It was released on August 12, 2008, by Machete Music and El Cartel Records, to accompany the motion picture Talento de Barrio.

[3] It received positive reviews and was nominated for Best Urban Album at the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

In the United States, the album debuted at the top of the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, and received a double platinum (Latin Field) certification from the RIAA for selling an excess of 200,000 copies, platinum in Argentina and Central America.

[11] The official recording sessions of the album started in December 2007, following the first leg of his The Big Boss Tour.

[13] A promotional EP was released with five tracks, including "Block Party" with Yaga & Mackie, which was leaked online before its official radio release; "Talento de Barrio" remix with De La Guetto, Randy & Arcangel; and two promotional singles, "La Fuga" and "Solido".

Musicologo and Menes formed the duo Los de la Nazza and produced most of the album.

The film relates the struggles young people face when they try to improve their lives and break free from their troubled surroundings.

The lead single, "Pose", presents a mix of hip hop and dance, with Latin and African American rhythms.

That's the inspiration for the song.Several songs, including "Sólido" and "Somos de Calle", were uploaded to Daddy Yankee's MySpace profile several months before the release of the soundtrack.

Released as free single downloads at the time, they were not announced as being part the soundtrack until mid-summer 2008, when promotion of the film Talento de Barrio was disclosed.

Following the release of the album, Yankee embarked on a series of public and personal appearances, similar to the previous promo cycle of El Cartel: The Big Boss.

Some songs of the soundtrack, such as "Somos de Calle" and "Pose", were included in the set list of the last leg of The Big Boss Tour.

In October 2008, Daddy Yankee's cologne began being sold by Macys, and was promoted by TV ads accompanied with the music of the lead single, "Pose".

Eventually, it was certified two times platinum (Latin Field) by RIAA for selling over 200,000 copies in the United States.

[24] In Central America, Talento de Barrio was certified gold for selling over 5,000 copies and 250,000 digital downloads.