Reggaeton has been growing in popularity in American culture for the last several years. We’ve seen the biggest hits on the Billboard come from artists of Spanish speaking backgrounds. Reggaeton encompasses various genres as it expands to incorporate Trap, R&B and pop sounds. One artist has had much success from capturing this in their music, Columbian singer, Maluma.
Maluma has been releasing music since 2012 and over the nine years; the 24 year old has released five albums. He has worked with many other international artists, including Ricky Martin and J Balvin. His most recent project, Papi Juancho just released last year and it was known for its singles ‘Hawai’ & its remix featuring The Weeknd. This January, Maluma surprised his fans with a 7 track EP entitled 7 Days in Jamaica (#7DJ).
The album came to fruition while he was on a trip to Jamaica and collaborated with producers known for dancehall and Afrobeats. The 24 minute project includes two features from Charly Black (Love) and Bob Marley’s son, Ziggy Marley (Tónika). To accompany the project, Maluma released a visual album to coincide with the release.
It was interesting to see Maluma bring together reggaeton and afrobeats in unison. As one of the popular artists in Latin Music, I’m interested to see how he expands his artistry. Be sure to check out the rest of Maluma’s music if you like his new EP, 7 Days in Jamaica. Be on the lookout for more things to come from the Columbian singer in 2021.
Drunken Karaoke Writings
Peligrosa
Dancing with my feelings
As if I was dancing with the devil
You commit to demon time
And you turn it up a level
I used to love her silhouette
Don’t need the filter red
I just imagined the good times we used to have instead
It was few far and between
You hated to not be seen
You rarely never smiled
You never intended to be mean
Some may call it puppy love
Like we a couple of teens
Su amor no se olvida
Pero lo dejaste en ruina
Esto es última
Estar en mi vida
Peligrosa
Escribé muchas notas
El tiempo fue una bellacosa
No hace falta comprar rosas
Reggie Johnson is a poet reigning from Cincinnati, Ohio. Starting at the age of nine, Reggie has been writing poetry through their love of music and life experiences. He has 9 books now available on Amazon. You can follow him on Twitter @r_d_johnson and on IG @rdjohnsonwrites.