Five Burning Questions: Billboard Staffers Discuss J Balvin and the Black Eyed Peas' 'RITMO' Hitting the Top 40
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The Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin, "RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)"
After spending nearly a decade on the pop sidelines, once-unavoidable pop-rap group The Black Eyed Peas are back in the Hot 100's top 40 this week for the first time since 2011 -- and it's not with a song that anyone would've predicted any part of marking the group's comeback when they first went on chart hiatus.
"RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)," which moves 44-36 on the chart this week, is the group's slow-burning crossover collab with reggaetón superstar J Balvin, which samples the massive chorus hook to Corona's '90s dancefloor-filler "The Rhythm of the Night." And as its subtitle suggests, the song is the lead single from the third installment in the Bad Boys film series -- an old-fashioned soundtrack hit which we don't see so often these days, but which the franchise is already very familiar with.
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The Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin, "RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)"
After spending nearly a decade on the pop sidelines, once-unavoidable pop-rap group The Black Eyed Peas are back in the Hot 100's top 40 this week for the first time since 2011 -- and it's not with a song that anyone would've predicted any part of marking the group's comeback when they first went on chart hiatus.
"RITMO (Bad Boys For Life)," which moves 44-36 on the chart this week, is the group's slow-burning crossover collab with reggaetón superstar J Balvin, which samples the massive chorus hook to Corona's '90s dancefloor-filler "The Rhythm of the Night." And as its subtitle suggests, the song is the lead single from the third installment in the Bad Boys film series -- an old-fashioned soundtrack hit which we don't see so often these days, but which the franchise is already very familiar with.