On his 2007 effort The Boatlift, Pitbull's love of club tracks and anthemic party tunes is once again tempered by some serious material, and once again the album's title references the early-'80s mass exodus of Cuban people from their homeland. This is the same formula that was used for his 2006 album, El Mariel, but here the measurements are off, with too much attention being paid to production and hooks while talent and personality get short shrift. Tracks like the appropriately titled "The Anthem" and "Sticky Icky," with Lil Jon and Jim Jones, are infectious, the exciting "Midnight" features Euro-trance keyboards and singer Casely as a worthy Justin Timberlake replacement, plus there's a handful of those Latin rap meets crunk numbers that are so identifiable as Pitbull's. These deep Miami tracks are complemented by some street level interludes and freestyles that are rich with wit, but The Boatlift dies on the slow tracks with "Secret Admirer" being too sugary to take and "My Life" dropping embarrassing bombs like "sometimes I feel/all I can give you is sex/I'm sorry." Get past these plaintive and uninspired tales of how heartbreaking the jet-set lifestyle is and you're left with enough gloss and polish to consider The Boatlift a fun floor-filler, but just not up to Pitbull's usual standards. [A clean version was also released.] ~ David Jeffries, All Music Guide
Videos from Boatlift (Clean)
All Music Guide Review
Track Listing
Credits
- Keith Bizz
- Mixing
- Jason Derulo
- Guest Appearance
- Derrick "Teach" Turton
- Management
- Andrea Venezuela
- Vocals
- Justin Trawick
- Mixing Assistant
- Rafael MartÃnez
- Vocals (Background)
- Ray Seay
- Mixing
- Twista
- Guest Appearance
- Craig Love
- Guitar
- Jonathon "Lil' Jon" Smith
- Producer, Mixing
- Josh Butler
- Engineer
- Albert Castillo
- Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Charles Chavez
- Management
- Lil Jon
- Guest Appearance
- Eddie Hernandez
- Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Bryan Leach
- Executive Producer
- Miguel DeJesus
- Vocals (Background)
- Julissa
- Vocals (Background)
- Diesel
- Producer
- Aim
- Guest Appearance
- Trick Daddy
- Guest Appearance
- Tom Slick
- Producer
- Echo
- Producer
- Pitbull
- Executive Producer
- Don Omar
- Guest Appearance
- Mark Vinten
- Engineer
- Barbara Wesotski
- A&R
- Young Boss
- Guest Appearance
- Adrian "Drop" Sanpalla
- Producer, Engineer
- Dawin Lapache
- Bass, Guitar
- Lloyd
- Guest Appearance
- Jim Jones
- Guest Appearance
- Steve Obas
- Engineer
- Kori Anders
- Mixing Assistant
- 110% Pure
- Producer
- Cubo
- Engineer, Guest Appearance
- Andros Rodriguez
- Engineer, Mixing
- Toby Love
- Vocals (Background), Vocal Arrangement, Guest Appearance
- Rich Pangilinan "DJ Riddler"
- Producer
- Ryan Deaunovich
- Bongos
- Jonathan "JaShell" Gelabert
- Vocals (Background)
- Ping "A. Fuegoski" Montana
- Bongos
- Yahaira Vargas
- Vocals (Background)
- Reather Bryant
- Percussion
- Al Burna
- Engineer
- Vincent Edmond Louis
- Photography
- Young Rico Scott
- Percussion
- Soundz
- Producer, Engineer
- Detroit Nix
- Keyboards
- Steve Fisher
- Engineer
- Ari Levine
- Engineer
- Eddie "Scarlito" Perez
- Piano, Engineer, Producer, Keyboards, Vocal Arrangement, Mixing
- Lionel Delao
- Producer
- Leslie Brathwaite
- Mixing
- Mike Calderon
- Management
- Nick Foster
- Artwork
- Frankie J
- Guest Appearance
- Harold Jones
- Percussion
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