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El Príncipe (Cosculluela Album)
''El Príncipe'' is the debut album by Puerto Rican reggaeton and hip hop artist Cosculluela. It was released on December 1, 2009 by White Lion Records White Lion Records is a reggaeton, Latin Music, Latín reggae and urbano record label established by Elías de León with the release of the album '' No Mercy'' by Daddy Yankee in 1995. The label would temporarily change its name to 'Boricua Guerr ... and Rottweilas Inc. The album features collaborations with Ivy Queen, De La Ghetto, Jowell & Randy, Zion & Lennox, Jomar, Kendo and O'Neill (from Joan & O'Neill). It debuted at number three on the Top Latin Albums chart and number 185 on the ''Billboard'' 200. Track listing # "Sube y Baja" — 3:37 # "Warrior" — 5:50 # "Na Na Nau" — 3:26 # "Pienso En Tí" — 4:16 # "Prrrum" — 3:58 # "Yo No Se Bailar" — 3:18 # "En Ocasiones" — 3:48 # "Plaka Plaka" — 3:19 # "Con El Pensamiento" — 4:49 # "Dividiendo Bandos (Intro)" — 0:15 # "Dividiendo Bandos" — 3: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosculluela
José Fernando Cosculluela Suárez (born October 15, 1980), known professionally as Cosculluela, is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2018, he was caught up in a controversy after fellow Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA released a diss track. Early life and education Cosculluela was born in Puerto Rico from Puerto Rican mother and Cuban father. He came from an upper-class family and was raised in the gated community of Palmas del Mar. At a young age, Cosculluela became interested in tennis and eventually played for his high school, ''Colegio San Antonio Abad.'' He also developed passions for golf and surfing. Career At the age of sixteen, Cosculluela began producing underground mixtapes with his brother Jaime and his friends. After a few years of recording underground, popular Reggaeton producer Buddha found out about Cosculluela's talents in a San Juan studio. Buddha was working with Latin hip hop producer Echo at the time. Buddha selected Cosculluela to replace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggaeton
Reggaeton (, ), also known as reggaetón and reguetón (), is a music style that originated in Panama during the late 1980s. It was later popularized in Puerto Rico. It has evolved from dancehall and has been influenced by American Hip hop music, hip hop, Latin American music, Latin American, and Caribbean music. Vocals include rapping and singing, typically in Spanish. Reggaeton is regarded as one of the most popular music genres in the Caribbean Spanish, Spanish-speaking Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, Panama, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela. Over the 2010s, the genre has seen increased popularity across Latin America, as well as acceptance within Pop music, mainstream Western music. Etymology The word ''reggaeton'' (formed from the word ''reggae'' plus the augmentative suffix ) was first used in 1988 when El General's representative Michael Ellis gave it that name to describe it as "''reggae grande''" (big reggae). The spellings ''reggaeton'' and ''r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Lion Records
White Lion Records is a reggaeton, Latin Music, Latín reggae and urbano record label established by Elías de León with the release of the album '' No Mercy'' by Daddy Yankee in 1995. The label would temporarily change its name to 'Boricua Guerrero' from 1996-2001 until reestablishing as White Lion Records with the releases of Maicol y Manuel's "Como En Los Tiempos De Antes" and the compilation "Planet Reggae" in 2002. As an independent label in 2003, it was selling over 100,000 copies of Tego Calderon's most recent album at the time; it soon after signed a distribution deal with Sony BMG. White Lion is an issuer of Puerto Rican Hip Hop , Reggaeton, Latin Reggae & Urbano. The company and its founder Elias de León were first to discover and release material from future reggaeton stars such as Daddy Yankee, Calle 13, Eddie Dee, Mexicano 777, Tego Calderon, Farina and Nicki Nicole. They have released albums like "Calle 13" and "Los De Atras Vienen Conmigo" by Calle 13, "El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executive Producer
Executive producer (EP) is one of the top positions in the making of a commercial entertainment product. Depending on the medium, the executive producer may be concerned with management accounting or associated with legal issues (like copyrights or royalties). In films, the executive producer generally contributes to the film's budget and their involvement depends on the project, with some simply securing funds and others being involved in the filmmaking process. Motion pictures In films, executive producers may finance the film, participate in the creative effort, or work on set. Their responsibilities vary from funding or attracting investors into the movie project to legal, scripting, marketing, advisory and supervising capacities. Executive producers vary in involvement, responsibility and power. Some executive producers have hands-on control over every aspect of production, some supervise the producers of a project, while others are involved in name only. The creditin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Echo (producer)
Paul Frederick Irizarry Suau, (born January 18, 1982), known professionally as Echo, is a Puerto Rican record producer and songwriter. Grammy Award-winning producer and engineer, Paul Irizarry “Echo” has successfully worked for the last 15 years with major urban and pop artists in Latin, mainstream, and European markets. Musical career Producing, recording and/or mixing songs and albums for the likes of such artists as: Ricky Martin, Pitbull, London Symphony Orchestra, Tego Calderon, Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls), Alek Syntek, Paulina Rubio, Tempo, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Vico C, Divino, Ivy Queen, Thalia, Nina Sky, Wisin & Yandel, Voltio, Tito El Bambino, Farruko, FLEX, Beenie Man, Cultura Profética, Alexis & Fido, Cosculluela, Orishas, Jazze Pha, Obie Bermúdez, Lil Silvio & El Vega, Kevin Florez, Twista, Abraham, Fat Joe, Ariana Puello (Spain), La Mala (Spain), Ojos de Brujo (Spain), PUYA, La Secta, Crooked Steelo, La India, Eddie Dee, Hector “ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and Unincorporated territories of the United States, unincorporated territory of the United States. It is located in the northeast Caribbean Sea, approximately southeast of Miami, Florida, between the Dominican Republic and the United States Virgin Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and includes the eponymous main island and several smaller islands, such as Isla de Mona, Mona, Culebra, Puerto Rico, Culebra, and Vieques, Puerto Rico, Vieques. It has roughly 3.2 million residents, and its Capital city, capital and Municipalities of Puerto Rico, most populous city is San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan. Spanish language, Spanish and English language, English are the official languages of the executive branch of government, though Spanish predominates. Puerto Rico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivy Queen
Martha Ivelisse Pesante Rodríguez (born March 4, 1972), known professionally as Ivy Queen, is a Puerto Rican singer, rapper, songwriter, and actress. She is considered one of the pioneers of the reggaeton genre, commonly referred to as the Queen of Reggaeton. Ivy Queen began her career as a member of the all-male collective The Noise in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There, she performed her first song "Somos Raperos Pero No Delincuentes" ''(We are Rappers, Not Delinquents)''. Ivy Queen went solo in 1996, and released her debut studio album '' En Mi Imperio (In My Empire)'' which was quickly picked up by Sony Discos for distribution in 1997. She later released '' The Original Rude Girl'', her second studio album for Sony label, which spawned the hit single " In the Zone". However, Ivy Queen did not rise to fame until she moved to an independent record label to release her third studio album, '' Diva'' in 2003. Ivy Queen's albums ''Diva'', '' Flashback'', and '' Sentimiento'' have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
De La Ghetto
Rafael Castillo Torres, known professionally as De La Ghetto, is an American rapper, singer and songwriter, originally part of the duo Arcángel & De La Ghetto. His name is a reference to a 1990 episode of ''The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air''. Early life and career Rafael Castillo, Jr. was born in New York and moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the age of eight. He is the son of a Dominican father and a Puerto Rican mother. In 2004, he collaborated with reggaeton artist Arcángel (real name: Austin Santos) to form the duo Arcángel & De La Ghetto; the group debuted with the single "Ven Pégate", which was featured on Naldo's mixtape ''Sangre Nueva'' in 2005. He along with Arcángel signed to Zion's label Baby Records, and have appeared on numerous reggaeton albums including the compilation '' Mas Flow: Los Benjamins''. In 2006, De La Ghetto began his solo career and appeared the next year on two hit singles, the remix of "Siente el Boom" by Tito el Bambino and a collaboration with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jowell & Randy
Jowell & Randy are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo composed of Joel Muñoz (born March 3, 1982) and Randy Ortiz (born July 16, 1983). The duo have been active since the early-2000s and have become one of the most popular acts in reggaeton. They have released three studio albums, five mixtapes and twenty-three singles as of June 2017. They were also members of the short-lived group Casa de Leones alongside J King & Maximan and Guelo Star. They became the first reggaeton acts to perform in the Principality of Monaco and the first reggaeton duo to do so in Australia. Career 1990s–2005: Early years Joel Alexis "Jowell" Muñoz Martínez was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A. on March 3, 1982 and was raised in Cataño, Puerto Rico, one of the island's poorest municipalities. He began to take interest in music at the age of 7 through Puerto Rican rapper Vico C and his 1989 cassette '' La Recta Final''. Vico C (born Luis Armando Lozada Cruz on September 8, 1971) is cited as a pionee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zion & Lennox
Zion & Lennox are a reggaeton music duo from Carolina, Puerto Rico. In 2004, Zion & Lennox released their first studio album titled ''Motivando A La Yal'' under White Lion Records. After their first album, Zion & Lennox decided to start their own label, Baby Records Inc. The duo is made up of Félix Ortiz (Zion) and Gabriel Pizarro (Lennox). Zion & Lennox are considered to be the pioneers of romantic reggaeton. Personal lives Félix Ortiz Torres and Gabriel Pizarro were born in Carolina, Puerto Rico. They met in 1992, while living in the same neighborhood and having common interests in reggaeton. Their common taste for music quickly became a serious passion and a reason to work together and thoroughly in the reggaetón genre, once Lennox's brother, whose nickname was ''Mackie'', invited them to officially sing a theme in 2001, though they had already been a duo since 2000. While Zion & Lennox developed a deep interest in the new genre during that time, their focus was disti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lele (rapper)
Victor Alexis Rivera Santiago (September 17, 1986 - July 1, 2010), better known by his stage name Lele "El Arma Secreta", was a Puerto Rican rapper, singer-songwriter, and drug trafficker who was signed to the Gold Star Music label and later Rottweilas Inc., as well as his independent label Secret Family. He recorded solo or as part of a duo with partner Endo under the name Endo & Lele "Las Armas Secretas". After discovering his musical talent, Rivera worked in Héctor el Father's Gold Star Music label as a songwriter from 2003 until 2008. He wrote many songs for artists such as Héctor el Father, Yomo, Polaco and Daddy Yankee, but went mostly uncredited with a few exceptions. After the company dissolved, he recorded "O Me Pagas" (featuring Endo), a diss track towards Héctor el Father for allegedly owing him royalties for his work as a songwriter. He went on to sue him for $500,000 over the royalties of more than 40 songs he had written for him, but lost the case. He later wen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
