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Review: Don Omar - iDon

Saturday, 25 April 2009 08:29

Written by Real Talk

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Alright so as most of you know I am a big fan of Don Omar and have been since I first started listening to the genre. Last year when I heard that he was making his comeback and a new album I was at the edge of my seat. After many changes in the release date for the album, it was finally released this month. If I could describe my thoughts of this album in one word it would be disappointing. A few days ago they put this album on his MySpace for a listening party, just like Alexis y Fido did while promoting their album 'Down To Earth'. Shortly after listening to this album I quickly canceled my preorder on iTunes. The purpose of this website is and has always been to help the artists and grow but if I purchase something that I do not believe is going to take the genre in the right direction then that would make the artist think that what they are doing is right. If you ask me the three songs that Wisin y Yandel have released for their album 'La Revolucion' have been better than this whole album. Don't get me wrong I like it when artists experiment with their music, it makes it more interesting. I find it ok for artists to mess with futuristic sounds but '10,000 years ahead of us' is way too much. I was iffy on this album as soon as I saw the track list. 10 songs? Didn't 'King of Kings' his last album have about 20 songs? Another thing is that the song titles seem like they came out of an episode of Star Trek. Also there were no collabos what so ever. The public found out that Don Omar and Daddy Yankee had squashed their beef late last year and a collaboration with these two would have been perfect. Finally the songs 'Virtual Diva' and 'Blue Zone' are included in the album. Those songs were released in October and are already outplayed for most people. Don is said to release another album this year so let's hope that this is his warm up. This album reminds me of Daddy Yankee's 'Cartel 3: The Big Boss'. Many had high expectations and ended up being disappointed. The difference here is that Cartel had about twice the number of songs this album has and featurings from artists in reggaeton and hip hop. I was not a fan of Cartel but compared to this album it seems like a work of art. Now remember people this review is my opinion, you might not think the same way as I do so I recomend that you preview the songs first before you make a decision on purchasing it or not. The album releases next Tuesday.
 
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written by Jsalsita4u, September 18, 2009
Sexy robotica shoulda been the name of the album cause that was the only song that mattered...Diva virtual woulda made it too..but i could not stand the uuuuuuuu uuu uuuuuuuu uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu cheka some se menea...to much uuuuu? comprende? So one song..umm..sad.
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written by lupita, July 24, 2009
wow idon isnt good at all
la revolicion is way better than this!!!!!!smilies/grin.gif
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written by estecapo, July 18, 2009
that is pop, only there is a good song
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written by badlandzbeast, July 09, 2009
I liked this nigga back in the day when reggaeton was REGGAETON... Diva Virtual was hot... I'm not hatin... But this sh*t has to have some f*n limit... Don Omar... If ur readin this... U had me at Dale... Then u lost me somewhere between Yomo... and Diva... Ok my nigga?? Stop makin albums if they're gonna sound like this one...
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written by DB ENTERTAINMENT, June 25, 2009
DADDY YANKEE THE REAL KING OF REGGAETON MAKING HITS AFTER HITS FOR AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER ROMPE,IMPACTO,POSE, JUST A FEW THAT CHANGED THE GAME
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written by don miguel, June 24, 2009
Nice Album some good tracks Like Virtual Diva,Blue Zone.Ciao Bella,Sexy Robotica,Sci-Fi,Club 3000 different feel for Don Omar.yea he could have Changed Tracks like C02,Galactic Blues but w.e most albums always have some shitty tracks. it was something new just hope his next album is way better and puts him back on top.and hope he proves himself 2 be the Real King Of Reggaeton.Don Omar Baby!
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written by DC Boy, June 22, 2009
Well the album is very diff. It's not reggaeton at all. The Chosen, Virtual Diva, Oasis are hot but thats about it. I'm sure he'll come back.
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written by DB ENTERTAINMENT, June 09, 2009
i totally i agree with this post i only saw one video and virtual diva is over rated doesnt meet up to daddy yankees POSE or wisin y yandel ABUSADORA sorry don i think u was tryna make a quick dollar with that album that in the long run will hurt your career
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written by Elmagnifico, June 08, 2009
if this fool wants to be back on top he betta get back wit the nasty producers..Lunytunes y cheka = dale don dale.. y ELIEL el que habla con las manos.. THIS ALBUM WAS PURE GARBAGE IMO
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written by xicorecord, June 01, 2009
es muy bueno lo ke asen
y los felicito porque son muy bueno
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written by Daniel from Australia, May 09, 2009
I am torn writing this review... on the one hand I like about half the tracks on the album, and 2 of the tracks in particular are Omar classics "Diva Virtual" and "Oasis" on the other hand some songs are just terrible like "Blue Zone" and the "Galactica Blues" one...

In saying that... i remember i absolutely hated King of Kings when it first came out and now it's in my top 3 reggaeton albums of all time with Pal Mundo and Barrio Fino. In saying that, this is no reggaeton album and my feeling is it's not even close to King of Kings musically.

Only 10 songs, half of them boring... i think i'll wait for the "limited edition" which will probably have another 2 banging tracks before I spend my cash on this one.
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written by Afro boricua, May 08, 2009
Damn don why u mess up homes?
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written by jaynel, May 05, 2009
oye papa lamentable mente no camparto tu opinion simplemente pk estas critica son similares a las k muchas gente hizo con el disco king of kings asi k simplemente este es un artista k saca cosas distinta no como otros es lo k tengo para decirte por ahora
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written by iLly, May 04, 2009
I don't usually listen to this type of music and even I recognize quality. This is a quality album and features production by Danny Fornaris on two of the album's best songs; these are "Blue Zone", "CO2" and "Galactic Blues". Not an album for reggaeton followers, but an album for more open minded music fans. Viva Puerto Rico.
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written by dongeolgau, April 29, 2009
great job don omar with idon...

something new but good

"Ni lo piensas beat" gives me acoustic orgasm....

eres el rey don omar, y lo mejor de los mejores
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written by idon, April 29, 2009
Hy evrebody, i'm from Romania, Don Omar is my idol...my favourite artist, this album gives me acoustic orgasm, especialy the song "Ni lo piensas beat"

who is a big fan of don will not say nothing bad about his jog

viva El Rey
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written by kevin[the.kid], April 28, 2009
Ok now that i heard the whole i cd i can officially give my personal opinion on this....The cd is is different no doubt about that, the cd has 1/2 of track with dembow the rest was electroflow and some futuristic sounds....its def. not a Reggeton cd Idon is dome more for the clubs and the night lovers, cuz when you hear this it makes you wanna hit the club no doubt on that but for all the dembow lovers including me Idon its not the way to go, this is more for ppl that are more open to music any like any genre longest it sounds good...i guess we will have to wait for some J_King Y Maximan Or La Pelicula Viviente Guelo Star Or Even La N Y La J To hear Soem Real Reggaeton On This Bitch!!!.....But in my opinion this is an ok cd not the best hes done hopefully is not the last and just hope to hear better Reggaeton or material period than this than this from Don Omar
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written by eejup, April 28, 2009
great art is always hated at first...
enjoy it for the months to come...
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written by Hector, April 27, 2009
NO name producers trying to be like timbaland danaj handz etc. they couldnt pull of a real american industry cd with the team he use. Don was going the right way put this music is not futuristic at all its just a reach to be different and a big failure at that. Just becuase you use weird sounds doesnt mean you innovative or becuase you sing about space and shit doesnt mean you different! Album is wack but he was trying to be "different' i give him credit for that. It seems that the latin Urban genre is trying to go back to dembow and im not happy at all with that i hope WY show that they are really at the level of a Akon or Britney with there production not still stuck with luny tunes and shit we'll see.
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written by Boricuapr6, April 27, 2009
Whats happening to iDon is the same exact thing that happened to "King Of Kings". People were dissapointed because it was different and had different genres put all into one album. But later on everybody was jammin to KOK as they kept listening to it. I think iDon is a good album, not great, could have been better but its not garbage. It has some hot tracks [Oasis - i like the how it feels like a continuation of Salio el sol, Galactic Blues - this is totally crazy, blues has never been mixed with reggaeton as far as i know, CIao Bella is a nice ballad track produced by Eliel?, Sci Fi is a catchy song. Don goes sick on C02 tiraera pa Hector & Wisin & Yandel

only tracks i hate are How We Roll & Club 3000. I hope DY's & DO's collabo has Dembow cuz i read somewhere on the net that its soppoused to be a malianteo type track

Like i said before, ive always been a Don Omar fan since day 1, ive bought all his albums so i'm def getting iDon tomorow smilies/smiley.gif
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written by MeWj12, April 27, 2009
I agree completely with Mario. I said it on the forum aswell, I'm thinking alot of people disliking this now will be jamming to more of it soon. Decent album. Of course not the WHOLE album but at least half of it. Why are people complaining about the # of songs and the electro sound when Don said that's what it would be? Next time maybe ya should look around & read an article lol. Don didn't stray from reggaetón more than anybody else. How? Don kept the music in Spanish, thank God. Tell me this, HOW is WyY working with Akon and 50 cent "keeping it reggaetón"? Pfft, no dembow + English= really not staying true to reggaetón lol. Anyway, Oasis is the shit. Bien perreable! Sci-Fi is good dance music. Diva Virtual is good dance/perreo music. Comenzo El Bayu is good perreo music. Sexy Robotica is good dance music. [There's] Half the album I like.
PS - Don is nowhere near my fave artist. But at least he puts his own style on shit. Songs like Salio El Sol, Oasis, Blue Zone show he can do more than simple pre-k music like WyY have been making. CON COTORRA NO! Jajaja. Abusadora and Club 3000 were one in the same though, basura

-Jenny
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written by lilrenzo99, April 27, 2009
haha
yeah idon isnt good was expection an electric reggaeton just like the other reggaetoneros were doin but he O.D.ed on the futuristic shyt
he shouldent have tried to sell his product to reggaeton listeners
his singles werent all that either it was just that the people were getting to hyped to see don come back but ....hope he does better next album nahmean smilies/grin.gif
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written by El Bacano, April 27, 2009
100% Pure Garbage!!!!!!!

Only song on this album that is str8 fire is Virtual Diva, which by the way i don't know why the hell it's in English since throught the whole song it says "Diva Virtual" But w/e... Pure GARBAGE!!!
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written by Chyno, April 27, 2009
Don Omar is the ONLY Reggaeton artist bold enough to go a different direction for his Idon album.that takes some serious BALLS!!!!!especially in this industry!
I don't know him personally, but i can assure you that "Idon" was created out of Don Omar's love for MUSIC.
This is a whole new visionary approach to music from Don Omar, that we've never seen, which makes his music more unique to the masses!
It's aight to critize, i mean, you can't make everyone happy.
Kudos to Don Omar.
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written by Eddy CF, April 27, 2009
Wisin & Yandel are defenitly winning the bet with Don Omar. Don doubt about, i mean the best song of Don Omars album is Diva Virtual. The rest are just shitty songs, i mean Don Omar is just hating on WY cuz he knows that they are better than he is. iDon iSucks for real... WY the new Kingz Of Kings lol..Los Lideres Del Movimiento Urbano smilies/grin.gif
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written by Criticones, April 27, 2009
Pa' Gustos son los colores!
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written by Wunako, April 26, 2009
to Veylin.......

yes ima don fan but thats not y i like the cd have u ever stoppd to think that everyone has different taste in music??.... its my opinion and i think that don did his thing on it.. like i sed not his best.. but it was good.. i dnt jus say that as a fan of him but as sum one who really listens to music... .

but i do agree wit u bout that one guy tho.... Carrlo... chill this is RTRs opinion.. and there are only 10 on the albums
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written by Cangri One, April 26, 2009
Only good songs are Virtual Diva, Sexy Robotica, and Galactic Blues (kool concept). Again the rest of the cd was down right garbage....he's just trying to be like Lady Gaga lol...such a fag.
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written by daver, April 26, 2009
i really like the cd it has a lot of hot tracks n it feels like he did something that was being done with a different twist and it worked out for him
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written by Chubbz, April 26, 2009
I Think Diz Album Iz Dope!
It'z Fresh Funky, & New!
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written by Mr.X, April 26, 2009
To tell the truth, when Virtual Diva came out, i was expecting a classic... then I heard Blue Zone and only liked it for like 1 week or so, when I heard The Chosen with the video, I was really feeling where the CD was headed.... Then it leaked....

I only like one song after the Virtual Diva and The Chosen and that's Sci-fi... thats it, and its not really that great but its in my iTouch playlist.. so watever, I guess I gotta look foward to Zion & Lennox (the best IMO) like always, they neva disappoint me..

Mr.X
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written by Julio Salazar Aka T.M.P, April 25, 2009
He sucks to be the king of kings
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written by ArmanyX, April 25, 2009
i like the album
i think don is too much just too make an regular album !
when king of kings release averybody said the same ! and now a few years later king of kings is one of the best albums ever !
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written by Cuscatleco, April 25, 2009
other than what was previously released the only track i enjoyed was co2. everything else i though was garbage and not worth my money so i personally am not buying this
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written by D.o El Capitan, April 25, 2009
Ummm!? Well All i can Say Is that
Some Of the Songs Are not that bad But It Could Be better
Who Thinks Swing with reggaeton ?
The Song Calls Galagtic Blues That Song Is Just Different
But Is a great Work But Anything Im Going TO say
is the Wisin & Yandel,Daddy Yankee,Don Omar,Alexis & Fido
etc...Now They are not Just reggaeton They Urban Pop Now
They Trying To Experiment With All Type Of music Is Not Just Reggaeton
Ahora eh El mundo entero No Solo PR,or DR...Latinos We Came From Everywhere
And that Makes the artist Go Far To attract that people that doesn''t hear Reggaeton
Ahora son mas Artistas Mundiales INternacionales Y Just Think About that
Pero Still Si Quieren Hacer Eso Make It the Best You cant Do it Right??
well That's My Opinion
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written by Jok3r, April 25, 2009
And he made a bet with wisin y yandel for most sales ?
This cd is garbage. Even most mixtapes are better than this garbage.
I called it and said it was gonna be horrible, but i gotta admit i wasnt expecting it to be this bad...
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written by jennyka!!, April 25, 2009
[applauds] [stands up]
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written by papi karlos, April 25, 2009
que mierda i dont know why le puso i don mejor i shit
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written by EmZ, April 25, 2009
omg i totally agree, i was soo upset with this album, there was berely any reggaeton in it and honestly it just seemed cheezy. the only songs you can dance to are the two that have been played out, and sexo robotica

total dissapointment i give it a 6/10
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written by Emilio, April 25, 2009
Og Black and Guayo el bandido's album was better then this!

And by the way, it wasn't to long ago, but you guys realesed a instermental of a DY y Don Omar song called praticar conmigo i think..
The beat was bienn cabronaaaa and maybe that collaboration would be on the next album.
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written by carrlo,.., April 25, 2009
Haha do you always judge a book by its half content, well i don't and i gotta be real with you i'm also a don omar fan and i'm also disliking some tracks but at least i'm willing to wait till the 28e to do a well fulltrusted and outspoken opinion about the album.
Until now my judgement is around 50/50 Virtual Diva - Zona Blue - Sexy Robotica - Galactic Blues and Club 3000 are fire the other half sucks
Plus i also agree on the part that he should stick 2 Eliel
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written by Wunako, April 25, 2009
i cosign boricuapr6... and agree with mario fenix...

iv prob been eh one most who sed who liked this album.... and its tru its not for everyone.... personally i hav no prob with the review... its RTs point of view as me saying this album is badass is mine.. I agree completly that this album could have been WAY better.. but it was good still.. if u ask me is this the best reggaeton album done.. no cus its not reggaeton...this is Don tryna step it up and took a risk... many artist wen they take risks end up fuckn up and this is wat happnd here... im not trying to seem like im defending the album but this is the way i see it... i give credit were credit is due... a whole album by your self... he pulld it off wen no one at this point in any music genre will do that now a days... also cangri not to bash on u but theres alot of other artist who try to go in the hip hop direction... [DLG DY etc.] it didnt wrk for him but he isnt eth only one..

Also..... i wouldnt be surprised if theres ppl here who really havnt even listend to it all the way or paid attention... to those ppl who jump on the bandwagon... take a listen for urself.. make ur own mind up b4 u open ur mouth [or type... lol]
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written by cruz, April 25, 2009
couldnt have agreed with u more...this album is garbage. im a huge don fan and i was going nuts when virtual diva came out. i used to hate franco but his album is sick. lets hope these other artists dont let us down either.this is the year for reggaeton to make a comeback unfortunatley don wont be participating in it lol
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written by Cangri One, April 25, 2009
and im a huge daddy yankee fan but just by the name of that track "Money Makers" i know its gonna suck. Don Omar should quit trying to be a gringo and get back to what he does best....and thats reggaeton!!!!!
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written by Cangri One, April 25, 2009
who cares if theres more songs to come...we are talking about this album not whats releasing in the future...this album sucked punto y aparte. and look i love dembow but i dont mind electroflow when its done right. Arcangel's El Fenomeno was pretty much all electroflowish but he did a good job with it but Don Omars tracks are terrible in this album...they are only 10 tracks....and the Chosen and How We Roll are almost comical with his stupid english shiiit. The only classics on this album are Diva Virtual and Sexy Robotica....everything else can right to the recycle bin. Even Flex's "La Evolucion Romantic Style" is better than this album...shit at least the songs had good melodies and had some dembow. Ive never liked Fornaris and never will....Don Omar needs Eliel and Don Omar needs dembow.
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written by Carrlo, April 25, 2009
youre wrong about the 10 songs,.. he already said ''and i got it from www.wikiton.net''
that he has a collabo with daddy yankee releasing the 28e of this month not sure if its gonna be on the album or on the net. Also there was stated that the song Freedom was ment 2 be on the album but had some problems with the audio ''not sure on that rumor''.
For the next time, wait until the album hits it official release date and youre holding the cd in youre hands with the tracklist in front of you (because now youre missing tracks) 2 do a full trusted album review. cause now you dont have the full package. and it could be that ''Club 3000'' or ''Money Makers'' or other tracks will chainge youre mind
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written by Sophia, April 25, 2009
i liked iDon.something new for Don Omar.still a very big fan of him. hope this one does good for him.yea some tracks good have been better but wat ever most albums atleast a have a few not very good tracks.wat can ya say.
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written by Biggie Flow, April 25, 2009
for me really i have to respect the risk he took going in that direction.
i'm a big fan of don always and for me this is a good cd. Still he could've done a lot better
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written by Boricuapr6, April 25, 2009
I totally agree with Mario, I'm not only into Reggaeton but into other types of music & i actually liked iDon. But i am kinda disappointed cuz he could have done some Reggaeton track & some collabos, that would help. Either way Don is still my favorite artist & am always there as a true fan to support his music "en las buenas y en las malas"
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written by Jefe09, April 25, 2009
i agree completely
RealTalk
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written by realtalkreggaeton, April 25, 2009
That was me lol smilies/wink.gif
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written by All Day Reggaeton, April 25, 2009
I don't remember who said this but i found it pretty cool "Don went to the past with King of Kings and now to the future with iDon, hopefully for his next album hes in the present".
RealTalk
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written by realtalkreggaeton, April 25, 2009
Your wrong on that Mario I liked that mixtape as soon as it released and don't recall hearing those negative reviews like you said there were. This is garbage simple as that
and King of Kings had more bangers than just 9 tracks
even the intro 'Reportense' was the shit.
Don experimented with some electroflow on that album with Fornaris but he kept it as a small percentage and stuck to his roots
the electroflow overpowers this album.smilies/cry.gif
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written by iDon Rashad, April 25, 2009
This album is an okay listen. Not that bad but it could be a whole lot better (lyrial wise) the beats are cool.
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written by Mario Fenix, April 25, 2009
I'm calling it right now, 2 months from now most people bashing this album will be listening to it, while Franco will almost be nonexistent. The same thing happened with Arcangel's "El disco que nunca salio. Everybody talked shyt about it at first, but it ended up being the most downloaded latin mixtape of all-time and more popular than any album released in 08, even Talento de Barrio.
RealTalk
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written by realtalkreggaeton, April 25, 2009
Tito's 'El Patron' and 'Down To Earth' raped this album already
nomination for biggest upset by me already
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written by Mario Fenix, April 25, 2009
the album is good... for today's standards. Anyways I don't know what y'all were expecting. Don's last piece of truly good work was the first Bandoleros, after that he slowly started falling off. King of Kings had only about 9 good songs in a 18 song album, that's not a good ratio. This one on the other hand had 9 good tracks out of 11 imo. It's good, and different, and it has people talking, something we desperately need nowadays. This album is not for everyone, but for those of you who musically have an open mind, y'all might appreciate Don's work on this one. Album of the year so far... Final rating 7.5/10
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written by Michelle, April 25, 2009
i just checked out his album it sucks i thought it would be better
before buyn it u should listen to the songs ur just going to waste your money
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written by titoelprimo, April 25, 2009
couldnt have said it better

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