Planet Pit (Deluxe Version) [Explicit]

I really enjoy a lot of the modern electronic music, but I'm out of the loop as to what is good and what is not. As such, I rely a lot on the Amazon computer to analyze what I've purchased and viewed and to make suggestions to me. I never listen to the little "sound bites" they provide so almost every CD that I buy turns out to be something of a big surprise. That may seem haphazard, but I've found some really excellent music in this way. One of the latest Amazon computer suggestions was the "Planet Pit" CD by Pitbull. I'd never heard of Pitbull or this particular CD. That's okay, I can listen to and enjoy unknowns.

One of my concerns about any CD, particularly in the field of electronic music. would be the quality of the recorded sound. Some electronic music has outstanding sound and some is atrocious. As a standard for sound quality, I listen to a few tracks on my "Random Album Title" CD by deadmau5 to adjust my hearing intake and my stereo system. I play it fairly loud and adjust the sound to come out crisp and clear. Then I put the Pitbull CD on. The "Planet Pit" sound comes across as fairly good, but not equal or ideal. It's a little too loud, for one thing. I like loud music, I might add, and I played the Pitbull CD at the same volume as the "Random Album Title" CD, but the Pitbull sound came across as uncomfortably loud. Evidently, the producers intend it to be that way, but I had to turn it down a notch for comfortable listening. Also, a lot of the sounds on the Pitbull CD are so blended together they come across as a pulsating sonic mush rather than distinctive and independent sound lines.

I'm surprised at how hip-hop oriented the music is. Also, the East Indies influence surprises me, but I'm just not that familiar with Pitbull. That doesn't bother me any, it's excellent dance music and would be good stuff to play at a party. The vocals seem somewhat overwhelming. I should add that I prefer electronic music with a minimum of vocals. This recording has way too many for my particular tastes, and I don't particularly care for the involved lyrics, if I can understand them. Also, I don't particularly like the way the vocals are blended together as if everything is coming from one or two vocalists, which may well be the case.

"Planet Pit" is not a bad CD at all. I can easily understand it's popularity. It's just not a good fit for my listening and musical tastes (more toward things like deadmau5 or Daft Punk), but that doesn't mean it's a bad record. I have problems with the production qualities of the CD, however, and it effects my listening pleasure in the negative.

Gary Peterson

I specifically bought this looking for some upbeat music to rebound to on my new circular trampoline, indoors. It definitely suits the purpose and I like that it's not just Pit Bull, but lots of other artists on the tracks also. Very smart marketing on his part! Supposedly there's explicit lyrics, but ever since American Bandstand live in the 50s I've never listened to lyrics. I go with the rhythm and beat.
100 on the rhythm and 95 on the beat, if I was voting w/Dick Clark back then.

Purchased as a gift.

Great cd

What can I say, this "upbeat pop (euro) rap" (or whatever you call it) seems to be the trend of the 2010 and beyond.
At first one might think that this type of music seems to be a bit "girly", being played by teenies in their bedroom w/ posters of the respective artist on their walls, but at the end it is okay to like it; especially when youre mingling @ a social gathering (read: disco) with girls going crazy on the dance floor whilst this type of music is being played on the background. If you like this niche, make sure you check out black eyed peas, lmfao, rihanna, chris brown, usher, lady gaga, katy perry, nicki minaj, jessie j, don omar (idon and beyond), david guetta, flo rida, drake, afrojack ect etc.

This is a classic "feel good" music album. Pitbull has shown on this album that he's got the art and the talent to create good, awesome music. "Give Me Everything" is my favourite song, but the entire album is equaly good. If you want good beats, lyrics and vocals, this is the album to get. From road trips (which I took a couple of days ago), to house parties, to clubs...this album will be the defenite example of good music made perfect. Get it, don't think about it, just get it. It is that good. I got the digital version from Amazon and couldn't ask for more. The ability to download it to my MP3 player, etc. The online cloud storage and flexibility of Amazon's cloud player make purchases easy and a joy to browse for other music. Perfect.

Good songs, great album, I hate reviewing songs and albums but I want them off my review list. Everyone has their own preference of who or what they like.

Except for two lead songs, the CD itself is lacking a punch. It is a good party background music though if you don't care to listen to every word and note. Most of the songs lack a structure and mix different styles in just to make themselves interesting. Still the best Pitbull CD ever. Fits in the modern trend. Local interest: if you're from Miami, you'll love the references in the songs. Think the CD will "ripe" after few listenings and will be enjoyable for some time.