It featured two other singles, "Hay Que Empezar Otra Vez" and "Pa' Arriba No Va".

According to George, he played a demo version of "La Negra Tiene Tumbao" for Cruz, "not knowing how she would respond, and that was the song that she most reacted to".

[4] On 23 July 2002, the album was rereleased with a bonus track remix of "La Negra Tiene Tumbao".

[10] Following Cruz's death in July 2003,[11][12][13] La Negra Tiene Tumbao reentered the Billboard Latin Albums chart at number eight, for the week of 2 August 2003.

Witmer complimented "La Negra Tiene Tumbao", calling it the "CD's biggest draw".

"[16] According to Billboard magazine's Leila Cobo, "La Negra Tiene Tumbao", "with its mid-section rap became the blueprint—to this day—for a bust of recordings featuring much younger acts.

[19] The album won the Lo Nuestro Award for Tropical Album of the Year at the 2003 Lo Nuestro Awards[22][23] The song was also nominated Tropical Song of the Year, eventually losing to Cruz's own "La Vida Es Un Carnaval".