El Abayarde Contraataca
Encyclopedia
El Abayarde Contra-Ataca is the fourth album of Tego Calderón
's discography. It was released on August 28, 2007. The tracks in the album are a fusion of African
and West Indian
rhythms, salsa
, merengue
, Colombian
and Venezuelan
sounds. Tego's first single is "Tradicional A Lo Bravo", produced by Almonte and is proposed from his MySpace
page. This album received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album
.
single didn't have as much airplay as the others. All three singles are available for digital download
on iTunes
, Amazon
, Rhapsody, and other major retailer stores. Tego Calderón performed Tradicional A Lo Bravo
live on Mi TRL, and got interviewed for the album.
, but when he made El Abayarde Contra-Ataca, Tego was really happy about making music. To reflect that, the lyrical style of the album is mostly influenced by African sounds, and other things Tego likes. The musical style of the album also had African sounds, including the third single, Ni Fu Ni Fa.
Tego Calderón
Tegui Calderón Rosario is a Puerto Rican rapper and actor.-Early life:Calderón was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, the son of Pilar Rosario Parrilla, a schoolteacher, and Esteban Calderón Ilarraza, a government worker for Puerto Rico's Department of Health. Moving at a young age from his native...
's discography. It was released on August 28, 2007. The tracks in the album are a fusion of African
Music of Africa
Africa is a vast continent and its regions and nations have distinct musical traditions. The music of North Africa for the most part has a different history from sub-Saharan African music traditions....
and West Indian
Caribbean music
The music of the Caribbean is a diverse grouping of musical genres. They are each syntheses of African, European, Indian and native influences, largely created by descendants of African slaves...
rhythms, salsa
Salsa music
Salsa music is a genre of music, generally defined as a modern style of playing Cuban Son, Son Montuno, and Guaracha with touches from other genres of music...
, merengue
Merengue music
Merengue is a type of music and dance from the Dominican Republic. It is popular in the Dominican Republic and all over Latin America. Its name is Spanish, taken from the name of the meringue, a dessert made from whipped egg whites and sugar...
, Colombian
Music of Colombia
The music of Colombia is an expression of the Colombian culture, which contains diverse music genres, traditional and moderns according with the features of each geographic region; although it is frequent to find different musical styles in the same region...
and Venezuelan
Music of Venezuela
The music of Venezuela is an expression of the Venezuelan culture, which contains diverse Music genres, traditional and moderns according with the features of each geographic region; although it is frequent to find different musical styles in the same region...
sounds. Tego's first single is "Tradicional A Lo Bravo", produced by Almonte and is proposed from his MySpace
MySpace
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page. This album received a nomination for a Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album
Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album
The Grammy Award for Best Latin Urban Album has been awarded since 2008. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year. In 2009, this category was joined with the Latin Rock field, to be renamed Best Latin Rock, Alternative or Urban...
.
Release and promotion
Tego Calderón released three singles for El Abayarde Contra-Ataca, and they were all major singles. All three singles have music videos, though the Quitarte To'Quitarte To'
Quitarte To' is Tego Calderón's second single for his album El Abayarde Contraataca. It had a lot of airplay for more than a month. The song features Randy and has an unofficial Reggaeton remix with the Dembow and other Reggaeton features added...
single didn't have as much airplay as the others. All three singles are available for digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
on iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, Amazon
Amazon.com
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, Rhapsody, and other major retailer stores. Tego Calderón performed Tradicional A Lo Bravo
Tradicional A Lo Bravo
"Tradicional A Lo Bravo" is a song performed by Tego Calderón for Tego Calderón's album El Abayarde Contraataca. The song was released as the album's first and promotional single in late 2007 and had a lot of airplay during the two weeks after the song got released. This single was released with...
live on Mi TRL, and got interviewed for the album.
Background
As Tego Calderón stated, he wasn't too happy about making music on his previous album, The Underdog/El SubestimadoThe Underdog/El Subestimado
The Underdog/El Subestimado is a Rap/Hip-Hop album released by Tego Calderón on August 29, 2006. The first single of the album was titled "Los Maté" , which has garnered much air-play on the radio. During a press conference in und, Tego decided not to use as much reggaetón and focus more on hip-hop...
, but when he made El Abayarde Contra-Ataca, Tego was really happy about making music. To reflect that, the lyrical style of the album is mostly influenced by African sounds, and other things Tego likes. The musical style of the album also had African sounds, including the third single, Ni Fu Ni Fa.
Track listing
- Alegría (minutes:seconds)
- Tradicional A Lo BravoTradicional A Lo Bravo"Tradicional A Lo Bravo" is a song performed by Tego Calderón for Tego Calderón's album El Abayarde Contraataca. The song was released as the album's first and promotional single in late 2007 and had a lot of airplay during the two weeks after the song got released. This single was released with...
- Ni Fu Ni Fa
- ¿Cuál Es El Plan y Eso? (Feat. Residente Calle 13 & Yaviah)
- Los Míos (Feat. Pirulo)
- Tú Pa' Mí
- Quitarte To'Quitarte To'Quitarte To' is Tego Calderón's second single for his album El Abayarde Contraataca. It had a lot of airplay for more than a month. The song features Randy and has an unofficial Reggaeton remix with the Dembow and other Reggaeton features added...
(Feat. RandyJowell & RandyJowell & Randy are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo composed of Joel Alexis Muñoz Martínez and Randy Ariel Ortiz Acevedo. The duo have been active since the mid-2000s and have become one of the most popular acts in reggaeton.-Early years:...
) - Lo Hecho Hecho Esta (Feat. Chyno Nyno, Ñejo, Pirulo & VoltioVoltioJulio Voltio is one of the reggaetón genre's best-known artists.His nickname came to be as the result of an accident. Before joining Karel, he worked as an electrician. One day, he stuck his hand in the wrong place and got shocked...
) - TTT Tego (Remix)
- El Que No Lucha No Avanza
- Quiéreme Como Soy (Feat. Pirulo)
- No Era Por Ahí (Feat. Dj Ricky)
- Por Mi Madre
- Envidia (Feat. Aventura)