Ni Es Lo Mismo, Ni Es Igual

Ni Es Lo Mismo, Ni Es Igual

Beginning in 1989 with his breakthrough album Ojala Que Llueva CafÂ©, Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra shook the Latin pop world by writing music that was successful both artistically and commercially. Without losing sight of the dancers on the dance floor or of hook-driven radio, Guerra reworked Dominican merengue, and later the romantic, bolero-like bachata, with sophisticated jazz harmonies, poetic lyrics, and top-shelf pop-style production. He even made some astute connections between modern Caribbean and West African pop. But in 1994 he disappeared from view. Ni Es lo Mismo ni Es Igual shows an artist finding his way back, looking for the markers he left behind but not wanting to simply re-create the past. He has a couple of potential hits in "Mi PC," a catchy merengue in which Guerra romances using the imagery and language of our computer world, and "El Primo," a witty, crisp merengue about a cousin who "knows Michael Jordan and is an actor / Breathes underwater and is a painter / Is a sociologist and pilot planes...." The highlight of the disc is "El Niagara en Bicicleta," a merengue-rap that deals with the tragicomic miseries of health care in the contemporary Dominican Republic and shows Guerra at his very best: a devastating social critic with a fine-tuned pop sensibility. No Es lo Mismo is solid rather than impressive. But still, solid, for Guerra, is already better than most anything else on the Latin music charts. --Fernando Gonzalez
Country USA
Brand Polygram
Manufacturer Karen
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 710793021624
ReleaseDate 1998-12-15
UnitCount 1
Format CD
UPCs 710793021624
EANs 0710793021624

Country	USA
Brand	Polygram
Manufacturer	Karen
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	710793021624
ReleaseDate	1998-12-15
UnitCount	1
Format	CD
UPCs	710793021624
EANs	0710793021624