Talento de Barrio (soundtrack)
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| Soundtrack album by Daddy Yankee | ||||||||||||||||
| Released | August 12, 2008 | |||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2007–08 at El Cartel Records, Puerto Rico | |||||||||||||||
| Genre | Reggaeton, urban, latin Pop, R&B, dance, rap, hip hop | |||||||||||||||
| Length | 54:08 | |||||||||||||||
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Machete, El Cartel 280020 |
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| Producer |
Daddy Yankee (exec.) Los De La Nazza, Luny Tunes, Tainy, Diesel, Echo |
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| Billboard | (favorable) |
Talento de Barrio (English: Hood Talent) is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name starring Puerto Rican reggaeton singer-songwriter Daddy Yankee, who also performs the songs on the album. It was released on August 12, 2008 by Machete Music and El Cartel Records, to accompany the motion picture Talento de Barrio. The album was mainly produced by reggaeton producers Eli El Musicólogo and Menes. The album also received a Latin double platinum certification by the RIAA with an excess of 200,000 copies.
Several songs, including "Sólido" and "Somos de Calle", were uploaded to Daddy Yankee's MySpace profile several months before the release of the soundtrack. Released as free single downloads at the time, were not announced to be included on the soundtrack until mid-Summer 2008, when promotion of the film Talento de Barrio would be disclosed. The planned musical style of the soundtrack would not be recognized until May 2008 when Daddy Yankee released the soundtrack's first single "Pose", which is the first song by Daddy Yankee to not have any reggaeton influence whatsoever. The purpose for the soundtrack is to promote the film, but details for a planned tour have not been disclosed, and no tour has been established since then. A planned re-release, entitled Daddy Yankee Mundial, is set for release sometime in 2009, as announced on Daddy Yankee's official site, which is currently under construction.
The album has an overall urban-R&B vibe, and also has many different musical styles like dance music, salsa, bachata and reggaeton. Although all the songs on Talento de Barrio are different in music style, they all revolve around the same subjects of the film. Talento de Barrio [the film] relates the struggles young people face when they try to improve their lives and break free from their troubled surroundings.
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