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\n\tChino Pacas<\/a> was getting tired of hearing the same charchetas and guitars, so he decided to step away from his corrido comfort zone. On Thursday, the m\u00fasica mexicana star released his sophomore LP, Cristian<\/em>, which hears him step into different sounds, including rap and banda.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWith this album, we decided to go for sounds that people aren\u2019t super familiar with when it comes to me,\u201d he tells Rolling Stone<\/em>. \u201cI just feel like everyone sounds the same now. Same trumpets, same trombones, same guitars, and they all talk about the same stuff. I don\u2019t like that kind of music. Now everybody wants to jump on the same wave.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHe tapped Net\u00f3n Vega for \u201cFlota,\u201d an accordion-backed banda song; gave rapping a chance with the help of Santa Fe Klan and Mexican rap icons La Santa Grifa; and even references his rapid ascent (and breakthrough hit) \u201cDijeron Que No La Iba Lograr\u201d on \u201cLa Cima.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tPacas says Cristian <\/em>is the LP he has always wanted to make, and it feels more aligned with him as an artist after feeling that he rushed his debut, Que Sigan Llegando Las Pacas<\/a><\/em>, featuring Drake<\/a>. \u201cQue Sigan<\/em> felt more forced. The deadlines were tighter,\u201d he says. \u201cWith this one, we gave ourselves more freedom and worked smarter in the studio. We\u2019re more thoughtful now.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWith his first two albums out, he\u2019s already thinking about what comes next. He promises he has another \u201calbum ready, dedicated to the ladies,\u201d and a second volume to his Que Sigan<\/em> LP. \u201cI have like 15 to 20 songs sitting in the vault,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019re now doing projects the way we want to.\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tFrom his apartment in Los Angeles, Pacas broke down his favorite songs off the new album:<\/p>\n \n\tI made it myself, and it\u2019s actually track number one on the album. Honestly, it\u2019s fire. I had it written since 2022, but I never finished it. It was just sitting there. It\u2019s not 100 percent about me, but it\u2019s a song I really liked and wrote myself, and I think it\u2019s a good one. I don\u2019t like to say \u201cfans,\u201d but I think they\u2019ll be excited to hear it. We\u2019re going back to what we did in the start, which is using tuba, which is a sound that people aren\u2019t really using anymore. Not many artists like that style, but I do. So that\u2019s what we\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\u201cChamaquit<\/strong>o\u201d\t<\/h2>\n