Entren Los Que Quieran
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Entren Los Que Quieran is the fourth studio album from Puerto Rican
duo Calle 13
. It was released on November 22, 2010. The album won a total of nine Latin Grammy Awards
including Album of the Year
.
from The Mars Volta
on "Calma Pueblo", giving the song a "Beastie Boys
vibe." He stated that there would also be influences from Bollywood
and South American rhythms.
praised the album and referred to the song "Latinoamerica" as "a gorgeous ode to Latinos everywhere". Garsd commented on the band's appeal to Latin American
listeners, explaining "They are fighters who endure and struggle against the very real horrors of Latin America. But part of their defiance lies in the ability to have fun, to be funny and sexy in spite of these horrors."
Bill Friskics-Warren of The Washington Post
recommended the album, particularly the tracks "Calma Pueblo," "La Bala," and "Vamo a Portarnos Mal", and applauded Visitante's musical diversity. Friskics-Warren stated that his music is "as globally conscious as the band's message." Melissa MacEwen of The Tufts Daily
gave the album four out of five stars, commending the album's cohesiveness and calling the album a "highly listenable album valuable for both its witty lyrics and song structures, and its definitively dance−worthy feel".
Latin Grammy Awards
. It was awarded the following:
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
duo Calle 13
Calle 13 (band)
Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar , who calls himself Residente and Eduardo José Cabra Martínez , who calls himself Visitante Calle 13 is a band formed by stepbrothers René Pérez Joglar (born February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey, a subsection of San Juan, Puerto Rico), who calls...
. It was released on November 22, 2010. The album won a total of nine Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...
including Album of the Year
Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year
The Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
.
Album information
The album was released on November 22, 2010. The singles "Calma Pueblo" and "Vamo' a Portarnos Mal" have been released to the iTunes Music Store. Visitante explained that the title of the album means that "Everyone’s invited to enter. If you don’t want to, well don’t." He also stated that the album continues to experiment with different styles of music, with collaborations with Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
from The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...
on "Calma Pueblo", giving the song a "Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....
vibe." He stated that there would also be influences from Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
and South American rhythms.
Critical response
Mariano Prunes of Allmusic gave the album 3 and a half stars out of five, and felt that while the album was strong overall, the shock value employed in the group's earlier albums had become less impactful: "As the album progresses, while the beats remain strong and the lyrics clever, this maximum-impact approach tends to eventually exhaust itself." Jasmine Garsd of NPRNPR
NPR, formerly National Public Radio, is a privately and publicly funded non-profit membership media organization that serves as a national syndicator to a network of 900 public radio stations in the United States. NPR was created in 1970, following congressional passage of the Public Broadcasting...
praised the album and referred to the song "Latinoamerica" as "a gorgeous ode to Latinos everywhere". Garsd commented on the band's appeal to Latin American
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
listeners, explaining "They are fighters who endure and struggle against the very real horrors of Latin America. But part of their defiance lies in the ability to have fun, to be funny and sexy in spite of these horrors."
Bill Friskics-Warren of The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
recommended the album, particularly the tracks "Calma Pueblo," "La Bala," and "Vamo a Portarnos Mal", and applauded Visitante's musical diversity. Friskics-Warren stated that his music is "as globally conscious as the band's message." Melissa MacEwen of The Tufts Daily
The Tufts Daily
The Tufts Daily, known on campus simply as The Daily, is the student newspaper at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Its first issue was published on February 25, 1980...
gave the album four out of five stars, commending the album's cohesiveness and calling the album a "highly listenable album valuable for both its witty lyrics and song structures, and its definitively dance−worthy feel".
Track listing
- "Intro"
- "Calma Pueblo" (featuring Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
) - "Baile De Los Pobres"
- "La Vuelta Al Mundo"
- "La Bala"
- "Vamo' A Portarnos Mal"
- "LatinoaméricaLatinoamérica (song)Latinoamérica is a song by Puerto Rican Alternative hip hop band Calle 13, released September 27, 2011, as the fifth single from their fourth studio album, Entren Los Que Quieran...
" (featuring Totó la MomposinaTotó la MomposinaSonia Bazanta Vides, better known as Totó la Momposina, is a Colombian singer of traditional mixed indigenous Colombian and Afro-Latin music. She was born in the northern Colombian town of Talaigua Nuevo near Mompox in the Bolívar Department...
, Susana BacaSusana BacaSusana Esther Baca de la Colina is a prominent Peruvian singer-songwriter; two-times Latin Grammy Award winner. She has been a key figure in the revival of Afro-Peruvian music within Peru....
& Maria RitaMaria RitaMaria Rita |São Paulo]], Brazil) is the performance name of Maria Rita Mariano, a Brazilian singer. She is the daughter of famed pianist/arranger César Camargo Mariano and the late Brazilian singing legend Elis Regina and sister to Pedro Mariano and music producer João Marcelo Bôscoli. Her...
) - "Inter - En Annunakilandia"
- "Digo Lo Que Pienso"
- "Muerte En Hawaii"
- "Todo Se Mueve" (featuring Seun KutiSeun KutiOluseun Anikulapo Kuti , commonly known as Seun Kuti, is a Nigerian musician, and the youngest son of legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti. Seun leads his father's former band Egypt 80....
and Nestor TorresNestor TorresNestor Torres is a jazz flautist who was born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico in 1957. He took flute lessons at age 12 and began formal studies at the Escuela Libre de Música, eventually attending Puerto Rico’s Inter-American University. At 18, he moved to New York with his family...
) - "El Hormiguero"
- "Prepárame La Cena"
- "Outro"
Chart performance
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Mexican Albums Chart Top 100 Mexico Top 100 México is a record chart which accounts for sixty percent of the albums sold in Mexico. The chart has the support of major record distributors in Mexico and is issued by the Mexican Association of Producers of Phonograms and Videograms, A.C. since 2005 on a weekly basis... |
22 |
| Spanish Albums Chart | 90 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums Top Rap Albums is a record chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks Rap and hip-hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The chart began publication for the week of November 13, 2004.... |
26 |
Latin Grammy Awards
The album won a record setting nine awards at the 2011Latin Grammy Awards of 2011
The 12th Annual Latin Grammy Awards was held on November 10, 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas and was hosted by Lucero and Cristián de la Fuente. The eligibility period for recordings to be nominated is July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011...
Latin Grammy Awards
Latin Grammy Awards
A Latin Grammy Award is an accolade by the Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry. Unlike the regular Grammy Award which primarily honors music produced in the United States, the Latin Grammy honors works produced anywhere around the...
. It was awarded the following:
- Record of the YearLatin Grammy Award for Record of the YearThe Latin Grammy Award for Record of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
: "LatinoaméricaLatinoamérica (song)Latinoamérica is a song by Puerto Rican Alternative hip hop band Calle 13, released September 27, 2011, as the fifth single from their fourth studio album, Entren Los Que Quieran...
" - Album of the YearLatin Grammy Award for Album of the YearThe Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
- Song of the YearLatin Grammy Award for Song of the YearThe Latin Grammy Award for Song of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence, creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
: Latinoamérica - Best Urban Music AlbumLatin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music AlbumThe Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
- Best Urban SongLatin Grammy Award for Best Urban SongThe Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally...
: "Baile de los Pobres" - Best Alternative SongLatin Grammy Award for Best Alternative SongThe Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally . The award is...
: "Calma Pueblo" - Best Tropical SongLatin Grammy Award for Best Tropical SongThe Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists in the United States and internationally . The award is...
: Vamo' A Portarnos Mal - Producer of the YearLatin Grammy Award for Producer of the YearThe Latin Grammy Award for Producer of the Year is an honor presented annually at the Latin Grammy Awards, a ceremony that recognizes excellence and creates a wider awareness of cultural diversity and contributions of Latin recording artists, in the United States and internationally...
: Rafael Arcaute and Calle 13 - Best Short Form Music VideoLatin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music VideoThe Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video is given every year since the 1st Latin Grammy Awards ceremony. The award is given to the performer, director and producer of the video.-2010s:-2000s:...
: "Calma Pueblo"