“I’m not a trapper, nor a reggaetonero / I’m the largest star in the entire world,” Dangerous Bunny says in Spanish in ‘Nadie Sabe’, the cinematic opening observe of his new album ‘Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana’. He’s not unsuitable – the 29-year-old Puerto Rican famous person breaks streaming data on the common and this weekend, he’ll host SNL for the primary time; music stars don’t come far more world than Benito.
‘Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana’ (which interprets as ‘No one Is aware of What Is Going to Occur Tomorrow’) is his first LP since weathering a 12 months of controversies, together with tossing a fan’s cellphone and reportedly courting Kendall Jenner from the Kardashian clan. Pictured as a vaquero, or cowboy, on the album’s cowl, Dangerous Bunny wrangles the chatter round him and unleashes his most private album up to now. He additionally returns to his Latin entice roots whereas exploring genres like jersey membership, drill, and home music.
2022’s ‘Un Verano Sin Ti’ set the bar excessive and celebrated the music of the Caribbean like reggaeton and dembow. It’s presently the most-streamed LP within the historical past of Spotify. However as an alternative of churning out extra reggaeton hits, he embraces the style that first put him on the map, Latin entice. There’s an elegant contact to sound this time round with The Godfather star Al Pacino giving Dangerous Bunny his blessing within the lavish music video for ‘Monaco’. Dangerous Bunny makes a wonderful return to the entice kind within the fiery ‘Fina’ alongside Younger Miko and a pattern of reggaeton pioneer Tego Calderón. He seemingly reveals {that a} tryst with Jenner passed off at her sister Kylie’s home whereas dismissing the couple’s haters: “They marvel how we talk / Possibly it’s greatest to not inform them,” he spits.
Dangerous Bunny has gone world and so have his references. The swaggering ‘Vou 787’ incorporates a fierce pattern of Madonna’s 1990 traditional ‘Vogue.’ Whereas shouting out 2 Pac’s ‘California Love’, he boasts, “If I had been a lady, I’d be Madonna / I’d be Rihanna.” Dangerous Bunny can also be feeling himself within the menacing ‘Mr. October’ the place he compares himself to a moon-walking Michael Jackson: “Cabrón, I modified the sport,” he says. Dangerous Bunny additionally pays homage to one among entice’s largest artists, Future, with a pattern of ‘Codeine Loopy’ within the dreamy ‘Seda’ alongside Puerto Rican rapper Bryant Myers.
At instances, the entice on an album this lengthy (its working time approaches an hour and a half) does get monotonous, however he shines brightest when he goes off the overwhelmed path. He dabbles in drill music for the primary time within the explosive ‘Thunder y Lighting’ with Latin rap phenom Eladio Carrión. Whereas evaluating themselves to the titular Puerto Rican tag-team duo, Dangerous Bunny seems to diss his previous ‘Oasis’ collaborator, Colombian star J Balvin. “You guys have seen me with the identical individuals when you all are pals with the entire world like Balvin,” he raps. Dangerous Bunny later groups up Colombia’s subsequent rising star Feid within the alluring reggaeton romp ‘Perro Negro.’ Dangerous Bunny pushes Puerto Rican perreo into the long run, mixing reggaeton with parts of jersey membership within the frenetic ‘The place She Goes’ and the hypnotic banger ‘Cybertruck’.
Dangerous Bunny salutes his homeland within the triumphant ‘Acho PR’ alongside the icons who gave him a hand when he was arising, Arcángel, De La Ghetto, and Ñengo Movement. He transforms the traditional ‘Chévere’ by Julio Voltio right into a feel-good Boricua rap anthem. Via his sprawling and bold album, Dangerous Bunny spins the trimmings of fame into Latin entice gold, and, as his album title guarantees, he continues to blaze his personal path with massive carpe diem vitality.
Particulars
- Launch date: October 13, 2022
- Document label: Rimas Leisure
