natanael cano is a 19-year-old kid who totally revitalized regional mexican music as a commercial force by merging traditional sounds with hip-hop elements, a style he calls corridos tumbados (trap corridos). reminds me a bit of rosalia's flamenco pop in concept (obv not in the way it sounds). it's a pretty thrilling combo, tho since these songs are story-driven corridos, i'm sure i'm missing a lot about what makes it special as a non-spanish speaker. it helps that nata has a spectacular voice and great taste in guitar licks.
inspired to post the thread by this article about the corrido revival in the l.a. times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-05-20/rancho-humilde-natanael-cano-trap-corridos-regional-mexican?fbclid=IwAR0JF_0umqOJCu6i6uZo0cgOFWMqKy4-6PcGuBhaF4pIvHB_7K-JNYgcgs8
this was the breakout hit:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9ymx2bPjA
the bad bunny remix that helped him reach a bigger audiencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-njVpIGri3M
his songs on his 2020 EP 'trap tumbado' bring in elements of trap music. this is the one that is the least subtle combo of sounds. it's silly, but it kinda works.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP5chza_C60
this one is a more seamless blend, and it's prob my fav song of hishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt2ciMcWsMs
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Thursday, 20 May 2021 23:34 (four years ago)
Nice. Cano sometimes sounds like he’s got that same relaxed flow as Bad Bunny. No wonder Bunny is on a remix.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 21 May 2021 04:09 (four years ago)
cano dropped his second album of 2021 on 5/28 (dude dropped 4 albums in 2020, he's on a tear) and the opening track "diamantes" is just a wild combination of sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d0XDzI07UI
― the mai tai quinn (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 8 June 2021 23:46 (four years ago)
really digging the new song. a new album that looks like it will lean more tumbado than corrido is coming next week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcoBAg_J3Y0
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 31 March 2022 19:08 (three years ago)
whoa i love that
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Thursday, 31 March 2022 19:15 (three years ago)
yeah, this is one of my fav things he's done
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 31 March 2022 19:37 (three years ago)
speaking of corridos, not necessarily tumbados, but this ballad from regional mexican group yahritza y su esencia debuted at #20 on the hot 100 last week after a tiktok-fueled rise. beautiful song, imo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdFBxerg7jc
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Monday, 11 April 2022 21:48 (three years ago)
checked out the nata album (natakong), and unsurprisingly like the corridos a bit more than the trap songs. the "de a de veras" is still the storngest combo of the two, but i really like some of the ones on the back end, like the below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYJrwPtUUbQ
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 21 April 2022 13:42 (three years ago)
stumbled upon grupo diez 4tro recently, love the guy's voice, and the guitarist can fuckin shred!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AjAj6uVoNE
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 6 July 2022 21:54 (two years ago)
remezcla list of corridos is fascinating: https://remezcla.com/lists/music/10-best-corridos-regional-songs-of-2022/
they're getting much more heart-throbby and teen-friendly (helps that most of the people making this music are young as hell!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMFtZRI7DBk
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 December 2022 21:07 (two years ago)
that could also be what remezcal elects to cover no?
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Thursday, 22 December 2022 16:37 (two years ago)
for sure. this list in particular seems like it's skimming from some of the most popular regional mexican songs of the year, and it would make sense that the kinds of corridos to find wider audiences are ones that borrow elements from other genres.
though the (excellent) yahritza song is fully acoustic
― comedy khadafi (voodoo chili), Thursday, 22 December 2022 16:47 (two years ago)
that junior h album is really nice
― lets hear some blues on those synths (brimstead), Thursday, 22 December 2022 17:08 (two years ago)
(Mainly acoustic, no trap)
mexican rapper/singer peso pluma has 5 songs in the billboard hot 100 right now, including "prc" with nata and "ella baila solo," which is all the way up to #17, passing "soy el unico" as the top charting regional mexican song of all time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Ku8pTWh5k
kind of wild how fast the style is rising. as of jan 4 (according to this billboard article) there had been 7 regional mexican songs to chart in the hot 100 ever. there are 9 regional songs on the hot 100 just this week
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 11 April 2023 15:24 (two years ago)
Regional Mexican has been around for awhile, interesting it's now getting its crossover to a larger market
There's a Rolling Banda ,regional Mexican thread also
OK, I'LL start it: Rolling Banda/Duranguense/Narcocorrido/Flashy Matching Suits Regional Mexican Thread
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 02:27 (two years ago)
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-05-22/peso-pluma-regional-mexican-ella-baila-sola
Peso Pluma has a big US tour coming, has been on Fallon, and doesn't want to talk about narco-corridos
― curmudgeon, Friday, 26 May 2023 18:26 (two years ago)
some amazing acoustic shredding on the peso pluma album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYH8xb4RS18
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 June 2023 19:56 (one year ago)
i like his single with bizarrap but haven’t checked out the album yet pareles also published a piece this weekend on this subjecthttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/22/arts/music/peso-pluma-regional-mexican-music.html
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 June 2023 20:00 (one year ago)
my fav one by him is technically a junior h song, i think. but anyway:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KMx5LJniPM
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 June 2023 20:54 (one year ago)
those three reunite on "lady gaga" from peso's album. don't think it hits quite as hard, but still good:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TS1QNWcs63E
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Monday, 26 June 2023 20:55 (one year ago)
https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/how-regional-mexican-music-became-the-years-most-refreshing-pop-breakthrough/
These demographic changes are one ingredient in a much more complex recipe that has led to regional Mexican’s recent command of the pop charts. It helps that many corrido tumbado (also known as corrido bélico or trap corrido) artists have traded cowboy boots for Patek Philippe watches and limited-edition Nikes, updating the genre’s aesthetics for the present moment. And the usual suspects, like the decline of terrestrial radio and the transformative role that streaming platforms have played in the production and consumption of music over the last decade, have also been catalysts for its ascent. But like generations past, there’s still plenty of self-mythologizing—as well as the periodic lionization of a cartel leader
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 August 2023 15:23 (one year ago)
been enjoying the withdrawn, moody sadboi vibes of ivan cornejo's "aquí te espero" recently
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq1SEhtigKY
― dyl, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 20:41 (one year ago)
enjoyed reading that piece also
Yes to Cornejo's sadboi indie meets regional Mexican.
This Billboard piece about him spells out his sound --Born and raised in Riverside, Calif., Cornejo didn’t grow up listening to regional Mexican music. “To be honest, I didn’t listen to regional Mexican until like three years ago when my friends introduced me to T3R Elemento and Grupo Los De La O. That’s when I fell in love with the genre. But I grew up listening to whatever my family listened to. Kudos to them for molding my style,” he says. “My brother would listen to alt-rock like Arctic Monkeys, Tame Impala, and my parents listened to Café Tacvba. Very on the alternative side.”
Which is why, if you listen closely to his songs — all penned by him — there’s a hint of rock in his guitar solos. “I for sure want to keep that same style, very indie,
https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/ivan-cornejo-interview-latin-artist-on-the-rise-9658720/
― curmudgeon, Monday, 21 August 2023 03:54 (one year ago)
Peso Pluma is at a huge outdoor venue in Virginia but don't think I can make it out there
― curmudgeon, Friday, 25 August 2023 14:12 (one year ago)
xp he seems like he approaches his music pretty thoughtfully, will be interested to see how his album turns out
― dyl, Friday, 25 August 2023 21:12 (one year ago)
enjoying the junior h album that came out a month ago or so. plenty of corridos tumbados, but also stuff like this, which is basically a 90s adult contempo radio jam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGSVtxsnzhg
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 21:02 (one year ago)
yep
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 November 2023 17:18 (one year ago)
Over in rolling Afro Latin and more thread there are links to articles condemning Grammys for snubbing regional Mexican artists
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 November 2023 16:18 (one year ago)
do not care about the grammys, but peso pluma not getting a best new artist nom is insane
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Friday, 17 November 2023 16:30 (one year ago)
Yep. Peso Pluma & Eslabon performance on Latin Grammys last night was good
https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-peso-pluma-and-eslabon-armado-perform-ella-baila-sola-at-2023-latin-grammys/
― curmudgeon, Friday, 17 November 2023 16:40 (one year ago)
Peso Pluma summer US tour arena dates on sale I see. But not sure I want to pay $60 for nosebleed seats
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 27 February 2024 17:38 (one year ago)
Caramanica in NY Times is excited about Eden Munoz and Fuerza Regida effort "Money Edition"
― curmudgeon, Monday, 11 March 2024 18:27 (one year ago)
new peso pluma double album out now. first (vastly superior) disc is traditional regional stuff, disc 2 is rap/reggaeton crossover. there are a couple songs worth keeping from that side: the cardi b collab “put em in the fridge” bangs…is he trying a drakeo flow on that one? the arcangel collab does what it’s supposed to. probably won’t ever return to that disc, tho.
the first disc is great, about on the level of genesis. my favs are the boisterous “la people ii,” the ric flair-quoting “ice,” and “bruce wayne”
― the defenestration of prog (voodoo chili), Friday, 21 June 2024 21:15 (eleven months ago)
I need to listen to it. Missed Pluma recent arena gig near me
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 22 June 2024 15:41 (eleven months ago)
Peso new double album got a mixed review in Pitchfork from a writer I trust
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 25 June 2024 17:14 (eleven months ago)
feeling that cardi b collab
― he/him hoo-hah (map), Tuesday, 25 June 2024 18:07 (eleven months ago)
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/peso-pluma-exodo/
Here's Isabelia Herrera 's review. She touches on some lyrical aspects that my poor knowledge of Spanish doesn't. But she also addresses the music and flow.
I finally listened to this long double album. Like the first album better plus certain other tracks like the Cardi B collab. Some of this is too samey sounding on first listen.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 26 June 2024 03:41 (eleven months ago)
Standing in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood are a bunch of vendors trying to sell food to tourists. One guy had like a boombox and he played a cool song I shazamed —
Grupo Los de la O doing “Fugo Pa Cali 2”
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 22 October 2024 21:39 (seven months ago)
thanks for bumping this thread, so i can talk about how much i loved the xavi album. don’t have much deep to say about it, i just really love the sound of his voice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmJIaZE8cWE
― hott ogo (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 22 October 2024 22:30 (seven months ago)
oh nice
― dyl, Wednesday, 23 October 2024 03:02 (seven months ago)