Do Not Disturb

Since first going viral with her breakthrough single “Riri” back in 2022, Young Miko quickly became the sort of star that Latin trap had long been needing. Yet by the time her full-length debut *att.* dropped some two years later, it was abundantly clear that this Puerto Rican rapper couldn’t be contained by any one style or sound. For instance, her joint single “Classy 101” with Feid proved a massive success, its reggaetón beat and her charged-up lyrics making for a perfect match. With *Do Not Disturb*, she looks to better unify her expanding set of styles under one artistic roof, resulting in an album that holds her hip-hop bona fides close, even as she takes creative risks. Thematically, Miko leans assertively into her queerness here, righteously upending Latin rap and reggaetón’s predominantly male gaze with her own highly credible brand of sex positivity and unmistakable charm on such songs as “En el Ritz” and “Piki.” On “WASSUP,” she deftly reimagines Lil Wayne’s seminal hit single “Lollipop” as a raunchy albeit femme-forward cut, while the irresistible “Dosis” presents a perreo full of licentious promises and persuasive prompts. Miko’s bilingual prowess speaks across language barriers as well, seeking to draw a broad coalition of listeners into her space with natural ease on “What’s Ur Vibe” and the emboldened “Likey Likey.” Though she plays with sounds as disparate as jungle and R&B on “Ojalá” and the gauzy “Sin pausa,” respectively, she reliably remains a trapera through and through. She basks in a luxe life on “Plug (Type Shit)” and goes bar-for-bar with Eladio Carrión on the momentous “Traviesa.”