Corridos Bélicos, Vol IV features numerous leaders of música Mexicana, including Peso Pluma, Gerardo Ortiz, and Junior H
Luis R Conriquez’s new album has a corrido pa‘ todos. On Thursday, the música Mexicana star released his LP Corridos Bélicos, Vol. IV featuring stars from the present and future of the genre.
“I have been working on this project for a long time and I’m happy that the world finally gets to hear it,” he tells Rolling Stone. “There is something for everyone on this album and it includes so many of my talented colleagues and collaborators.”
The album, laced with references to El Chapo Guzman and the narco lifestyle, features 23 tracks, 22 of which feature collaborations. Among the songs are “Pixelados” with Peso Pluma, “Aquellos Botones” with Junior H, “Arre Pues” with Gerardo Ortiz, and “La Supuesta Cita” with Alfredo Olivas.
“Together we continue to push Mexican culture forward and spread música mexicana to the world,” Conriquez adds.
The album cover sees Conriquez sitting at a table while surrounded by the faces of the collaborators on the record. On Instagram, he teased that five more songs were on the way for a deluxe version of the album after fans wondered why Grupo Firme’s Eduin Caz and Fuerza Régida’s JOP appeared on the cover art but weren’t on the LP.
“Thanks to the people who worked on this album, and the surprises that are still left,” he wrote on Instagram.
The album only features two previously released songs: “Sin Tanto Royo” with Tito Double P and “La Belikiza” with Lenin Ramirez. Conriquez released full-length projects last year: both Vol. 3 of Corridos Bélicos and his duet album with Tony Aguirre, Corridones Belicones Duetos. (Aguirre is featured on “19 por los Radios.”)
The singer dropped his first album in 2018 after quitting his job at a gas station to dedicate himself to songwriting and singing. He has since built a massive following thanks to his narcocorridos.
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