Eladio Carrión’s ‘Sol María’ Finds Its Balance in Experimental Latin Trap: Album Review
variety.comThania Garcia In 2024, it’s fair to say música urbana has grown ubiquitous in pop. Reggaeton, with its repeating dembow flow, now coexists with merely every genre, but its intrinsic roots in hip-hop have paved the way for a small handful of breakout stars – one of the best examples being Eladio Carrión.
His 2023 record “3MEN2 KBRN,” a cut-to-the-point rap set, included features with everyone from 50 Cent, Lil Wayne and Future to Bad Bunny and Myke Towers.
It became the Puerto Rican rapper’s defining mark in the press for the way it captured a new and synergetic wave of Latin trap.
Plus, his and Bunny’s fiery “Coco Chanel” granted Carrión his first Latin Grammy win. On his latest release, “Sol María,” Carrión opens with a pop-trap song called “Bendecido.” He sounds the most confident, and his usual boasts (“They best thing I did was learn to take all my L’s / Cause those L’s are my income”) sound polished in a beat produced by Rance1500 (Grammy winner for best rap song for Roddy Rich’s “The Box”), Nasa, G.O.K.B.
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