You think you’re clever, huh?
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Alfred Soto: A throwback to the long-ago-and-far-away of 2013, “Enchule” could’ve worked coming from the mouth of Justin Bieber, Jeremih, like that. To dislike it and to live in Miami, where it blasts from cars at stoplights, is to dislike our balmy fall climes. Indifference is easier.
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Thomas Inskeep: On “Enchule,” this Puerto Rican singer/rapper gives me Chris Brown/Jeremih vibes, with a sweet voice and a nimble tongue. The song doesn’t do a lot — it’s basically a standard reggaetón rhythm and not a lot more — but does enough to let Alejandro do his thing.
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Nortey Dowuona: A lethargic, barely bass-pumped reggaeton groove is scraping on the bottom of the airy, nearly invisible synths in which Rauw is awkwardly limping around in, unable to move any further, as if he is trying not to fall, which he nearly does in the filtered down section. Then he finally accepts he has nowhere to go and limps to the center, at which time he finally plummets, while the drums cycle above his head, taunting him.
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Will Adams: The stops-and-starts are the most exciting part; otherwise it’s a decent hook over an aqueous beat which Rauw never quite illuminates.
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Juana Giaimo: The sharp reggaeton beat and Rauw Alejandro’s dynamic flow in the verses is interesting, but the chorus is just disappointing — sometimes repeating one world is not the best way to make a catchy song.
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Leonel Manzanares de la Rosa: Rauw Alejandro is a solid melodist, but he doesn’t quite get there until the second verse, where the flow starts to match the rhythmic spirit of the beat — i love the snare sound. Extra point for such a catchy hook.
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Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: I can appreciate a song being this desperately, endearingly horny only so far until I expect something more.
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