In 2024, it’s truthful to say música urbana has grown ubiquitous in pop. Reggaeton, with its repeating dembow movement, now coexists with merely each style, however its intrinsic roots in hip-hop have paved the best way for a small handful of breakout stars – probably the greatest examples being Eladio Carrión.

His 2023 file “3MEN2 KBRN,” a cut-to-the-point rap set, included options with everybody from 50 Cent, Lil Wayne and Future to Unhealthy Bunny and Myke Towers. It grew to become the Puerto Rican rapper’s defining mark within the press for the best way it captured a brand new and synergetic wave of Latin entice. Plus, his and Bunny’s fiery “Coco Chanel” granted Carrión his first Latin Grammy win.

On his newest launch, “Sol María,” Carrión opens with a pop-trap tune known as “Bendecido.” He sounds probably the most assured, and his traditional boasts (“They neatest thing I did was study to take all my L’s / Trigger these L’s are my revenue”) sound polished in a beat produced by Rance1500 (Grammy winner for greatest rap tune for Roddy Wealthy’s “The Field”), Nasa, G.O.Okay.B. and Cover Miyabi (Unhealthy Bunny, Lil Uzi Vert, Chris Brown). It’s the primary style of a stacked lineup of producers that interprets to an equally assorted mixture of sounds and themes that stay anchored in deep 808 basslines and hi-hat rolls.

“Sol María,” with its album artwork and identify referencing Carrión’s mom, is supposed to be a celebration of his life up so far. He pens apologetic and gracious tributes to Sol María on the tender “Mama’s Boy” the place he thanks her for maintaining him away from “porquerías y las ‘gangsterias’” (loosely translating to “medication and the ‘gangster’ way of life”) regardless of his must be rebellious. He exerts that rise up on songs like “Mencionar,” which is basically a slow-paced Travis Scott tune, produced by DVLP, who has labored on beats for Rick Ross, Cam’ron and Eminem.

Carrión delivers dreamier moments within the happy-go-lucky “La Canción Feliz Del Disco,” which samples Sean Paul’s 2002 hit “I’m Nonetheless in Love With You,” and on the tropical reggae “Sigo Enamorau’” with Yandel, or the R&B-inspired however EDM-driven “Tanta Droga.” He interpolates the Roots (“You Received Me”) on the sultry “Tranquila Child,” and commonly reminds us he’s having fun with his private riches on anthems like “Todo Lit.”

Carrión is a chameleon of an individual. He gained an early following by posting humorous movies on-line and likewise has a previous as knowledgeable swimmer. When he flexes his dexterity with a technique or story in thoughts for his music, the outcomes may be spectacular. And though there’s a lot to digest on “Sol María,” Carrión doesn’t abandon the sound that made him stand out together with his first “Sauce Boyz” quantity in 2020. This isn’t an album the place Carrión is reinventing himself or his inventive picture — as a substitute, he opts to construct and retains his listeners entertained whereas doing so.