Romeo Santos Releases Teaser of Justin Timberlake Collaboration “Sin Fin”

Romeo Santos is (n)syncing up with a pop icon…

The 41-year-old Puerto Rican and Dominican-American singer, known as the King of Bachata, is joining voices with Justin Timberlake for the new single “Sin Fin.”

Romeo SantosSantos offered a sneak peek at the upcoming collaboration, dropping a 15-second preview of their highly anticipated single via social media on Monday.

The preview of the track from Santos’ Formula, Vol. 3 album, due September 1, spotlights JT’s vocals, as he sings, “You already know this love is all your, baby/ So take it/ We’ve been here before, it’s strong enough to save us, oh baby,” over what appears to be black and white footage from the song’s video. The various set-ups range from JT and Santos laughing and goofing around on set to Santos dancing with a woman and taking a ride in his expensive car.

The song will appear on an album that also boasts a collaboration with Rosalía and which will focus not on reggaetón, trap or rap, but on bachata, the traditional, guitar-based Dominican heartbreak music that Santos has made his calling card.

“If I do an urban song, it could be massive. I don’t want it to be a distraction,” Santos recently told Billboard in a cover story. “You have these amazing artists who right now are in their prime offering urban music. I wanted to make a difference and speak for my genre. Bachata needs me. I needed to put on my Superman cape for my culture.”

Santos, a longtime JT fan, had never met the “Sexy Back” singer and they had few connections before working together. In fact, just feeling out Justin’s interest in recording a song took nearly a year, but Santos was determined to make it happen.

“Ninety-nine percent of my records are written and produced by me,” he said. “But on Aventura’s first album, I took ‘Gone’ by *NSYNC and rewrote and translated it to Spanish,” he added, referring to an all-acoustic cover from his group’s 2002 album, We Broke the Rules. “It’s crazy how things line up. That was history in the making without realizing it.”

Once the song was in the works, however, it came together quickly, with Santos recruiting longtime collaborator Rico Love and producer Danja (who, along with Timbaland, co-produced all of Timberlake’s 2006 album, FutureSexLoveSounds) to come up with “Sin Fin.”

“He said, ‘I dig this.’ What I respect about JT is he not only recorded his vocals but he turned that song that now I feel was at 30% into something completely different for the better,” said Santos. “He changed the melody, the lyrics; he wrote, he produced. There was a moment where I was at the studio and he was directing my guitarist. To me, that was surreal: JT is producing a bachata.”

Pitbull Lends His Voice to Rico Love’s “They Don’t Know” Dance Remix

Pitbull is lending his lyrical rap skills to another single…

The 33-year-old Cuban American rap superstar has joined voices with Rico Love for a dance remix of the singer-songwriter’s single “They Don’t Know.”

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“Pit and I have been friends for years and it was dope knowing that he loved the song and wanted to be a part of it. I have to thank DJ SinCity for making such a dope track as well,” says Rico Love.

Alongside Pitbull, the DJ SinCity-produced track features Ludacris who appears on the original remix.

Rico Love’s “Discrete Luxury” EP, which features “They Don’t Know,” is out now but will be available in physical form exclusively at Best Buy on April 8.

Meanwhile, Pitbull is preparing for World Cup fever, after releasinghis new song “We Are One (Ole, Ola),” the official World Cup track featuring Jennifer Lopez and Claudia Leitte.

Cassie Releases Latest Single “Balcony”…

Cassie is on the ledge of returning to the music world full force…

The 26-year-old part-Mexican R&B singer has released her latest single, which features rapper Young Jeezy and production from Rico Love, Earl Hood and Eric Goudy II.

Cassie

Entitled “Balcony,” it’s the second track from Cassie’s upcoming sophomore album, which will be reportedly released this fall.

On the track, the Bad Boy/Interscope Records protégé’s sultry voice floats abover the slow-rolling beat, as she sings in the chorus: “We made love on the balcony / Right there in New York City.”

Cassie flexes her lower vocal range throughout the song,  while Young Jeezy’s raspy voice adds a nice contrast to her smooth vocals, along with his very blunt verses: “Why your voice so raspy? / Ooh, I hope she nasty.”

With a previous single “King of Hearts” out in February and this week’s release of “Balcony,” Cassie also looks to be prepping the release of her upcoming Rock A Bye Baby mixtape, produced by Rob Holladay, Malay, Rico Love, Internz and Knotch, and featuring songwriting from Stacy Barthe.

The dual projects will be Cassie’s first major releases since her 2006 self-titled debut, which has sold 321,000 copies in the US.

The album’s lead single “Me & U” peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100, selling more than 1 million digital downloads.