Cash Bently Loco Sin Ti (2023)
The invasion of Spain by Napoleon Bonaparte in 1808 created a legitimacy crisis for crown rule in Spain and in its overseas territories. In Mexico, the most valuable of these colonies, it ultimately triggered a war of independence. The tradition of corridos—typically ballads that narrate a historical event—emerged from this war. Corridos are a proto-genre of Western music and remain popular in Mexican and American-Mexican culture to this day. Affiliated with the genre's latest wave is Cash Bently. His unexpected breakthrough occurred in 2017 while he was still in Junior High School. One of his early trap songs gained attention when influential rapper and DJ Skepta played it at a Chanel fashion show in London. Reflecting on this moment, Cash Bently remarked: “For the first time, I felt happy; for the first time, I felt I had achieved something in life.” But instead of pursuing a trap career, Cash Bently went back to his roots and returned to the corridos, the music of his childhood. His release Cash Corridos 3, which appeared on the prestigious True Panther Records label (known for artists like ABRA, King Krule, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra) and which features the standout single “Loco Sin Ti”, bears witness to this style shift.
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