De La Ghetto Voyages to His Own GZ Island on ‘Daylight’ Album: Stream It Now

De La Ghetto presents his new production, Daylight, a seven-track set that marks the first EP of his 20-year career and part one of a full-length album dropping later this year. 

“This all happened last October in Medellín,” he tells Billboard. “A promoter friend rented an Airbnb and invited me to a music camp. The first day I went, I never left. We did 10-12 songs that week. Something that started as a single or two, turned into a whole album. I decided to do a double EP, like in the ’80s and ’90s, because right now we’re living in an era where music is going too fast. People don’t have time to listen to 20 songs.”

“Loco,” a saucy Afrobeat song that dropped in March, was the first taste of the EP and set the tone for the project. “I wanted to give my fans something short and spicy with beachy vibes, chill and laid-back,” the Puerto Rican artist born Rafael E. Castillo Torres notes.

On Daylight, De La (also known as De La Geezy or GZ), worked with different music creatives such as Los Hitmen, Arboleda “Blaine,” UVE, and Hydra Hitz, who brought to life a refreshing sound that blends reggaetón with jazz and funk (“Phil Jackson”), reggae with perreo (“Acerola”) and even some sensual flamenco guitars found on the Blessd-assisted “Organic.”

GZ also reeled in Spanish newcomer JC Reyes for the hard-hitting trap song “RMPR T,” a record he admits was not meant to be on the album.  

“I felt like I met De La Ghetto from 2008. There’s this rawness with him and I love what he’s doing with the hip-hop scene in Spain,” he expresses. “This song came to me by surprise. It was the perfect song to close Daylight. Can you imagine if I didn’t put a trap song? My fans were going to go crazy. Being an artist with 20 years in the game, this album has a little bit of everything with my essence, that GZ essence.” 

Listen to Daylight below.

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