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Love and Sex (album)

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Released
  
August 25, 2014

Length
  
59:54

Release date
  
25 August 2014

Genre
  
Reggaeton

Recorded
  
2010-2014

Artist
  
Plan B

Label
  
Pina Records

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Producer
  
Plan B (exec.), Raphy Pina (exec.) Haze, Duran, Luny Tunes, Tainy, DJ Blass, Montana, Fade

Nominations
  
Billboard Latin Music Award for Latin Rhythm Album of the Year, Lo Nuestro Award for Album of the Year

Similar
  
House of Pleasure, El Mundo del Plan B: Los Que l, La Formula, Los Nenes Del Blin Blin, Nicky Jam Hits

Love & Sex is the fourth studio album by reggaeton duo Plan B. It was released on August 25, 2014 through Sony Music Latin and Pina Records. It features four singles: the lead, "Zapatito Roto" (featuring Tego Calderón), "Candy", "Mi Vecinita" and "Fanática Sensual". On September 27, 2014, the album reached the #2 position on the US Billboard Top Latin Albums charts.

Contents

Production

According to Chencho (Orlando Valle), Love & Sex is a product of four years of work, and the duo managed into the composition of the lyrics of his songs, focussing on the identification of the people when listening to the tracks. They decided to name his album so because his followers became to call them "el dúo del sex" (Spanish for "the duo of sex") after debuting on DJ Blass' Reggaeton Sex compilation in 2000. Chencho added that because of the fans increase around the world, they limited the use of explicit words.

At the moment of writing songs, we had to do it in all areas. We evolved on lyrics, the song content, and we searched a sense so that people can identify. Maldy and me sat and watched for every detail thinking in our fans. They were four years of sacrifice.

Singles

  • «Zapatito Roto» was released as the first single on April 27, 2013. It was produced by Haze and Duran, and features Tego Calderón, being the third time they work together, after the remix of "Pegaito A La Pared" in 2009 and the remix of "Es Un Secreto" in 2011. It does not have an official music video, there's only an official audio and a lyric video promoting the album. Combining the views of both videos, the song has approximately 32 million views on YouTube.
  • «Candy» was released as the second and lead single on September 7, 2013. It was produced by Duran and Luny Tunes. The official audio has over 80 million views on YouTube and his music video (released on December 18, 2013) has over 320 million views. It reached the #28 position on US Billboard Tropical Songs charts. There are two official remixes, featuring De La Ghetto and Jowell & Randy in the first one, and Tempo and Arcángel in the second one.
  • «Mi Vecinita» was released as the third and second lead single on July 19, 2014. It was produced by Haze and DJ Blass, and mixes reggaeton and cumbia. His lyric video has over 11 million views, while his music video (released on September 9, 2014) has over 400 million views. It reached the #6 position on US Billboard Tropical Songs charts.
  • «Fanática Sensual» was released as the fourth and third lead single on February 3, 2015. It was produced by Haze and Duran. His lyric video has over 280 million views, while his music video has over 340 million views on YouTube. It reached the top position on US Billboard Tropical Songs charts. There's an official remix featuring Nicky Jam released on April 29, 2015.
  • Critical reception

    David Jeffries from Allmusic said that "reggaeton duo Plan B continue to combine the slick and the traditional, making music that appeals to the current club crowd while keeping it simple and avoiding those jacked-in, ultra-pop choruses whenever possible. Still, singles like "Candy" and collaborations with Tego Calderón ("Zapatito Roto") and Yandel ("Pa'l Piso") are as big as they need to be, so think of 50 Cent's G-Unit crew when it comes to Plan B's perfect balance of the street-worthy and the radio-worthy. Love & Sex continues this legacy, although all the swagger and all the thrills found within suggest that the album's title was printed backwards." He rated Love & Sex with 4 stars out of 5.

    Personnel

    Some credits adapted from AllMusic.

    Charts

    Songs

    Songs

    1Fronteo3:23
    2Choca3:40
    3Pa'l Piso4:05

    References

    Love & Sex (album) Wikipedia