Squirtle Avi

3y

Quite simply one of the greatest of all-time. The catalog of hits he has cultivated throughout his illustrious career is quite frankly second to none. His innovative genre-blending discography is one people will be discussing for decades to come. While I had admired his talent and his hit singles before, my story with him really all began in the 2012, my older brother worked with Sony Music Entertainment, and in lieu of actual payment of money, it seemed like he was compensated exclusively in CDs. And hey, that was cool. He scored tons of RCA Records artists, dozens of Chris Brown's "Fortune", and, best and perhaps most educationally of all, every Pitbull album up to that point. Post-Global Warming, Pitbull was still relevant and selling. Mr. Worldwide was hot. Again. And all his albums were at my fingertips. Out of drab brown boxes with discs marked for no-retail came … a god.

My mind was blown.

I went with Lil Chico, Mr. 305, and Mr. Worldwide on a strange odyssey and have never really come back since. Pitbull took me to expansive, exciting, new places with fascinatingly disjointed sounds. I’d never before been this hopelessly fascinated by an artist and their full body of work. How could a man with so very many different albums and styles of music (not to mention fashion styles) be so consistently out there and entertaining? Was he an alien? An androgynous shape-shifter? An extraordinarily talented dude from Miami? One minute Pitbull’s rapping about having 'em like Miley Cyrus, clothes off, twerking in their bras and thongs; the next he’s counting up to four, in two different languages, over Eurodance synth sounds provided by Lil Jon. And he’d never miss a turn. Always changing, evolving, challenging himself. Maybe the hotel room service and fireball got to his head, in a good way, but Pitbull just kept rolling out hits. It’s like the guy could do no wrong. He is eternal. He is universal. He is Pitbull.

Danny

3y

Thank you for sharing. I hope you're grateful for your brother. Can I add this story to OP?

Squirtle Avi

3y

I am very grateful, and yes of course.

Nessy

3y

2004: College dropout and MIAMI

A young pitbull is introduced to the world on a song about women by an established artist by the name of lil jon similar to kanye and twista on slow jamz

LR era / boatlift and el mariel era

Both artists perfect their formula to appeal to the mainstream without forgetting their roots (pitbull with spanish speaking songs and ye with sampling)

Graduation / rebelution

The most obvious one. Need i say more? Hotel room service = stronger

Both sample a house classic but make it their own and turn it into a new timeless masterpiece that gets the dancefloor go crazy

808s = Armando

When they were at their commercial peak they both decided to make a bold artistic move, one went full autotune and the other made a whole project in spanish. These 2 decisions show personality and vulnerability and the influence can be felt to this day. Every rapper that is not griselda uses autotune and spanish is like the 2nd most spoken language in the world today

You may have guessed by now Planet Pit is pitbull’s MBDTF. Hits meet critical acclaim.

Global warming = yeezus (commercial success dipped. No major singles but became a cult classic. Daft punk were on yeezus and afrojack worked on GM)

They both get back in the spotlight with undeniable hits (45 seconds, all of TLOP vs greenlight, time of our lives, el taxi) and now they’re quiet again

Saturday

3y

I knew that was him!

Danny

3y

Thank you. I'm also considering adding a list of all Terriers (Pitbull fans) to OP if there's interest for that. Besides that, I'm pretty happy with how it looks!

Magenta

3y

We’ve gone viral again, folks!

Danny

3y

He's for the people, man. How many celebrities take time out of their day to do stuff like this? Great of him to return there after filming "Sky" in that Walmart.

Latest Pitbull single (March 2021) for those out of the loop:

He donning a stunning turtleneck in this clip. Magnificent video & song. Summer 2021 essential.

Danny

3y

He's for the people, man. How many celebrities take time out of their day to do stuff like this? Great of him to return there after filming "Sky" in that Walmart.

Latest Pitbull single (March 2021) for those out of the loop:

He donning a stunning turtleneck in this clip. Magnificent video & song. Summer 2021 essential.

Danny

3y

We got tour news, Terriers! Pitbull touring with Iggy Azalea. Tickets on sale next Friday.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbwffsBcBB/

Danny

3y

We got tour news, Terriers! Pitbull touring with Iggy Azalea. Tickets on sale next Friday.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CQbwffsBcBB/