Talento de Barrio (soundtrack)


Talento de Barrio is a soundtrack album to the film of the same name starring Puerto Rican reggaeton singer-songwriter Daddy Yankee, who also performs the songs on the album. It was released on August 12, 2008 by Machete Music and El Cartel Records, to accompany the motion picture Talento de Barrio. The album was mainly produced by reggaeton producers Eli El Musicólogo and Menes. The album also received a Latin double platinum certification by the RIAA with an excess of 200,000 copies and sold more than 1,000,000 copies worldwide.

History

Promotion

Several songs, including "Sólido" and "Somos de Calle", were uploaded to Daddy Yankee's MySpace profile several months before the release of the soundtrack. Released as free single downloads at the time, were not announced to be included on the soundtrack until mid-Summer 2008, when promotion of the film Talento de Barrio would be disclosed. The planned musical style of the soundtrack would not be recognized until May 2008 when Daddy Yankee released the soundtrack's first single "Pose", which is the first song by Daddy Yankee to not have any reggaeton influence whatsoever. The purpose for the soundtrack is to promote the film, but details for a planned tour have not been disclosed, and no tour has been established since then. A planned re-release, entitled Daddy Yankee Mundial, is set for release sometime in 2009, as announced on Daddy Yankee's official site, which is currently under construction.

Musical style

The album has an overall urban-R&B vibe, and also has many different musical styles like dance music, salsa, bachata and reggaeton. Although all the songs on Talento de Barrio are different in music style, they all revolve around the same subjects of the film. Talento de Barrio relates the struggles young people face when they try to improve their lives and break free from their troubled surroundings.

Commercial reception

In the United States, the album debut at the top of Billboard Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums selling 26,000 copies in the first week.
The album was a commercial success across Latin American and was certified platinum in Argentina and Gold in Peru.

Chart performance

The soundtrack became a major debuting success on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 13 with 26,000 sold in its first week. It dropped to number 23 the week after, and eventually to number 35. Its final charting position was at number 191, as of December 13, 2008. It also became entered in the Top 5 of the Billboard Top Soundtracks chart peaking at number 3, becoming Daddy Yankee's first Top 5 soundtrack on the Top Soundtracks chart. The soundtrack is also Yankee's fourth consecutive number-one album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.
In Argentina, the album debut and peaked at number 5.

Singles

  1. "Talento De Barrio" — 3:07
  2. "Pa-Kum-Pa!!" — 3:20
  3. "Temblor" — 3:15
  4. "Pose" — 3:37
  5. "Llamado de Emergencia" — 3:59
  6. "Oasis De Fantasía" — 3:05
  7. "Salgo Pa' La Calle" — 4:27
  8. "¿Qué Tengo Que Hacer?" — 3:38
  9. "Suelta" — 3:29
  10. "De la Paz Y De La Guerra" — 3:56
  11. "Pasión" — 3:55
  12. "Como Y Vete" — 3:41
  13. "K-ndela" — 3:41
  14. "Infinito" — 3:16
  15. "Somos De Calle" — 3:14

    Talento De Barrio: Mundial Edition

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the CD information, where Daddy Yankee is credited as Raymond Ayala instead of Ramón Ayala, and Los De La Nazza are credited as Los De La Nasa.

Charts

;Album charts
Chart Peak
position
Argentina Album Chart5
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U.S. Billboard 20013
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums1
U.S. Billboard Top Soundtracks3
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums6

;Year-end charts
Chart Peak
position
7
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Albums13
U.S. Billboard Top Latin Rhythm Albums1

Sales and certifications

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