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Music Is the Weapon
Electronic · 2020 · 12 tracks · 34m

Music Is the Weapon

Major Lazer

High-gloss global dance music that fuses dancehall, reggaeton, and EDM. A maximalist celebration of rhythm designed for massive speakers and humid nights.

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It's basically a 35-minute shot of adrenaline that makes you want to book a flight to Ibiza immediately.

Relentlessly high-energy and celebratory, radiating a sense of global unity through heavy bass and bright synths.

Music Is the Weapon · vs · Major Lazer
Studio Polished+1.4σ

The production is pushed notably harder into studio polished than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 34m
01
Hell and High Water
2:25
02
Sun Comes Up
2:40
03
Bam Bam
2:34
04
Tiny
3:22
05
Oh My Gawd
3:00
06
Trigger
2:51
07
Lay Your Head on Me
3:20
08
Can't Take It From Me
2:56
09
Rave de favela
2:34
10
QueLoQue
2:45
11
Jadi buti
2:43
12
Qué calor
2:50
Moments Worth Waiting For
The aggressive brass-stabs and frantic dembow rhythm that ignite the drop on Qué calor
The seamless transition from acoustic guitar plucking to a heavy synth-pop pulse on Lay Your Head on Me
The way the vocal layers stack into a massive, distorted chant during the climax of Rave de favela
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