Talk:Barrio Fino/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Basilisk4u (talk · contribs) 05:15, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Can't believe you've been waiting so long for a review! Let me take a crack at it. Basilisk4u (talk) 05:15, 28 April 2018 (UTC)

Notes

Lead

• "...themes ranging from dance, sex, romance, introspection, social issues, protest and violence against women." The choice of some of these themes seem strange. "Social issues" is very broad, maybe mention one or two specific issues he discusses. Also "protest" sounds awkward here. What was he protesting?
• "peaked at number one" - This sounds a little redundant because "to peak" can also mean to reach number one. It may be a bit nit-picky, but I would personally change it to "reached number one"

Background

• Looks good to me!

Composition

• "On the next track, "King Daddy", the rapper describes his career and predicts how Barrio Fino will revolutionize reggaeton music and validate his stage name." I may be ignorant on this, but what does it mean by validate his stage name? That he will get success in the US and thus have success with Yankees? That is my best guess. Some clarification would be helpful.
• "'Corazones' is a socially conscious rap song that describes how every person, represented by hearts, feel and react in different ways 'even the most similar of situations" because everyone "is different and feel different things.'" This is a little awkwardly written. I would potentially just use the entire quote from the source.
• I think this section could benefit greatly from a couple music samples to demonstrate Daddy Yankee's sound.

Production and packaging

• "The cover art features Daddy Yankee in a black-and-white esthetic" --> "aesthetic"

Release

• "an unprecedented chart placement for a reggaeton record at the time" This has a citation needed tag.

Critical reception

• "commenting that its final quarter 'begin to grow tiresome'" --> "begin[s] to grow tiresome"
• "The reviewer criticizes the record because" this should be changed to past tense to match with the rest of the article

Accolades

• No concerns here.

Legacy

• "...the album's success gave poor kids from barrios the hope of fame..." "Poor kids" sounds a little informal. Maybe "impoverished children"

Sources

• I think that Rolling Stone is published by Jann Wenner, Billboard is published by Prometheus Global Media, and The Guardian is published by Guardian Media Group. The name of the website isn't the publisher

Overall

The article is very well done, I just had these minor concerns. I am now putting the review on hold for these comments to be addressed. Good work! Basilisk4u (talk) 05:20, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

The article looks great now. I have passed it as a good article! Basilisk4u (talk) 22:04, 1 May 2018 (UTC)

Thank you! It's my first "good article" ever. Brankestein (talk) 00:46, 2 May 2018 (UTC)

Great! Congrats on your first GA :) keep up the good work! Basilisk4u (talk) 03:52, 3 May 2018 (UTC)