If you know one thing about Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” it’s that the single borrows from both rap and country. But in recent months, artists have been drawing less obvious connections between the runaway hit and styles of music from around the world. Take afrobeats producer DJ Tunez, …
Read More »Inside 'Oasis': How J Balvin and Bad Bunny Made the Album of the Summer in Just Two Weeks
When Bad Bunny and J Balvin first linked up in 2017’s excellent “Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola,” it might have been easy to lose them in the wave of collabs sweeping the Latin charts. But when the two crossed orbits the following year on Cardi B’s bilingual summer jam, …
Read More »Song You Need to Know: Dalex and Rafa Pabón's 'Pa Mí' Remix
Dalex andRafa Pabón’s “Pa Mí” is the latest single to benefit from the ensemble-remix treatment that has boosted recent hits like Nio García, Casper Mágico and Darell’s “Te Boté,” El Alfa’s “Suave” and Alex Rose’s “Toda.” In the original “Pa Mí,” Dalex sings with stirring force about romantic fixation, sounding …
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