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Supernatural (Remastered) album cover
Supernatural (Remastered)
1999 4:22
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Santana Latin Rock 1999 G minor
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Maria Maria

"Maria Maria" is a Latin rock track by Santana featuring the Product G&B, released on the 1999 album Supernatural. Written by Wyclef Jean, Jerry Duplessis, Carlos Santana, Karl Perazzo, and Raul Rekow, the song blends hip-hop production with melodic guitar work over a sampled drum beat. For electric guitarists, it offers a study in Carlos Santana's signature smooth, singing lead tone and the way his melodic phrasing bridges Latin, rock, and R&B grooves.

  • The main melody riff was inspired by the Wu-Tang Clan song 'Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing ta Fuck Wit', an unusual source for Santana's style.
  • The track samples the drum beat from 'God Make Me Funky' by jazz fusion band the Headhunters, giving it a distinctive hip-hop foundation.
  • Supernatural, the album featuring 'Maria Maria', was Santana's 18th studio album, released in 1999, and became one of his biggest commercial successes.
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Santana cranked Fender Twin Reverbs in his early years to achieve natural breakup and warm sustain before switching to Mesa/Boogie. The Twin's natural compression and smooth overdrive characteristics laid the foundation for his signature singing tone.

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Carlos uses the Dunlop Cry Baby selectively for expressive filter sweeps on solos, keeping it minimal since his tone comes primarily from guitar and amp interaction. The wah adds vocalistic expressiveness without dominating his fundamentally sustain-driven sound.

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