Residente o Visitante
Encyclopedia
Residente o Visitante is the second studio album by Puerto Rican
Urban
/hip hop
duo Calle 13
, released on April 24, 2007, by Sony BMG.
, the duo was offered a record deal. The duo gained recognition for their controversial song "Querido FBI
", which responded to the killing of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
, a key figure for the Puerto Rican independence movement
. Soon after, the band's 2005 eponymously titled debut album
was released and became commercially and critically successful in Latin America
. The group was labeled as reggaeton
, a genre that the duo wished to distance itself from. Visitante commented on the situation: "The truth is that the first record had only four reggaetons. Those were the cuts used for promotional purposes, and so that’s the brand that was put on us. But from the beginning, to me, reggaeton never offered anything musically. My brother liked it, yes, but we always tried to execute it in an organic way, with real instruments and mixing it with other genres."
While writing Residente o Visitante, the duo took a trip to South America
to explore areas populated by Latin America's indigenous
and Africa
n-descended minorities. Residente reflected on the journey, stating, "We saw horrible things, but also things that were incredibly beautiful. Some of the contrasts are really intense." The duo was strongly influenced by the experience; Visitante discovered and purchased several new musical instruments on the trip including a quijada, a charango
and a bombo legüero
, all of which were used on the song "Llegale a Mi Guarida". Residente and Visitante felt that writing on the road was conducive to the group's creative output. The group's journeys were filmed and a documentary film, Sin Mapa was released. It debuted on July 29, 2009 at the New York International Latino Film Festival and later released on DVD.
to come to Spain
to collaborate on a song. He agreed, as he greatly admired La Mala's work, and the two met for drinks where they discussed the kind of song they wanted to create before going to the studio to record what would later become "Mala Suerta Con el 13".
piano
at age six, and at age 17, he joined a varied array of bands and played saxophone
and keyboards. The introduction to the album, as described by Elijah Wald of the Los Angeles Times
, "sounds like a lovely Baroque chorale - unless one speaks Spanish, in which case it becomes immediately evident that it's an ornate canon of the filthiest words in Puerto Rican street slang."
"Tango del Pecado" was conceived after Visitante came up with the idea to mix tango
with reggaeton. He traveled to Los Angeles
to present the idea to Argentinian
music producer Gustavo Santaolalla
, who was interested in the idea and helped create the backing music for the track. The song's title translates to "Tango of Sin"; Residente explained that "To mix reggaeton with tango is like a sin, you know. Something that's supposed to be wrong, but at the end its something good. That's why we maintained the rhythm." Additionally, the song "Cumbia de los Aburridos" is strongly influenced by Colombian
music, featuring an accordion
and a horn
section. "Un Beso De Desayuno" mixes electronica
, rap
and bossa nova
. This marks the first of Calle 13's albums to have collaborations with artists such as Tego Calderón
, La Mala Rodríguez
and Orishas
. The band also experimented with more diverse genres of music on the album, including tango ("Tango del Pecado"), bossa nova
("Un Beso de Desayno"), cumbia
("Cumbia de los Aburridos") and opera
("Intro").
. Commenting on the track's lyrical themes, he explained "I had wanted to do that theme because I think it is an important topic. And not just for the immigrants in the United States but all over. It is a song that immigrants can identify with, Dominicans
as well as Puerto Ricans. All the people leave one country for another for the same reasons."
The song "Mala Suerte Con el 13", the group's collaboration with La Mala Rodriguez
, is a satire of the "Latin macho attitude
". He wished to defy and poke fun at traditional gender roles, citing feminist philosopher Judith Butler
as an influence; "I wanted to record a duet between a guy who's weak and inadequate, and a woman who's a sexual psychopath and has all the power in the world. A complete mockery of macho stereotypes". In the same vein, "Sin Exagerar" parodies the misogyny
that Residente felt had saturated the reggaeton
scene. The album's first single, "Tango del Pecado
" also created controversy due to the repeated chanting of "Súbele el volumen a la música satánica" (turn up the satan
ic music). Residente asserts that he did not add the line to create a reaction, saying, "I never do something expecting something. I do things because I like them."
every week. Since the subsection is a gated community, visitors were routinely asked "¿Residente o visitante?" ("Resident or visitor?") by a security guard when approaching the community's main gate. Therefore, Visitante would identify himself as a visitor, while Residente would have to insist that he was a resident to clear the gate. The pair named themselves Calle 13 after the street their family's house was on.
Top Latin Albums chart at number one, displacing Jennifer Lopez
's Spanish
album Como Ama una Mujer
, and on the Billboard 200
at number 52, selling about 12,000 copies in its first week. The album remained on the Billboard 200 for a total of four weeks. Additionally, the album debuted on the Billboard Rap Albums chart at number 13.
The first single off the album was "Tango del Pecado
". The second single of the album was "Cumbia de los Aburridos" and it peaked at #31 on the Billboard
Hot Latin Songs
chart. The third single was "Pa'l Norte", which was released in late 2007. The fourth and final single was "Un Beso de Desayuno", which was released in early 2008.
in terms of wit and playfulness while Visitante is a similarly gifted producer who creates multi-layered tracks that rarely sound alike." Andrew Casillas of Stylus Magazine
gave the album an A- grade, calling it a "trailblazing record". He praised Residente's rapping on the record, calling his performance "a revalation" and referring to the song "Un Beso de Desayuno" as the band's "most noble achievement: a fully formed reggaetón love song." However, Casillas felt that the album was overly long and stated that "Uiyi Guaye" sounds like "Donald Duck
on a treadmill". Phil Freeman of The Village Voice
called the album "more thoughtful and musically broad-minded" than its predecessor, and noted that the album gave Residente "a platform for a more explicit political consciousness than some might have predicted", referring to the songs "Pal Norte" and "La Cumbia de los Aburridos".
, including Best Urban Music Album
and Best Urban Song
. They were also nominated for Album of the Year
, and Best Short Form Music Video
for the video of the first single "Tango del Pecado
".
On February 8, 2008, Residente o Visitante won the Grammy Award
for "Best Urban/Alternative Album
".
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...
Urban
Urban contemporary
Urban contemporary is a music radio format. The term was coined by the late New York DJ Frankie Crocker in the mid 1970s. Urban contemporary radio stations feature a playlist made up entirely of hip hop/rap, contemporary R&B, pop, electronica such as dubstep and drum and bass and Caribbean music...
/hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
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...
, released on April 24, 2007, by Sony BMG.
Background
Calle 13 was formed when step-brothers Residente (real name René Pérez Joglar) and Visitante (real name Eduardo José Cabra Martínez) began creating music together in 2004. After sending demo tapes to White Lion RecordsWhite Lion Records
White Lion Records is a Hip-hop Reggaeton record label established by Elías de León with the release of El Abayarde on 2003.-History of White Lion :...
, the duo was offered a record deal. The duo gained recognition for their controversial song "Querido FBI
Querido FBI
"Querido F.B.I." is a song from Puerto Rican urban group Calle 13. The song was recorded in September, 2005 and released through the Internet about 30 hours after the death of Puerto Rican Revolutionary leader Filiberto Ojeda Ríos in what appeared to be a botched raid at his...
", which responded to the killing of Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos
Filiberto Ojeda Ríos was the commander-in-chief of the Boricua Popular Army , a clandestine paramilitary organization that considers United States rule over Puerto Rico to be oppressive colonization and advocates the latter's independence.Ojeda Ríos was a...
, a key figure for the Puerto Rican independence movement
Puerto Rican independence movement
The Puerto Rican independence movement refers to initiatives throughout the history of Puerto Rico aimed at obtaining independence for the Island, first from Spain, and then from the United States...
. Soon after, the band's 2005 eponymously titled debut album
Calle 13 (album)
Calle 13 is the eponymous debut studio album of Puerto Rican Urban/hip hop duo Calle 13, released on November 29, 2005, by White Lion Records.-Album details:...
was released and became commercially and critically successful in Latin America
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...
. The group was labeled as reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
, a genre that the duo wished to distance itself from. Visitante commented on the situation: "The truth is that the first record had only four reggaetons. Those were the cuts used for promotional purposes, and so that’s the brand that was put on us. But from the beginning, to me, reggaeton never offered anything musically. My brother liked it, yes, but we always tried to execute it in an organic way, with real instruments and mixing it with other genres."
While writing Residente o Visitante, the duo took a trip to South America
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
to explore areas populated by Latin America's indigenous
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
and Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
n-descended minorities. Residente reflected on the journey, stating, "We saw horrible things, but also things that were incredibly beautiful. Some of the contrasts are really intense." The duo was strongly influenced by the experience; Visitante discovered and purchased several new musical instruments on the trip including a quijada, a charango
Charango
The charango is a small Andean stringed instrument of the lute family, 66 cm long, traditionally made with the shell of the back of an armadillo. Primarily played in traditional Andean music, and is sometimes used by other Latin American musicians. Many contemporary charangos are now made with...
and a bombo legüero
Bombo legüero
Bombo legüero is an Argentine drum traditionally made of a hollowed tree trunk and covered with cured skins of animals such as goats, cows or sheep. It derives from the old European military drums, and uses a similar arrangement of hoops and leather thongs and loops to tighten the drumheads, which...
, all of which were used on the song "Llegale a Mi Guarida". Residente and Visitante felt that writing on the road was conducive to the group's creative output. The group's journeys were filmed and a documentary film, Sin Mapa was released. It debuted on July 29, 2009 at the New York International Latino Film Festival and later released on DVD.
Recording
Residente o Visitante was recorded in various countries, as the band was on tour during the making of the album. Residente was invited by La Mala RodriguezLa Mala Rodríguez
María Rodríguez, also known as La Mala, La Mala María, or Mala Rodríguez , is a Latin Grammy Award-Winning Spanish hip hop singer.-Early life:...
to come to Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
to collaborate on a song. He agreed, as he greatly admired La Mala's work, and the two met for drinks where they discussed the kind of song they wanted to create before going to the studio to record what would later become "Mala Suerta Con el 13".
Music
On the record, the band wished to experiment more with live instruments and diverse styles of music. Margarita Diaz referred to Residente o Visitante as "an exhilarating travelogue through the sounds and rhythms of [South America]." Visitante, who composed the music on the album, credits the musical diversity to his past. He began playing classicalClassical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
at age six, and at age 17, he joined a varied array of bands and played saxophone
Saxophone
The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
and keyboards. The introduction to the album, as described by Elijah Wald of the Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, "sounds like a lovely Baroque chorale - unless one speaks Spanish, in which case it becomes immediately evident that it's an ornate canon of the filthiest words in Puerto Rican street slang."
"Tango del Pecado" was conceived after Visitante came up with the idea to mix tango
Tango music
Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...
with reggaeton. He traveled to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
to present the idea to Argentinian
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
music producer Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Santaolalla
Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla is an Argentine musician, film composer and producer. He has won two Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, for Brokeback Mountain in 2005 and Babel in 2006.-Life and career:...
, who was interested in the idea and helped create the backing music for the track. The song's title translates to "Tango of Sin"; Residente explained that "To mix reggaeton with tango is like a sin, you know. Something that's supposed to be wrong, but at the end its something good. That's why we maintained the rhythm." Additionally, the song "Cumbia de los Aburridos" is strongly influenced by Colombian
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
music, featuring an accordion
Accordion
The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....
and a horn
Horn (instrument)
The horn is a brass instrument consisting of about of tubing wrapped into a coil with a flared bell. A musician who plays the horn is called a horn player ....
section. "Un Beso De Desayuno" mixes electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
, rap
Rap
Rap may refer to:*Rapping, performance in which rhyming lyrics are used, with or without musical accompaniment ; while an MC performs spoken verses in time to a beat/ melody**Hip hop subculture**Hip hop music...
and bossa nova
Bossa nova
Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...
. This marks the first of Calle 13's albums to have collaborations with artists such as Tego Calderón
Tego Calderón
Tegui Calderón Rosario is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor.-Early life:Calderón was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, the son of Pilar Rosario Parrilla, a schoolteacher, and Esteban Calderón Ilarraza, a government worker for Puerto Rico's Department of Health. Moving at a young age from his native...
, La Mala Rodríguez
La Mala Rodríguez
María Rodríguez, also known as La Mala, La Mala María, or Mala Rodríguez , is a Latin Grammy Award-Winning Spanish hip hop singer.-Early life:...
and Orishas
Orishas (band)
Orishas was a Cuban hip hop group The group was first called "Amenaza", "threat" or "menace" in Spanish, and appealed to the Cuban youth who were hungry for African-American culture consisting of hip hop and rap. Orishas delved into a realm of music that created a black identity to which some...
. The band also experimented with more diverse genres of music on the album, including tango ("Tango del Pecado"), bossa nova
Bossa nova
Bossa nova is a style of Brazilian music. Bossa nova acquired a large following in the 1960s, initially consisting of young musicians and college students...
("Un Beso de Desayno"), cumbia
Cumbia
Cumbia is a music genre popular across Latin America. The cumbia originated in the Caribbean coast of Colombia, where it is associated with an eponymous dance and has since spread as far as Mexico and Argentina...
("Cumbia de los Aburridos") and opera
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
("Intro").
Lyrics
Residente described the album as more introspective and autobiographical than its predecessor. With the lyrics on the record, Residente aimed for authenticity, attempting to tackle subjects not typically discussed in conventional reggaeton. He explained that listening to Residente o Visitante is similar to watching a movie, in the sense that the album depicts real life events and uses profanity to evoke emotion in the listener. In "Pal Norte", Residente discusses the plight of immigrants in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Commenting on the track's lyrical themes, he explained "I had wanted to do that theme because I think it is an important topic. And not just for the immigrants in the United States but all over. It is a song that immigrants can identify with, Dominicans
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...
as well as Puerto Ricans. All the people leave one country for another for the same reasons."
The song "Mala Suerte Con el 13", the group's collaboration with La Mala Rodriguez
La Mala Rodríguez
María Rodríguez, also known as La Mala, La Mala María, or Mala Rodríguez , is a Latin Grammy Award-Winning Spanish hip hop singer.-Early life:...
, is a satire of the "Latin macho attitude
Machismo
Machismo, or machoism, is a word of Spanish and Portuguese origin that describes prominently exhibited or excessive masculinity. As an attitude, machismo ranges from a personal sense of virility to a more extreme male chauvinism...
". He wished to defy and poke fun at traditional gender roles, citing feminist philosopher Judith Butler
Judith Butler
Judith Butler is an American post-structuralist philosopher, who has contributed to the fields of feminism, queer theory, political philosophy, and ethics. She is a professor in the Rhetoric and Comparative Literature departments at the University of California, Berkeley.Butler received her Ph.D...
as an influence; "I wanted to record a duet between a guy who's weak and inadequate, and a woman who's a sexual psychopath and has all the power in the world. A complete mockery of macho stereotypes". In the same vein, "Sin Exagerar" parodies the misogyny
Misogyny
Misogyny is the hatred or dislike of women or girls. Philogyny, meaning fondness, love or admiration towards women, is the antonym of misogyny. The term misandry is the term for men that is parallel to misogyny...
that Residente felt had saturated the reggaeton
Reggaeton
Reggaeton is a form of Puerto Rican and Latin American urban and Caribbean music. After its mainstream exposure in 2004, it spread to North American, European and Asian audiences. Reggaeton originated in Puerto Rico but is also has roots from Reggae en Español from Panama and Puerto Rico and...
scene. The album's first single, "Tango del Pecado
Tango del Pecado
"Tango del Pecado" is the first single from Calle 13's second album, Residente o Visitante. The song features Bajofondo & Panasuyo and was released on iTunes via digital download on March 27, 2007.-The Music:...
" also created controversy due to the repeated chanting of "Súbele el volumen a la música satánica" (turn up the satan
Satan
Satan , "the opposer", is the title of various entities, both human and divine, who challenge the faith of humans in the Hebrew Bible...
ic music). Residente asserts that he did not add the line to create a reaction, saying, "I never do something expecting something. I do things because I like them."
Title
The album's name was inspired by an experience from Residente and Visitante's childhood. When they were children, Visitante would visit his brother at the Calle 13 (13th Street) of the El Conquistador subsection of Trujillo Alto, Puerto RicoTrujillo Alto, Puerto Rico
-Barrios :*Carraízo*Las Cuevas*Dos Bocas*La Gloria*Quebrada Grande*Quebrada Negrito*Saint Just*Trujillo Alto Pueblo*Cooperativa Jardines de Trujillo Alto-Geo/Topography:*Carraízo dam...
every week. Since the subsection is a gated community, visitors were routinely asked "¿Residente o visitante?" ("Resident or visitor?") by a security guard when approaching the community's main gate. Therefore, Visitante would identify himself as a visitor, while Residente would have to insist that he was a resident to clear the gate. The pair named themselves Calle 13 after the street their family's house was on.
Chart performance
Residente o Visitante debuted on the U.S. BillboardBillboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
Top Latin Albums chart at number one, displacing Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez is an American actress, singer, record producer, dancer, television personality, and fashion designer. Lopez began her career as a dancer on the television comedy program In Living Color. Subsequently venturing into acting, she gained recognition in the 1995 action-thriller...
's Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
album Como Ama una Mujer
Como Ama Una Mujer
With Como Ama una Mujer, Jennifer Lopez is one of the few performers to debut in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 with a Spanish-language album,...
, and on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
at number 52, selling about 12,000 copies in its first week. The album remained on the Billboard 200 for a total of four weeks. Additionally, the album debuted on the Billboard Rap Albums chart at number 13.
The first single off the album was "Tango del Pecado
Tango del Pecado
"Tango del Pecado" is the first single from Calle 13's second album, Residente o Visitante. The song features Bajofondo & Panasuyo and was released on iTunes via digital download on March 27, 2007.-The Music:...
". The second single of the album was "Cumbia de los Aburridos" and it peaked at #31 on the Billboard
Billboard charts
The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine...
Hot Latin Songs
Hot Latin Songs
Hot Latin Songs is a record chart published by Billboard magazine. It is often recognized as the most important music chart for Spanish language Latin music in the American music market. It was established by the magazine on September 6, 1986 with La Guirnalda by Rocío Dúrcal being the first song...
chart. The third single was "Pa'l Norte", which was released in late 2007. The fourth and final single was "Un Beso de Desayuno", which was released in early 2008.
Critical reception
The album received positive reviews from critics. Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic gave Residente o Visitante 4 out of 5 stars, and the disc's diverse musical styles and unique lyricism: "Residente is a gifted rapper who matches EminemEminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
in terms of wit and playfulness while Visitante is a similarly gifted producer who creates multi-layered tracks that rarely sound alike." Andrew Casillas of Stylus Magazine
Stylus Magazine
Stylus Magazine was an online music and film magazine launched in 2002. It featured long-form music journalism, four daily music reviews, movie reviews, a number of different podcasts, an MP3 blog, and a text blog....
gave the album an A- grade, calling it a "trailblazing record". He praised Residente's rapping on the record, calling his performance "a revalation" and referring to the song "Un Beso de Desayuno" as the band's "most noble achievement: a fully formed reggaetón love song." However, Casillas felt that the album was overly long and stated that "Uiyi Guaye" sounds like "Donald Duck
Donald Duck
Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions and licensed by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most...
on a treadmill". Phil Freeman of The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
called the album "more thoughtful and musically broad-minded" than its predecessor, and noted that the album gave Residente "a platform for a more explicit political consciousness than some might have predicted", referring to the songs "Pal Norte" and "La Cumbia de los Aburridos".
Awards
On November 8, 2007 Residente o Visitante received two Latin Grammy AwardsLatin 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 Best Urban Music Album
Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album
The 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...
and Best Urban Song
Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Song
The 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...
. They were also nominated for 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...
, and Best Short Form Music Video
Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video
The 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:...
for the video of the first single "Tango del Pecado
Tango del Pecado
"Tango del Pecado" is the first single from Calle 13's second album, Residente o Visitante. The song features Bajofondo & Panasuyo and was released on iTunes via digital download on March 27, 2007.-The Music:...
".
On February 8, 2008, Residente o Visitante won the Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for "Best Urban/Alternative Album
Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album has been awarded since 2008. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. In 2009, this category was joined with the Latin Rock field, to be renamed Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban...
".
Track listing
- "Intro" — 1:48
- "Tango del PecadoTango del Pecado"Tango del Pecado" is the first single from Calle 13's second album, Residente o Visitante. The song features Bajofondo & Panasuyo and was released on iTunes via digital download on March 27, 2007.-The Music:...
" (Featuring Bajofondo Tango Club & PanasuyoPanasuyoAureliano Mendez, better known to his fans as Panasuyo, was born on the 6 of November, 1974, in Guanare, in Venezuela's Portuguesa State.His trademark sound is a fusion of traditional Venezuelan musical forms and Caribbean rhythms with rock, pop and reggae.In 2003 he created the soundtrack for a...
) (Residente/Edgard Abraham Marrero) — 4:13 - "La Fokin Moda" (Residente/Visitante/Gustavo Santaolalla) — 3:26
- "Sin Exagerar" (featuring Tego CalderónTego CalderónTegui Calderón Rosario is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor.-Early life:Calderón was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, the son of Pilar Rosario Parrilla, a schoolteacher, and Esteban Calderón Ilarraza, a government worker for Puerto Rico's Department of Health. Moving at a young age from his native...
) (Residente/Visitante) — 3:26 - "Mala Suerta Con el 13" (Featuring La Mala RodríguezLa Mala RodríguezMaría Rodríguez, also known as La Mala, La Mala María, or Mala Rodríguez , is a Latin Grammy Award-Winning Spanish hip hop singer.-Early life:...
) (Residente/La Mala Rodríguez/Visitante) — 4:30 - "Llégale a Mi Guarida" (Featuring Vicentico) (Residente/Visitante) — 4:24
- "Un Beso de Desayuno" (Residente/Visitante) — 4:51
- "Uiyi Guaye" Residente/Visitante — 5:05
- "Algo Con-Sentido" (Featuring PG-13) (Residente/Visitante) — 4:40
- "Pal' Norte" (Featuring OrishasOrishas (band)Orishas was a Cuban hip hop group The group was first called "Amenaza", "threat" or "menace" in Spanish, and appealed to the Cuban youth who were hungry for African-American culture consisting of hip hop and rap. Orishas delved into a realm of music that created a black identity to which some...
) (Residente/Visitante/Panasuyo) — 4:41 - "La Cumbia de los Aburridos" (Featuring Manuel "El Zorazal" Meléndez) (Residente/Visitante) — 4:07
- "A Limpiar el Sucio" (Residente/Visitante) — 4:13
- "El Avión Se Cae" (Residente/Visitante) — 4:18
- "La Crema" (Residente/Visitante) — 4:01
- "La Era de la Copiaera" (Residente/Visitante/Panasuyo) — 4:37
Best Buy Special Edition Bonus Tracks
- "Japón" (Residente/Visitante) — 3:59
- "Suave [Remix]" (Residente/Visitante) — 3:25
Chart positions
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
52 |
| U.S. Billboard Billboard charts The Billboard charts tabulate the relative weekly popularity of songs or albums in the United States. The results are published in Billboard magazine... Top Latin Albums |
1 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums | 13 |