

Few artists in Latin trap have reached the dizzying heights of Eladio Carrión. Yet even as the arena-level headliner shows his artistic range on projects like deeply affecting Sol María, his enduring commitment to hip-hop as his primary mode separates him from others who seemed to set the streets aside for poppier pastures. His 2025 high-profile victory lap DON KBRN appeared to cap a series of projects committed to such styles, yet with CORSA he reiterates that he has no plans to leave the rap game behind. Carrión wastes little time getting into it, switching from the album’s short but impactful “Intro” to the defiant flex fest “Ricky Bobby.” Fully in his Sauce Boyz bag, he revs up the money machine counter for the ultra-luxe “Benji,” later revealing the flip side to that hedonism on the revelatory “Confio En Mí.” A perpetual student of the craft, he reverently nods to a genre god on “GUWOP,” a booming cut with an infectious hook and a solid verse from rising trapero Midnvght. Other rap talents on display include Cazzu, who goes exceptionally hard on the “De Chamquitx” remix, and Colombia’s Topboy TGR, who provides melody over the slow-motion “Daikoku.” The guests come and go, with notable features by the likes of Mora and Myke Towers. Still, CORSA is fully within Carrión’s domain, one now informed by his experiments beyond pre-existing notions of his seemingly non-existent limits. He dabbles in nostalgia as it suits him, via the Latin freestyle fusion of “Body” and the solo Flashdance moment turned drill event dubbed “Polaroid.”