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The last time we heard from this sex-crazed Cuban American rapper was his 2004 debut, “M.I.A.M.I.” Pitbull hasn’t tamed his testosterone any, but the rapper now offers a strong, multidimensional portrait of his own complex identity, far beyond his animal urges. We meet a Pitbull who is even likable and vulnerable. The reformed drug dealer offers an antidrug message in “Come See Me.” He laments the death of his once-estranged father and his best friend in “Raindrops.” The rapper even bares his broken heart on the very un-macho torch song “Dime.”