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The gentle bounce of \"Felices los 4\" may have turned Maluma into an international sensation among listeners searching for romantic Latin pop with a club-ready edge. But the Colombian boundary breaker refuses to settle into a single groove on his third album, which ventures into styles far beyond the tender reggaetón of his breakthrough hit. R&B singer Jason Derulo helps lend the tropical pop of \"La Ex\" its bump-and-grind appeal, and legendary producer Timbaland juices the intimate \"Mi Declaración\" with hip-hop thump. But even without guest-star help, Maluma strikes out in new directions, bringing a seductive charm to the playful trap of \"How I Like It\" and baring his soul on the standout acoustic ballad \"Marinero.\"
With 2015's Pretty Boy, Dirty Boy, Colombian reggatoñero Maluma began to shift his golden boy image to wade into the stream of the genre's embrace of slick urban grooves, securing a Latin Grammy nomination for the track "El Tiki" under the Best Urban Performance banner.