"Los Maté" is a

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song performed by

Tego Calderón Tegui Calderón Rosario (born February 1, 1972) is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and actor. He began his musical career in 1996 (as Tego Tec) and was supported by the famous Puerto Rican rapper Eddie Dee, who invited him on his second studio a ...

for his album ''

The Underdog/El Subestimado ''The Underdog/El Subestimado'' is the second studio album by Tego Calderón on August 29, 2006. The first single of the album was titled "Los Maté" ("I Killed Them"), which has garnered much air-play on the radio. During a press conference ...

''. The song was released as the album's

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in late 2006 and became a reggaeton hit, peaking inside the top ten on the majority of the charts it entered. This single was released with Jiggiri Records (Tego Calderón's label) and

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. A remix featuring

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and Chyno Nyno has been made.

Background

In the booklet of ''The Underdog/El Subestimado'',

states that "Los Maté" is a dis track. The reason that he released the

as a dis track is that the meaning of ''The Underdog/El Subestimado'' is that others tried to take Tego out of the game, but failed to do so. The track disses

Lito & Polaco Lito & Polaco were a Puerto Rican hip hop duo from Carolina, Puerto Rico. Musical careers Lito y Polaco were discovered in the early 1990s by Spanish-language hip hop and reggaeton pioneer DJ Eric Industry. They formed part of the hip hop/reggae ...

, and Tego eventually stopped releasing dis tracks once ''El Abayarde Contraataca'' was released. The song background and begging comes from a song from Roberto Cantoral called "El preso numero 9".

Track listings and formats

;Digital download single # "Los Maté" - 2:53

Music video

The

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

for "Los Maté" was the album's first music video filmed. During this time, Tego Calderón was getting a lot of airplay. The music video reflects what the song lyrics express. Other than the guys holding the guitars and a woman, Tego Calderón is the only person seen in the music video. Tego Calderón raps while the woman dances reggaeton, and expresses that the others failed to take him out of the game.

Remix

A remix of "Los Maté" has also been made. It features artists

and Chyno Nyno. The

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is sung differently, and Tego Calderón changes his rap. Although the remix hasn't been on any of Tego's albums, it has been on many mixtapes including mixtapes by DJ Sin-Cero. The remix is another dis to

Credits and personnel

* Writers: ** Tegui Calderon Rossario ** Ernesto F. Padilla ** Antonio Cantoral Garcia ** Roberto Cantoral * Publisher: ** Malito Music, Inc. ** Ernesto F. Padilla ** Peer International Corp. * Producer: DJ Nesty **

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* Studio: Flow Music Studio * Recorded by: DJ Nesty * Mixed by: Gary Noble

Chart performance

References

External links

Tego Calderon's official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Los Mate 2006 singles Songs in Spanish Tego Calderón songs Songs written by Nesty (producer) 2006 songs Atlantic Records singles Songs written by Tego Calderón