Talento de Barrio

Talento de Barrio is the soundtrack album to the film of the same name and the fifth studio album 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 production explores reggaeton with elements of tropical music such as merengue and dancehall along with EDM and electropop sounds. It receive positive reviews and was nominated for Best Urban Album at the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards. The album was supported by four official singles: "Somos de Calle", "Pose", "Llamado de Emergencia", and "Que Tengo Que Hacer?". The album was a commercial success selling over one million of copies worldwide. In the United States, the album debut at the top of Billboard Top Latin Albums and received a double platinum (Latin Field) certification by the RIAA with an excess of 200,000 copies, platinum in Argentina and Central America. To promote de album, Yankee embarked in his third official world tour Talento de Barrio Tour. Following the success of the album, Daddy Yankee was named by CNN as the Most Influential Hispanic Artist of 2009 and was the most searched artist on Google in Argentina of 2009. Background Daddy Yankee recorded the movie Talento de Barrio between March and June of 2005. It was his first movie starring as main character. On the same year, he started to record the soundtrack recording the tracks "Somos de Calle" and "No es Culpa Mia" produced by Lune Tunes. The trailer was released on the DVD of Barrio Fino en Directo on December 13, 2005. According to Yankee, the movie was set to be released in mid-2006 and was going to be distribuited by Paramount Pictures.Later, he stated that the new released date of the movie was going to be on October 2007, along with the soundtrack. However, the movie was released on July 13, 2008 ndependently via separate distribution agreements in various countries. The official recording seasions of the album started on the end December of 2007, following the end of the first leg of his The Big Boss Tour. According to Yankee, he was "more relaxed and without restlessness" during the production of the album, since he had total control as executive producer, unlike his last album, El Cartel III: The Big Boss (2007), co-produced with Interscope.