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Cardi B, J Balvin And Bad Bunny Channel Latin Music's Old Guard In 'I Like It' Video

Amid the lush backdrop of a working-class Miami neighborhood, the infectious boogaloo-infused collaboration from Cardi B, J Balvin and Bad Bunny is poised to become the song of the Caribbean summer.
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knew what she was doing when she got and Bad Bunny to collaborate with her on "I Like It"; within days of her debut album 's release in April, the bilingual track quickly became the . The track's infusion of Latin trap with Pete Rodriguez's 1967 banger "" — an early example of Bronx-born Latin popular music in the United States — sets the stage for the infectious power project from three of the most influential Latino players making music in the United States today.

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