The Puerto Rican rapper’s new 23-song album has every little thing from bachata to New Jack Swing
Myke Towers has positioned himself as one of many prime Latin rappers and reggaetoneros. Along with his fourth album, LVEU: Vive La Tuya…No La Mía, the Puerto Rican artist proves that he’s an all-around Latin pop star. Towers finds a cheerful medium between the rap and perreo of his earlier albums whereas pushing his music into thrilling, surprising territory. On prime of that, he pulls all of it off alone with out assists from characteristic acts.
Along with his 2021 LP Lyke Mike, Towers established himself as a Latin rap phenom. His follow-up, La Vida Es Una, noticed him go discover an array of genres, whereas additionally making a welcome return to reggaeton. The album additionally featured his hit “Lala,” which topped Spotify’s Prime 50 International chart earlier this yr. Now Towers bridges the 2 worlds he has dominated as a rapper and singer in LVEU: Vive La Tuya…No La Mía.
The sprawling LP boasts a whopping 23 songs, together with the aforementioned “Lala.” Towers does Puerto Rico proud along with his arsenal of reggaeton bangers. Probably the most alluring of those is “La Falda,” the place he serenades girls perreando, or twerking, of their mini skirts. Towers later flexes his wealth and affect within the explosive “Cartera & Tacos.” He additionally takes reggaeton to new locations with components of Afrobeats within the playful “Otro Spherical” and the Jersey membership influences of the ethereal “5 Guys.”
Towers additional unleashes his versatile stream in knockout rap tracks. Backed by R&B-infused entice beats, he shoots his shot with mannequin and feminist activist Emily Ratajkowski within the funky “Emrata.” Towers seamlessly blends entice with electronica and Jersey membership within the dazzling “Disco Subterránea.” Whereas spitting rhymes about getting freaky in a automobile, he places a classy twist on entice in “En El Carro.” “If the foyer is full, I’ll do it within the car parking zone,” he sings in Spanish. The track is an ideal mixture of the swagger of Towers’ mixtape days and the graceful operator that he’s right this moment.
Then there are the moments the place Towers goes in completely new instructions. He takes on New Jack Swing, bringing to thoughts Bell Biv DeVoe’s basic “Poison” with the smooth “Esa Nena.” Towers embraces extra music of the Caribbean with bachata and merengue within the dreamy “La Capi” and thru the fiery “La Ronda,” which was produced by salsa music maestro Sergio George. LVEU: Vive La Tuya…No La Mía would’ve benefited from trimming down its 23 tracks to solely ones the place Towers shines probably the most however it’s nonetheless an awesome album. The title roughly interprets in English to “Stay Your Life…Not Mine,” and it’s proof that he’s residing in the most effective second of his profession with none limits.
