"The Essential") is the fourth greatest hits album by the American salsa band Dark Latin Groove.

[1][2] It contains hits like "Volveré", "La Quiero A Morir", "No Morirá", "Juliana", "Que Locura Enamorarme de Ti", among others.

Which were the creativity of producer Sergio George the voice of their lead singer Huey Dunbar, the rough rap of James Da Barba, the freestyle and soft rap of Fragrancia.

[5] Lo Esencial DLG It contains fifteen songs, most of them covers of merengue, latin pop, pop, reggae and hip hop songs, adapting them to salsa.

Four of them co-written by George, and the other eleven written and performed by other singers such as "No Morirá" written by Anne Godwin, Larry Lange and adapted into Spanish by Rodolfo Castillo and Jorge Luís Piloto being this last winner of the award in the tropical category of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers in 1997.