¡Oye! Sorry, give me a chance to use an upside down exclamation point and I am going to use it.

 

Daddy Yankee, reggaeton's flag-bearer in the U.S. dropped El Cartel: The Big Boss, the follow-up to his 2004 breakthrough, today.

 

The Times and Miami Herald both dig it, though the former does note that it -- along with the rest of the genre -- might still have an uphill battle to gain mainstream English-speaking listeners.

 

Here's the first single, "Impacto (Remix)" which features a guest spot from Fergie.