Review: Bad Bunny's latest album a rap-heavy treatise on fame and an ode to his 'real fans'

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Where does Bad Bunny go from his blockbuster 2022 album, “Un Verano Sin Ti,” one of The Associated Press’ top albums of the year? The Puerto Rican musician, one of the most streamed artists on the planet, chose reinvention — both through a reclamation of his past sounds and a modern refitting, Associated Press Music Writer Maria Sherman says in...

This cover image released by RIMAS Music shows “Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana” by Bad Bunny. ‘s idiosyncratic baritone — instantaneously recognizable in both in his somber singing and stadium-sized raps. There is no question when Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio’s records are playing.

It’s why much of this album recalls Bad Bunny’s early days: the Latin trap of his debut album, 2018’s “X 100PRE” — like in “MONACO” and “GRACIAS POR NADA.” Simplifying his approach doesn’t mean sacrificing his innovations. Those aren’t hard to find: “VOU 787” utilizes the synth that opens. “BATICANO” teeters on BDSM synth-wave — that is, if the genre used lyrics about the Teletubby character Tinky Winky in a NSFW fashion. “HIBIKI” similarly explores a kind of techno-house; “Where She Goes” is Jersey club.

Love for his island is abundant on this album, as it always is: the record features those Boricua idols, but also the current and next generation of Puerto Rican talent in Eladio Carrión, Young Miko, Mora, Bryant Myers, Yovngchimi and Luar La L.

 

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