After wooing reggaeton fans with the smash single El Tiburon, featured on Luny Tunes' Mas Flow 2, the hardworking duo is now set to unleash its debut album The Pitbulls, which is promising to make the world bark to a new tune.
"I'm very cerebral; I tend to have a lot of concepts, and Alexis has to let me know whether he thinks they can executed," 26-year-old Joel "Fido" Martinez says of his contribution to the duo's chemistry. "I'm much more reserved than Alexis. He's much more animated."
His partner, 26-year-old Raul "Alexis" Ortiz, agrees. "I'm the aggressive one, the one who gets the crowds jumping."
Born in Cidra, Puerto Rico, and raised between the towns of Cidra and Cayey, Alexis first made his mark on the reggaeton scene in 1994, when he appeared on DJ Stefano Vol. 2 alongside two neighborhood friends.
Although he knew music was his calling, he found himself secluded from the genre's pioneers by virtue of living outside of the metropolitan area, the hub of activity at that time. Frustrated by the hardships of gaining recognition, he decided to retire and spent almost five years away from the studio.
Similarly, Cayey native Fido started pursuing his musical ambitions at an early age.
"I've been singing since the music was called 'underground,' before it was even named reggaeton," he says. "I started when I was 11 years old. Around the time when Vico C released La Recta Final, I was doing talent shows and performing wherever I could."
But like Alexis, Fido was discouraged by the competitive nature of the developing movement and decided to put his career on pause for a few years. That is, until, he saw the streets' growing interest in the musical form.
"I started getting back into it when people started selling their own cassette tapes in the streets," he recalls. "We'd record our own tapes at home, wrap them in some plastic and sell them on the street."
In 1995, Fido scored an appearance on a DJ Stefano production, followed by a single on DJ Nelson's Little Boys from the Underground 3.
But despite the inroads he'd made, Fido felt overwhelmed by the difficulties before him. He once again decided to withdraw from the scene but, this time, he envisioned a different life for himself, enlisting in the Army and executing a four-year stint.
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"I was frustrated again - I felt like we weren't being given the opportunities that we deserved because we weren't from the metropolitan area," Fido says. "Back then, they used to say that Carolina was the reggaeton Mecca."
While Fido was in the military, his good friend Yandel (of the duo Wisin y Yandel) linked up with Wisin during an MC competition in Salinas, Puerto Rico. Their newly established partnership proved fruitful, and they quickly began to raise eyebrows among the genre's frontrunners.
"I've known Yandel since I was in sixth grade," Fido says. "I was the one who told Yandel he needed to start performing. When I came back from the Army and he had teamed up with Wisin, they decided to help me."
Meanwhile, Alexis made his reentry into the genre in the year 2000, appearing in La Mision III with the songs Sigan Perreando and Otra Noche Mas, and in the production Grayskull with the party anthem Manos Arriba. He then appeared in Wisin y Yandel's De Otra Manera and on both Wisin and Yandel's subsequent solo albums.
"I was friends with Wisin," Alexis says. "We used to sing around the neighborhood together, and Fido was always with Yande, so we were all part of the same crew. After Wisin y Yandel got together, Fido and I spent even more time with each other."
Still, the two continued to pursue their own separate paths. It wasn't until the compilation album Desafio that Alexis y Fido tested out their potential as a duo.
"There were 23 tracks recorded already so there was only room for one more track in the production," Alexis says. "One of us was going to be omitted so the producers suggested that we perform together."
Their synergy was palpable and so the two continued to perform together, displaying their skills on songs like Gata Racing off of Blin Blin Vol. 1 and El Palo on El Band 2 Korrupto.
"El Palo was a real turning point in our careers," Alexis says of the song that thrust them into the limelight in 2003. "That was the song that earned us our respect." Fido agrees wholeheartedly, "El Palo would have been as big as Gasolina, but the album wasn't funded appropriately so it wasn't really promoted overseas, but in Puerto Rico it was the No. 1 song for months."
After El Palo's success, the duo was in heavy demand. They recorded such hits as Tocale Bocina on Noriega's Contra La Corriente, El Rolo on La Mision IV and Gata Michu Michu on the top-selling Hector El Bambino Presenta Los Anormales.
They quickly became known as "Los Pitbulls" because of Alexis' tendency to bark on his records. He introduced the trademark sound early on in his career at Yandel's prompting.
"One time, I went out with my son and Yandel and his son," Alexis says. "When we were on our way home, both kids started getting cranky, and I started making barking noises to make them laugh. Yandel was like, 'How do you do that? You have to put that in your records!' After that, I started using the slogan 'Alexis el Pitbull ladrando' (Alexis the Pitbull barking). "
He says that although the "Pitbull" moniker was initially his, Fido more than deserves to share the title. "I'm the one who barks, but Fido is the one who bites," he jokes.
After years of performing together and amassing a huge fan in Puerto Rico, the duo unleashed their picaresque song El Tiburon on Luny Tunes' Latin Grammy-nominated album Mas Flow 2, which was released earlier this year. The song established them as international superstars.
"People really appreciate our originality," Alexis says. "We have fun concepts and we use la lot of adult humor. The sexual aspect of our lyrics is only evident to adults, and we make sure that we never say anything that could be offensive towards women."
For his part, Fido has earned a name for himself as an accomplished beatmaker. He was responsible for the unique rhythmic patterns Wisin y Yandel's En La Disco Bailoteo and Esta Noche Hay Pelea, and he produced the singles Dale Caliente, El Muro and No Me Dejes Solo on Daddy Yankee's multi-platinum-selling Barrio Fino album.
"I made those songs from beginning to end," Fido says. "Urba y Monserrate did the mixing on those tracks, but I came up with the rhythms."
His production genius is evident in Los Pitbulls through such singles as Eso Ehhh, El Cumbiaton and Tu No Sabes, which he concocted with the help of producer Nesty.
"Sonically, this album has a bit of everything," Alexis says. "El Cumbiaton mixes cumbia with mariachi sounds, Perro Caliente uses beatboxing sounds, Tributo Borincano has a dancehall flavor and Tu no Sabes is a softer ballad-style song."
The much-anticipated effort features appearances by the likes of Terror Squad's Tony Sunshine, Hector "el Father," Zion y Lennox, Trebol Clan and Baby Ranks and production by heavyweights like Noriega, Nesty, Echo, and Luny Tunes.
With such a remarkable pedigree and an insatiable hunger, it's no mystery why Alexis y Fido are known as reggaeton's only pitbulls.
Energia
Alexis y Fido Lyrics
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Cuando me le acerque!
Siento que, algo paso!
Me enloqueci", me enamoro oh oh oh!
Tъ me das energнa
La suerte mia, saque la loterнa contigo uoh
Tъ me das energнa
Contigo uh uh Ooh!
Contigo uh uh Ooh! contigo uh uh Ooh!
Solo pienso en ti se recargan mis electrolitos
Tu eres la ъnica en mi universo mi meteorito
Por ti me derrito Fua!
Cuando te conoci, todo cambio
Ahora todo es distinto
Quiero que sepas mi reina que como tu nadie hay
Otra que tenga el coraz"n de tu Size
Quisiera encerrarme contigo en un cuarto
Y hacerlo all night con el aire en high los dos bien high
Alcanzar la nota prometida
Durante toda la vida darte lo que me pidas
Conmigo estas querida, protegida
Confнa en mi que nada te va a faltar mientras yo viva
(I got'you girl)
Tu me das energia
La suerte mia
Saque la loteria
Contigo (uuh, ooh)
Tu me das energia
La suerte mia
Saque la loteria
Contigo (uuh, ooh)
Contigo (uuh, ooh) (mai tu me das vida)
Contigo (uuh, ooh) (e'como un electro shock)
Contigo (uuh, ooh) (comon, comon)
Contigo (uuh, ooh)
Me saque la lotto, tu sanaste mi coraz"n roto
Tu besos causan en mi un maremoto
Cuando te toco tiemblo mas que un terremoto
Y el que te intente hacer da'o lo exploto
Tu nacistes pa' mi Yo naci pa ti
estoy loco con las curbas que rompe con tu body
Me encanta cuando en la cama dice que soy su daddy
Estoy contigo me siento como un millonary
Vamos a viajar el mundo, sin rumbo sin destino
Nunca olvido la manera que nos conocimos
Tu eres mi media mitad, mi dama mi sex Simbol
(Tu Eres La Mami Rica Que Me Tienen En El Limbo)
Siento que, algo cambio
Cuando me le acerque!
Siento que, algo paso!
Me enloqueci", me enamoro oh oh oh!
Tъ me das energнa...
La suerte mia, saque la loterнa contigo
Tъ me das energнa
La suerte mia, saque la loterнa contigo
Contigo uh uh Ooh!
Contigo uh uh Ooh! contigo!
Contigo uh uh Ooh
Yeah Yeah
it's true girl tu tienes todo lo que necesito para ser feliz en la vida
Baby
belive me mom perreologia
Mrs. A Se'or F
romantic for You Girl
Fino ComO el Haze
The lyrics of "Energia" by Alexis y Fido talk about the electrifying feeling of being in love. The song speaks to how something changed and happened when the singer got close to their love interest. They talk about the energy that their partner gives them and how lucky they feel to have them in their life. The singer says that just thinking about their love interest recharges their batteries, and they feel like they have hit the jackpot with them. The lyrics also contain some sexually charged content, with the singer talking about wanting to be with their partner intimately and making them feel like a million dollars. The song is a declaration of love and a celebration of being in a passionate and all-consuming relationship.
Line by Line Meaning
Siento que, algo cambio
I felt that something changed
Cuando me le acerque!
When I approached you!
Siento que, algo paso!
I felt that something happened!
Me enloqueci", me enamoro oh oh oh!
I went crazy, I fell in love oh oh oh!
Tъ me das energнa
You give me energy
La suerte mia, saque la loterнa contigo uoh
I hit the jackpot with you, it's my lucky day uoh
Contigo uh uh Ooh!
With you uh uh Ooh!
Solo pienso en ti se recargan mis electrolitos
I only think of you, my electrolytes recharge
Tu eres la ъnica en mi universo mi meteorito
You are the only one in my universe, my meteorite
Por ti me derrito Fua!
For you I melt Fua!
Cuando te conoci, todo cambio
When I met you, everything changed
Ahora todo es distinto
Now everything is different
Quiero que sepas mi reina que como tu nadie hay
I want you to know my queen that there is no one like you
Otra que tenga el coraz"n de tu Size
No one else has a heart like yours
Quisiera encerrarme contigo en un cuarto
I would like to lock myself in a room with you
Y hacerlo all night con el aire en high los dos bien high
And do it all night with the air high, both of us high
Alcanzar la nota prometida
To achieve the promised note
Durante toda la vida darte lo que me pidas
To give you everything you ask for during our entire life
Conmigo estas querida, protegida
You are with me, my dear, protected
Confнa en mi que nada te va a faltar mientras yo viva
Trust me that you will never lack anything as long as I live
Tu me das energia
You give me energy
La suerte mia
It's my lucky day
Saque la loteria
I hit the jackpot
Contigo (uuh, ooh)
With you (uuh, ooh)
Contigo (mai tu me das vida)
With you (you give me life)
Contigo (e'como un electro shock)
With you (like an electric shock)
Contigo (comon, comon)
With you (come on, come on)
Me saque la lotto, tu sanaste mi coraz"n roto
I hit the lottery, you healed my broken heart
Tu besos causan en mi un maremoto
Your kisses cause a tsunami in me
Cuando te toco tiemblo mas que un terremoto
When I touch you, I tremble more than an earthquake
Y el que te intente hacer da'o lo exploto
And anyone who tries to hurt you, I'll explode them
Tu nacistes pa' mi Yo naci pa ti
You were born for me, and I was born for you
estoy loco con las curbas que rompe con tu body
I am crazy about the curves your body breaks
Me encanta cuando en la cama dice que soy su daddy
I love it when she calls me daddy in bed
Estoy contigo me siento como un millonary
I am with you and feel like a millionaire
Vamos a viajar el mundo, sin rumbo sin destino
Let's travel the world, with no direction or destination
Nunca olvido la manera que nos conocimos
I never forget the way we met
Tu eres mi media mitad, mi dama mi sex Simbol
You are my other half, my lady, my sex symbol
(Tu Eres La Mami Rica Que Me Tienen En El Limbo)
(You are the hot mommy that drives me crazy)
Yeah Yeah it's true girl tu tienes todo lo que necesito para ser feliz en la vida
Yeah Yeah it's true girl you have everything I need to be happy in life
Baby belive me mom perreologia
Baby believe me, mom perreologia
Mrs. A Se'or F romantic for You Girl
Mrs A, Se'or F, romantic for you girl
Fino ComO el Haze
Fino like the Haze
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