Daddy Yankee - Gasolina CD Single

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Gasolina album for sale by Daddy Yankee was released Jan 01, 2006 on the Machete Music label. Daddy Yankee is one of the leading proponents of reggaeton music, a style that, though often misidentified as a reggae sub-genre, is actually a hybrid form of Puerto Rican hip-hop heavily influenced by dancehall, techno, merengue, and salsa. Gasolina buy CD music BARRIO FINO (which translates literally as "fine neighborhood") is one of the first full-length, non-compilation reggaeton releases to make a national splash on the Billboard charts, despite reports that, in New York City, bootlegged versions of the album sold over 100,000 copies prior to the disc's official street date. Gasolina songs Daddy Yankee's brand of reggaeton is brash, aggressive, and exciting, fusing non-stop pumping club rhythms with snarling, rapid-fire rapping reminiscent of Cypress Hill. Gasolina album for sale The record's sound reflects the harsh, uncompromising reality of ghetto life in both the Bronx and San Juan with mechanical-sounding synths and throbbing, industrial-style bass lines. Not content to stick with his signature sound, Daddy Yankee also branches out into crossover territory, singing romantic sweet nothings in English on "Like You," and sounding downright Dirty South on the G-funk-influenced "Santifica Tus Escapularios." Rolling Stone (p. 78) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "Start here for an action-packed entree to the genre's rougher pleasures."
Uncut (p. 114) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[O]n BARRIO FINO Yankee rides roughshod over beefed-up digital reggae rhythms, the emphasis pushed on low-rent electronics and sharp, biscuit-tin snares." Gasolina CD music contains a single disc.

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CD Universe Part number	7199775
Label	Machete Music
Orig Year	2004
Catalog number	9881583
Discs	1
Release Date	Jan 01, 2006
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Additional Info	SNGL