| Product Summary | | Label: Universal Music Latino | | UPC: 00181623001725 | | Release Date: 5/15/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 204347905 | | Item#: M3KNQR | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Royal Rumble (Se Van) - (with Zion/Alexi/Daddy Yankee/Wise/Arcangel/Don Omar/Wisin/Yomo/Hector "El Father" Bambino/Franco 'El Gorila') ~ Luny Tunes |  | | 2. Lento - (with R.B.D.) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 3. Hello - (with Zion) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 4. Entregate - (with Wisin & Yandel) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 5. Beautiful - (with Don Omar) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 6. Noche De Entierro (Nuestro Amor) - (with Zion/Daddy Yankee/Wisin & Yandel/Hector "El Father" Bambino/Tommy Tun Tun) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 7. Mi Fanatica - (with Arcangel & De La Ghetto) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 8. Esta Noche - (with Tito "El Bambino") ~ Luny Tunes | | | 9. La Ex - (with Alexis & Fido) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 10. De Ti Me Enamore - (with Baby Rasta) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 11. Slow Motion - (with Yo-Seph 'The One') ~ Luny Tunes | | | 12. Alocate - (with Zion) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 13. Tocarte - (with Plan B) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 14. Disimulalo - (with Magnate) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 15. Acelera - (with Franco 'El Gorila') ~ Luny Tunes | | | 16. Clack Clack - (with Angel Doze) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 17. Piden Reggaeton - (with Angel & Khriz) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 18. Deja Quitarte La ROba - (with Dalmata) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 19. Contigo - (with Jean) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 20. Tu Me Arrebata - (with Nejo) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 21. No Te Quiere - (with El Roockie) ~ Luny Tunes | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Luny Tunes Taliban Beat - (Luny Tunes Remix, with Luny Tunes) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 2. Lo Nuestro Se Fue - (remix, with Daddy Yankee/Ivy Queen/Wisin/Alex Rivera) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 3. Vete - (with Erre-XI) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 4. Welcome To My Crib - (with Randy) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 5. Camara - (with Yomo) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 6. Lento - (remix, with Wisin & Yandel/R.B.D.) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 7. La Distancia - (with Arcangel) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 8. Mia - (with Yo-Seph 'The One') ~ Luny Tunes | | | 9. I Think I'm In Love - (with Nales/Ektor) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 10. Hello - (remix, with Erre-XI) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 11. Beautiful - (remix, with Don Omar) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 12. Luny & Nales - (remix, with Luny Tunes/Nales) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 13. Ando En Esa - (with O.G. Black/Lionize) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 14. Entregate - (remix, with Wisin & Yandel) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 15. Dile - (with M.J.) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 16. Te Toco - (with High Rollers Family) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 17. Que Paso - (with Alex Killer) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 18. Ven Motivame - (Bonus Tracks (From Raices Del Reggeaton), with Baby Ranks) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 19. Bien Duro - (Bonus Tracks (From Raices Del Reggeaton), with Falo) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 20. Bailandome - (Bonus Tracks (From Raices Del Reggeaton), with K.I.D.) ~ Luny Tunes | | | 21. Reggeaton Ripiao - (Bonus Tracks (From Raices Del Reggeaton), with Baby Shaba) ~ Luny Tunes | |
| Luny Tunes y Tainy presents Los Benjamins, the long anticipated follow up CD to their record-breaking and genre changing Mas Flow 2. This album highlights the 17yr old protege of Mas Flow Inc talents as one of the best young producers in Reggaeton. Backed by Joker (Jorge), Los Presidentes (AA & Nales), Coffee, and Thilo. A number of collaborations are featured including the first promoted single "Noche De Enterrio". It features Hector 'el Father', Wisin y Yandel, Daddy Yankee and Tonny Tun Tun. Though reminiscent of Mayor Que Yo, this track includes the influence of vallenato (Colombian) along with the amazing writing skills of Wise. Other artists contributing include the infamous Latin Pop Group RBD(Rebelde) on "Lento" backed by the writing of Wise they provide their first Reggaeton smash. Other notable tracks include the "Royal Rumble" which is a "tiraera" putting a number of artists to battle one another within the same track. Additional artists also contributing include two tracks from Zion, Alexis y Fido, Magnate, Tito 'el Bambino' along with PR favorites Nejo, Dalmata, Arcangel y De La Ghetto, etc. A hands-down fan favorite DVD
1. Noche de Entierro
2. Alocate
3. Esta Noche
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Francisco Salda¤a and V¡ctor Cabrera (aka Luny Tunes) have produced all the big-name reggaeton acts, and their influential MAS FLOW compilations have shaped the Latin and pop charts. Here they team up with prot?g? Tainy for a collection of new classics, starring the usual padrinos (Wisin & Yandel, Don Omar, Alexis & Fido) and some newer voices (Yo-Seph, Angel Doze). | | Shortly after releasing Los Benjamins, the third volume in their ongoing Mas Flow series of mixtape-style albums, reggaeton production crew Luny Tunes went back to the drawing board and began work on La Continuacion. Essentially a deluxe edition of Los Benjamins, La Continuacion includes roughly two and a half hours of music spread over the course of two CDs and one DVD. The first CD is the original edition of Los Benjamins sans the two unlisted bonus tracks that had been tacked onto the end of that album. The second CD is comprised of remixes of key songs from Los Benjamins, in addition to ten new songs, an opening instrumental, and four "bonus tracks" from the previously released compilation Raices del Reggaeton. The DVD includes a few videos. Amid all of this content, the second CD stands out. There are several new songs here that are really good, each of them highlighting emerging young vocalists: "Vete" (Erre-11), "Welcome to My Crib" (Randy), "Camara" (Yomo), "La Distancia" (Arcangel), "Mia" (Yo-Seph), and "I Think I'm in Love" (Ektor). The remixes on this second CD are equally impressive, for the most part surpassing the original mixes, and they're surprisingly daring, as if the Luny Tunes crew felt emboldened to expand its sound. For instance, the "Hello" remix is stripped down to vocals and piano -- no beats whatsoever. Since Los Benjamins (i.e., the first disc) had been somewhat of a letdown -- no real strides forward, just more of the same, with a handful of clumsy songs that weren't up to par -- this new music is a small revelation: it's promising to hear Luny Tunes explore new sounds, step up their songwriting, and in the case of the remixes, improve upon some of their past missteps (especially "Lento," which benefits greatly from the addition of Wisin & Yandel -- and consequently the subtraction of some RBD vocals). Released on the heels of Calle 13's exciting Residente o Visitante, with Daddy Yankee's long-awaited El Cartel right around the corner, Los Benjamins: La Continuacion was a well-timed and worthwhile venture for Luny Tunes, who have much to gain from the commercial rise of reggaeton. Hardcore fans will want to shell out the cash necessary to hear the new music here, even if half of La Continuacion was previously released. Casual listeners who don't already own Los Benjamins, on the other hand, are advised to pick up this release instead, even if it's a little more costly. With roughly two and a half hours of music, much of it first-rate, La Continuacion offers more than its money's worth. [Note that the album's credits are occasionally puzzling, with errors printed here and there throughout the packaging (e.g., track 12 on disc two).] ~ Jason Birchmeier | | Luny Tunes, far and away reggaeton's biggest hitmakers, continued their relentless music output in 2006, releasing not one but three albums, only one of which, however, was comprised of entirely new music. That all-new album, Los Benjamins, is a continuation of their popular Mas Flow series of various-artists albums. Each of these albums features the trademark production of Luny Tunes (even if some of it is co-produced or credited to in-house associates like Nely, Tainy, and Los Presidents) as well as a bounty of reggaeton's most popular voices, with the notable absence of Tego Calder¢n, who had appeared on all previous volumes. The usual stars are featured -- Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Wisin & Yandel, Zion, Hector "El Father," Tito "El Bambino," Alexis & Fido -- along with the surprising inclusion of RBD, the as-seen-on-TV pop/rock group of exceptional renown circa 2006. The RBD song, "Lento," isn't all that impressive (sounding a little awkward, in fact, since the teens lack the lyrical dexterity for reggaeton), yet it is an interesting attempt by Luny Tunes to cater a hit for even the most unlikely acts (like Scott Storch working with Paris Hilton and Brooke Hogan, for instance). The standout song amid the bunch is "Noche de Entierro (Nuestro Amor)," a star-studded collaboration driven by a novelty production tricked out with odd flourishes, like a flute riff -- not unlike the star-studded collaboration of Mas Flow, Vol. 2, "Mayor Que Yo," which had featured a sped-up rhythm. Don Omar's "Beautiful" is another standout song, as is Tito "El Bambino"'s "Esta Noche." Overall, however, Los Benjamins is a letdown. It's not a bad or disappointing album, granted; in fact, it's quite well executed and should please anyone fond of Luny Tunes' brand of reggaeton. But there are no revelations here. It's just more of the same, and after the relentless output of Luny Tunes in the lead up to Los Benjamins, it all began to sound similar. Perhaps if Luny Tunes slowed down their output -- say, to maybe one album per year, not three! -- their style wouldn't seem so routine, because indeed it is first-rate reggaeton. Yet when their music is so ubiquitous and their releases so unceasingly forthcoming, Luny Tunes are destined to lose some of the freshness they once had, no matter how well crafted their music may be. Then again, perhaps it is all about the benjamins to them. ~ Jason Birchmeier | | Stated simply, Mas Flow is a landmark reggaeton album. Along with Tego Calder¢n's El Abayarde, also released in 2003, it was the first reggaeton album to meet a mass audience. In doing so, it introduced the world not only to the musical style itself in album format, but also to Luny Tunes, the production duo who would quickly become the biggest hitmakers in the reggaeton world, as they would go on to hit the jackpot in a year's time with Daddy Yankee on his Barrio Fino blockbuster. And too, the mixtape nature of Mas Flow helped introduce a host of first-rate reggaeton vocalists in the process, pretty much every heavyweight the style had to offer circa 2003: Calder¢n, Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, Wisin & Yandel, H?ctor & Tito, Nicky Jam, Baby Ranks, Zion & Lennox, and many more. Granted, Luny Tunes would develop their style further in the wake of this release (in particular, the second volume is an impressive stride forward), but their trademark galloping beats, stabbing synths, and gunshots are all in place here, albeit in a relatively primitive fashion. In fact, it's quite fascinating to chart the progress the duo would make in the couple years following this release. You can really hear them polish their style with each successive release. But even if Luny Tunes aren't quite up to par here with their future selves, Mas Flow is a remarkable album nonetheless. The fact that it is such a landmark reggaeton release makes it all the more remarkable, of course, but Mas Flow is easy to enjoy even outside of its historical context. In particular, the opening run is outstanding -- Wisin & Yandel's "Aventura," Don Omar's "Entre T£ y Yo," Calder¢n's "Saz¢n, M?tele," and Daddy Yankee's "C¢jela Que Va sin Jockey" -- and there are more highlights like K Mill's "M?tele Perro" scattered throughout the 20 tracks. On the downside, because Luny Tunes haven't quite yet developed their style fully, Mas Flow can seem a bit short on ideas after a while, especially if you're unfamiliar with the intricacies of reggaeton or if Puerto Rican Spanish sounds like Greek to you. That conceded, Mas Flow and the similarly styled Luny Tunes albums that would follow it are excellent introductions to reggaeton, not only offering you a lively sampler of the style's best performers but also its best producers by a long shot. This is ground zero for the early-2000s popularization of reggaeton, especially in American markets like New York and Miami, where the style would blossom commercial |
Producer: Jose "Pepe" Ojeda; Noriega; Mr. G; DJ Nelson; Lio; Los Presidentes; Nales; Gustavo Lopez; Nelly; Alex Killer; Tainy; Jose M. Gomez; Luny Tunes |
Engineer: Jorge Elvira |
Musical Guests | | Daddy Yankee | | Wisin y Yandel | | Zion | | Don Omar |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/15/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 8162300172 | | Label : Machete Music | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Runtime : 136m : 53s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00181623001725 |
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