A fusion between corrido and rap is the one led by Mexicans Lupillo Rivera, Alemán and Santa Fe Klan in “Major Leagues”, a collaboration with Snoop Dogg and B Real that claims to be a “historic fusion”.
“When the idea was first presented to me, I thought that George Prajin (president of Z Records) had a problem, I didn’t imagine the song that way, but it was really very interesting. ”Lupillo said on Wednesday in a virtual conference.
As the singer explains, “Major leagues”, which will be released next Friday, is inspired by his hit “El pelotero” from the 1990s and from there each of the rappers’ appearances began to emerge in original ways.
“He who does not risk does not win. In America they have a culture and a love of rap and now it’s our turn here (in Mexico), it’s a good time to make a mishmash like this. is a turning point for urban culture ”, assured the German rapper.
The singer from Baja California, in northwestern Mexico, had previously had the opportunity to work with Snoop Dogg on the song “My Uncle Snoop” and with B Real on the song “Vision”.
In contrast, the closest Lupillo, an icon from the Mexican region, had to the author of “Drop It Like It’s Hot” was his classmate, having attended college together in the United States.
“Snoop and I were in the same high school and we studied biology together. He is a person who has always supported Mexican music, he had listened to the music of my sister (Jenni Rivera) and when he heard ‘El pelotero’ he liked it, ”says the singer, who confessed that the one of his dreams was to work with rappers.
For his part, Santa Fe Klan expressed the importance of embracing different genres in rap and although “true to the genre”, he said he was open to experimentation.
“A lot of rappers don’t want to cross genres. I respect rap a lot and all genres, I have no problem mixing them, ”said the young man from Guanajuato, in central Mexico.
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The music video was in the charge of filmmaker Édgar Nito, responsible for the film “Huachicolero” (2019) and, as he explained to Efe, it was an “ambitious project” inspired by films such as “The Warriors ”(1979) and“ Clockwork Orange ”(1971), which will show the power of“ The big leagues ”.
In the video, the artists “are planning a coup from different parts of the world to take a big step. They are not just any team and together they make up the “big leagues”, ”said the director, who asked the artists to show. their skills as actors. .
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