Global Warming: Meltdown (Deluxe Edition) CD

This 17-track set brings together two vital - and phenomenally successful - releases from Pitbull's expansive catalogue: hit-filled 2012 album "Global Warming" and the EP that followed a year later, "Meltdown". Both are superb examples of Pitbull's in-your-face, party-starting style, in which his distinctive raps and guest spots from fellow musical A-listers (think J-Lo, Enrique Englasias, Mayer Hawthorne, Kelly Rowland, Usher, Christiana Aguilera and Chris Brown) ride bold, energetic backing tracks that join the dots between hip-hop, EDM and, thanks to some particularly cheeky sampling, elements from all manner of well-known pop, soul and rock tracks. The emphasis is on fun from start to finish, and in these troubled times many of us need that in our lives.