Daddy Yankee – Vaiven

La ola tropical!

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[5.00]Will Adams: Damn, this throbs. A DJ Mustard bassline gets stacked on the octave and given a thwacking attack, a shivering synth mimics it, and Daddy Yankee leads the proceedings competently. Not sure what the “Turn Down For What” coda was for, but I suppose it’s easy enough to manually fade the last thirty seconds.
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Micha Cavaseno: Mustardese gone Tropical Rave style, which in all seriousness needs to be a sound Dijon should consider to extend his career, but Yankee has done really well for himself in this little gesture.
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Thomas Inskeep: I guess this is what you get when you cross EDM-pop with reggaeton; unfortunately, I can’t think of a record where I’ve heard Daddy Yankee sound more lacking in personality. “Vaiven” could really just about be any new jack reggaeton singer, which is a profound disappointment, because you come to a Yankee record in part for Daddy Yankee, and I can barely hear him here.
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Anthony Easton: The beat has this really neat trick of being bombastic and fast while making sure that you know what is being said — a kind of stentorian gravitas. It’s a neat double effect
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Alfred Soto: Rote electrosalsa with a couple of stentorian vocal injections for variety.
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Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa: I miss the days when reggaeton was exciting enough to make you at least try to dance. The attempt of a Diplo beat is appreciated, but it doesn’t seem to go anywhere special, and El Cangri sounds sluggish and uninspired.
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