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Michael Stuart claims to bring it home on his 2006 release Back to da Barrio, and after a career that has flirted with the urban as much as claimed the Latino, this record definitely makes good on its boast. While there are plenty of hints that this isn't your abuelita's salsa, salsa it is nonetheless. Leaving his drum sequencer at home for these sessions, the instrumentation and arrangement are more akin to the likes of Oscar d'León than the hip-hop-tinged Stuart audiences have come to know. The preceding record, Sin Miedo, harkened to the dance club or the cruisin' strip as much as it did the salsa dancehall. Not so in his first project for the Machete Music label, which is ironic, considering the urban slant of the majority of their productions. The round, rich tone of the record seems to emulate the fat '70s timbre of New York salsa's heyday. Stuart brings a certain barrio bad-boy quality to all of his projects, and that is certainly present, despite the classic aesthetic. Hearing Stuart in this context feels quite natural, and the results of the new direction are rockin'. The writing is among the hippest in modern salsa, and the stylistically savvy band, including some guaguancó, bomba, and comparsa sounds fresh and enticing. Old style with a new attitude is a great combination, in Stuart's hands.
© Evan C. Gutierrez /TiVo
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Victor Cabrera, ComposerLyricist - Luny Tunes, ComposerLyricist - Daddy Yankee, ComposerLyricist - MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist - Wisin, ComposerLyricist - Yandel, ComposerLyricist - Hector El Father, ComposerLyricist - David Luciano Acosta, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
William Omar Landrón, ComposerLyricist - MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist - Nick Rivera, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
Victor Manuelle, ComposerLyricist - MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
Romeo, ComposerLyricist - MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist - William Omar Landon, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
Marquez, ComposerLyricist - MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist - Mario Rivera, ComposerLyricist - Eliel Lind, ComposerLyricist - Alex Quiles, ComposerLyricist - Ramon Oliveira Mustafa, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist - Donato Carlos, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Universal Music Latino
MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist - Reggaeton Boys, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
Yoel Henriquez, Composer - Raul Del Sol, Composer, Producer, Programmer, Recording Arranger, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Dan Warner, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist - RICHARD BRAVO, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Gustavo Celis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Richie Perez, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Victor Di Persia, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddy Tomas, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2004 Machete Music
Francisco Saldaña, ComposerLyricist - Josias De La Cruz, ComposerLyricist - MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist - Daniel Velazquez, ComposerLyricist - Hector Delgado Roman, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
MICHAEL STUART, MainArtist - DAR, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Machete Music
Album review
Michael Stuart claims to bring it home on his 2006 release Back to da Barrio, and after a career that has flirted with the urban as much as claimed the Latino, this record definitely makes good on its boast. While there are plenty of hints that this isn't your abuelita's salsa, salsa it is nonetheless. Leaving his drum sequencer at home for these sessions, the instrumentation and arrangement are more akin to the likes of Oscar d'León than the hip-hop-tinged Stuart audiences have come to know. The preceding record, Sin Miedo, harkened to the dance club or the cruisin' strip as much as it did the salsa dancehall. Not so in his first project for the Machete Music label, which is ironic, considering the urban slant of the majority of their productions. The round, rich tone of the record seems to emulate the fat '70s timbre of New York salsa's heyday. Stuart brings a certain barrio bad-boy quality to all of his projects, and that is certainly present, despite the classic aesthetic. Hearing Stuart in this context feels quite natural, and the results of the new direction are rockin'. The writing is among the hippest in modern salsa, and the stylistically savvy band, including some guaguancó, bomba, and comparsa sounds fresh and enticing. Old style with a new attitude is a great combination, in Stuart's hands.
© Evan C. Gutierrez /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:53:06
- Main artists: MICHAEL STUART
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Machete Music
- Genre: World
© 2006 Machete Music ℗ 2006 Machete Music
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