RaiNao
CAPICÚ
Album · Latin · 2024
Puerto Rican singer RaiNao earned some deserved attention from her memorable features on Mora’s 2023 album ESTRELLA. Six months after those collaborative songs went public, she returns with a solo set of her own, the transfixing CAPICÚ. Judging by these 16 shape-shifting tracks, beginning with the junglism of “navel point” and through the ambient trap-pop of “f*ck$”, any previously held notions about her style warrants swift re-evaluation. Her seeming unwillingness to be boxed into any one sound presents listeners with a diverse yet oddly cohesive experience benefitting from her breathy voice. Such artistic restlessness sometimes becomes evident over the course of a single song, as when “readysita” slips out of airy R&B and into shimmering yet jagged house music shards. At other points, the fusion of genres is more pronounced, particularly on the tropical hybrid “Gualero REFF12.31”. Reggaetón, as expected, does play a role here, via the alt-perreo vibes of “logout” and the Tainy-aided “roadhead”.
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