28-923: 1969 studio album by Willie Colón For the Rauw Alejandro album, see Cosa Nuestra (Rauw Alejandro album) . Cosa Nuestra [REDACTED] Studio album by Willie Colón Released 1969 Recorded 1969 Genre Salsa Length 33 : 58 Label Fania Producer Jerry Masucci Willie Colón chronology Guisando (1969) Cosa Nuestra (1969) Asalto Navideño (1970) Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] The Encyclopedia of Popular Music [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Cosa Nuestra (Our Thing)
56-513: A salsa and reggaeton album, containing fusions of other genres such as Afrobeats , bolero , country , disco , electronic music , jazz , Latin pop , Latin R&;B , Latin trap , merengue , rock and synth-pop within its 18 tracks. Andrew Sacher of BrooklynVegan noted the album's live instrumentation being heard more than Alejandro's previous albums. A collaboration with fellow Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny , " Qué Pasaría... "
84-620: A Felipe Pirela (1979) El Sabio (1980) Que Sentimiento! (1981) Vigilante (1983) Reventó (1985) Strikes Back (1987) Songs " El Cantante " " Mi Gente " Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cosa_Nuestra&oldid=1257797197 " Categories : 1970 albums Willie Colón albums 1960s Spanish-language albums Fania Records albums Albums produced by Johnny Pacheco Albums produced by Jerry Masucci Héctor Lavoe albums Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
112-546: A goal to create an open-access database that included every recording "since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost". The first All Music Guide , published in 1992, was a 1,200-page reference book, packaged with a CD-ROM, titled All Music Guide: The Best CDs, Albums & Tapes: The Expert's Guide to the Best Releases from Thousands of Artists in All Types of Music . Its first online version, in 1994,
140-532: A studio and duet version of the song together, becoming a collaboration that was highly anticipated among fans. The track listing for Cosa Nuestra was revealed on November 11, 2024, with the song being featured as its thirteenth track. For the album's concept, Alejandro created a character named after his first and middle name, Raúl Alejandro, which he says gives off a " telenovela vibe". He pictures his character as an adult living in New York City during
168-469: Is a reggaeton song which features lyrics that mainly focus on two people reflecting on their relationship. The fourth track from Cosa Nuestra , "Tú con Él" is a salsa cover of Frankie Ruiz 's song of the same name. Alejandro also sings in English on the album's fifth track, "Committed", a collaboration with American musician Pharrell Williams which also contains Spanish-language lyrics. Cosa Nuestra
196-551: Is an American online music database . It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands . Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne . AllMusic was launched as All-Music Guide by Michael Erlewine , a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in
224-1860: Is an album by Willie Colón featuring Héctor Lavoe . The album was the first by the duo to become a gold record , followed by La Gran Fuga (1971), El Juicio (1972) and Lo Mato (1973). The album was named one of the 50 greatest salsa albums of all time by Rolling Stone Magazine in October 2024. Track listing [ edit ] No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Che Che Colé" Willie Colón 3:30 2. "No Me Llores Más" Willie Colón / Héctor Lavoe / Kent Gómez 5:35 3. "Ausencia" Willie Colón / Héctor Lavoe 5:10 4. "Te Conozco" Héctor Lavoe 4:55 5. "Juana Peña" Willie Colón / Héctor Lavoe 5:37 6. "Sonero Mayor" Willie Colón 4:57 7. "Sangrigorda" D.R. 4:14 8. "Tú No Puedes Conmigo" Willie Colón / Héctor Lavoe 3:30 Personnel [ edit ] Willie Colón: leader and trombone Héctor Lavoe: lead vocals Willie Campbell: trombone Kent Gómez: piano Santi González: bass Milton Cardona: conga José Mangual Jr .: bongo, cowbell "Little Louie" Romero: timbales Producer: Jerry Masucci Audio Engineer: Irv Greenbaum Recording Director: Johnny Pacheco Recording studio: Beltone Studio, New York, New York Album photography: Henri Wolfe Album design: Izzy Sanabria See also [ edit ] Willie Colón discography References [ edit ] ^ Cosa Nuestra at AllMusic ^ Colin Larkin (1998). "Colón, Willie" . The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. II (3rd ed.). Muze. p. 1180–1. ISBN 0-333-74134-X . ^ "Cosa Nuestra: Fania Records" . Archived from
252-608: Is different from Wikidata Articles with hAudio microformats Album articles lacking alt text for covers Cosa Nuestra (Rauw Alejandro album) Cosa Nuestra ( transl. Our Thing ) is the fifth studio album by Puerto Rican singer Rauw Alejandro . It was released on November 15, 2024, through Sony Music Latin and Duars Entertainment. Guest appearances in the album include Bad Bunny , Pharrell Williams , Alexis & Fido , Feid , Romeo Santos , Laura Pausini and Latin Mafia , among others. Recording for
280-1102: The US Top Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums charts, becoming his first number-one album on both charts since his second studio album Vice Versa . All of the album's tracks either debuted or re-entered the US Hot Latin Songs chart, with "Qué Pasaría..." being the highest charting track from it and five tracks charting within the top 10. In Spain, the album debuted atop the album chart published by Productores de Música de España , while it debuted at number four on its vinyl sales chart. Additionally, 16 of its tracks were charting on its top 100 singles chart, with "Qué Pasaría..." peaking at number one. It also appeared on album charts in three other countries, including Belgium's Flanders and Wallonia regions, Italy, and Switzerland. Note Musicians Technical AllMusic (identifier) AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG )
308-476: The United States. Alejandro performed the song at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11, 2024. "Déjame Entrar" was released on July 18, 2024, as the second single from the album, along with its music video, which features a cameo appearance from American actor Adrien Brody . Alejandro also performed it at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards. "Pasaporte" was released on September 26, 2024, as
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#1732791923515336-496: The album for a while, as he was not sure when he would record another album. On March 7, 2024, he revealed information about his fifth studio album during a video call with CR Fashion Book , where he stated that he would start a new era in his career. He also revealed that the album would still be executively produced by him, but was also learning to play other instruments, including the drums, piano and guitar. On June 8, 2024, he further revealed to Billboard Español that he
364-599: The album took place at Electric Garden in Brooklyn , 5020 Studio in Miami and Sensei Sound in Carolina, Puerto Rico , with the entire album being executively produced by Alejandro. He worked with several producers, including Tainy , Cauty , Mr. NaisGai and Dímelo Ninow, on the album's production. Primarily noted as a salsa and reggaeton album, its title is in reference to Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe 's 1969 album of
392-549: The album's title is in reference to salsa musicians Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe 's 1969 album of the same name , while also being titled after the Sicilian Mafia , who also go by Cosa Nostra. After Alejandro performed a cover of Italian singer Laura Pausini 's song " Non c'è " ("Se Fue") at the 24th Annual Latin Grammy Awards on November 16, 2023, he revealed during an interview that both were working on
420-524: The company after its sale. Alliance filed for bankruptcy in 1999, and its assets were acquired by Ron Burkle 's Yucaipa Equity Fund. In 1999, All Music relocated from Big Rapids to Ann Arbor , where the staff expanded from 12 to 100 people. By February of that year, 350,000 albums and two million tracks had been cataloged. All Music had published biographies of 30,000 artists, 120,000 record reviews and 300 essays written by "a hybrid of historians, critics and passionate collectors". In late 2007, AllMusic
448-545: The era of Puerto Rican migration to New York City . Because he does not like "repeating projects", he visualized the album's direction plans for a long period of time, stating to Billboard , "I sit at home, read a book, smoke a joint with some coffee, look at the sky, and map out what’s coming." Though it is his fifth studio album, Alejandro considers Cosa Nuestra his fourth album "of the circles", referring to his first three studio albums, which have circles on their album artworks. Cosa Nuestra has been described as mainly
476-519: The mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as CDs replaced LPs as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard . After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he researched using metadata to create a music guide. In 1990, in Big Rapids, Michigan , he founded All Music Guide with
504-1616: The original on 2013-07-29 . Retrieved 2010-09-30 . ^ The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music - Volume 2 - Page 899 1561591769 Colin Larkin - 1995 "Cosa Nuestra (1970), was the first to go gold, followed by gold record awards for The Big Break - La Gran Fuga (1971), El Juicio (1972) and Lo Mato (1973)." ^ Ernesto Lechner (2024-10-30), "The 50 Greatest Salsa Albums of All Time" , Rolling Stone , retrieved 2024-10-31 v t e Willie Colón Studio albums El Malo (1967) The Hustler (1968) Guisando (1969) Cosa Nuestra (1970) La Gran Fuga (1971) El Juicio (1972) Lo Mato (1973) The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (1975) Metiendo Mano! (1977) El Baquiné de Angelitos Negros (1977) Siembra (1978) Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos (1981) Fantasmas (1981) The Last Fight (1982) Vigilante (1983) Collaboration albums Asalto Navideño (1970) Crime Pays (1972) Songs " Pedro Navaja " v t e Héctor Lavoe Collaboration albums El Malo (1967) The Hustler (1968) Guisando (1969) Cosa Nuestra (1970) Asalto Navideño (1970) La Gran Fuga (1971) Crime Pays (1972) El Juicio (1972) Lo Mato (1973) The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (1975) La Voz (1975) De Ti Depende (1976) Comedia (1978) Feliz Navidad (1979) Recordando
532-636: The same name , while the album's concept is inspired by the 1970s and New York City . It was supported by three singles, " Touching the Sky ", "Déjame Entrar" and "Pasaporte", with a fourth (" Qué Pasaría... ") to be released on November 29, 2024. Upon release, the album received positive reviews from contemporary music critics , who praised the diversity of genres throughout the album and the singer's versatility. On July 4, 2023, while announcing and releasing his fourth studio album Playa Saturno (2023), Alejandro stated that he would "rest" and told his fans to enjoy
560-655: The streets of New York City. It peaked atop the US Latin Pop Airplay chart on the issue dated August 24, 2024, while it also peaked within the top 10 in four Latin American countries, including Chile (10), El Salvador (8), Panama (9), and Puerto Rico (5). On September 23, 2024, it received a platinum Latin certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for track-equivalent sales of over 60,000 units in
588-466: The technical, artistic and cultural capabilities to exploit wherever he puts himself". In the United States, Cosa Nuestra debuted at number six on the Billboard 200 with 67,000 album-equivalent units , which consisted of 87.66 million official streams and 1,000 digital downloads in the country. It became his biggest album debut and his first top-10 album on the chart. In addition, it debuted atop
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#1732791923515616-525: The third single from the album. An accompanying music video was released simultaneously with the song. " Qué Pasaría... " is scheduled to released as a single in Italy on November 29, 2024. In a rave review, Diego Ortiz and Pablo Monroy from Rolling Stone en Español were impressed by Alejandro's versatility, stating that, "The Puerto Rican reaches his creative peak with elegance and precision, positioning himself as an artist who transcends genres and who has
644-409: The tone of the music and the platforms on which the music is sold. It then connects that data together, in a way that can intelligently tell you about an entire type of music, whether a massive genre like classical, or a tiny one like sadcore ." In 1996, seeking to further develop its web-based businesses, Alliance Entertainment Corp. bought All Music from Erlewine for a reported $ 3.5 million. He left
672-582: Was a text-based Gopher site. It moved to the World Wide Web as web browsers became more user-friendly. Erlewine hired a database engineer, Vladimir Bogdanov , to design the All Music Guide framework, and recruited his nephew, writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine , to develop editorial content. In 1993, Chris Woodstra joined the staff as an engineer. A "record geek" who had written for alternative weeklies and fanzines, his main qualification
700-504: Was an "encyclopedic knowledge of music". 1,400 subgenres of music were created, a feature that became central to the site's utility. In a 2016 article in Tedium , Ernie Smith wrote: "AllMusic may have been one of the most ambitious sites of the early-internet era—and it's one that is fundamental to our understanding of pop culture. Because, the thing is, it doesn't just track reviews or albums. It tracks styles, genres, and subgenres, along with
728-407: Was inspired by the musical West Side Story for his live performances and album, later teasing his fifth studio album to Today by considering the songs from it being "too good to be inside the studio". On July 18 of the same year, the album's title was revealed as Cosa Nuestra through the music video for "Déjame Entrar", the album's second single, with its release being around autumn of 2024;
756-422: Was purchased for $ 72 million by TiVo Corporation (known as Macrovision at the time of the sale, and as Rovi from 2009 until 2016). In 2012, AllMusic removed all of Bryan Adams ' info from the site per a request from the artist. In 2015, AllMusic was purchased by BlinkX, later known as RhythmOne . The AllMusic database is powered by a combination of MySQL and MongoDB . The All Media Network produced
784-535: Was released for digital download and streaming on November 15, 2024, through Sony Music Latin and Duars Entertainment. On November 19, 2024, Alejandro performed " Qué Pasaría... " and "Amar de Nuevo" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . " Touching the Sky " was released on May 23, 2024, serving as the lead single from Cosa Nuestra . Its accompanying music video, which was directed by Martin Seipel and produced by Rocío Taboada, features Alejandro dancing in
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