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| Release Date: | 2007-06-05 |
| Label: | Interscope Records |
| UPC: | 602517335707 |
| Binding: | Audio CD |
| Published By: | Interscope Records |
| ASIN: | B000PDZJ0I |
| Category: | Music |
Tracks on El Cartel: The Big Boss by Interscope Records
- Jefe
- En Sus Marcas Listos Fuera
- Cambio
- Fuera de Control
- Impacto
- Ella Me Levanto
- A Lo Clasico
- Bring It On
- Who's Your Daddy?
- El Celular
- Ven Damelo
- Papi Lover
- Que Paso?
- Mensaje de Estado
- Tension
- Soy lo Que Soy
- Corazon Divina
- Plane to PR
- Me Quedaria
- Todos Quieren a Raymond
- Impacto
Editorial Reviews and Product Descriptions
Album Description
THE KING OF REGGAETON, DADDY YANKEE, returns with his new album "El Cartel: The Big Boss". After international platinum success with his first 4 albums, Daddy Yankee released, "El Barrio Fino", which went PLATINUM in the U.S alone, and solidified himself as the leading pioneer of the reggaeton movement. "El Cartel: The Big Boss" is the follow-up studio album everybody has been waiting 3 years for. Having enlisted super-producers such as will.i.am and Scott Storch, Daddy Yankee more than lives up to the hype and delivers his most multi-dimensional and complete album to date.
Amazon.com
If the reggaeton revolution slowed for a second and you're not sure why, consider the comings and goings of Daddy Yankee: Three years have passed since he lit a Latino fire under the non-Latino world with "Gasolina," and despite the best efforts of vast clusters of tough-talking, body-rocking followers, only he, apparently, can keep it stoked. El Cartel: The Big Boss is a 21-track thrill ride destined to restore reggaeton's lost luster. The first few minutes creak--as intros go, "Jefe" is on the longwinded side--but from there it's a riot of bump-bumps, nemesis-bashing, and quick-tongued braggadocio. All credit to DY for again climbing atop a swirling mass of beats and remembering to swagger appealingly on the way up, but the small army of producers and friends who line up to pay the big boss respects on this disc also deserve their props: Fergie makes an impact on the Scott Storch-produced "Impacto" without forcing it in an overly mainstream direction, "Papi Lover" with Pussycat Doll Nicole Sherzinger busts out a cool bhangra-ragga vibe, and Will.i.am winds up "Plane to PR," a slight but contagious ode to Caribbean senoritas, tight. --Tammy La Gorce
Customer Reviews
Good album, inconsistent in production values, a bit too long - Reviewed on 2007-07-27
3 customers found this review helpful, 2 did not.
Best to review it, track by track.
Jefe - What is this, Hammer revisited? As an opener, it sucks. It is not a bad track, though.
En Sus Marcas - nice beat, difficult to understand at times; somehow this is Rompe, Revisited.
Cambio - clever use of rhyme and lyrics, slightly bachateao, so to speak.
Fuera de Control - identity crisis... would have taken the dembow away and leave as a straight hip-hop track.
Impacto - first installment, again, good beat, energetic; second one, less so.
Ella me levantó - a cliché from beginning to end, hate it. Would be loved by the average 15 yo. Sucks donkeys.
A lo Clasico - somehow reminds me of Calle 13's "Se Vale To-Tó". Has Voltio written all over it. Rompe The Third.
Bring it on - freshest track in the whole album... who cares if he's trying to pander to the English speaking audience?
Who's Your Daddy? - great, DY's voice is a bit buried in the mix. A bit too busy, but great.
El Celular - nice, would offend his die-hard fans, but great sounding, even if the lyrics are a bit clicheish.
Ven dámelo - filler track, period. Gasolina sin plomo.
Papi Lover - as a crossover track beat-wise, nice effort.
Qué pasó? - as a crossover track, better effort than Papi Lover, but would tolerate the previous' subject matter better.
Mensaje de Estado - as far as tiraera goes, this is the best curse streak I've heard in a long, long time. W&Y, consider yourselves dissed. My concern is that tiraera is so old by now...
Tensión - lyrically busy, good beat.
Soy lo que soy - autobiographical tracks, nicely written, but spare me the Popeye treatment... I Yam What I Yam, revisited.
Coraza divina - nice lyrics, awful beat. Proves that DY can get serious and not too saccharine while getting personal.
Plane to PR - great beat, really infectious... hate the idea of oversimplifying things and conveying a clichéd image of Puerto Rico, a la Will Smith's 'Miami', but good dance track
Me quedaría - somehow reminds me of Vico C, ol skool. Good.
Todos quieren a Raymond - great subject matter, great lyrical images. Weird beat. I hate the title, he probably was watching "Everybody Loves Raymond" on his first class seat
Overall impression - DY is trying too hard to please too wide an audience, and his talent for lyrics is getting diluted. Should he be making an international impact on the same league as Ricky Martin, Raymond better remember that Ricky's last English album was a miserable stinker, because it was too busy and unfocused. This album is way too long. It consists of quite a few gems buried between a lot of filler. The braggadocio is starting to take its toll, but he's still the best lyrics delivery man in the business. When he's experimental, he's good; when his lyrics are focused, no one can touch him. Beat-wise, this album is inconsistent. Three stars.
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Book Subjects
- Latin
- Latin - Rap
- Latin - Reggaeton
- Latin - Urban
- Latin Rap
- Reggae
- Reggaeton