| Descemer / Siete Rayo |
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| Album: | Siete Rayo | Collection: | World | |
| Artist: | Descemer | Added: | Apr 2006 | |
| Label: | Universal Music Latino | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-04-16 | Pull Date: | 2006-06-18 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
| Week Ending: | Jun 18 | Jun 4 | May 28 | May 21 | May 14 | May 7 | Apr 30 | Apr 23 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Dec 20, 2018: | Pumping Iron Mueve | 4. | Jun 03, 2006: | New World Disorder Cumbia Reggae | |
| 2. | May 18, 2013: | Music Casserole Mueve | 5. | May 27, 2006: | New World Disorder Pa'arriba | |
| 3. | Jun 17, 2006: | New World Disorder La Lengua | 6. | May 23, 2006: | At the Cafe Bohemian Vamo' A Celebrar |
| Album Review |
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| Sadie O. Reviewed 2006-04-06 | ||
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Descemer – Siete Rayo (Universal) Reviewed by Sadie O., 4/6/06 Cuban afro-salsa-cumbia-hip hop with touches of reggae and flamenco, etc., from an original member of Yerba Buena. Great beats, cool horns, vocals mostly male solo singing/rapping and female chorus or male/female duet. Almost all in Spanish. No FCCs discerned. Track 1 is GREAT, most of the others are good to excellent, but 7 really sucks and 11 isn’t much better. 1. *** long guitar flourish, then big drums and chanting – Afro-Cuban hip hop with a bit of flamenco. Gnarly! 2. **Midtempo Cuban salsa with lots of syncopation, horns, vocals. Eminently dance-worthy – aaaah, beep beep! 3. **Uptempo salsa hip hop with a touch of reggaeton (about who should be on top during sex – it doesn’t sound too naughty in English, though..) 4. *Uptempo but relaxed, appears to be a love song with a bit of a Bob Marley touch (but some hyperspeed rapping). A bit of offputting effects on some of the vocals. 5. *Starts with random noises, then a chugging beat, sung in English and Spanish. Switches styles throughout song. Slice of Cuban-American experience… 6. **Starts with a nod to Yerba Buena – “Bla bla” – then nice midtempo cumbia. Sweet vocals and synchopation. Some probable double-entendre in lyrics. 7. Slow pop – too much strings. Avoid! 8. **Better! Just what it says it is – cumbia reggae. Cool downtempo riddim. 9. **Midtempo hip hop lament for Habana, with Orishas member Yotuel. In Spanish and English. Nice bass and relaxed groove. 10. **Starts with phone ringing and conversation, then into midtempo party/dance groove with lots of percussion. 11. Midtempo electronic salsa – a bit over heavy on the orchestration. Latin smooth jazz… 12. **Slightly downtempo salsa dance with hip hop and some kind of electric march in the background. 13. **Laid-back remake of track 9, all in Spanish this time. Repeated cries of “Free!” | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Mueve | 7. | Se Feliz | |||
| 2. | El Carro | 8. | Cumbia Reggae | |||
| 3. | Pa'arriba | 9. | Habana | |||
| 4. | Nada Mejor | 10. | Vamo' A Celebrar | |||
| 5. | El Train | 11. | Lo Bueno Na'ma | |||
| 6. | La Lengua | 12. | Cimarron | |||
| 13. | Habana-Cuba Free Mix | |||||