![]() Ayala was born in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, and was raised in the neighborhood of Villa Kennedy Housing Projects. It ends the album and brings together the sound and concept of the production.Daddy Yankee【 25 albums 152 lyrics 】 Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1977), known by his stage name Daddy Yankee, is a Puerto Rican singer, songwriter, actor, rapper, and record producer. Yankee told billboard that he wrote this story to put a face to all the names of the neighborhoods in Puerto Rico bringing them to life in a story that’s very humble but full of pride. This track was the inspiration of the well-known hit "La Nueva y La Ex". It describes each scene and the difference between both of them. It’s all about how the Puerto Rican artist took total control over the movement with the album.Ī humorous reggaeton that describes how a guy has a relationship with two women, his wife and his lover. It also touches on politics, crime, hope and Christian spirituality. ![]() ![]() Emotions, feelings and even the most similar of situations are always unique to each individual. The song describes how every heart in the world is different and feels different things in a different way. If you want to wish someone well, when you say goodbye you add “salud y vida.”Īnother tune for the barrio, Gavilán reappears with another poem, this time speaking about the roughness of the barrio. ![]() The title, ‘Health & Life,’ became a popular slogan among Latinos. It speaks about the greatest treasure we have and don’t value enough: our health and living our life to the fullest above all else. Latin hip-hop with Mexican banda influence. Speaks about violence against women.You hear the dialogue between man and woman the entire song. It’s a mix of R&B and reggaeton More of a rap track that allowed to vent against all his spiritual evilĪ mix of Reggaeton and salsa with one of the piooners of the Salsa genre. Similar as "Tu Principe", Yankee makes another romantic song that talks about him being heartbroken. This song got into radio on its own, thanks to the fans. It was made to the people who liked reggaeton but didn’t speak Spanish.Īfter the fusion of ‘Like You,’ Yankee went to the basics with something hardcore, the classic sound of the genre.Īnother latin anthem, fusing merengue and reggaeton giving it a Caribbean tropical sound.Ī romantic track that describes how someone falls in love with his best friend but is afraid to tell her because he doesn’t want to ruin the friendship and lose her. This spanglish track is a mix of R&B and reggaeton. The word gasolina is known by everyone in the world. Thanks to this song, the world got to know reggaeton. It describes ta woman who likes to go out and have a good time.It became the most famous track in the history of the urban movement. The tune that would never be forgotten, innovative and with a wonderful catchy chorus. This track helped Wisin & Yandel gain international recognition because it was part of the promo video for Barrio Fino, together with Gasolina. You can hear the Jamaican sound in the background together with Yankee's voicethe entire song.Ī club anthem. Yankee described his career and predicted this album would change the genre and validate his name. King Daddy is also the title of his mixtape, which includes the hit ‘La Nueva y la Ex.Ī dance track inspired by dancehall music. It’s a poem by Gavilán, an ex-convict poet who talks about the humble face of the barrio. And it gave kids the possibility to say, ‘Man, if Yankee can, I can.’” “Barrio Fino brought glamour to the barrio. It wasn’t just “Gasolina.” Tracks like the contagious “Lo Que Pasó, Pasó,” the haunting “Corazones” and the uplifting “Salud y Vida” are classics of Latin urban music. Barrio Fino is an album full of hits that fuses street reggaeton with other tropical rhythms. With its intro of rapid-fire rapping over the sound of running motors, “Gasolina” topped both Latin and mainstream charts and explored the world, opening the doors of the world for a reggaeton movement led by Yankee, Don Omar, Wisin & Yandel, Tito El Bambino, and others. Reggaeton, with its aggressive, danceable dembow beat, had been growing gradually for years in Puerto Rico’s underground.īut it took Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina” to make it explode in the Latin market and beyond. Barrio Fino was a very international and commercial that took on what was then an underground genre neglected by major labels. A top-selling Latin album of the entire decade, and for most the best album in the history of reggaeton. Barrio Fino and its lead single, “Gasolina,” blasted as a global reggaeton explosion that altered the business in a permanent way, the sound and aesthetic of Latin music. ![]()
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