natanael cano and corridos tumbados

natanael cano is a 19-year-old kid who totally revitalized regional mexican music as a commercial force by merging traditional sounds with hip-hop elements, a style he calls corridos tumbados (trap corridos). reminds me a bit of rosalia's flamenco pop in concept (obv not in the way it sounds). it's a pretty thrilling combo, tho since these songs are story-driven corridos, i'm sure i'm missing a lot about what makes it special as a non-spanish speaker. it helps that nata has a spectacular voice and great taste in guitar licks.

inspired to post the thread by this article about the corrido revival in the l.a. times: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2021-05-20/rancho-humilde-natanael-cano-trap-corridos-regional-mexican?fbclid=IwAR0JF_0umqOJCu6i6uZo0cgOFWMqKy4-6PcGuBhaF4pIvHB_7K-JNYgcgs8

this was the breakout hit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh9ymx2bPjA

the bad bunny remix that helped him reach a bigger audience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-njVpIGri3M

his songs on his 2020 EP 'trap tumbado' bring in elements of trap music. this is the one that is the least subtle combo of sounds. it's silly, but it kinda works.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP5chza_C60

this one is a more seamless blend, and it's prob my fav song of his
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt2ciMcWsMs

Nice. Cano sometimes sounds like he’s got that same relaxed flow as Bad Bunny. No wonder Bunny is on a remix.

cano dropped his second album of 2021 on 5/28 (dude dropped 4 albums in 2020, he's on a tear) and the opening track "diamantes" is just a wild combination of sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d0XDzI07UI

really digging the new song. a new album that looks like it will lean more tumbado than corrido is coming next week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcoBAg_J3Y0

whoa i love that

yeah, this is one of my fav things he's done

speaking of corridos, not necessarily tumbados, but this ballad from regional mexican group yahritza y su esencia debuted at #20 on the hot 100 last week after a tiktok-fueled rise. beautiful song, imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdFBxerg7jc

checked out the nata album (natakong), and unsurprisingly like the corridos a bit more than the trap songs. the "de a de veras" is still the storngest combo of the two, but i really like some of the ones on the back end, like the below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYJrwPtUUbQ

stumbled upon grupo diez 4tro recently, love the guy's voice, and the guitarist can fuckin shred!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AjAj6uVoNE

remezcla list of corridos is fascinating: https://remezcla.com/lists/music/10-best-corridos-regional-songs-of-2022/

they're getting much more heart-throbby and teen-friendly (helps that most of the people making this music are young as hell!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMFtZRI7DBk

that could also be what remezcal elects to cover no?

for sure. this list in particular seems like it's skimming from some of the most popular regional mexican songs of the year, and it would make sense that the kinds of corridos to find wider audiences are ones that borrow elements from other genres.

though the (excellent) yahritza song is fully acoustic

that junior h album is really nice

(Mainly acoustic, no trap)

mexican rapper/singer peso pluma has 5 songs in the billboard hot 100 right now, including "prc" with nata and "ella baila solo," which is all the way up to #17, passing "soy el unico" as the top charting regional mexican song of all time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Ku8pTWh5k

kind of wild how fast the style is rising. as of jan 4 (according to this billboard article) there had been 7 regional mexican songs to chart in the hot 100 ever. there are 9 regional songs on the hot 100 just this week

Regional Mexican has been around for awhile, interesting it's now getting its crossover to a larger market

There's a Rolling Banda ,regional Mexican thread also

OK, I'LL start it: Rolling Banda/Duranguense/Narcocorrido/Flashy Matching Suits Regional Mexican Thread

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-05-22/peso-pluma-regional-mexican-ella-baila-sola

Peso Pluma has a big US tour coming, has been on Fallon, and doesn't want to talk about narco-corridos