Cardi B, J. Balvin, Bad Bunny, “Bodak Yellow” producer J. White and several other individuals won big by selecting a 50-year-old sample to catapult “I Like It” to the top of the Billboard 100 this summer.
Given the extensive time gap, there was potential for a serious generational divide with Pete Rodriguez, the Bronx-born Puerto Rican bandleader whose 1967 hit “I Like It Like That” has helped today’s kids go crazy in the clubs.
The 86-year-old artist heard about Cardi’s creation through his grandchildren … via text message.
“My kids and grandkids called me and texted me about it,” Rodriguez told Entertainment Weekly. “We recorded [the original] in 1967, so it’s come a long way. I wasn’t aware of Cardi, but my kids and grandkids were. They were all excited; they’re fans.”
Like Rodriguez, Cardi was also born in the Bronx and champions her Latin heritage, which was good enough for the boogaloo artist.
“I’ve been out of the loop for a while, but I’ve watched some of her videos now and my favorite is definitely ‘I Like It,’” he admitted. “It’s certainly my song of the summer.”
The new school rules have proved to be a vantage point for Rodriguez’s version, which was written by Tony Pabon and Manny Rodriguez. It enjoyed a 2,520 percent boost in streams as a direct result to Cardi B’s success. And it’s actually not the first time the classic hit has benefitted from a resurgence.
In 1994, Latin music supergroup Blackout All-Stars recorded a cover for the comedy-drama film I Like It Like That. Burger King would go on to use that version in a commercial two years later, resulting in a Billboard 100 placement at No. 25.
As of press time, Cardi B’s “I Like It” currently sits at No. 2 behind Drake’s viral hit “In My Feelings.” Not for nothing, she also shares the No. 3 spot thanks to her feature on Maroon 5’s “Girls Like You.”
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Cardi b is a talentless hoe whose 15 secs of fame are almost up
But if she shows up to your door a said touch me …you would
No chance in hell. 25% of this country has an std. is it really any stretch of imagination to think that an ex stripper who is now with a rapper has at least one?
Talentless? How you figure bruh? Her linguistics are super Tite, and the fact that she’s not ashamed really goes to her credit, it bodes well into her person on to add real talk, you sound like someone on dat mayonnaise homie!
Since when is being proud of being a hoe a good thing? As far as talented goes, how you figure “bruh”? She makes that same no flow garbage all the other “mc’s” are making. If anyone is on any “mayonnaise”, it’s you. You’re attracted to the trash, so you find her talented even though she isn’t.
1st She aint no hoe
2nd us as male champion people like Hugh Heff, so why we have to hoe shame?
3rd you a nit with who probably thinks slaughter house needs another album
She’s looks amazing in the article picture
You deserve better than a syphillitic ho.
she still raps like a person who’s mildly retarded and learning English as a second language
She rap like she in speech therapy.