Luny Tunes & Tainy “Mas Flow: Los Benjamins”

Francisco Saldaña (Luny) and Victor Cabrera (Tunes) are the driving force behind some of reggaetón’s most successful productions. With their new album Mas Flow: Los Benjamins blaring out of every Latin dance club in the U.S. and already at 30 on the Billboard charts, Luny Tunes have another massive hit to add to their already impressive resume.

Los Benjamins, which also features Luny Tunes protégé, teenage producer Tainy (Marco Masis), is not all that different from the previous Mas Flow compilations: a necklace of bright reggaetón icons woven together by sharp musical production. Like its predecessors, this installment aims to please with 23 tracks of familiar but nonetheless intense, dirty, gangsta reggaetón beats for the dance floor.

There are a few surprises, though, including Noche de Entierro (Nuestro Amor), which throws together Daddy Yankee, Wisin & Yandel, Héctor "El Father", Tony Tun Tun and Zion along with a sophisticated string, flute and accordion arrangement. "Noche de Entierro" is, in all senses, a real pop song you can actually sing along to. On the same tip, Jean's Contigo dazzles with a haunting synthetic cello loop and electro hook that veers away from Luny Tunes’ traditional hard-edged sound and into uncharted territory for el dream team. There's a similar edge to the buzzing "No Te Quiere," with Rookie on vocals, which could easily pass as the reggaetón equivalent to Justin Timberlake’s My Love.

It’s the production on songs like these which will no doubt allow Luny Tunes & Tainy to cross over. But it will probably take more than Los Benjamins to get them to experiment with a formula that has proven so successful so far. Until that happens we can look forward to more of this trio’s near-perfect reggaetón.