Mr. Worldwide and the 305’s dancefloor ambassador to clubs from South Beach to the burbs has managed to line up quite the list of notable features and high energy tunes for his latest solo effort, Planet Pit. With no lack of “dalé!” exclamations and not-so-subtle references to things you don’t want to talk about with your mother – involving women you probably don’t want her to meet, either – Pitbull has continued to solidify his position in the realm of “Hip Pop.”
Some Hip Hop heads may choose to look the other way when it comes to Pitbull’s style, but the fact of the matter is that Pitbull succeeds at fulfilling expectations, as long as your expectations are within reason. At this point, after years of getting familiar with his music, nobody should expect Premo beats and features from people like Pharoahe Monch. It’s just not that kind of rap. But despite the house and dance beats and Marc Anthony features, Pitbull is still a rapper, and a decent one at that. He has definite personality on the mic, a trained and well-executed flow and delivery, and an ear for a good club banger.
The features on Planet Pit read something like the playlist to a Top 10 countdown on a pop radio station, and surely will attract consumers to the album. Ne-Yo steals the show on “Give Me Everything,” the second single and ode to one night stands (“I can’t promise tomorrow, but I promise tonight…dale!”) to the album that peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 list. T-Pain and Sean Paul kick it tropical style on “Shake Señora,” 
the somewhat sonically confusing track that begins with a Caribbean-sounding sample and then knocks listeners onto their asses with a house beat driven by a heavy bass line that backs some sort of indecipherable musing from Sean Paul. In fact, he probably only says about ten bars of actual words the entire song. But with an elevated blood alcohol content (which is likely if someone is listening to Pitbull tracks), it’s pretty entertaining. Also among the people enlisted to back up Pitbull’s lyrical dedications to the pursuit of loose women are Enrique Iglesias, Chris Brown, Kelly Rowland, and more.
In fact, the only slow-paced moment on Planet Pit comes in the form of the Kelly Rowland-assisted “Castle Made of Sound” (also featuring Jamie Drastik) in which Pitbull gets a little introspective over a less danceable track. It’s not that the song is bad, rather it’s poorly sequenced in the lineup of the LP. If Planet Pit was a party, listeners should be drunk by track four, and by track nine (which is where “Castle Made of Sound” ended up), nobody is trying to get introspective – they’re trying to solidify their flings for the night. Luckily the track is forgotten about quickly enough because it’s followed by the standout “Took My Love,” which thrives off a Crystal Waters “Gypsy Woman” sample which gives it a classic house feel with some smoothed out vocals from Red Foo, Vein, and David Rush.
It’s summertime. Pop a bottle, hit the club, dance on a sofa, and chase some tail. Pitbull wants you to, even though he makes it clear on Planet Pit that his “girl got a big ol’ booty, your girl got a lil ol’ booty.” But it never hurts to try to out do him. Let Planet Pit be the soundtrack to that attempt. It might not help cure the next day’s Coco Loso hangover, but it will make that period of intoxication worth it. Dalé!
this review is a joke
your face is a joke
Lol, Pitty, is that you?
Wait, this is getting more praise than Blaq Poet?
I quit.
Awwww. You mad??
And the same girl reviewed both album, shame…
hiphopdx sellout its official
:DDDDDDDDDDDDD
i looking forward for next lady gaga LP 5 stars guaranteed
planet pit same quality like CunnninLynguists Oneirology and Hail Mary Mallon new LP???????????????????
OK go fuck yourself hhdx
cANT HATE ON THE DUDE HE WENT FROM STANDING IN FRONT OF liquor stores in miyayo to being a gangsta to making songs world wide like akon ,he found his calling now he is on the level of real pop stars,he not rap anymore nor do i listen to his shit but dude made it big and u cant hate on the man getting that bread worldwide and fucking the baddest model bitches
Nah, fuck that. I HATE.
wtf? july fools?
Its club music. That is what Pitbull does. He succeeded with this album. Next??
The writers for this site have to be in high school.
1 star this is really garbage
Wow… DX is dead.
Not Bad, is a good music for the club. 3.5 stars, it’s Pitbull
they repeatedly called it pop not real hip hop so i see nothing wrong with this review
Hey you illiterate assholes, read the review. You don’t criticize a bike because it’s not a car. The reviewer clearly says that this is a 3.5 within the realm of pop and club music. Hip Pop and R&B still get reviewed here.
Dont waste your breathe on these hating fucks. It’s pointless.
This guy used to be nice, but i guess he found his niche. He’s cool, come a long way. Id still like to see him someday drop a real hiphop album like the mixtapes he used to tear up…like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36rJAiAvsVs&feature=relmfu
Pitbull?? More like Shitfull
The fact that this piece of shit got the same Editor’s Rating as Grieves’ masterpiece Together/Apart is a fucking tragedy. It speaks volumes about how HHDX rates shit. 1 Star, because I can’t give anything lower.
wack as fuck…nuff’ said –“
These haters are hilarious. Go throw shit at Justin Bieber, at least Pitbull makes good music.
you must be some fuckin cheerleader or some shit. i thought this was a hip-hop site, how disappointing to see this garbage here
Implying that you have the right to declare what is “hip hop” and what isn’t.
C’mon Everybody, stop make this in HipHopDX, ur just fightin’ with people that you don’t know, and stop making bad comments about the artist, i’m not a big fan of Pitbull, but he made a kind of hip hop, this couda’ be good or bad, let this desicion in the hands of Amanda Bassa.
Fuck you & Mother Fuck Pitbull, so tired of seeing this r&b shit all over this site. Go fuck your mother cock boy.
Beyonce, Pitbull… why not start reviewing the next Tokyo Hotel album?
this fuckin site might as well give justin bieber’s album a perfect score
I keep that “Let Planet Pit be the soundtrack to that (summertime) attempt”, and the review come true. I guees you’ll review LMFAO’s (not a joke) album soon in the same line of Pit’…
ok let me get this clear … DX gives this album the same rating as Raekwon Shaolin vs Wu ??!
WHAT
THE
FUCK
?!!
DX is full of shit
he is the real rap son! he kills it, he is the era after slick rick n rakim. they must be proud of this cuban nigga
What a fucking Pussy, we don’t care about this dance Pop music, it has nothing to do with hiphop
i’m about to start my own hip hop site because i’m tired of seeing these dumb ass ratings for shitty albums
el mariel was a great hip hop album, now he is putting out something different, as for club music, it is a good cd, not all artists put out the same shit all the time, some people have a broader spectrum. every listen to d&b, people rap over d&b tracks all the time same situation, but he is doing it with techno tracks.
WEEKEND AT BURNIE’S GOT A LOWER REVIEW THAN THIS PIECE OF TRASH, THIS SITE IS A JOKE.
Worth a few listens. The production is better than expected, and Pitbull seems to get the best out of his guests.
y?
sick and tired of this lame ass shite.
0.5 stars.
man i downloaded at hiphopisdream.com this shit ainnt hiphop it was bullshit. thanks i didnt buy it took that shit off my computer. been buyin cd’s since 16y old im 30y right now. got mean collection. got 2,000 almost no more buyin only download leaks.
man i downloaded this shit ainnt hiphop it was bullshit. thanks i didnt buy it took that shit off my computer. been buyin cd’s since 16y old im 30y right now. got mean collection. got 2,000 almost no more buyin only download leaks.
not bad for his style music!
im sorry but pittbull is just wack to me
not my type of style .
Yea i’m sorry, I understand that this is his kind of “hip hop” but wow…it just shouldn’t be considered “rap”. You got guys like LMFAO and the cataracs and the list goes on that basically deliver what pitbull does. so with that being said….not my cup of tea…just dont see the talent
terrible
fuck cubans
get this crap off of here
Great Album…Pitbull is the best!!!
this doesnt rock my bob.
they gave this shit the same rating as CL’s Oneirology… what the fuck is up with this site?
Its for partying in vegas and miami get over it you dumbfucks!
Not even my thing but I know the purpose and genre this is for!
Fucking morons
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All songs of Planet Pit are so cool, i am now a big fan of him. Keep Going Pit.
fk dis nigga
the album’s a 1 star for me.. only good song is Castle Made of Sand…
Wack… 2/5
nice
Good music for the club. Not really my style and you won’t see me get down on this but with all the wackness out there that people seem to be praising non-stop, this isn’t bad.