Inevitable

 (2 customer reviews)

When a person can do something most others cannot, there is always those who will hate them. It seems incredible that an artist can flow in both languages with as much dexterity in both that people listening are going to say well it just diminishes both. Not so with this effort. The Spanish cd does outperform the English, but not by much simply because of the hooks. The Spanish hooks are based more on a melodic flow(Mil Horas) than a beat so the tunes are more enduring. This is my first Magic Juan cd, and whoa, he blows away most other reggaeton performers except Tego Calderon. Reggaeton is not simply Spanish rap with a West Indian drum beat. El General will tell you these flows were being done when rap and hip hop were not even thought of. Magic Juan has mastered that flow, and able to bring it to English. What is more amazing he does without sounding like a lousy calypso singer. I bought this cd set in January and play it almost daily as an anthem. The Spanish hooks are just...Read more

Magic Juan can be called the first real reggaeton artist. When I say that I mean he wasn't the first to EVER mix Latin n hip hop, but he was the first to put it on the map with Proyecto Uno, the group he was in prior. He put down flows in Espanol n English years before it became a fad, and thats exactly what reggaeton is to me. There are standout artists like "Mr. Whos This" Daddy Yankee and Tego Calderon, but for the most part its the same beat over and over and over! Magic Juan, is a "DomiYork"( Dominican in NY ) unlike most 'ton artists who either come from Puerto Rico or are of PR descent. I like the fact that he big ups "la gente Dominicano" as my family is Dominican, but on his double album debut here, he might as well be Mongolian. The first dics is in English and the second is Spanish, not a very original idea, neither is the music original or banging. I like Magic Juan's style but everything he puts down here is mediocre at best. He obviously is jumping on the reggaeton and...Read more