{"id":834,"date":"2009-11-14T11:02:12","date_gmt":"2009-11-14T18:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/?p=834"},"modified":"2017-09-03T10:42:42","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T14:42:42","slug":"nelly-furtado-has-a-great-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2009\/11\/14\/nelly-furtado-has-a-great-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Nelly Furtado has a Great Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nelly Furtado<\/a> seems to have a great plan for her introduction into Latin music with her 1st CD in Spanish titled “Mi Plan”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The pop album was well planned by the Canadian singer. Furtado’s song selection along with signing duets in several songs, produced an album of great musical variety and excellent quality.<\/p>\n

Chances are that, as fans of Latin music, you have at least heard of Nelly Furtado by now. The pop artist has given a lot of publicity to “Mi Plan”<\/em> by appearing in TV shows, music awards, and magazine covers. Doesn’t hurt that the Canadian artist of Portuguese ancestry has the looks of a model. The question is how many of you have actually heard the album.<\/p>\n

The Songs in Nelly Furtado\u00a0“Mi Plan”<\/em><\/h3>\n
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Nelly Furtado 1st release in Spanish is “Mi Plan”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of the songs in “Mi Plan”<\/em> were written by Nelly Furtado, in many cases in collaboration with her guest artists. Singer Alex Cuba and musician and recording engineer James Bryan helped Nelly Furtado by participating in the creation of some of the songs. These collaborations helped mold the songs to the different styles of the invited singers. This made the duets flow naturally and provided a nice variety of musical styles which keep the album interesting from start to end.<\/p>\n

The single selected for the promotion\u00a0of the album, “Manos Al Aire”<\/em>, is one of the album songs that I like the least. So if you are judging the album based on “Manos Al Aire”<\/em> then good news; it only gets better.<\/p>\n

I mention this in case you got discouraged by the song to listen to the entire album. There is something about this song that just doesn’t work for me. But once I get pass it, you get to “Mas”<\/em> and album title song “Mi Plan”<\/em>, with Alex Cuba, start infecting\u00a0you with the album’s energy.<\/p>\n

Just as you are getting into that album energy, you then shift moods with the ballad “Sue\u00f1os”.\u00a0<\/em>She sings this one\u00a0beautifully with Alejandro Fernandez. Then, the album switches again to a more folky-urban “Bajo Otra Luz”<\/em> co-written with the very talented Mexican Julieta Venegas. It is performed by Nelly Furtado, Julieta, and the timely addition of Maria “La Mala” Rodriguez, adding the urban element to it. It’s a fun song to listen to, ending with the three artist sharing a natural laugh captured at recording. It shows how much fun they had making the song.<\/p>\n