Artist Tego Calderón Label White Lion Records | Release date 1 July 2003 | |
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Released November 2002 (Puerto Rico and Some Parts of The U.S.)
July 1, 2003 (Worldwide) Producer Luny Tunes
Noriega
DJ Joe
Rafy Mercenario
Coo-Kee
DJ Nelson
Echo
Maestro El Abayarde
(2003) El Enemy de los Guasíbiri
(2004) Genres Reggaeton, Hip hop music, Music of Latin America, Reggae Nominations Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album Similar Tego Calderón albums, Reggaeton albums | ||
El Abayarde is the debut album by the Puerto Rican rapper Tego Calderón. It included the singles "Pa' Que Retozen", "Guasa Guasa" and "Al Natural". It was originally released 2002 through White Lion Records selling over 75,000 copies its first week between Puerto Rico and some parts of the United States. Despite heavy bootlegging internationally due to the album's lack of availability worldwide it was still able to sell over 300,000 copies. It would eventually be internationally distributed by Sony BMG in 2003. El Abayarde was nominated for a Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year.
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Tego calder n intro
Album details
El Abayarde was one of the first reggaeton albums to be successful in the United States, and also of the genre. Having five singles released, it is the album with the most singles in Tego Calderon's career. The album took reggaeton to a new level, and revolutionized reggaeton in North America. The album features contributions by Eddie Dee, Luisma, and Maestro. The tracks were produced by Luny Tunes, DJ Nelson, Maestro, Rafy Mercenario, DJ Joe, DJ Adam, Echo and Coo-kee. This is Tego's debut album and was one of the albums that internationalized reggaeton. The singles include: "Abayarde", "Gracias", "Cambumbo" and "Pa' Que Retozen".
El Abayarde is one of the albums that help revolutionized reggaeton worldwide, along with Daddy Yankee's Barrio Fino, Ivy Queen's Diva and Don Omar's The Last Don. It was the most purchased reggaeton album in Puerto Rico of that year, helping it break the record for the most sales as a reggaeton CD in its first week. The album is credited with introducing reggaeton in places like Houston, New York, Miami and Los Angeles in the United States.
Songs
1Intro (feat Lisma)0:46
2Abayarde (feat Maestro)3:23
3Al Natural3:36