06-12-2014, 15:18
enters the Billboard chart this week at #18
Spotify online listen
3.0 of 5.0 by allmusic
8th studio album
10 featured artists
guess he couldn't do it by himself
thought this would debut higher
the only thing I've really liked by this guy is Timber
now I can add the track included below
love the latin rhythms he has on some tracks
and it's nice to hear rap that has actual music with it
artist website - http://www.pitbullmusic.com/us
Bio - from allmusic
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When the Southern-flavored party rap called crunk took over urban radio in 2004, Miami rapper Pitbull decided it was time to seek stardom. The
way Pitbull saw it, "crunk ain't nothin' but bass music slowed down." Miami bass music, that is, the kind Pitbull grew up on. His parents were
first-generation Cuban immigrants who didn't let their son forget about his culture. They required him to memorize the works of Cuban poet José
MartÃ, and Pitbull understood the power of words right away. Southern acts like Poison Clan and Luther Campbell were early influences, but as he
grew, the young rapper got turned on to the G-funk sound of the West Coast and the New York City point of view Nas brought to the game.
Pitbull got involved in the game himself when he started appearing on Miami mixtapes. A meeting with Irv Gotti resulted in nothing, but soon
Luther Campbell called on the rapper to appear on his "Lollipop" single. It brought Pitbull to the attention of the Diaz Brothers management
team, who introduced the rapper to the king of crunk, Lil Jon. A Pitbull freestyle landed on Lil Jon's platinum-selling Kings of Crunk album in
2002, and the rapper's "Oye" track appeared on the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack in 2003. Ready to take it all the way to the top, Pitbull
unleashed his debut full-length, M.I.A.M.I., in 2004 on the TVT label, with the Lil Jon-produced single "Culo" leading the way.
Soon Pitbull was making guest appearances on tracks by everyone from the Ying Yang Twins to Elephant Man. The 2005 compilation Money Is Still a
Major Issue collected the best of these collaborations along with some remixes and unreleased tracks. In 2006, the single "Bojangles" prepared
fans for his next album, El Mariel. As the album landed on the shelves it was announced that his next effort would be entirely in Spanish and
titled The Boatlift. When the end product arrived in 2007, it was an album mostly in English, introduced by the single "Go Girl."
Two years later he released Rebelution, an album filled with slick club cuts including the hits "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Hotel
Room Service." Featuring the hit single "Bon Bon," his all-Spanish-language album Armando followed in 2010. In 2011, his Planet Pit album
arrived, featuring the singles "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)" and "Give Me Everything." Both the singles collection Original Hits and I Am
Armando -- a "reloaded" version of Armando -- arrived in 2012 along with his seventh studio effort, Global Warming. The latter album featured
the hits "Back in Time" and "Feel This Moment," and when a deluxe reissue appeared in 2013, the single "Timber," with special guest Ke$ha, was
added to the track list. In early 2014 Pitbull released the single "Wild Wild Love," which featured vocals from girl group G.R.L. and debuted at
number 30 on the Billboard Top 100. A few months later he announced the release of an eighth studio album, Globalization, which appeared at the
tail-end of 2014 and featured Chris Brown, Sean Paul, Dr. Luke, and other guests.
Album Review - from allmusic
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"The world is my block/The globe is my home" barks Miami rapper Pitbull on his eighth album Globalization, an ironic title as it infers the icky
idea of a worldwide cultural homogenization. Pitbull's homogenish mix of pop, dance, hip-hop, reggaeton, and etc. would be the perfect setup if
one wanted to make the whole world sing in perfect harmony, but his cleverness, his charisma, and his infectious material always kept him firmly
in the category of "genuine," at least up to this point. Living large and loving it a bit too much, Globalization stumbles on its filler with
the Chris Brown feature "Fun" not being much fun at all, plus, when returning customers are given some background info on "Sexy Beaches" -- it's
an uptempo number and features the phrase "Lil' Mama" repeatedly -- the song they conjure in their head will be the song they encounter on this
album. Still, "Wild Wild Love" with G.R.L. is a swinging and swaying example of all Pitbull does right, while "Celebrate" -- which comes from
the Penguins of Madagascar soundtrack, of all places -- puts a Euro-disco stomp under Rare Earth's "I Just Want to Celebrate" for a love it or
hate it highlight delivered with all the pumped-up joy of Pharrell's "Happy." Putting an all-star, Official FIFA World Cup Theme at the end --
"We Are One (Ole Ola)" with Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte -- just makes the small, samey stuff sound all the more iffy, and in the end, the
bumpy Globalization comes off like a prime EP with some unwanted extras shuffled in.
makes me want to dance and you don't want to witness that:
[video=youtube;HMqgVXSvwGo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMqgVXSvwGo[/video]
Track Listing
1. Ah Leke
2. Fun
3. Fireball
4. Time of Our Lives
5. Celebrate
6. Sexy Beaches
7. Day Drinking
8. Drive You Crazy
9. Wild Wild Love
10. This Is Not a Drill
11. We Are One (Ole Ola)
Spotify online listen
3.0 of 5.0 by allmusic
8th studio album
10 featured artists
guess he couldn't do it by himself
thought this would debut higher
the only thing I've really liked by this guy is Timber
now I can add the track included below
love the latin rhythms he has on some tracks
and it's nice to hear rap that has actual music with it
artist website - http://www.pitbullmusic.com/us
Bio - from allmusic
When the Southern-flavored party rap called crunk took over urban radio in 2004, Miami rapper Pitbull decided it was time to seek stardom. The
way Pitbull saw it, "crunk ain't nothin' but bass music slowed down." Miami bass music, that is, the kind Pitbull grew up on. His parents were
first-generation Cuban immigrants who didn't let their son forget about his culture. They required him to memorize the works of Cuban poet José
MartÃ, and Pitbull understood the power of words right away. Southern acts like Poison Clan and Luther Campbell were early influences, but as he
grew, the young rapper got turned on to the G-funk sound of the West Coast and the New York City point of view Nas brought to the game.
Pitbull got involved in the game himself when he started appearing on Miami mixtapes. A meeting with Irv Gotti resulted in nothing, but soon
Luther Campbell called on the rapper to appear on his "Lollipop" single. It brought Pitbull to the attention of the Diaz Brothers management
team, who introduced the rapper to the king of crunk, Lil Jon. A Pitbull freestyle landed on Lil Jon's platinum-selling Kings of Crunk album in
2002, and the rapper's "Oye" track appeared on the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack in 2003. Ready to take it all the way to the top, Pitbull
unleashed his debut full-length, M.I.A.M.I., in 2004 on the TVT label, with the Lil Jon-produced single "Culo" leading the way.
Soon Pitbull was making guest appearances on tracks by everyone from the Ying Yang Twins to Elephant Man. The 2005 compilation Money Is Still a
Major Issue collected the best of these collaborations along with some remixes and unreleased tracks. In 2006, the single "Bojangles" prepared
fans for his next album, El Mariel. As the album landed on the shelves it was announced that his next effort would be entirely in Spanish and
titled The Boatlift. When the end product arrived in 2007, it was an album mostly in English, introduced by the single "Go Girl."
Two years later he released Rebelution, an album filled with slick club cuts including the hits "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Hotel
Room Service." Featuring the hit single "Bon Bon," his all-Spanish-language album Armando followed in 2010. In 2011, his Planet Pit album
arrived, featuring the singles "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)" and "Give Me Everything." Both the singles collection Original Hits and I Am
Armando -- a "reloaded" version of Armando -- arrived in 2012 along with his seventh studio effort, Global Warming. The latter album featured
the hits "Back in Time" and "Feel This Moment," and when a deluxe reissue appeared in 2013, the single "Timber," with special guest Ke$ha, was
added to the track list. In early 2014 Pitbull released the single "Wild Wild Love," which featured vocals from girl group G.R.L. and debuted at
number 30 on the Billboard Top 100. A few months later he announced the release of an eighth studio album, Globalization, which appeared at the
tail-end of 2014 and featured Chris Brown, Sean Paul, Dr. Luke, and other guests.
Album Review - from allmusic
"The world is my block/The globe is my home" barks Miami rapper Pitbull on his eighth album Globalization, an ironic title as it infers the icky
idea of a worldwide cultural homogenization. Pitbull's homogenish mix of pop, dance, hip-hop, reggaeton, and etc. would be the perfect setup if
one wanted to make the whole world sing in perfect harmony, but his cleverness, his charisma, and his infectious material always kept him firmly
in the category of "genuine," at least up to this point. Living large and loving it a bit too much, Globalization stumbles on its filler with
the Chris Brown feature "Fun" not being much fun at all, plus, when returning customers are given some background info on "Sexy Beaches" -- it's
an uptempo number and features the phrase "Lil' Mama" repeatedly -- the song they conjure in their head will be the song they encounter on this
album. Still, "Wild Wild Love" with G.R.L. is a swinging and swaying example of all Pitbull does right, while "Celebrate" -- which comes from
the Penguins of Madagascar soundtrack, of all places -- puts a Euro-disco stomp under Rare Earth's "I Just Want to Celebrate" for a love it or
hate it highlight delivered with all the pumped-up joy of Pharrell's "Happy." Putting an all-star, Official FIFA World Cup Theme at the end --
"We Are One (Ole Ola)" with Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte -- just makes the small, samey stuff sound all the more iffy, and in the end, the
bumpy Globalization comes off like a prime EP with some unwanted extras shuffled in.
makes me want to dance and you don't want to witness that:
[video=youtube;HMqgVXSvwGo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMqgVXSvwGo[/video]
Track Listing
1. Ah Leke
2. Fun
3. Fireball
4. Time of Our Lives
5. Celebrate
6. Sexy Beaches
7. Day Drinking
8. Drive You Crazy
9. Wild Wild Love
10. This Is Not a Drill
11. We Are One (Ole Ola)
