Released just weeks after their previous album,
Los Extraterrestres, won Billboard's 2009 Latin Rhythm Album of the Year award,
La Revolución finds reggaeton superstars Wisin & Yandel on a serious roll. After the opening title track suggests a futuristic concept album on the scale of
Don Omar's 2009 release
iDon,
La Revolución slips into a much more standard album for the duo, which is hardly a disappointment. Bouncing between grand club numbers and smooth ballads, the overall structure is familiar to all returning fans, but just like
Omar in 2009, the duo have become fans of euro-disco synths and urban dance music. The slick "Quitame El Dolor" stomps the ground like a
Flo Rida cut while "Mujeres in the Club" creeps and swaggers in such a
G-Unit way that special guest
50 Cent sounds right at home. On the other hand, a handful of cuts -- "Perfecto" with
Yaviah and
Ivy Queen being the best -- prove that the duo can still create vital and undiluted reggaeton as they please. Purists might balk at how they choose to do so but
La Revolución is more about expanding the duo's sound while making sure that high quality control is still in effect. ~ David Jeffries