Maluma reunites with his beginnings on the album “The Love & Sex Tape”

His sixth studio album and the most explicit of his career.
With the intention of connecting with his musical origins and resuming his connection with that street reggaeton that he fell in love with at the beginning of his adolescence, Maluma released this Friday “The Love & Sex Tape”, his sixth studio album and the most explicit of his career.

“I was missing that connection with the street, with that Maluma who released ‘Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy’, with my essence,” the Colombian artist told Efe, referring to his second album with which he was known outside his home country. country

That 2015 production contained “Borró cassette”, his first hit outside of Colombia and considered risky due to its sexual content. Then came Maluma’s most scandalous song “Cuatro Babies.” But now with “The Love & Sex Tape” she has surpassed both songs when it comes to sexually charged lyrics.

After spending the last few years with the general market in his sights, Maluma decided that “the time had come to make music again for the people who put me here. And not only for them, I really missed it.

Part of the inspiration for this album, on which he worked with his collaborators The Rude Boyz, Édgar Barrera, Keytin, among others, was the time he spent focused on the “Medallo en elmap” concert, which he gave in his city of Medellín this May 2022.

“The Love & Sex Tape” has the sound of the Paisa urban movement that revolutionized urban music in Spanish in which artists such as J Balvin, Karol G and Maluma himself, among many others, were born.

Malice with care

The first two singles from this album. “Cositas de la USA” and “Wetting Seats” were a kind of appetizer.

«You gave me the square and you didn’t give it to anyone. “I sent you krippy (high-quality marijuana) and your ass photos,” says the lyrics of “Wetting Seats,” a collaboration with his compatriot Feid.

When asked about the message of this new proposal, he warns that it is not as “unconscious” as when it began. At 28 years old, Maluma knows that his fears weigh heavily.

«In life we ​​talk about sex, marijuana, alcohol. I don’t think we have to hide anything. What’s more, what is inhibited is what one wants to do most. I want it to become everyday talk about these things and for there to be as much information as possible, so young people can make their own informed decisions,” he said when commenting on the content of most of the album’s lyrics.

“The Love & Sex Tape” contains eight songs, of which six are labeled “explicit”, to warn that the lyrics are not suitable for those under 18 years of age.

The best thing that can be done “for youth is to set an example of life,” he stated. With that he feels satisfied, because he considers himself a “very hard-working” man and very focused on social work, which he develops with his foundation “The Art of Dreams.”

Musical care

Of the eight songs on “The Love & Sex Tape”, four are collaborations. In addition to the song with Feid, there is “Sex without title”, with Jhay Wheeler and Lenny Tavares, “We come alive”, with Chencho Corleone, “Tsunami” with Arcangel and De La Ghetto.

“One has to be grateful to those who started all this or who started with one,” he said when explaining why he decided to invite these artists to work on the production.

“Life is Beautiful”, “Mal de Amores” and “Happy Birthday” complete the album and represent the Love part of the album, although they actually reflect the effects of the end of love.

It is these three songs that contain the most subtle and interesting musical compositions and arrangements, although throughout the production Maluma strove to take the beats and melody to a sophisticated place. “We did it very carefully,” she said in relation to his team in both Colombia and Miami, where the production took place.

It is the same care that he is putting into the rest of his interests, such as his first adventure as a clothing and perfume designer, with his company “Royalty by Maluma”, his relationships with corporate sponsors and other businesses that he did not detail, but that he hopes will allow it to remain permanently relevant.

EFE

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