He represents the new school in the Dominican Republic. But we were missing Don Omar. But another adjective that comes up almost as often is “futuristic.” From that balance between genre loyalty and a desire to move forward, these 14 new songs crown Jowell & Randy as contemporary kings of additive-free perreo. It’s true-blue reggaetón, and it’s always an honor to have De La Ghetto.”La GoldaJowell: “We grabbed part of ‘La Gorda Budusca,’ a Maicol & Manuel song that was on [1994’s cassette-only compilation] The Noise Underground Original, Vol. It's what we aspire to as artists every time we release new music. Units comprise album sales, track equivalent albums (TEA) and streaming equivalent albums (SEA). We had always wanted to work with them because they are some of the best in the genre. All that stuff, we took it and transformed it into what the genre is today. You can tell that there’s more than one mind behind it giving it different colors. E. 14 Tracks. Miky Woodz)Jowell: “This is a classic-feeling reggaetón track on an album that is quite classic. 10. Our lyrics, Bunny’s, the beat…it all merges beautifully.”A Mí Sí Me Gusta (feat. “Classic” is a word they both use frequently when discussing their uncompromising view of reggaetón as music for the streets with roots in the underground. It’s going to be a hit in the street and a hit in the clubs. Billboard is a subsidiary of Valence Media, LLC. Viva El Perreo starts at No. Featuring Jowell & Randy, Miky Woodz, Don Omar, Barbie Rican. Sometime soon people will dance to it in the clubs and celebrate. “Most of the ideas were handled by Bad Bunny and we managed to exchange and approve our ideas from home using technology. “With ‘Safaera,’ Bad Bunny opened a door for us to show a new generation what classic reggaetón was all about,” Jowell tells Apple Music about the YHLQMDLG collaboration with his partner Randy that proved instrumental in redefining the long-standing duo. DJ FERMIN produced it and Bad Bunny wrote the parts that Jowell sings. That’s what the song means to me: loyalty to what we always wanted to do and have always been proud of, despite the dirty language. It’s DJ Blass for the future—dirty perreo, straight from the streets but classy.”Anaranjado (feat. The whole record is designed so that one song blends into the next one, like a DJ set.”Reggaetón HP (feat. TWITTER He has a very classic swing and a very classic way of doing reggaetón, but he sounds modern at the same time. Viva El Perreo was released Aug. 8 via Rimas Entertainment and produced by DJ Orma, SubeloNeo, DJ Blass and Bad Bunny. “Our friendship for years and the trust we have in each other allowed us to work freely and feel comfortable when composing together.”. All Rights Reserved. Cookie Settings The album's songs logged 10 million U.S. on-demand streams in the tracking week, a career-high weekly total for the duo. It goes back to different eras that were really interesting to us and that maybe the new generation doesn’t know too well. From top to bottom, Viva El Perreo is an homage to the essence of reggaetón, Puerto Rican culture, and Jowell & Randy’s distinctive sound over the years. We sound young, hungry, with a lot of fire. I don’t think anyone has ever heard this particular way of rapping and throwing in the verses before. It’s heavy reggaetón for the dance floor, for people that like to let loose. I’ve come up with all kinds of things, but nothing like this. 5 on Latin Rhythm Albums, the duo’s fifth consecutive top 10 there. It was released in Puerto Rico on April 27, 2010, and was released worldwide on May 4, 2010. Social media is definitely a factor in toxic behavior. We sound fierce on it, rapping hard as if we were doing dembow, but the track itself is very mellow, as if we were on a Caribbean beach with some choice ladies. The idea came from Keityn, a top songwriter who worked with Arcángel and Sech [on ‘Sigues Con Él’], among many others. Jowell & Randy is a little bit like an evolution of Maicol & Manuel. The song starts by making you a cozy bed in the middle of all the perreo, with a little piano and a pretty melody. This is classy reggaetón, the kind that J Balvin does so well and feels comfortable with. For Viva el Perreo , they recruited some crucial collaborators, including Bad Bunny and star producer DJ Orma, as well as DJ Blass and Don Omar, two pioneers they pay tribute to with the joyful sincerity of fandom. The lyrics are about fighting everything that gets in your way.”Jowell: “Like ‘La Golda,’ this one was produced by Urba & Rome. We loved singing over the beat, which is pretty fast, almost like a Dominican dembow but still reggaetón made in Puerto Rico by Puerto Ricans. Kiko El Crazy is family to us. The Biz premium subscriber content has moved to Billboard.com/business. We are proud.”. Bad Bunny wrote the lyrics, which is another first for us. We grew up in awe of him and we had always wanted to do something with him. Bad Bunny wrote the lyrics and we recorded it with Orma, same as ‘Tóxicos.’ Here we are riding a very forward-looking beat, with the new kids but staying true to the essence of classic reggaetón. Release Viva el Perreo. They really helped us to develop this new flow, which we kind of already had, but we needed a jolt from different minds with a different color.”Bien Arrebatao (feat. 31 on the current chart. It’s pure ’90s Puerto Rican reggaetón that we wanted to bring into 2020 with Urba & Rome, who are two of the dopest producers right now.