- The Boatlift
Infobox Album |
Name = The Boatlift
Type = Studio album
Artist = Pitbull
Length =
Released =November 27 2007 (U.S.)October 31 ,2007 (UK)December 4 ,2007 (Cuba )
Recorded =
Genre =Rap /Hip-Hop Reggaeton Crunk Merengue Bachata Dance-Pop R&B Latin Rap Snap Music
Length = 58:43
Label =TVT Records , Poe Boy
Producer =Lil Jon Mr. Collipark Nitti Soundz Diaz Brothers Play-N-Skillz
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gvfoxz85ldse link]
*Music For America (semi-favorable review) [http://www.musicforamerica.org/node/114578 link]
*RapReviews.com rating-10|7.5 [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/2007_11F_boatlift.html link]
*"Slant Magazine " Rating|3|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=1244 link]
Last album = "El Mariel "
(2006)
This album = "The Boatlift"
(2007)|"The Boatlift" is the third studio album from Miami rapper Pitbull. released on
November 27 ,2007 . The singles are "Sticky Icky", "Secret Admirer", "Go Girl " and "The Anthem".The album debuted #50 with sales of 22,203 copies in its first week, far below expectations. Second week sales fell to #134 selling 9,686 copies, bringing the total to 32,084. [ [http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.6094/title.hip-hop-album-sales-week-ending-12-9-07 Hip Hop Album Sales: Week Ending 12/9/07 | Hip Hop News > HipHopDX.com ] ]
Musical Influence
On Pitbull’s MySpace Page the artist’s photo appears where it is accompanied by the phrase: “too Latin for hip-hop, too hip-hop for Latins” [| author = Kalikwest Publication Group
title = Pitbull
title-of-website = MySpace Music
date-of-publication = 24 March 2005
sponsor = Kalikwest Publication Group
accessdate = 2008-02-06
url = www.myspace.com/pitbull ] .Pitbull , a Miami-bornCuban-American rapper considers his influences to be: former member of 2 Live CrewLuther Campbell , poetJosé Marti , 2 Live Crew-sponsored groupPoison Clan , and rap group2 Live Crew , a group that controversially produced sexually explicit material from 1985 to the present [| author = Kalikwest Publication Group
title = Pitbull
title-of-website = MySpace Music
date-of-publication = 24 March 2005
sponsor = Kalikwest Publication Group
accessdate = 2008-02-06
url = www.myspace.com/pitbull ] . The rapper’s biography on www.pitbullmusic.com states that his work is “brimming with sexy Caribbean influences” and is influenced by “merengue ,Bachata and Afro-Cuban” [| publication-date = 6 December 2007
date = 6 December
year = 2007
title = Pitbull: El Capitan
periodical = Giant Magazine
publication-place = New York City, New York
url = http://www.giantmag.com/content.php?cid=113
accessdate = 2008-02-06] . Pitbull has collaborated with his mentorLil Jon to create the track entitled “The Anthem” in this album.Current Projects
In addition to Pitbull’s musical endeavors, the author is also working on other business ventures. For example, the Cuban MC has recently completed the first season of his television show,
La Esquina , which chronicles broad themes of homosexuality and immigration from a comedic viewpoint [| title = Who Is Pitbull: Biography
title-of-website = Pitbull
date-of-publication = 24 March 2005
sponsor = Kalikwest Publication Group
accessdate = 2008-02-06
url = www.pitbullmusic.com] . Accordingly, it is important to think about the individuals that have shaped Pitbull’s attitudes, including individuals that he does not condone, likeFidel Castro [| publication-date = 6 December 2007
date = 6 December
year = 2007
title = Pitbull: El Capitan
periodical = Giant Magazine
publication-place = New York City, New York
url = http://www.giantmag.com/content.php?cid=113
accessdate = 2008-02-06] . It is vital to consider the context in which Pitbull has seen Cuba exist throughout his life. The collpase of theSoviet Union and the end of its preferential trade arrangements withCuba in 1991 led to the most profound upheavals in the island’s economy and society since the 1959 revolution [| last= Baker
first= Geoff
author-link= Geoff Baker
title= “La Habana que no conoces”: Cuban rap and the social construction of urban space
newspaper= Ethnomusicology Forum
volume=15
issue=2
pages=215-246
year=2005] .Pitbull is also beginning his very first cartoon called “Rock, Pepe, Scissors” which he claims will be politically incorrect and largely shaped by his ideology and disapproval regarding Fidel Castro [| publication-date = 6 December 2007
date = 6 December
year = 2007
title = Pitbull: El Capitan
periodical = Giant Magazine
publication-place = New York City, New York
url = http://www.giantmag.com/content.php?cid=113
accessdate = 2008-02-06] .Track listing
Charting
References
Citation
last= Baker
first= Geoff
author-link= Geoff Baker
title= “La Habana que no conoces”: Cuban rap and the social construction of urban space
newspaper= Ethnomusicology Forum
volume=15
issue=2
pages=215-246
year=2005.Citation
publication-date = 6 December 2007
date = 6 December
year = 2007
title = Pitbull: El Capitan
periodical = Giant Magazine
publication-place = New York City, New York
url = http://www.giantmag.com/content.php?cid=113
accessdate = 2008-02-06.Citation
author = Kalikwest Publication Group
title = Pitbull
title-of-website = MySpace Music
date-of-publication = 24 March 2005
sponsor = Kalikwest Publication Group
accessdate = 2008-02-06
url = * [http://www.myspace.com/pitbull Pitbull On]MySpace .Citation
title = Who Is Pitbull: Biography
title-of-website = Pitbull
date-of-publication = 24 March 2005
sponsor = Kalikwest Publication Group
accessdate = 2008-02-06
url = * [http://www.pitbullmusic.com The Pitbull Official Site] .
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