I Like It

Cardi B clearly knew what she was doing when she invited Bad Bunny and J Balvin to duet on "I Like It". Just days after the release of her first album Invasion of Privacy in April, the multilingual ballad quickly became the album's most-streamed track. The track's fusion of Latin trap and Pete Rodriguez's 1967 hit "I Like It That" - an outstanding example of Latin pop music in the U.S market — sets the tone for the contagious power collaboration from 3 of the most impactful Latino musicians working in the U.S today.

You might say that Cardi B's "I Like It" is the quintessential Latin crossover single: it is an English-language track sung by a Dominican rapper, which incorporates a Bronx-born Nuyorican, while featuring a Colombian and a Puerto Rican who sing in Spanish and English.

Indeed, this "I Like It" song pays lovely homage to the original "I Like It Like That" (dubbed "the soundtrack of Nuyorican culture" by several journalists) and its two previous incarnations. The song stays true to its Bronx roots and demonstrates how integral Latin music is to this country's popular music history.

Release year: 2018

Artists: Cardi B, Bad Bunny, J Balvin