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Daddy Yankee is reggaeton's biggest crossover contender: He has already rhymed alongside Nas, Lil Jon and Terror Squad, and his brassy, slogan-strewn flow suggests both a quick-tongued thug and a Latin crunkster. This 2004 release, which has hovered in the U.S. Top Forty for several months, doesn't always use reggaeton's dancehall-reggae-style clave rhythm to great effect -- when it isn't done right, it can sound skittery and samey. But Fino is certainly the blingiest and most modern disc in current reggaeton, thanks to the slinky hooks of hits such as "Gasolina." Start here for an action-packed entree to the genre's rougher pleasures.
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