Omar Courtz finds sonic inspiration wherever he goes. “A muse could be anything,” the Puerto Rican artist says from New York City, where he’s visiting the Rolling Stone offices for the first time. “I’m seeing all these different interviews and articles, and that right now is inspiring something in me.
” With his debut album, Primera Musa , the newcomer — who has gotten co-signs from stars like Daddy Yankee and Bad Bunny — shows everything that’s been popping up in his mind lately: sex, girls, love, drugs, and street life. All of these ideas swirl into 17 musical vignettes, each with a different flavor of R&B, trap, dancehall and old-school reggaeton, shaping the long-awaited LP. There’s “MUSAELEVA,” a salacious short tale about a steamy sexual partner –and a song that comes with a special ode to Rihanna as Courtz sings “Work, work, work, work, work, work/Ella quiere sexo, no quiere un polvo.
” On “HEAVY,” meanwhile, he basks in nihilism and conspicuous consumption, filling each verse with lines about expensive clothes and illicit drug deals. In addition to churning out stellar solo tracks, he’s also skilled at enlisting the right collaborators for all of his songs. Anuel AA is heard on “SERIE CON ESE Q,” while Rauw Alejandro’s syrupy voice melts over a pulsating hypnotic beat on “SEXPLAYLIST1.
” Ultimately, what matters most to Omar is making versatile music for different moods. “I want my fans to know that I can make any type of m.
