-popular-artists/ he has more than twice the streams of Drake but according to this one https://routenote.com/blog/most-streamed-artists-on-spotify/ he's #7 in the world
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 07:37 (one year ago) link
fine, I am going to put my money where my mouth is and give Bad Bunny a fair shake. all 81 minutes. going in now
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
half the bleedin' planet can't be wrong, eh
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
Well blow me down, first three tracks are kinda great. Fuck
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:26 (one year ago) link
Every track has featured thoughtful sonic design and at least one surprising switch-up, and they've all sounded distinct from each other
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:27 (one year ago) link
Track 4 is straight up prog or something
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:29 (one year ago) link
These synths!
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 14:35 (one year ago) link
― corrs unplugged, Wednesday, July 27, 2022 2:37 AM (seven hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
one list is "monthly listeners," the other is "daily streams."
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:02 (one year ago) link
This should, to be fair, have been two albums. The first can end with La Corriente and it's pretty complete, and good
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
the second half has some absolute highlights tho, like "andrea," "el apagón," "efecto," "ojitos lindos," etc.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
I'm just getting to the second half (after a pause)! Just saying where a natural break feels it should be
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
The song 'Party' has been the only out and out filler so far
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
all major albums in the streaming era are gonna be bloated, but i think un verano sin ti uses its bloat for good–more experimentation, unexpected collaborations, more explorations of the wide swaths of latin music styles
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:26 (one year ago) link
Yeah, I'm finding that. I didn't know he used his powers for good tbh!
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:27 (one year ago) link
There's indeed a v strong run on the second half, broken up regrettably by Dos Mil 16, which...I guess not every experiment was going to work
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:43 (one year ago) link
i was a little disappointed with "party" too, considering how sharp and genre-fluid rauw alejandro's own album was. it sounds too much like a commercial ploy, and i think even reggaeton fans felt that, since the true big hits from the album have been "me porto bonito" (beat-switching reggaeton with a great melody) and "titi me pregunto" (dembow assault gives way to '00s r&b throwback)
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:45 (one year ago) link
if you don't like "dos mil 16" i wouldn't check out much of his pre-2020 stuff lol
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
i still have space for some of that stuff, but i much prefer the artist he's become
Yeah those two were huge xxp. The people want it proggy, what can I say
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
so yeah - lose Party, Aguacero, Dos Mil 16, the title track and Agosto, split the remaining 18 tracks into two albums, done
enjoyed that though!
― imago, Wednesday, 27 July 2022 17:52 (one year ago) link
Lol it’s fun reading imago enjoying Bad Bunny.
As a latinamerican yeah it’s a bit weird how it seems most US/UK is unaware of him and the rest of the world seems to love him. I still remember how confused I was hearing artists like Luis Fonsi, Ricky Martin, J Balvin, Enrique Iglesias and Bad Bunny being played non-stop as party music in Singapore and Thailand when I went there.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 27 July 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
i've only listened to "monaco" (bc of the video) and while i don't dislike it exactly it doesn't rly get me interested in engaging w/ a long album
― dyl, Saturday, 14 October 2023 18:14 (seven months ago) link
same as dyl, I need to hear a strong single to get me in the mood
― Nabozo, Monday, 16 October 2023 07:59 (seven months ago) link
voodoo chili completely otm
― ufo, Monday, 16 October 2023 08:04 (seven months ago) link
So far it’s not as good as the previous one (I’m not sure it was better to better it!) but I like the new one. It’s darker, rougher, more minimalist. Going the more pop/mainstream way may have been easier sure but maybe that wasn’t the best way to go after the fireworks of Un Verano.
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 20 October 2023 10:48 (seven months ago) link
Oups : not sure it was possible to better it !
― AlXTC from Paris, Friday, 20 October 2023 13:44 (seven months ago) link
He’s hosting and performing on Saturday Night Live October 21
― curmudgeon, Friday, 20 October 2023 15:02 (seven months ago) link
Saw him live on one tour and it was fun. Missed his Washington DC arena gig last night . Video clips online look exciting
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 10 April 2024 17:29 (one month ago) link