The Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Daddy Yankee says goodbye to his followers with the publication this Thursday of his latest album, "Legendaddy"a 19-song work with great collaborations with which the Latin music legend says goodbye to a 32-year career.
Daddy Yankee, who took the urban genre to another level, announced last Sunday his retirement from music, an apparently definitive goodbye that deserved a farewell with an album that arrives today with "Legendaddy"his final studio work, now on all platforms.
The 45-year-old Puerto Rican, who in 2004 gave the blow of his life with "Gasoline", he says goodbye with a work in which he gives a good example of what his style has been for all these years, an album in which he wanted to accompany the great figures of urban music at the time.
the self-proclaimed "boss" He recruits for his seventh and the most important album of his career is expected figures of the stature of Bad Bunny, Myke Towers, Rauw Alejandro or the Cuban Pitbull.
He is not accompanied in this goodbye by the also Puerto Rican Luis Fonsi, with whom he made history in 2017 with "Slowly"a song in which he left his emblematic reggaeton, a rhythm with which he became a world reference since the nineties of the last century that placed Puerto Rico on the international music scene.
SEVENTH DISC
"Legendaddy" It is the seventh studio work of his career, which hits the streets under the record label El Cartel Records and with the distribution of Universal Music Group.
Produced by Daddy Yankee himself and the Dominican duo Luny Tunes, among others, "Legendaddy" It is a very thoughtful work by the artist that includes 19 songs that try to review his long career.
open with topic "Legendaddy"Daddy Yankee’s final album delves into the urban genre through 19 songs with titles like "Champion", "Remix", "Hobby", "rumbaton" or "X Last time".
The song list includes the titles "Forever", "One removed and another on", "trick", "The abuser of the abuser", "Enchuletia’o", "Water", "twerking area", "Hot", "Wave", "Chocolate", "The king of the imperfect", "odd" and "Block".
During all these songs, Daddy Yankee tries to remember his legacy in the urban rhythm, although he varies from one theme to another, delving into all the musical styles he has played in his career, in which he even dared with salsa together with Marc Anthony .
A CAREER OF 32 YEARS
"I will say goodbye celebrating these 32 years of experience with this new collection piece. I’m going to give you all the styles that have defined me, in a single production"said the artist when announcing the album.
Among the most powerful songs of "Legendaddy" highlights "Hobby" with the collaboration of Myke Towers, in which the two artists put the best of their repertoire to bring out a great song.
"X Last time" is another of the outstanding songs on the album, a meeting with Bad Bunny in which he returns the collaboration they did in 2017 on the song "Returns".
"Forever" It is the theme chosen to sing with the Panamanian Sech, in which the two artists clearly connect.
Daddy Yankee goes solo in "Legendaddy" with "Wave" and "Enchuletia’o"two songs closely connected with the most current urban music.
"rumbaton" and "The abuser of the abuser" They are two other solo songs by the Puerto Rican in which the tropical influence of his native island is felt with a more Latin rhythm.
With "Chocolate" delves into the musical universe of the Panamanian rapper El Alfa El Jefe, a collaboration that highlights his commitment to the most urban sound.
SOLD 30 MILLION RECORDS
The singer sold more than 30 million records throughout his career, highlighting his historic "Gasoline" of 2004, which meant a before and after of the urban genre.
The disc "Barrio Fino: Live"the third, from 2004, was also a reference in Daddy Yankee’s career, until the arrival of 2017 "Slowly" Along with his compatriot Luis Fonsi, who managed to rise to number 1 in more than 80 countries and become the song with the most views on YouTube to date.
The artist said in his farewell that his followers have been "the greatest treasure" that you can have in your career.
Daddy Yankee started his musical career with the album "beachy 34"by the music producer DJ Playero, and where the word reggaeton or reggaeton was heard for the first time.
