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Don Omar cut J.Lo and Flo Rida from his album
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After many more pop-leaning hits like “Danza Kuduro,” you’ve gone back to very old-school reggaetón on this album. Why?
I think it’s a new movement. Not just for me as a person, but for the genre. There’s a big difference between dying and getting killed. Yes, there is, there is. I’ve heard a lot of people saying the genre was over, that it was no good anymore. I was thinking maybe they’re right. But I just released this album, and today, I’m amazed, I’m super amazed with what is happening with this release. I didn’t expect it.
Weren’t you tempted to put at least one more dance or pop song in the album as opposed to just reggaetón?
I told my fans: "The next album is going to be 100 percent reggaeton." Three months into the recording, I thought, "Now what have I done?" I recorded 24 songs for this album, we only used 12. I thought it was too much reggaeton. But the urban fan was begging for this. They were dying for this. That’s why I call it a new opportunity, not just for me.
In fact, you recorded a track with Jennifer Lopez that didn’t make it onto the album…
It’s a super mainstream song. It’s called “Mumba.” I think we may have a deluxe version of the album in December, and I’ll include that track. But when I said, OK, you’re doing a full reggaeton album, I put myself between a rock and a hard place. I have a super huge brand, but I just stuck to my plan. I have another 15 songs. Songs with Flo Rida, songs with Jennifer. But I’m trying to hold this and enjoy this great moment and fulfill myself with this amazing statement.
It must have been hard to say “no” to including a song like that, right?
I listened to my fans. I swear. I closed my eyes. I just climbed into this super high mountain. They told me: "Close your eyes and do this reggaeton album for us." “Danza Kuduro” was my biggest song ever. It was huge all over the world. And then I got used to working with that kind of music. After “Danza Kuduro," we did “Taboo,” then “Hasta Que Salga el Sol” and “Zumba.” I call them mainstream urban tracks.
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