DJ-Lady-Green Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 When the Southern-flavored party rap called crunk took over urban radio in 2004, Miami rapper Pitbull decided it was time to seek stardom. The way Pitbull saw it, "crunk ain't nothin' but bass music slowed down." Miami bass music, that is, the kind Pitbull grew up on. His parents were first-generation Cuban immigrants who didn't let their son forget about his culture. They required him to memorize the works of Cuban poet José Martí, and Pitbull understood the power of words right away. Southern acts like Poison Clan and Luther Campbell were early influences, but as he grew, the young rapper got turned on to the G-funk sound of the West Coast and the New York City point of view Nas brought to the game.Pitbull got involved in the game himself when he started appearing on Miami mixtapes. A meeting with Irv Gotti resulted in nothing, but soon Luther Campbell called on the rapper to appear on his "Lollipop" single. It brought Pitbull to the attention of the Diaz Brothers management team, who introduced the rapper to the king of crunk, Lil Jon. A Pitbull freestyle landed on Lil Jon's platinum-selling Kings of Crunk album in 2002, and the rapper's "Oye" track appeared on the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack in 2003. Ready to take it all the way to the top, Pitbull unleashed his debut full-length, M.I.A.M.I., in 2004 on the TVT label, with the Lil Jon-produced single "Culo" leading the way.Soon Pitbull was making guest appearances on tracks by everyone from the Ying Yang Twins to Elephant Man. The 2005 compilation Money Is Still a Major Issue collected the best of these collaborations along with some remixes and unreleased tracks. In 2006, the single "Bojangles" prepared fans for his next album, El Mariel. As the album landed on the shelves it was announced that his next effort would be entirely in Spanish and titled The Boatlift. When the end product arrived in 2007, it was an album mostly in English, introduced by the single "Go Girl."Two years later he released Rebelution, an album filled with slick club cuts including the hits "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" and "Hotel Room Service." Featuring the hit single "Bon Bon," his all-Spanish-language album Armando followed in 2010. In 2011, his Planet Pit album arrived, featuring the singles "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)" and "Give Me Everything." Both the singles collection Original Hits and I Am Armando — a "reloaded" version of Armando — arrived in 2012 along with his seventh studio effort, Global Warming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_LEEx_xMILLA Posted February 2, 2014 Report Share Posted February 2, 2014 BANG BANG BANG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbently Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Kinda funny how this track can turn the club upside down!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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djlive Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 Club banger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djkswift Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Good record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headake.dj Posted February 9, 2014 Report Share Posted February 9, 2014 Nice Track. Great for Radio and the Clubs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJDBanks Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 can't wait to play this for a crowd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deejaygfunk Posted February 10, 2014 Report Share Posted February 10, 2014 Ke$ha on a song is hot enuff 4 me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ NoTables Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 perfect combo. great song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrshayes363 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 For some reason, Pitbull is still making hits. Kudos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest soundaddict01 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 thanks for the songs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_ichee Posted February 20, 2014 Report Share Posted February 20, 2014 This is a fun one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cris4lyfe Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 dope track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ISC DJ Aye Posted February 26, 2014 Report Share Posted February 26, 2014 Getting all the white peeps hype with this! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Pearl Posted February 27, 2014 Report Share Posted February 27, 2014 NIIIIIICCCEEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjumpoff815 Posted March 1, 2014 Report Share Posted March 1, 2014 PITBULL NEEDS TO TAKE A BREAK FROM POP THO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdagwood Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 ultimate club banger. automatic play on repeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest soundaddict01 Posted March 3, 2014 Report Share Posted March 3, 2014 thnx 4 this!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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trini_strong Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Nice song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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