My LEAST favorite "reggaetón" group (they're a pop group, y'all -- be serious... the only thing reggaetón about them were the collabos with Voltio!) is back in April with their sophomore album, Residente O Visitante. Before y'all go there, I'm not hating on these cats -- they're art school kids, they have a funky style,and they're not afraid to be goofy or to be innovative. I do get irked by Residente's attempts at adopting a streetwise demeanor since, as they say, real recognize real and this cat is about as 'hood as his funny-lookin' brother. Hard-knock life? Hardly!
That being said, their first single is definitely a creative affair. It features the work of Gustavo Santaolla (the two-time Oscar winning composer) and incorporates a fusion of tngo, reggaetón, and pop. "Tango del pecado" ("Tango of sin") essentially tells the tale of a forbidden love -- a wealthy woman falls for a poor musician and is scorned by her family and friends -- but, in true Calle 13 fashion, it's a parody.
In the video, Residente plays the boyfriend and his real-life girl, ex Miss Univese Denise Quiñones, plays the burgeois girl. Is he trying to say his life imitates art? Whatever. Residente's mom is an actress and his dad a musician -- the kid grew up in a middle-class household, went t college to study fine arts, etc. I doubt Denise's parents were all that upset... Besides, if the dude has that much in common with a beauty queen, he obviously ain't as 'hood as he purports. Status ain't hood, dunny.
4 comments:
RESIDENTE IS THE CALLE in CALLE 13 lol
tHE SONG SUCKS!HOW IS HE'S INVITING TO LISTEN TO SATAN RADIO MUSIC....HE SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING MORE COMMERCIAL AFTER ATREVETE TE
ALSO WAS DISSAPOINTED BY GUSTAV SANTALLAOLA WORK...EVENTHOUGH HE'S AN OSCAR WINNER...REGGASETON PRODUCER ARE THE BEST IN THEIR GENRE
lmao the Satan music is his Own music. He's making a parody of the ignorance of those who judge the way he dresses and the kind of music he makes. Come on, wasn't that hard to figure out, was it? Lol Seriously ya'll need to know though he himself says he is not a gangster nor will ever be, he just thinks dressing that way looks cool.. Just like his brother thinks dressing the way he dresses looks cool. Calls 13 is different from they mainstream. Not just that, but they're also talented in creating songs that are original. That's why people like them and that's why they won that grammy. If you can' t live with the fact that they DON'T fit into any streotypes, and mind you, they don't HAVE to, then that is exactly the quality that separates u from those who like them, because believe it or not: we like Calle 13 because they're so out there and unique that they themselves step out of stereotypes. And if you think that they're pop, you've got the wrong idea of pop. Is that the new thing? To diss something by saying "Nah, that's not this, that's pop. Psh posers." ? Michael Jackson is pop. You think they sound like him?
man fuck you!..saying these dudes dont know "hood"..puerto rico is a poor "colony"..dont forget that..these dudes have seen alot and feel eve more..you dont have to be from the hood to feel for people in the hood..i mean talib kweli is not from hood..both his parents were college profesors!..and the dude speaks the truth...just like calle 13..youre a hater and negative person...besa mi culo huevon!!
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