Calle 13 - Residente o Visitante
List Price:
Our Price: $3.02
You Save: $4.96 (62%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $2.69 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store
Canadian Music Store
CD Details
Artist: Calle 13Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-04-24
Music Label: Sony U.S. Latin
Soundtracks:
- Intro
- Tango del Pecado
- La Fokin Moda
- Sin Exagerar
- Mala Suerta con el 13
- Llogale a mi Guarida
- Un Beso de Desayuno
- Uiyi Guaye
- Algo Con-Sentido
- Pal Norte
- La Cumbia de los Aburridos
- A Limpiar El Sucio
- El Avion Se Cae
- La Crema
- La Era de la Copiera
Music reviews of Residente o Visitante
Music Review: Not for the faint of heart
Rating: 4 Stars
Sophomore jinx or no, the newest by Calle 13 is, uh, interesting. It starts with a university choir blaring profanities to see if the listener can be easily shocked. In comes "Tango del Pecado", nice Argentinean tango riff, with lyrics deeply tongue in cheek about Residente's avowed relationship with former Miss Universe, Denisse Quiñones. He deserves credit for summarizing the sentiments of every son-in-law-to-be who has experienced scorn or pure hatred by his loved one's parents, with a healthy, deeply cyinical dose of humor. And we've only gone past the first two tracks.
Most of this album is the usual Residente braggadoccio, mixed with irreverence, deeply sexual language (both suggested and direct), and absurd mental images to the extreme. Visitante's take on this (he claims this is a snapshot in the hectic life of Puerto Rico's fastest growing hip hop group) rings true. It lacks "playable" tracks, in the sense of radio-friendly hits, besides "La Cumbia de los Aburridos" (where Residente ridicules anyone who dares to dance it with extra physical baggage or lack of rhythm, as will probably be the case now that their music is the rage everywhere).
The album shows a deepening musical maturity, compared to which, the lyrics are a bit of a let-down. However, "Pa'l Norte" and "La Crema" are deeply political, brutally honest tracks. "La Crema" reminds us of what Calle 13 would have become had the guys not become famous in the past two years: in-your-face hip hop directness, on a track that states, essentially, that Residente is merely a product of the culture he's rapping about, warts and all. "Pa'l Norte" tells us that Puerto Rico is way too quick to dismiss the rest of Latin America, that the island is part of the entire continent, and that most objections to this are merely mental.
Then, again, this is not the clichéd, by-now tired gangsta rehashing of reggaetón images. "La Era de la Copiaera" deals with this, directly; somehow one says 'it is about time that reggaetón artists take an honest look at themselves', but maybe the song's shock treatment is the only shakeup powerful enough to evoke that self-criticism, merely because it comes from a potential foe to the recyclers. "Uiyi Guaye," had not been for a few self-love references, is an honest love(?) track that could find its way to radio (its "smooth talker one minute, crass the next" approach is simply hilarious, as is the cheap chorus). "A Limpiar el Sucio" and "Sin Exagerar" abound in parody.
Tego Calderón and Mala Rodriguez make delicious cameos on this album. Tego's hilarious bragging about owning Puerto Rican politicians rings so-awfully true after the "Coquito" affair, where a drug dealer turned record producer who was later assassinated turned out to be chummy with at least three politicians. Mala Rodríguez's track is deliciously crude; Residente sort of spoils it by being too direct, but her intervention definitely deserves heavy rotation on an iPod (the beat itself is pure headphone heaven). She satirizes Residentes sexual prowess (or lack thereof) in a song that couldn't make me laugh harder because it wasn't longer, no pun intended.
This is not musically stale by any means. This is not teen friendly, either; there's enough profanity here to shock the filthiest. However, it is real, and tends to buck any commercial trends. Evoke or shock, it serves its purpose well.
Description of Residente o Visitante
All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.International CDs
Music Genres
Bestsellers in International CDs
Hopscotch - Wishful WayRelease date: 2003-11-03; Music CD
Price in other shops:
![Coral Sea Dreaming [VHS] Image](/images/noimg.gif)
David Hannan - Coral Sea Dreaming [VHS]Compass Records; Release date: 1998-11-17; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $6.25
Price in other shops:
![20th Anniversary Celebration [VHS] Image](/images/20th-Anniversary-Celebration-VHS-6302274060-X.jpg){kind=small}
Steeleye Span - 20th Anniversary Celebration [VHS]Shanachie; Release date: 1995-04-16; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.94
Price in other shops:
Chris Rea - Return of the Fabulous Hofner BluenotesRelease date: 2008-03-11; Music CD
Best price: $38.91
Price in other shops:
A Concert Of Angels mini: Music From J.S. Bach To Gustav Mahlerby edel Classics GmbH
Edel Classica Gmbh; Published: 2006-11-06; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $9.13
Price in other shops:
Tanzkurs Vol. 4 - Rumba & Cha Cha ChaRelease date: 2007-06-08; DVD
Best price: $10.91
Price in other shops:
Sascha Hehn & The New Symphonic Orchestra - Peter Und Der Wolf/ Karneval Der TiereRelease date: 2010-04-27; Music CD
Best price: $4.33
Price in other shops:
Jurgen Fritsche, Sven Gortz - Edgar Allan Poe: Das Grauen IIRelease date: 2009-12-08; Music CD
Best price: $6.30
Price in other shops:
Sorene. CD. Kinderlieder aus Äthiopien - Children's Songs from Ethiopiaby Peter Pannke
Sunnymoon Distribution; Published: 2000-03-01; Audio CD; Book
Tibetan Meditation Music: For Quiet Mind and Peaceful Heartby Nawang Khechog
Soundstrue; Sounds True 2007-04-01; Published: 2007; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $0.98
Similar CDs
Ana Tijoux - 1977Release date: 2010-04-27; Music CD
Best price: $5.91
Price in other shops:
ChocQuibTown - OroRelease date: 2010-03-02; Music CD
Best price: $4.60
Price in other shops:
Ana Tijoux - La BalaRelease date: 2012-01-31; Music CD
Best price: $7.31
Price in other shops:
Shakira - Sale El SolRelease date: 2010-10-19; Music CD
Best price: $6.63
Price in other shops:
Tego Calderon - Underdog / SubestimadoRelease date: 2006-08-29; Music CD
Best price: $7.00
Price in other shops:
Tego Calderon - El AbayardeRelease date: 2003-07-01; Music CD
Best price: $8.37
Price in other shops:
Sin MapaSony; Release date: 2009-07-28; DVD
Best price: $5.35
Price in other shops:
Calle 13 - Calle 13Release date: 2005-11-29; Music CD
Best price: $3.24
Price in other shops:
Calle 13 - Los De Atras Vienen ConmigoRelease date: 2008-10-21; Music CD
Best price: $6.19
Price in other shops:
Calle 13 - Entren Los Que QuieranRelease date: 2010-11-22; Music CD
Best price: $6.48
Price in other shops: