Superstar reggaetoneros
Anuel AA
and
Ozuna
are old friends. They've made several appearances together on each other's outings, and many on recordings by fellow artists. That said,
Los Dioses
marks the first full-length collab by the urbano duo sans any other guest spots. Both are bankable artists.
's gritty rap and
's smooth urbano croon combine to do all of the talking.
is well balanced and provocative because here they are almost exclusively focused on reggaeton to the exclusion of other sounds in the modern urbano game. In fact, they meld the raw and the silky so deliberately, it suggests that they looked back on the genre's early days for inspiration. That look in the rearview works here. Set highlights include "Antes" and the infectiously hooky "Perreo." Further, their only nod to the present era figures in the trap corrido style of "Municiones," which is so fine, it suggests a possible direction for the duo to pursue in the future. ~ Thom Jurek