Kat DeLuna, Montéz De Durango, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Bonde do Rolê and Mandisa.

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tue 8/7/2007

Granny glasses. A collage of Kat DeLuna, Montéz De Durango, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Bonde do Rolê and Mandisa.

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Kat DeLuna releases her debut, 9 Lives, an "eclectic and diverse" album that finds the 19-year-old Dominicana breaking it down "from Spanish, Dancehall to fawwking Opera," exclaims Think2twice. The SF Gate believes the hype: "Unlike most summer sizzlers who fizzle come fall … Kat DeLuna should survive the season's dog days and beyond.
Agárrese, the new album by duranguense OG's Grupo Montéz de Durango, gets four-and-a-half stars from EsMas.com for its "variety" and for dealing with "difficult social issues." ElPlaneta.com underscores the group's "surprising musical evolution" which "reaffirms why they're the top-selling act in the genre."
The Mars Volta mastermind Omar Rodriguez-Lopez releases Se Dice Bisonte, No Búfalo, the soundtrack to the film El Búfalo de La Noche. Sputnik Music feels that "Omar should stick to The Mars Volta" because "there are way too many times on the album where the music gets boring, pointless, and repetitious." Webzine Drowned in Sound echoes those sentiments: "Despite the occasional moment of brilliance, there just isn’t enough to maintain interest here."
With Lasers, the debut album by Brazilian funk carioca dealers Bonde Do Role, should contain just enough "party-starting sex-urge noises" to "get you through a long, hot summer of awkward hook-ups at backyard barbecues," teases Pitchforkmedia. Despite it's "near explosive" energy level, Prefixmag laments that the "party is still too one-dimensional."
Ex-American Idol finalist and Christian pop singer Mandisa releases her debut album, True Beauty. For The Trades her debut album keeps proving "that it's better to lose on American Idol than it is to win" while Christianity Today is not to keen on Mandisa's "predictable adult-contemporary sentiment," but digs when she's in "her urban-pop turf".

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3 responses to “the music press: Kat DeLuna, Montéz De Durango, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Bonde do Rolê and Mandisa.”

kat deluna is soooooo kool!!!!!

RkM & KeN-y Fr3@K

(SACHSE,TX)

8/7/2007

I LOV33 KAT DELUNA SH3 IZ SO @W3SOM3 MY F@V SING3R IN TH3 WORLD!!! I LIST3N TO H3R MUSIC NON STOP N IM BUYIN TH3 CD TOD@Y B3C@UZ3 IT JUZ C@M3 OUT!! I LOV H3RR IM H3R BIGG3ST F@N!!!! LOV U KAT

DOMINICANA 4 LYF3

(ny)

8/7/2007

I love that song "Whine Up" by Kat DeLuna!!! I think she a good singer and she's very cool.

Stefany Blanco

(North Lauderdale, Florida)

8/8/2007