【搬运】【译】叉婊Pitchfork评 Bad Bunny 2020年单曲《Safaera》

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翻译：Kai-kaiyue

审译：Whitney.L

排版：Ryan-Chopin

Equal parts reggaetón symphony and perreo megamix, it wouldn’t be hyperbole to say that “Safaera” is a technical masterpiece. Featuring mid-2000s juggernauts Jowell & Randy and Ñengo Flow, the Bad Bunny track Appears well into El Conejo Malo’s new album YHLQMDLG (an abbreviation for Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana, or I Do Whatever I Want). Appearing later on the 20-song album, “Safaera” proves Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio still has a couple sucker punches left in him, even as he tries to sustain the record’s momentum.

这首歌将西班牙风格的HIPPOP和舞曲完美结合，毫不夸张的讲，这首“Safaera” 就是一首精巧的杰作。Bad Bunny曾（在2017）发行过专辑《El Conejo Malo》。而这首由2000年就开始活跃的超人气组合Jowell & Randy和Ñengo Flow共同参与合作的歌则非常适合新专辑YHLQMDLG（这张专辑名是西班牙语Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana的缩写，意思是随心所欲“I do whatever I want”）。这张专辑总共包含20首歌。虽然他仍努力维持着如以往专辑的冲劲，可“Safaera”这首歌又一次证明了Bad Bunny还是有让人出其不意的能力。

The five-minute track ventures through at least eight beat changes, five different rap flows, and 10+ years of references. A selected catalog of some of its citations: the one-stringed tumbi sample from Missy Elliott’s “Get Ur Freak On”; the bassline from Bob Marley’s “Could You Be Loved”; the siren-like synths from DJ Nelson and DJ Goldy’s Xtassy Reggae tape; the opening hook from Cosculluela’s “Pa’ La Pared” featuring Jowell & Randy; the Jaws sample from Alexis y Fido’s “El Tiburón”–the list goes on. Producers Tainy and DJ Orma select riddims and references that, for many of us, will evoke memories of denim stains on basement walls, transferred via contra-la-pared perreo, or maybe humid summers spent dancing at marquesina parties when visiting our families back home.

这首5分钟的歌曲，至少涵盖了8种不同的节奏，5种rap flow，以及10多年中不同的歌曲元素。下面选择性的罗列出一些该曲中引用的元素：Missy Elliott“Get Ur Freak On”中的单弦乐器Tumbi；Bob Marley的“Could You Be Loved”中的贝斯和弦；DJ Nelson汽笛的合成声和DJ Goldy’s Xtassy的雷鬼风格；Cosculluela和Jowell & Randy合作的“Pa’ La Pared ”中开头引入的部分；从Alexis y Fido的“El Tiburón”取材的上下颚骨闭合产生的吧嗒声等。制作人Tainy 和DJ Orma选择的这些伴奏和元素，会让我们许多人想起挂在地下室墙壁上的牛仔污渍，“contra-la-pared”的舞曲风格就像是在湿热的夏天，与家人一起在属于西班牙的派对上跳舞。

“Safaera” harnesses this musical nostalgia and transforms it into an antidote for the most formulaic tendencies of the pop-reggaetón panorama. Tainy and DJ Orma bring out all their ammunition–the former as a genre-defining architect of some of the very sounds he’s sampling, and the latter as a tour DJ who understands the dynamism required for live mixing and performance. By melding these references, breathless sex moans, and Bad Bunny’s playground baritone, they produce a blast of effervescence. Meanwhile, Jowell & Randy and Ñengo Flow interpolate lines by Blanco Flake from The Noise Live-El Comienzo, adding additional layers of homage to the production. “Safaera” does not just display Bad Bunny’s capacity to produce pop supernovas, it highlights all of what makes perreo culture so electric—the dancing, the live mixing, the rApping, and the unbridled joy that all these things can spark.

“Safaera”的怀旧曲风对于公式化的西班牙风格流行乐就像是解毒剂一般。Tainy和DJ Orma都倾尽了全力制作这首歌。前者用他的风格定义了许多音乐，可以说他本人就代表了一种音乐类型。而后者作为一名巡回演出的DJ，也非常明白现场打碟和表演的精彩。通过这些元素的融合，加上喘气呻吟以及Bad Bunny的男中音，他们让这首歌充满了狂热的色彩。另外，为了致敬，Jowell & Randy和Ñengo Flow也将Blanco Flake的The Noise Live中的El Comienzo添加进了这首曲子。从“Safaera”这首歌中，我们可以不仅看出Bad Bunny制作火爆流行乐的能力，更可以品味出所有将西班牙舞曲转换成电音的元素——比如舞蹈，现场打歌，说唱，以及可以让一切都充满活力的奔放的欢乐。