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Pitbull Album: “Boatlift [Clean]”
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Release Date:2007-01-01
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap, Dirty South, Hardcore Rap
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Label:TVT
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:0016581296329
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Review - :
On his 2007 effort {^The Boatlift}, {$Pitbull}'s love of club tracks and anthemic party tunes is once again tempered by some serious material, and once again the album's title references the early-'80s mass exodus of Cuban people from their homeland. This is the same formula that was used for his 2006 album, {^El Mariel}, but here the measurements are off, with too much attention being paid to production and hooks while talent and personality get short shrift. Tracks like the appropriately titled {&"The Anthem"} and {&"Sticky Icky,"} with {$Lil Jon} and {$Jim Jones}, are infectious, the exciting {&"Midnight"} features Euro-trance keyboards and singer {$Casely} as a worthy {$Justin Timberlake} replacement, plus there's a handful of those {\Latin rap} meets crunk numbers that are so identifiable as {$Pitbull}'s. These deep Miami tracks are complemented by some street level interludes and freestyles that are rich with wit, but {^The Boatlift} dies on the slow tracks with {&"Secret Admirer"} being too sugary to take and {&"My Life"} dropping embarrassing bombs like "sometimes I feel/all I can give you is sex/I'm sorry." Get past these plaintive and uninspired tales of how heartbreaking the jet-set lifestyle is and you're left with enough gloss and polish to consider {^The Boatlift} a fun floor-filler, but just not up to {$Pitbull}'s usual standards. [A clean version was also released.] ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
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