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Jae-P
Released 2004

Por Que
03:50
9,763 plays

Ya No Puedo Aguantar
04:14
932 plays

Que Es El Amor
04:20
830 plays

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- 1
- Escuchenlo
- 00:32
- 395 plays

- 2
- Latinos Unidos
- 03:38
- 1,608 plays

- 3
- One Peace
- 04:04
- 648 plays

- 4
- Escuchame Señor
- 03:50
- 1,264 plays

- 5
- Raza Facts
- 01:09
- 573 plays

- 6
- Latin Invasion
- 03:36
- 1,838 plays

- 7
- Por Que
- 03:50
- 9,763 plays

- 8
- Con Razon
- 00:56
- 480 plays

- 9
- Que Nos Pasa
- 03:37
- 721 plays

- 10
- Un Pandillero Mas
- 03:52
- 1,210 plays

- 11
- Ya No Puedo Aguantar
- 04:14
- 932 plays

- 12
- Like You Want It
- 03:43
- 791 plays

- 13
- Que Es El Amor
- 04:20
- 830 plays

- 14
- That Cute Mexican
- 00:20
- 552 plays

- 15
- Shake, Shake It
- 03:35
- 1,015 plays

- 16
- Esperanza
- 03:54
- 1,121 plays

- 17
- Nuestros Frutos
- 01:02
- 403 plays

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album review

Jae-P was 19 when Univision Records released his second album, Esperanza, in late September 2004, which means that the Mexican-American MC was only a child when the best sociopolitical rappers -- Public Enemy, KRS-One, and Ice-T, among others -- were at the height of their popularity. But lyrically, Esperanza is, in many respects, a throwback to a more intellectual era in hip-hop. Recalling some of the intelligent rap albums that came out in the late '80s and early '90s -- albums like PE's Fear of a Black Planet and Boogie Down Productions' By All Means Necessary -- Esperanza has the sort of thoughtfulness that is missing from many of 2004's rap discs. Jae-P doesn't spend all his time rapping about how many gold chains he owns, how many hotties he has seduced or how many thugs he rolls with; instead, the Los Angeles resident encourages cultural pride and wonders what can be done to combat the problems of the inner city -- in other words, Jae-P deals with much of the same subject matter that PE, BDP, Ice-T and Grandmaster Flash dealt with back in the day. But there is a major difference; while those MCs were reflecting on the socioeconomic struggles of African-Americans, Jae-P is a bilingual rapper with a very Mexican-American perspective. The beats on Esperanza (which means "Hope" in Spanish) owe a lot to funk and soul, but Jae-P also draws on Latin forms like norteño, cumbia and flamenco. Because Esperanza is such a sociopolitical album, Jae-P occasionally lightens the lyrical load by throwing in the occasional party jam. But even so, there is no getting around the fact that Esperanza is -- for the most part -- very serious-minded. It's also a respectable effort demonstrating that even though conscious rap wasn't as plentiful in 2004 as it was in the late '80s/early '90s, it hasn't become extinct just yet. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide