Armando

by Pitbull

Overview

Pitbull's Spanish-language album Armando arrived four years after it was originally promised, but it's so cool, loose, natural, and cohesive, it feels like it came together over one hot Miami summer. After the forced moments of his 2009 album, Rebelution, that's a very good thing. This well-built effort retains that album's love of club-worthy, pop-rap singles (here, it's the good-timing, Lil Jon team-up "Watagatapitusberry" and the instant floor-filler "Bon, Bon") and then adds casual, secondary material that plays up the man's charismatic sense of humor (check out the minimal stunner "Amorosa" or how "Mujeres" messes with the Beastie Boys classic "Girls"). Highlights "Maldito Alcohol" and "Esta Noche" are somewhere in between while his modern take on the Cuban classic "Guantanamera" is an unusual mix of respectful and cocky. It all works splendidly, and in the end, the album Pitbull named after his father ends up one of his best, language barrier or not. ~ David Jeffries

Product Details

Release Date:	11/02/2010
Label:	Mr. 305
UPC:	0763563305011
Rank:	123376

Tracks

1. Armando (Intro)
2. Maldito Alcohol
3. Esta Noche [DJ Antoine vs. Mad Mark & Clubzound Mix]
4. Mujeres
5. Bon, Bon
6. Guantanamera
7. Tu Cuerpo
8. Vida 23
9. Amorosa
10. Watagatapitusberry [Remix]
11. Orgullo
12. Preguntale

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Pitbull   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
The Agents   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Sensato   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
MC Marcinho   Featured Artist
Lil Jon   Featured Artist
El Cata   Featured Artist
Marcel Salas   Bass
Omar Tavares   Drums
Papayo   Featured Artist
Black Point   Featured Artist
Jorge Gomez   Keyboards
Omar Tavarez   Drums
Sensato Del Patio   Featured Artist
Afrojack   Featured Artist
Manuel "Papayo" Corao   Congas,Percussion
Jencarlos   Featured Artist
Sak Noel   Featured Artist
Nayer   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

William Grigalicine   Composer
Julian Orbon   Lyric Adaptations
Pitbull   Composer,Lyric Adaptations
Rick Rubin   Composer
Nicola Salerno   Composer
Al Burna   Mixing,Engineer,Mastering
DJ Antoine   Producer
DJ Laz   Arranger,Producer
Clinton Sparks   Composer,Producer
Phenom   Producer
Renato Carosone   Composer
Adam Horovitz   Composer
DJ Class   Producer
Michael Calderone   Creative Director
Rocco Valdes   Composer,Producer
Armando C. Perez   Producer,Arranger,Composer
Armando Perez   Creative Director,Executive Producer
Andrew Stanley   Composer
Alejandro Almeida   Composer
Duncan MacLennan   Composer
The Agents   Producer
Daniel Woodis Jr.   Composer
David "DM" Miranda   Arranger,Producer
David Miranda   Composer
Drop Dead Beat   Mixing,Producer
Edward Bello   Composer
Hazekhai White   Stylist
Jonas Joaquin Ortiz Alberto   Composer
Jonathan H. Smith   Composer
Lazaro Mendez   Composer
Gregor Salto   Composer,Producer
Robert Fernandez   Arranger
Lu Diaz   Mixing
Omar Tavarez   Composer
William Grigahcine   Composer
Armando Christian Perez   Arranger,Producer
Nick van de Wall   Composer
Nick Foster   Design,Art Direction
Marc Kinchen   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Agustin Ribot   Composer
DJ Snake   Producer
David Rousseau   Video Director
Hector Angulo   Lyric Editing
Vincent Edmond Louis   Photography
DJ Buddha   A&R,Mixing,Arranger,Producer,Executive Producer
Afrojack   Producer
Jose Fernandez Diaz   Composer
Tzvetin Todorov   Composer,Producer
Ed Williams   Engineer
Rosser   Composer
Manuel "Papayo" Corao   Composer
Jencarlos   Arranger,Composer,Producer
Matthew Handley   Composer
Robert Fernadez   Executive Producer
William A. Reyna   Composer
William Reyna   Composer
Jencarlos Canela   Composer
Urales Vargas   Composer
Sak Noel   Producer
Isaac Mahmood Noell   Composer
Jonathan Smith   Composer
Al Buma   Mixing,Engineer
Alexandra Sdoucos   Video Producer
John Babl   Art Direction,Photography Director
Manuel Corao   Composer
Max Deniro   Composer