“Patria y vida”, among the 50 best songs of the year, according to Rolling Stone

“Patria y vida”, the anthem of those who want a political change in Cuba, is one of the best 50 songs of 2021, according to the annual ranking made by Rolling Stone magazine, which also includes songs by Rauw Alejandro, Maluma, Aventura, Tainy, Bad Bunny and Julieta Venegas.

On the list with the best of 2021, headed by “Essence”, by the Nigerian Wizkid in collaboration with Tems, the song “Patria y vida”, performed by Yotuel Romero, Descemer Bueno, Maykel Osorbo, Eliécer “El Funky” Márquez and the Gente de Zona duo, is located in the thirtieth position.

The single, which turns the slogan of the Cuban revolution “Homeland or death” and accompanied the protests in favor of changes in the Caribbean island, thus closes a great year in which it also won two Latin Grammy awards, including best song of the year, an award that “reinforced the emotional weight and power of the protest anthem” behind the song, according to the magazine.

The single highlights “the danger of making dissident art in Cuba, especially after Osorbo was imprisoned, where he has been held since May”, He highlighted Rolling Stone.

In its classification with the most outstanding of the year, the publication includes other Latin artists such as Rauw Alejandro, who is placed in position 8 thanks to “Todo de ti”, a song that, with its sounds that refer to the “new wave “From the 80s and escaping from the mainstream in Latin music,”unexpectedly became a huge worldwide hit”.

In position 22 appears “Lo Siento BB: /”, by Tainy along with Bad Bunny and Julieta Venegas, “an ingeniously unexpected collaboration that is bold and forward-thinking without losing its tender and painful center,” the publication noted.

“Rumba (Puro Oro Anthem)”, that “ode” to the “crazy rumba” of the Colombian Maluma, was placed in 33rd place, while in box 35 are the bachata group Aventura and the Puerto Rican Bad Bunny with “Volví “, A theme that left many dreaming of” a second part of the collaboration, “as the publication said.

The legendary American magazine released its list with the “The 50 best songs of 2021″, In which Taylor Swift achieved the second position with her new version, ten minutes long, of “All Too Well” included in the new recording of her album “Red”, her fourth studio album originally released in 2012 and whose reworking was published last November.

“Drivers License”, by Olivia Rodrigo; Lil Nas X’s “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” and Lucy Dacus’s “VBS” ranked third, fourth, and fifth, respectively.