By Nuria Net
2010/10/06
In Shakira’s new song “Gordita,” featured singer Residente of Calle 13 raps that “I liked you when you were more gordita [a little fatter], with black hair, rounder face and sort of rockerita.”The line sums up what many of Shakira’s Latino fans have been thinking for years, and she has seemed to take note.”There’s a much more Latin and alive side to the album,” the 33-year-old singer told EFE news agency last month. “I wanted to get in touch with merengue, the genre which I grew up with.”Merengue is in full force in Shakira’s new album, “Sale el Sol” (Sony), due out Oct. 19. It includes the hyped-up single “Loca,” already out, a remake of the hit “Cada loca con su tiguere” by the little-known Dominican urban artist El Cata, who is featured on the track.Shakira puts on a teasing baby voice as she rapid-fires the lyrics, which includes Dominican slang words such as “kiki” and “tigre.” We’ve seen this before. Just like “Hips Don’t Lie” and “Waka Waka,” this is the latest rhythm-heavy cover Shakira is coopting for a global audience.
