Oye Mi Canto
2005 single by N.O.R.E., Daddy Yankee, Nina Sky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Oye Mi Canto" (English: "Hear My Song") is a reggaeton single by N.O.R.E. The song was originally released in 2004 as the lead single from the album 1 Fan a Day, which was heretofore unreleased. It is his second biggest hit, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was later included on the 2006 album N.O.R.E. y la Familia...Ya Tú Sabe. The song features Nina Sky and reggaeton artists Gem Star, Daddy Yankee and Big Mato. The song originally featured Tego Calderón in place of Daddy Yankee but was later changed for the video. However, the Tego version was released by famous reggaeton label Planet Records Italy, instead of Island Def Jam, N.O.R.E.'s original label. It's N.O.R.E.'s first venture into the increasingly popular Latin genre reggaeton.
"Oye Mi Canto" | ||||
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Single by N.O.R.E. featuring Nina Sky, Gem Star, Daddy Yankee and Big Mato | ||||
from the album N.O.R.E. y la Familia...Ya Tú Sabe | ||||
B-side | "4 a Minute" | |||
Released | August 30, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2004 | |||
Genre | Reggaeton | |||
Length | 4:01 | |||
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Producer(s) | SPK | |||
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In a 2006 interview with MTV, N.O.R.E. says of the single, "I fell in love with this music. I did this joint originally for a mixtape. The Latino people haven't been spoken to in a while, since [Big] Pun died. They haven't felt like they had something proud [in hip-hop] to stand on, so being both Latin and black, I wanted to rep my Latin side for once. Why not do it with this new music, instead of doing a Spanish rap record? This is what speaks for the inner-city Latino youth."
The song was included on Billboard's 12 Best Dancehall & Reggaeton Choruses of the 21st century at number two.[1]