<P> During the recording sessions of Invasion of Privacy, Cardi and her team were listening to beats and song ideas . The rapper was open to experiment with sounds, though she also discarded some that she felt were not right for her . Craig Kallman proposed Cardi to include a track that pays homage to her Latin heritage, to which she agreed . Kallman searched among his Latin music collection of records that he used to play when he was a DJ, and put together multiple sample ideas . Decided for Pete Rodriguez's "I Like It Like That" and "Oh That's Nice", he added J White to the production process . The sample of the former song "over a very rough instrumental" and with a Cardi verse on it was sent to musician Edgar Machuca . White and Machuca worked on the production, chopping up the sample and trying to "make the song sound better and cohesive and beef up the production ." Cardi re-wrote the hook a number of times and cut vocals, eventually choosing the chorus she was most comfortable with . The three producers looped the "I Like It" part as they felt that was the catchiest part of the sample . Machucha proposed to add Bad Bunny and J Balvin to the track, with both artists contributing with their verses and ideas . Tainy and Invicible finished working on the production focusing on the instrumentals . Work on the record started in October 2017, and finished in early April 2018 . </P> <P> We must have gone through so many different version of the mix . We mixed this over and over and over again . We wanted to make sure the low end was right and the clarity was right and the mid range was right, and it had real dynamic range and great stereo separation with the vocals just sitting right in the pocket . After the truly thousandth listen, I'm like, "This really works . There's nothing more we can do to this to make it better ." </P> <P> "I Like It" is a Latin trap number . It is a blend of trap and salsa, and samples 1960s boogaloo song "I Like It Like That". As noted by a Billboard editor, the song is "heavily indebted to the world of Latin hip hop ." Bad Bunny raps in English and Spanish, while J Balvin performs in Spanish . </P> <P> Writing for Rolling Stone, Brittany Spanos deemed it "the song of the summer" and commented "(it) sounds like it was chemically concocted in a mad scientist's lab to be 2018's reigning song of the summer . (...) Everything about this song is perfect for summer: the trap - meets - salsa beat, features from two of reggaeton's biggest stars, a sample of Pete Rodriguez's half - century - old boogaloo hit "I Like It Like That ." " In The Atlantic, Hannah Giorgis also deemed it "song of the summer" considering "(the song) is irresistible because it channels the rapper at her best: when she feels at home ." She also noted that the verses from both Bad Bunny and J. Balvin "match Cardi's energy" and "add complementary dynamism to the track ." Neil Z . Yeung of AllMusic considered it a "notable highlight" of the album . Billboard staff considered it the best song of the first half of 2018, and the year's best Latin song of the summer . </P>

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