"L-Gante: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38"
Single by Bizarrap and L-Gante
ReleasedMarch 10, 2021
Recorded2021
StudioBZRP Studio, Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Genre
Length3:12
LabelDale Play
Songwriter(s)
  • Elián Ángel Valenzuela
  • Gonzalo Julián Conde
Producer(s)Bizarrap
Bizarrap singles chronology
"Ysy A: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 37"
(2021) 		"L-Gante: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38"
(2021) 		"Snow Tha Product: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 39"
(2021)
L-Gante singles chronology
"Tinty Nasty"
(2021) 		"L-Gante: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38"
(2021) 		"Lassie"
(2021)
Music video
"L-Gante: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38" on YouTube

"L-Gante: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38" is a song by Argentine record producer Bizarrap and Argentine rapper L-Gante. It was released on March 10, 2021, through Dale Play Records.[1] The song has more than 80 million streams on Spotify. The song reached number 1 on the Billboard Argentina Hot 100 being the first Bzrp Music Sessions to reach the top.[2][3]

Background

The session was announced by Bizarrap through a small trailer published on the producer's networks, in the video Bizarrap can be shown as a hotel worker, when he receives a letter and goes up in the elevator to the hotel rooms, in which You can show some previous Music Sessions until you reach the indicated room and the one that will open the door is L-Gante, thus confirming the Music Sessions of him.[4]

L-Gante is an artist who is characterized by making Cumbias with a more modern sound either with trap or reggaeton, that characteristic sound is called Cumbia 420, something that lately sounds a lot in Argentina.[5] The music video has more than 150 million views on YouTube.

Lyric

The lyrics of the song were written by L-Gante himself, many Argentines have assured that capturing the catchy rhythm of the lyrics can confuse many foreigners since their lyrics are "very Argentine" due to their use of turras or neighborhood Argentinian words.

Controversies

On March 9, 2021, a day before the session left, the singer L-Gante was arrested in San Juan, Argentina for alleged riots and breaking health regulations since he was taking photos with fans without wearing the face-masks due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was arrested along with five other people, including a child under 15 years of age. L-Gante was able to get out of prison on bail.[6]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Genius.[7]

Charts

Chart performance for "L-Gante: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38"
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Argentina (Argentina Hot 100)[8] 1
Argentina National Songs (Monitor Latino)[9] 17
Global 200 (Billboard)[10] 171
Paraguay (SGP)[11] 88
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[12] 43

Certifications

Certifications for "L-Gante: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[13] Gold 20,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "BIZARRAP PUBLICA SU PRIMERA SESIÓN DE CUMBIA CON L-GANTE" (in Spanish). Los 40 Urban. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "Record En Spotify y Youtube: El "Villarap" De L-Gante y El Productor Bizarrap" (in Spanish). La Nación. 29 March 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "L-Gante Y Bizarrap llegan A La Cima Del Billboard Argentina Hot 100 Con "BZRP Music Sessions #38"" (in Spanish). Billboard Argentina. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  4. ^ "BZRP on Instagram: "MIERCOLES"".
  5. ^ "Bizarrap y L-Gante batieron un nuevo récord: "Cumbia 420 pa' los negros"" (in Spanish). TN. 23 March 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "L Gante, otro trapero en problemas: terminó preso en San Juan" (in Spanish). Perfil. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "L-Gante: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38". Genius. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  8. ^ "Billboard Argentina Hot 100: The Week of March 20, 2021". Billboard Argentina. 12 November 2018. Retrieved March 20, 2021.
  9. ^ "Top 20 Argentina – Nacionalidad – Del 26 de Abril al 2 de Mayo, 2021" (in Spanish). Monitor Latino. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
  10. ^ "Billboard Global 200: The Week of March 27, 2021". Billboard. 15 September 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2021.
  11. ^ "Mayo - TOP #100 de canciones de SGP" (in Spanish). Sociedad de Gestión de Productores Fonográficos del Paraguay. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  12. ^ "Bizarrap & L-Gante – Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38" Canciones Top 50. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  13. ^ "Spanish single certifications – Bizarrap / L-Gante – L-Gante: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 38". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
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