Puerto Rican reggaeton yankee dad attributed this wednesday to “love, passion, determination and discipline” the inclusion of Gas as the first reggaeton song to be included in the National Recording Registry of the United States Congress.
“When you do things with love, passion, determination and discipline, and add to that the support of all my beautiful people for more than three decades, anything you dream about can be possible,” Daddy Yankee said in a tweet, after announcing the distinction.
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Furthermore Gasthe US Library of Congress added 24 songs, including imagine by John Lennon (1971), stairway to Heaven from Led Zeppelin (1971), Like a virgin by Madonna (1984) and All I want for Christmas is you by Mariah Carey (1994).
These 25 recordings were deemed worthy of preservation “given their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage,” according to the Library of Congress. Thus the number of titles in the registry rises to 625.
Last year, Puerto Rican star Ricky Martin’s hit, Livin la vida locacomposed by Draco Rosa, has been included in the National Recording Registry of the United States Congress.
Other recordings by Puerto Rican artists that make this illustrious list are the album sugar for you, by Eddie Palmieri (1965); Lament Borincanor, by Rafael Hernández, performed by Canario (Manuel Jiménez) and his group, and the album Dancing Mania by Tito Puente (1958).
And there are other Puerto Rico related recordings like the album Live at Yankee Stadiumfrom Fania All Stars (1975), and the original cast of the musical West Side History (1957), which featured Chita Rivera.
The history of gasoline
In 2004 it appeared Gas on Daddy Yankee’s album Barrio Finowho had been promoting his career in the “underground” for about 10 years, a term by which the pioneering years of reggaeton are known.
Thus, together with the composer and urban singer Eddie Ávila (Eddie Dee) and the duo of producers Luny Tunes, they worked on this explosive song that made the whole world discover the existence of reggaeton.
It is considered one of the most representative and reproduced songs in the history of reggaeton. Eddie Ávila (Eddie Dee) and Luis M. Gomez also collaborated in writing the song. It also features Glory, who sings the line “Give me more gas” and producers Luny Tunes, who created the track.
The disc Nice neighborhood debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Latin Albums chart, and Gas it was the first reggaeton song to be nominated for a Latin Grammy for Record of the Year.
Source: Clarin
