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Billed as the soundtrack to the film of the same name, Talento de Barrio is a full-length showcase for Daddy Yankee that is essentially the follow-up album to El Cartel: The Big Boss (2007), a wide-ranging effort that found him experimenting with crossover tactics and collaborating with pop-rap artists including Akon, will.i.am, Fergie, and Scott Storch. Unlike that album, which yielded mixed results, Talento de Barrio doesn't aim to expand Daddy Yankee's fan base; rather, it aims to consolidate his already massive following. There are no English-language songs, no pop-rap collaborations, no Scott Storch productions, nothing even potentially embarrassing -- it's pure reggaetón. Granted, there are some Latin fusions (most effectively, "Llamado de Emergencia" fuses Columbian vallenato with reggaetón) and also some autotuned vocals à la T-Pain (the choruses of "Temblor" and "¿Qué Tengo Qué Hacer?"), but Talento de Barrio is clearly a return to Daddy Yankee's strengths as a street-level reggaetónero. This makes Talento de Barrio a less interesting album than El Cartel: The Big Boss, whose broad range of crossover tactics was fascinating even when certain songs didn't work out as well as planned. On the other hand, Talento de Barrio is an all-around better album than El Cartel: The Big Boss. Not only is it more stylistically consistent and more reasonably paced at 15 songs in less than an hour's time; most importantly, it sticks with what's already proven successful. Three highlights in particular exemplify what works best for Daddy Yankee: "Pose" is another in a line of electrifying club tracks ("Gasolina," "Rompe," "Impacto"), "Somos de Calle" is a socially conscious rallying call for the streets, and "Salgo pa' la Calle" is a melodic gem featuring a fantastic hook by Randy (of Jowell & Randy) and a standout production by Luny Tunes and Tainy. ~ Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide
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- El Cartel: The Big Boss (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2007
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- Barrio Fino En Directo (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2006
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- El Cartel: The Big Boss (Edited)
- Released 2007
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- Los Homerun-es
- Released 2005
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La porqueria del mundo
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- By kageroudo
- 8/26/2009 14:45:06
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- By PALUFENA
- 5/29/2009 03:47:22
- daddy yankee es el mejor regetonero o sea el big boss! y es mi artista favorito
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the best
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- By chrissjr
- 3/20/2009 05:41:37
- daddy yankee uno mas de los que son buenisimosss!! haciendo reegueton!!
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AWESOME
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- By Salvadude Tainy
- 2/21/2009 20:32:13
- Finally, an album that has good songs, instead of that beefy music & tiraderas. He should keep singing like this, & maybe consider making a song with Don Omar now that their rivalry is over.
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hey this is good stuff
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- By elgranchulo
- 12/18/2008 00:15:17
- hey man the best album he have made if he keep doing just like this he can go up but no better than wisin y yande but i want to see them make a song with daddy yankee.
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sick
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- By Bball100
- 11/12/2008 20:59:17
- this album is his best my favorites have to be POSE and SOMOSE DE CALLE music video for POSE is tight caus it got the jabawakeez, and i love the lamborghini in SOMOS DE CALLE
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- By Dj Isaiah
- 10/3/2008 02:38:14
- Im not much of the Big Boss fan but i have to admit his songs are pretty rocking. If you do manage to pick up this CD, be sure you listen to the bonus track which has my favorite song called "La Fuga"
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5 stars
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- By BoriEastSide21
- 9/5/2008 00:41:22
- this cd is supa gud....if u were disappointed in Daddy Yankee's El Cartel: The Big Boss album cuz he went 2 american and had alot more hip-hop type songs then you shud get this album cuz it's PURE REGGAETON!
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