Ramtin Arablui

You know, if before he was a son of a bitch, now he's worse because of her.

It has that very trap beat.

The beat is very sexy, and then also his voice has always been so distinctive, you know, that underwater sound.

And then that chorus, literally is like, I'm worse off, right?

Like, I'm worse off because of you.

The idea of now I'm worse because of you, it's so easy emotionally to redirect that towards the empire.

You heard that right.

Empire.

So like we promised you at the top of the episode, this is a mixtape with a point of view.

And we're looking at the songs that show us how Bad Bunny's music is rooted in and reflective of a broad Puerto Rican experience.

And it all starts with this first big hit in Puerto Rico.

Remember the row of domino pieces that cobbled together Puerto Rico's economy throughout Benito's childhood?

Well, in 2015, the last domino piece drops.

Garcia Padilla gives this address where he's, like, very somber.

Alejandro Garcia Padilla was governor of Puerto Rico at the time.

And he's like, we cannot pay this $72 billion debt.

This is, like, one of the most important addresses in Puerto Rican political history.

When the corporations started leaving in the 90s, Puerto Rico began accruing a huge debt.

And because it's a U.S.

territory, it can't declare bankruptcy.