Playero 38 is DJ Playero's 2nd album, recorded sometime between July and August 1994. With the success of Playero 37: Underground, The Noise: Underground, The Noise Vol. 1 and The Noise Vol. 2 giving

reggaeton Reggaeton (, ) is a modern style of popular music, popular and electronic music that originated in Panamanian reggaetón, Panama during the late 1980s, and which rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s through a plethora of Puert ...

great momentum, DJ Playero released Playero 38: Underground. It established the

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as the official rhythm of

, while lifting the genre to mainstream status. However, as with Playero 37, many of the lyrics focus on promoting the use of

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, and this added to the negative perception the genre gained in its early stages. Consequently, the

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confiscated thousands of

records, because of the lack of disclosure about their explicit content. The album features many of the veterans from Playero 37, including

Daddy Yankee Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (; born February 3, 1976), known professionally as Daddy Yankee (), is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor who rose to worldwide prominence in 2004 with the song "Gasolina". Dubbed the "Honorific ...

, Blanco, Yaviah,

OG Black Master Joe (Joel Hernández Rodríguez) and O.G. Black (Adolfo Ramírez Bruno) were a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo. They have released various albums and spawned moderate hits in Puerto Rico. They were part of DJ Joe's Escuadron Del Panico along w ...

Master Joe Master Joe (Joel Hernández Rodríguez) and O.G. Black (Adolfo Ramírez Bruno) were a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo. They have released various albums and spawned moderate hits in Puerto Rico. They were part of DJ Joe's Escuadron Del Panico along w ...

, Frankie Boy,

Maicol & Manuel Maicol & Manuel (Miguel Muñoz and Manuel A. Pérez) were a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo. They have their origins in the first wave of reggaeton artists as early as 1991.Reggaeton Reggaeton (, ) is a modern style of popular music, popular and electronic music that originated in Panamanian reggaetón, Panama during the late 1980s, and which rose to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s through a plethora of Puert ...

artists in Rey Pirin, Ruben Sam, Miguel Play, Kalil, Original Q, Grupo Nizze, Camalion and K.I.D.

Track listing

''Side A: Non-Stop Reggae'' # Intro 1 -

By D Nice NYC # Blanco # Ruben Sam # Grupo Nizze # Alma #

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# Camalion # O.G. Black # Q Mack Daddy & Nico Canada # Charlie & Dandy # Miguel Play # K.I.D. ''Side B: Raagga Mix to Mix'' # Intro 2 - Maicol & Manuel # K.I.D. #

# DJ Playero # Frankie Boy # Shalimar #

Ranking Stone Ranking Stone (born 14 January 1973) is a Puerto Rican reggaeton artist. He made four albums, '' Censurado'' being the most known. '' Censurado'' charted in the United States, reaching #36 on the Billboard Latin Albums chart and #4 on its Tropic ...

# Original Q # 2 Sweet # Psycho Unity ''Bonus Track'' # Intro 3 - O.G. Black # Q Mack Daddy # Grupo Nizze # Frankie Boy # Camalion # Ranking Stone # HCP & MC Tres # Gummy Man # B.F. Yaviah # Kalil # Mayordomo

References

DJ Playero albums 1994 albums {{Reggaeton-album-stub