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 Redefining the genre May 26, 2007
Being sick of hear the same radio-friendly reggaeton I decided to try Tego after hearing some samples on iTunes. You cannot put this album in the same sack, this one is a awesome mix of latin music, salsa, reggae, hip-hop and rap.
Imaginative and well-thinked lyrics, nice flow and the risk to make different things make The Underdog/El subestimado a great album. The ony flaw is the lame collaboration with Yandel... I only pass this thing because he also make a song with salsa's "pharao" Oscar D'Leon, correcting his mistake. My final advice? Give this album a try!
Outstanding tracks: Slo mo', Payaso, Veo veo, Oh Dios.
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 The last one was better but still worth 12 bucks!!!! Apr 02, 2007
This was another good enough outing for Tego but he could do much better. The guy is too good to just have okay albums they should all be instant classics and this one just isn't his break out cd "El Abayarde" was testament to his nastiness on the Mic. The last Cd had its moments this one does to but they just aren't as bright.
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Modern without leting go tradition Jan 10, 2007
Great reggeaton artist. With lots of caribbean flavor on his music. He doesnt forget about our origins, he fusions his music with african rithms.. very populars in the puertorrican community. Full of latin flavor. Even have one salsa song. Colaborates with Don Omar, Danny Fornaris, and other great reggeaton artist and compositors.
 La Escuela de La Salsaton Nov 26, 2006
El reggaetón no es de mi generación. Me enorgullece decir que mi clase de escuela superior se graduó antes de que los pantalones caídos llegaran a mi escuela. Y el reggaeton no se bailó tanto en mi graduación. Pero es una lástima que Tego no halla sido Mainstream hasta hace 5-6 años atrás.
La fusión entre la Salsa y el Reggaeton expuesto en este disco es evidencia de que los reggaetoneros deben mirar más allá del sonsonete tuqui tuqui. Y no es salsa monga, es Salsa Gorda, ¡de los 70!, cuando Salsa era Salsa. ATENCION, REGGAETONEROS, ESCUCHEN A TEGO Y APRENDAN DE MUSICA. Como dice el: "LLEGO EL GRANDPA"
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Brilliant hip-hop - Terrible reggaeton Oct 17, 2006
I love Tego. I loved El Abayarde and Pa que Retozen is still my all time no 1 reggaeton jam.
As a Latin Hip-hop album, in fact as a hip-hop album... this is brilliant work (it's why he got the 4 stars). Tego's lyrics, flow and beats are on point. A Mi Papa, Como Me Llamo yo, Slo' Mo are all brilliant Hip-Hop tracks.
As a reggaeton album, it is terribly dull. Not one of the reggaeton tracks on this album are a classic. And it's because it's a boring reggaeton album that it is not selling. Tego should have been the next million seller and had he brought out reggaeton tracks of the calibre on Abayarde, he would have been. Problem is, he clearly concentrated on the Hip-Hop side of things and put the reggaeton tracks out of duty. These tracks are fillers. Because of it the sales are far from impressive.
The fact is alot of latinos out there who love reggaeton will never listen to hip-hop. I know plenty of latinos (I mean actually born in Latin America) who love their salsa, merengue, latin rock/pop, anglo rock and pop, vallenato, bachata, etc and now reggaeton. But talk to them about hip-hop and they hate it. That is the problem with this album. Tego has managed to alienate his reggaeton loving fans (who don't like hip hop). I used to love hip-hop when I was a teenager but I don't listen to it now, yet I can't stop playing the reggaeton. That is the problem with this album. I'm not playing this in my car because it hasn't got killer reggaeton jams, it ain't got the killer dembow beat. It's not all Tego's fault though, DJ Joe who wrote Pa que Retozen wrote a track for this album... boring!!! It's just bad reggaeton.
Tego has been going around saying he wants to do even less reggaeton (it's no secret he doesn't like it) on his next album. Well good luck tego because you'll be selling even less.
It is quite clear now why Atlantic kept putting off the release of this album. They could hear what Tego was doing and they knew it would not sell.
4 stars if you want the Latin hip-hop. It's pretty hot.
2 stars if you want reggaeton. Very dull... only got 2 because Tego is still tight lyrically.
Like I said it's a great hip hop album, tego's lyrics and flow are the best as always but I just can't listen to it... I want reggaeton!!!
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