Studio Album · No. 2
El Cartel: The Big Boss Songwriting Credits by Daddy Yankee
Produced by Scott Storch, Tainy, Luny Tunes, Nely, will.i.am, Akon, Just Blaze, Echo & Diesel, Mr. Collipark, Los Vegaz, Diaz Brothers, Menes, Egy Rodriguez, Humby
Holds writing credit on 21 of 21 tracks
Authorship Breakdown 21 / 21 documented
Scored across the 21 tracks with documented writers, by whether Daddy Yankee carries a lyricist or composer credit.
Share of the 21 tracks where a band member is credited, by role.
By the Numbers
El Cartel: The Big Boss keeps Daddy Yankee alone in the lyricist column on his solo tracks and adds the featured artists who wrote their own parts, from Akon and will.i.am to Fergie and Nicole Scherzinger. The composer credits, registered by legal name, list his birth name Ramón Ayala beside co-writers such as Aliaune Thiam for Akon, William Adams for will.i.am, and Stacy Ferguson for Fergie, plus the wide production roster led by Scott Storch and Tainy.
El Cartel: The Big Boss is the fourth studio album by Daddy Yankee, released in June 2007 through El Cartel Records and Interscope. It paired his reggaeton base with a wider pop and hip-hop production roster, bringing in Scott Storch, will.i.am, Just Blaze, and Akon alongside frequent collaborators Tainy, Luny Tunes, and Nely. Daddy Yankee wrote his own verses, credited as Raymond Ayala, with guest writers on the collaborations featuring Akon, will.i.am, Fergie, Nicole Scherzinger, and Héctor el Father. Led by the single 'Impacto,' the album debuted in the top ten of the Billboard 200 and topped both the Top Latin Albums and Top Rap Albums charts.