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Rauw Alejandro – Cosa Nuestra: Capítulo O – 2026 vinyl LP release
SIDE A:
1. Carita Linda
2. Caribeño (con Saso)
3. GuabanSexxx
4. Buenos Términos
SIDE B:
5. Silencio
6. El Cuc0.0 (con Jey One)
7. Contrabando (con Wisin, Nengo Flow)
8. Nostalgia de Otoño (con De La Rose)
SIDE C:
9. Náufragos
10. Besito en la Frente
11. Santa
SIDE D:
12. Callejón de los Secretos (con Mon Laferte)
13. Falsedad
14. Mirando Al Cielo
Where Cosa Nuestra channeled salsa romántica greats, Capítulo 0 taps into syncretism, ancestry, and Puerto Rican folk sounds. This includes bomba, the Afro-Puertorican genre rooted firmly in the drum that forms the backbone of several tracks on Capítulo 0, including swoon-worthy opening track “Carita Linda,” rife with shakers and a call-and-response that feels like godly invocation.
Despite Cosa Nuestra’s aesthetic, salsa wasn’t quite in the room with us on that release; here, it is relegated to the album’s three-part finale. “Callejón de los Secretos,” with Chilean-Mexican musician Mon Laferte, is a high-class duet out of an old-school lounge. Energetic “FALSEDAD” sees Rauw decry a past love to congas and salsa horns with the heartbroken mastery of Frankie Ruiz (whose “Tú Con El,” a crucial cover from this era, Rauw nods to in the lyrics). Closer “Mirando Al Cielo” is an ode to Puerto Rico that evokes the mysticism coursing through Capítulo 0: “Mary is taking care of me/Yemayá is opening the seas,” he sings in Spanish, conjuring a divine protection that’s in line with salsa classics since the genre’s onset and closing the Cosa Nuestra era with his best vocals to date. That it feels a little late doesn’t lessen the impact, or execution.








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