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3. J. Balvin and Bad Bunny: “La Canción”
Oasis, Bad Bunny's 2019 collaboration with Colombian reggaeton star J Balvin, may not have been the most creative team-up to take the world by storm, but it's a blissful song about heartbreak. created the mysterious duet “La Canción.'' Balvin makes a sweet, babbling voice, and Bad Bunny makes a heartbroken, almost fainting sound.
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4. Bad Bunny, Jowell & Randy, Engo Flo: “Safaela”
Especially early in his career, Bad Bunny was stereotyped as an oddball with a kind of outsider curiosity, a fluid approach to songwriting and visual presentation. But always lurking beneath those poses is a respect for the history of Latin music. His respect for classic reggaeton is evident in this song from his second studio album, YHLQMDLG, which features early generation artists such as duo Jowell & Randy and rapper Nyengo Flo.
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5. Bad Bunny and Zion & Lennox: “Más de Una Cita”
This team-up with seminal reggaeton duo Zion & Lennox, featured on 2020's eventful compilation Las Que No Iban a Salir, showcases how Bad Bunny revolutionized the reggaeton he was raised on. It shows. There's a certain sourness to Zion and Lennox's voices, a sense of them scraping against the beat, but when Bad Bunny arrives, he floats, sighs, and melts away.
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6. Bad Bunny and Jayco: “Dákiti”
One of the biggest songs in Bad Bunny's career, a career full of big songs, is Jaco's from Bad Bunny's third project, El Último Tour del Mundo, released in 2020. “Dákiti” is a duet with It's reggaeton-style club pop with a dreamy, celebratory vibe, backed by one of the most convincing drum patterns of the past five years.
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7. “Titty Me Pregnant”
The commercial peak of Bad Bunny's career to date was 2022's Un Verano Sin Ti, his most musically ambitious and diverse album. “Tití Me Preguntó” finds him dabbling in the fast and sneaky style of Dominican Denbou, with equally fast and sneaky lyrics.
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8. “Cybertruck”
Bad Bunny's 2023 album, Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va a Pasar Mañana, felt like a bit of a challenge after huge pop success and layoffs. Some of the experimentation on this LP was with some of the most forward-thinking production styles of the year, including this relentless and undeniable play with drill music.
