Peso Pluma‘s “Éxodo” double album — the follow-up to the Mexican singer and rapper’s chart-topping debut, “Génesis” — has an extended and thoughtfully curated guestlist. The 24-song effort packs a loaded story with characters starting from bubblegum pop artist Kenia Os, who switches into reggaeton for a music referred to as “Tommy & Pamela,” together with rap champion Cardi B, Brazilian phenom Anitta, Migos rapper Quavo singing in Spanish — and lots extra.
When “Génesis,” with a title impressed by the primary chapter of the Bible, was launched in April 2023, the challenge propelled Peso’s profession instantaneously. His title and guitar and bass-brimming sound turned synonymous with the rising affect of new-age Mexican music in numerous elements of the world. Over a yr later, Peso has amassed extraordinary acclaim — his debut LP received finest regional Mexican album on the 2024 Grammys and was the highest-charting regional Mexican file ever (No. 3) on the Billboard 200 chart — that he’s seeking to double along with his newest effort. He’s additionally got down to construct a bridge between the worlds of conventional corrido music and hip-hop.
“‘Génesis’ was the start of a brand new period in Mexican music. It was only a monster, an enormous monster that got here onto the worldwide charts and took over,” Peso informed Selection in a video interview. “‘Génesis’ marked a earlier than and after… I feel ‘Éxodo’ is opening doorways.”
“Éxodo” is break up into two discs, with one facet being all música Mexicana songs, and the opposite being comprised of urbano and hip-hop or lure beats. The album was preceded by numerous singles that culminated to his and Wealthy the Child’s “Gimme A Second,” lining up with the announcement that “Éxodo” would come with rap songs. Peso’s quick-witted Spanish rhymes are tight and breezy on “Gimme A Second.” He sounds manifestly assured throughout the album’s edgier moments, holding his personal towards Cardi’s speedy movement on the fiery “Put ‘Em In The Fridge.”
“[‘Put ‘Em in the Fridge’ with Cardi B] was proven to me by one among her producers,” he defined. “It’s the right mixture of each our worlds and Cardi is only a pretty one that gave me that chance.” Peso additionally exhibits like to Anitta for his or her music “Bellakeo” — “It’s one among my favourite songs from the entire album,” he stated, including he “would put it in [the] High three.”
The recent single peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard International 200 chart and had has been spreading throughout social media apps ever for the reason that pair carried out it collectively for TikTok’s first music pageant, and extra lately, on the mainstage of Coachella for Peso’s eye-popping set. Throughout the present, he premiered “La Folks II” and “Teka” with DJ Snake, whereas additionally paying tribute to the style’s most influential acts, and acknowledging to corrido music’s controversial historical past.
As for the corridos on “Éxodo,” Peso recruited a number of acts from his personal label, Doble P Information, in addition to fashionable acts from the style like Junior H, Natanael Cano, Ivan Cornejo, Luis R Conriquez and extra. Signature devices from the tololoche to an electrical bass guitar make up the prickly and cyclical sounds that Peso stated makes up his “trademark sound.” Although he acknowledges there could also be dangerous intentions from copycats on songs like “Ice,” (“It doesn’t matter what they copy, they’re by no means going to be Peso Pluma,” he stated of the music’s ethos) Peso’s sentiment in direction of the brand new wave of younger artists is extra encouraging.
“We ought to be proud that up-and-coming artists are doing [the same style of music],” he added. “We’re opening doorways for Mexican music and upcoming artists to be extra international.”
