This guitar-driven bilingual duet finds Nelly at an emotional low, perhaps reflecting on her breakup the year prior with the father of her child. Alternating between English verses and a Spanish chorus sung by Colombian superstar Juanes, she praises someone—is it God?—who has healed the wounds of her heart and made her feel alive again. “Te Busqué” was released as Loose’s lead single in Spain, a country less receptive to the album’s hip-hop beats, and hit #1 on pop radio there. Modest success in other countries followed, including the US, where it reached #24 on the Latin Pop Songs chart.
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Originally posted by ComeToAnEnd
Hey Nelstars, I’m a big Nelly fan from Viet Nam.
I was 15 when Loose came out. I was so hypnotized by “All Good Things” when I first heard it on MTV. It's also the first US/UK song I knew, the reason why I started to learn English. Nelly is the only singer I stan for and “All Good Things” is my all time favourite song.
But this testimonial is about “Te Busqué.”
“I’ve been down on my luck
I've felt like giving up
My life locked in a trunk
When it hurt way too much
I needed a reason to live
Some love inside me to give
I couldn't rest I had to keep on searching”
I got a huge problem with my liver when I was 15. I was too weak to do anything so I had to stay at home and stopped going to school for 4 years. That was the hardest time of my life.
I had no friends, my parents didn’t care about my diseases and my loneliness, and I thought my life would just end up in a hospital…
I was scared and lost and this song came to my life, and saved me from the pains.
“I’ve been too sad to speak and too tired to eat
Been too lonely to sing the devil cut off my wings
I've been hurt by my past but I feel the future
In my dreams and it lasts I wake up I'm not sure
I wanted to find the light
something just didn't feel right
I needed an answer to end all my searching”
Everytime I felt like giving up, this song was ike a shoulder for me to cry on, telling me to keep holding on, someday, something or someone could save me from this life.
I'm really thankful to Nelly. “Te Busqué” will always remain one of the best songs to me ever.
Rarely is a pop album as sonically and thematically focused as Loose. Then along comes “In God’s Hands,” like a leftover from Folklore that just wandered in from left field. The plaintive and airy breakup ballad could not feel more out-of-place; written and produced with Rick Nowels, it is one of only two tracks that did not involve Danja and Timbaland. Yet Nelly liked it enough to push it as a final single in the UK and Europe, where it was largely ignored. Even more bafflingly, she rerecorded it as a duet with Keith Urban in 2008, reaching #11 in Canada and scoring her biggest adult contemporary hit ever.
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Despite loving the singles from Loose since 2006 (I just recently got around to listening to the whole album ), it took me quite awhile to really appreciate "In God's Hands." Out of the entire Loose tracklisting, this is arguably the song that resembles Nelly's early material the most. Despite coming right after the dance/R&B smashes "Say It Right" and "Do It," "In God's Hands" (along with "All Good Things") provides Loose with a refreshing change of pace that is truly beautiful. I regret that it took me so long to really appreciate this gem, but its timeless message about a relationship whose fate is better off in the hands of God and its calming sound make it seem as if I've known this song all of my life.
Before “Promiscuous” was released as Loose’s lead single, Nelly dropped one for the clubs. Jumping on the reggaeton trend, “No Hay Igual” most comprehensively combines the album’s main sonic themes: hip-hop, world music and Spanish. Nelly raps rather convincingly about the only man she wants to come and fill her empty glass (she was horny on this album, y’all!). Supported by a music video shot in La Perla slum of San Juan, Puerto Rico, with rapper Residente of Calle 13, this buzz single smashed to #38 on the Hot Latin Rhythm Airplay chart.
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"Have you heard the reggaeton one?" Furtado's foray into new territory with "No Hay Igual" is not only one of the highlights of her career defining album Loose, but one of the strongest moments in Timbaland's illustrious production discography. Tim fuses elements of his own iconic Virginia hip-hop sound with the rhythms of reggaeton to create a vibe that, once paired with the infectious rap-sung delivery, briefly launched Furtado as a power player in Latin music. "No Hay Igual" is the album's ultimate feel good track - I dare you not to move once the beat drops.
It's interesting that she included multiple Spanish songs on Loose. Maybe we should have guessed that she would forego a proper follow-up for Mi Plan. Too bad it started her slide into oblivion.
It's interesting that she included multiple Spanish songs on Loose. Maybe we should have guessed that she would forego a proper follow-up for Mi Plan. Too bad it started her slide into oblivion.
), it took me quite awhile to really appreciate "In God's Hands." Out of the entire Loose tracklisting, this is arguably the song that resembles Nelly's early material the most. Despite coming right after the dance/R&B smashes "Say It Right" and "Do It," "In God's Hands" (along with "All Good Things") provides Loose with a refreshing change of pace that is truly beautiful. I regret that it took me so long to really appreciate this gem, but its timeless message about a relationship whose fate is better off in the hands of God and its calming sound make it seem as if I've known this song all of my life.
