DON KBRN
DON KBRN Album ∙ Latin ∙ 2025 Eladio Carrión Prior to his poppy pivot on last year’s oft personal Sol María , Eladio Carrión thrived as a trapero. A run of mixtape-style projects like 2020’s Sauce Boyz and two feature-free SEN2 KBRN installments advanced the Puerto Rican rapper’s career from underground stardom to a pivotal part of a contemporary vanguard. That peaked in 2023 with the release of 3MEN2 KBRN , a bold and boastful album that paired the bilingual artist with Future, 50 Cent, and Quavo without losing his foothold in Latin hip-hop. That uncompromising spirit and deep love for rap music persists on DON KBRN , less a return-to-form post- Sol María than a full-throated statement of dedication to the proverbial culture. As a lyricist, Carrión has reached a stage in his rap craft that surpasses both peers and veterans alike. This quickly becomes clear after the brief yet potent intro “Invencible” gives way to the stunning “Ohtani,” t...
