After releasing a few singles across the pandemic, Bébe Bambú finally returns with another full-length project in the form of Come Coco, a project that sees him display his lyrical skills and more in an exploration of different sounds around and outside the hip hop spectrum. Come Coco kicks off with the danceable and head bobbing “No Seremos”, a hip hop song that mixes old school with new school as Bébe Bambú mixes traditional rapping and melodies on a resistance-fueled track. Afterwards, “Oasis del Kalahari” finds the artist exploring trap sounds in a party-themed tune that also shows some introspection. Then, in “Baila pa que llueva”, as the musician delivers a funk, soul and reggaetón record with love story elements. Next, “Guapetón” displays Bambú’s salsa influences as he reflects on appearances, toughness, peer pressure, and some of the darker sides of street life. Finally, the first half of the album closes with “Pimp Talk Interlude”, a short break from the music that samples a movie speech narrates elements of life in the streets. The second half of Come Coco begins with “Perreo Combativo”, a reggaetón and hip hop collaboration with La Cotto that finds both artists reflecting on the current political climate of Puerto Rico and stating their position regarding the situation. Subsequently, “El Calentón” is another mix of the artist’s salsa and hip hop influences in a track that will have some dancing and others headbanging. Successively, “Huracán” finds Bambú joining forces with Gigi V!bra in a string-fueled underground song as they use the hurricane as a metaphor for the strength that exists within a tight community and inside one’s self. Come Coco finishes with “Está Bravo”, a fantastic boom bap banger where the artist paints a picture of his neighborhood and some of the people inside it.
Overall, Bébe Bambú’s Come Coco is a project that finds Bébe Bambú exploring familiar musical and lyrical territory, but also mixing them with more recent events and sounds that are a bit outside of his comfort zone. Thereby, presenting his growth as an artist with some experience on his belt.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorFernando E. E. Correa González is the author behind over 30 self-published poetry books. He has been published by literary magazines & journals [Id]entidad, El Vicio del Tintero, Sábanas Magazine, Smaeralit, The Occulum, Tonguas and Hound Magazine. Other than writing, Correa is also the host of FENCast, a podcast dedicated to documenting the Puerto Rican independent art scene. Aside from this, he experiments with filmmaking, photography, drawing, painting, multimedia and transmedia. He currently lives in his native Puerto Rico. Archives
December 2022
Categories
All
|