Artist's albums
Playero Pistas Play That Beat
1996 · album
Playero 39 Respect
1995 · album
Playero 38 "Underground"
1994 · album
Playero 37 "Underground"
1992 · album
La Rifa
2023 · single
Mueca
2023 · single
Que Paso
2023 · single
Nea Chida
2023 · single
Chucky
2023 · single
POKITI
2022 · single
Hagale El Saludo
2022 · single
Me Robe el Show
2022 · single
2 Horas
2022 · single
No Me Hablen de Ella
2022 · single
Besa Tu Cuerpo (Remake 2021)
2021 · single
Yamillette (Remake 2021)
2021 · single
Puerto Rico (Remake 2021)
2021 · single
Dame Tu Amor (Gone Creations Remake 2021)
2021 · single
Nunca Me Quedo Atrás (Remake)
2021 · single
Bobolon (Gone Creations Remake 2021)
2021 · single
Cabrón Bien Cabrón (Gone Creations Remake 2021)
2021 · single
Punto 40 (2021)
2021 · single
El Funeral (Remake 2021)
2021 · single
Me Pide Poco (Remake 2021)
2021 · single
Mi Yal Eres Tu (Remake 2021)
2021 · single
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Biography
Playero was a key figure in the dissemination of reggaeton during its formative period in the 1990s in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Generally billed as Playero DJ, though perhaps best known as DJ Playero, he was above all a mixtape purveyor. Beginning in the early '90s, he produced a series of mixtapes that synthesized hip-hop and reggae rhythms with Spanish-language freestyling (i.e., on-the-spot MCing, toasting, rapping, singing, etc.). These tapes circulated around the barrios of San Juan and were highly influential upon the generation that would go on to define reggaeton in the coming decade. For instance, Daddy Yankee got his start with Playero, debuting on Playero, Vol. 37, which was recorded in a small studio in one of Puerto Rico's caseríos (i.e., housing projects) and was originally released in 1992. Playero was an aspiring producer at the time, with credits including work on the seminal compilation Dancehall Reggaespañol (1991, Columbia Records), in addition to production work with 3-2 Get Funky (3-2 Get Funky, 1993; Return of the Funky Ones, 1994), Ranking Stone (Different Styles, 1995), Wiso G (Estoy Aqui, 1996), and Wendellman (Wendellman, 1996). During the late '90s, as the proto-reggaeton style began to grow popular thanks to the Noise, a club-based collective (DJ Negro, DJ Nelson, Tony Touch, Ivy Queen, Baby Rasta & Gringo, et al.) that issued a long-running series of CDs, Playero began reissuing his old mixtapes from the early to mid-'90s. He also recorded new ones, issuing them via BM Records as well. Playero en DVD: Su Trayectoria (2003) was the culmination of this activity, aiming to cement his legacy as one of the key reggaeton pioneers. ~ Jason Birchmeier, Rovi