''El Que Sabe, Sabe'' is the fourth studio album by Puerto Rican rapper

Tego Calderón Tegui Calderón Rosario (born February 1, 1972) is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and actor. He began his musical career in 1996 (as Tego Tec) and was supported by the famous Puerto Rican rapper Eddie Dee, who invited him on his second studio albu ...

, released 8 years after his last studio album, ''

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'', and 3 years after his mixtape ''The Original Gallo del País''. The album won a

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Background

Originally set to be titled ''Mr. T'', the album instead ended being titled ''El Que Sabe, Sabe'' in honor of Tego's father, Esteban Calderón Ibarraza, who died in 2004 and the production's title was a common phrase of him. It has lyrics influenced by Tego Calderón's life and also popular reggaeton. Calderón also decided to mix old school reggaeton with new music, for example: "Al Grano", which mixes reggaeton and dubstep. A duet was recorded with

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winner

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. The song is about a young child suffering from many forms of abuse. Other songs like "Por Burro" and "Amar Por Amar" includes social themes. A song titled "Nadie Me Tumba" was recorded for this album, and a preview was released on the Internet, but Calderón decided to not include it on his album because he didn't want sad tracks. The rapper said that the song talks about his life and the problems que had after an accident. Calderón intended to release the album through

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, but its executives did not like the fact that the album "was too intelligent and the public was stupid". He said that they rejected the album because the public doesn't have the intellectual level to understand it. Tego was upset and angry with this decision, and manifested his anger about Sony Music. He finally released his album through Siente Music, a subsidiary of

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Release and promotion

The official release date for the album ''El Que Sabe, Sabe'' was February 3, 2015 and as of January 13, 2015 the album was made available for preorder via iTunes. It reached the top position on ''Billboards Latin Rhythm chart on his first week. On February 13, 2015 was released the music video of "Dando Break", the album's only single. A music video for the song's remix was released on March 23, 2015.

Track listing

Music videos

*"Dando Break" - February 11, 2015 *"Dando Break" (Remix) - March 23, 2015 *"El Que Sabe, Sabe" - September 30, 2015

Charts

References

External links

Tego Calderon's Official Website

El Que Sabe, Sabe on iTunes
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