Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada

After the release of multiple singles since the beginning of 2023, Fuerza Regida announced on October 1, 2023, the album's release date. Jesús Ortíz Paz of the band revealed to Billboard, through a photo, that he had been working on the album in Malibu, California. == Composition ==

An album of 30 songs, the genres and lyrics in the album vary. Mainly compromising of regional Mexican music, corridos tumbados and norteño music, the album also experiments house music, reggaeton, and drill rap. Production for the album was handled by Jesús Ortíz Paz, Jimmy Humilde and Miguel Armenta. Artists who have collaborated in at least one track in the album include Marshmello, El Fantasma, Chino Pacas, María Becerra, Manuel Turizo, Juanpa Salzar, Calle 24, Gabito Ballesteros, Chuy Montana, Armenta, Chuyín, Caro, Omar Ruiz, Los Dareyes de la Sierra, Turo Pacas, and Ángel Tumbado, who also handle production on their own songs on the album. Songs The album begins with the spoken word track "Bienvenida", which contains uncredited vocals by Kenia Os. Billboard described "Bienvenida": "Pa Las Baby’s [y Belikeada] opens with a dark and seductive tone, as a sultry voice professes her affection for corridos... then she appears to pick up a machine gun and shoot." In the song "Crazyz", the lyrics mainly focus on American actress Lana Rhoades, who also appears in the music video for "TQM". Lyrically, the songs "GDL", "CJNG", "3 Trokas", and "F's" are apologies for organized crime and are possibly directed to close alies of Mexican drug lord El Mencho. Ortíz sings in English on the song "Dafuk", the only drill song on the album, which is the first time the group recorded and published a song in the English language and in the genre. In the song "Harley Quinn", with Marshmello, it experiments and blends house music with corridos bélicos and Sinaloan sierreño. "Freaky Freaky", with Calle 24 and Armenta, is a reggaeton track. The album also includes banda music, norteño music, and Mexican cumbias, in tracks such as "Zona de Comfort", "Puro MQueen" with Darey Castro, and "Desgraciada". The album also contains two previously released singles, and successful, "TQM" and "Sabor Fresa", with the latter on track 27 and "TQM" on track 28. == Critical reception ==

Isabela Raygoza from Billboard commented on the release: "The album serves as a testament to the group’s evolution as they immerse themselves in la belikeada movement, embracing the realm of excess in all forms: women, power, wealth." Julianne Escobedo Shepherd from Pitchfork described ''Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada as a "30-song sierreño epic detailing a seedy millennial underworld of parties inside compounds with armed guards, high-stakes gamblers, and babes with big asses." The album was placed on number 46 on Rolling Stone's'' "The Best Latin Albums of 2023" list, adding that "Fuerza Régida prove that they’re unafraid to step out of their comfort zone." == Commercial performance ==

In the United States, ''Pa Las Baby's y Belikeada debuted at number 14 on the Billboard'' 200 chart, with 38,000 album-equivalent units. It also debuted at number two on Top Latin Albums chart and atop the Regional Mexican Albums chart. In its 26th week, the album would peak atop the former chart, also returning to number one on the latter chart, with 24,000 additional units, making it the band's first number one album on the chart. == Track listing ==

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Credits adapted from Tidal. • Jesús Ortíz Paz – vocals, songwriting , production • Moises López – songwriting , production • Kenia Os – vocals • Miguel Armenta – songwriting , production • Ángel Tumbado – songwriting , production • Jimmy Humilde – production • Gaby Vilar – A&R coordinator • Txema Rosique – A&R director • Erick Urbana Toranzo – mastering engineer • Daniel Lebrija – mixing engineer • Oliver García Cerón – mixing engineer • Edgar Herrera – mastering engineer , mixing engineer • Toptear – recording engineer == Charts ==

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