Marcy Place

We have a weakness for bachata boy bands. Can we just confess that? And this newest Bronx-based addition to the Aventura-wannabe constellation has all the pieces in, um, place, with Don Omar for a patron (not bad) and all the breathless adenoidal crooning you could ask for. But beneath the trilling bachata guitars, you'll hear some pretty solid pop songwriting -- "Se Que Me Amas" hits all the right lovelorn notes. Even when Marcy Place duet with Omar or Wisin & Yandel, they slow the reggaetoneros down to their swinging level, rather than trying to hang with a faster riddim.