Cordavision Music Reviews

I mean, an album titled A SUMMER WITHOUT YOU should be a great, if somber, summer album. It’s no secret that Bad Bunny is one of the biggest names not just in Latin music, but in music right now. Not to bring up the same comparison from my review of Jack Harlow’s recent album, he’s slowly becoming a Drake-esque figure, and that comes with everything. I actually do prefer Bad Bunny over Drake because I think he’s more creative with his music. I enjoyed his last project, EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO , quite a bit and I still have it in rotation. We now have UN VERANO SIN TI (an already record-breaking album), which admittedly is very long. Bad Bunny has stated this about being a summer playlist of sorts, so framing it like a collection of songs, it’ll be interesting to see how this project shapes up. Let’s get into it. I’ll say that this is Bad Bunny’s most risky project yet. There are a lot more genres at play here like trap, afrobeat, bossa nova, reggae, synthpop, and dancehall, among ma...

 

I’m just getting into Latin music now, and Bad Bunny has been a name that’s been winning award after award and even getting critical acclaim on most fronts too. He’s released two other albums this year, YHLQMDLG and LAS QUE NO IBAN A SALIR , with the former recently being nominated for a few Grammys and winning Latin Grammys too. His newest album, EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO , is his newest album, and is quite possibly his final album since there are reports of his desires to retire after this year. Let’s just get right into it now! EL ÚLTIMO TOUR DEL MUNDO is a Latin album with reggaeton, hip-hop, rock, and pop influences. Now, no matter the quality of his albums, Bad Bunny is a hit-making machine and his charisma and energy are off the charts crazy. While some songs aren’t as catchy, they tend to make up for it in the amount of pushing his comfort zone. Some of these have rock edges and can even be more abrasive than the typical Bad Bunny track, and I can really commend him for being ...

Kali Uchis is pretty sick. I’m new to Latin music in general, and when I found out that Kali Uchis’s next project will be mainly in Spanish, I was all for it. Her debut album, Isolation, was one of my favorite R&B albums in recent memory, but her most recent EP TO FEEL ALIVE wasn’t that great to me. That EP and her second album, Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ , are leaning more on the Latin side, and quite frankly, the singles leading up to this have been pretty great. Since this came out earlier in the week, I decided to save Friday’s spot for Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ , so let’s just get right into it! Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios) ∞ is a Latin album with pop, R&B, alternative, and reggaeton vibes. Kali has really gone back to her Latin roots with this project, and it feels like somewhat of a rebirth for her. Uchis rocks the reggaeton style very well to me. The lead singles, “¡aquí yo mando!” with Rico Nasty and “la luz(Fín)” with Jhay Cortez,...