Mas Flow: Los Benjamins

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Mas Flow: Los Benjamins
Doble A & Nales "Los Presidentes",
Mr. G, Gomez, Thilo, Miki, Noriega
Luny Tunes & Tainy chronology
Reggaeton Hits
(2006) 		Mas Flow: Los Benjamins
(2006) 		The Kings of the Beats 2
(2006)
Singles from Mas Flow: Los Benjamins
  1. "Noche de Entierro (Nuestro Amor)"
    Released: October 2006
  2. "Royal Rumble (Se Van)"
    Released: October 2006
  3. "
    Lento
    "
    Released: December 2006
Alternative cover
Los Benjamins: La Continuación re-edition cover

Mas Flow: Los Benjamins is the third

Ñejo & Dalmata, Arcángel & De la Ghetto, and others. It also featured the work of 17-year-old producer Marco Masis, better known as Tainy
.

Mas Flow: Los Benjamins receive mixed to positive reviews by critics and fans. The album debuted at number one on US Billboard Top Latin Albums and US Latin Rhythms Albums. Also debut at number 30 on US Billboard 200. Eventually, the album was nominated as Reggaeton Album Of The Year on 2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards.[1]

Shortly after releasing Mas Flow: Los Benjamins, reggaeton producers Luny Tunes released Los Benjamins: La Continuación. Essentially a deluxe edition of Mas Flow: Los Benjamins, La Continuación includes roughly two and a half hours of music spread over the course of two CDs and one DVD. The first CD is the original edition of Los Benjamins without the two unlisted bonus tracks on the end of that album. The second CD is composed of remixes of key songs from Los Benjamins, in addition to ten new songs, an opening instrumental, and four "bonus tracks" from the previously released compilation Raices del Reggaeton. The DVD includes a few videos. It was released on May 15, 2007.

Background

LunyTunes began working on their follow-up to

budgets, "Mas Flow Inc" created separate affiliated companies such as "Gravity Blu" (design and arts company/record label headed by G'rald), "Benjamin Records" (managed by Alexis and Fido's disc jockey DJ Coffee) and "Loyalty Records" (little is known about this company except for the fact they planned to release albums from Yo-Seph The One, Mr Phillip[5] and Lui-gi 21 Plus
along with the much anticipated "Loyalty Records presents: About Time" compilation.)

Much of these projects slated for release were either delayed or went over budget due to "

Universal Latino
to rework the album. "Los Benjamins" was originally meant to be "Mas Flow 3" but because of budget issues, constraints, release schedule deadlines, and many unfinished products, the final tracklist was a compilation of songs from the intended "Mas Flow 3" and songs meant for unfinished productions such as "Millenium" and "Loyalty Records presents: About Time".

There was much hype placed for "Los Benjamins" with Luny Tunes receiving a record breaking contract with Universal Latino (rumored to be worth around $10 million) for their musical compositions from their production team and any future releases from their record label

Wisin y Yandel received a mass promotional campaign from Universal Latino on a worldwide level and became a top 10 single all across Latin America and the United States.[8]

Concept

Originally "Los Benjamins" was supposed to be

Universal Latino during the time, the product was rushed to release and renamed because the company "Mas Flow Inc." felt the product was not a proper sequel for the popular series as the sound was more pop
-oriented than its predecessors. Many songs originally intended for other productions made it to the final version of "Los Benjamins", most notably tracks from unfinished products such as the shelved "Millenium" and "Loyalty Records presents: About Time".

Reception

Mas Flow: Los Benjamin debuted at number one on US Top Latin Albums and at 30 on US Billboard 200.[9][10] In its first two months, the album sold 80,000 copies in the United States.[11] Following the re-release, the album jumped from 43 to the number one of US Top Latin Albums and Latin Rhythm Albums and re-enter at 97 on US Billboard 200.[12] The album stayed six weeks in total at the top of US Billboard Latin Rhythm Albums.

During its initial release, the album received mixed reactions both critically and commercially for not living up to the sales originally projected by

Mas Flow 1" and "Mas Flow 2" which were more organic productions connected with the authentic reggaeton from the streets versus "Los Benjamins" which is more pop influenced going as far to include the most famous pop group in latin music during that time in "RBD
". [13]

The lead single "Noche De Entierro (Nuestro Amor)" actually outperformed the album and became Luny Tunes' 2nd most successful single to date as lead performers (after "Mayor Que Yo"), selling over 500,000 units on iTunes in the United States alone and became a top 10 hit in Latin America as well. It appears that Universal Latino did a poor job in associating the lead single with Luny Tunes' album "Los Benjamins" as most mainstream consumers opted to buy "Noche De Entierro" on iTunes rather than the entire production. The lead single was also massively pirated in the Latin America. Mixed reviews also drew away a potentially larger audience.[14] Over the course of time, "Los Benjamins" is now viewed as a classic album in the reggaeton genre, misunderstood at the time for its ambitious goals at pop-crossover success while maintaining reggaeton's essence and "Noche De Entierro (Nuestro Amor)" is recognized as one of the most famous songs in the history of latin music and Luny Tunes' 2nd most successful single to date as lead performers.[15]

Legacy

"Mas Flow: Los Benjamins" is credited with bridging the gap between reggaeton from the streets and traditional mainstream latin pop through Luny Tunes' collaboration with pop supergroup RBD and the success of "Noche de Entierro (Nuestro Amor)" especially in Latin America. Thanks to the efforts of commercializing the rugged street sounds of the authentic reggaeton and fusing it with more pop elements, "Los Benjamins" opened the doors for future acts such as J Balvin and CNCO renowned for their pop reggaeton fusions.

"Noche de Entierro (Nuestro Amor)" went on to become one of the most successful singles of the year and is one of the most recognized reggaeton songs of all-time. Despite low sales, thanks to massive bootlegging, "Mas Flow: Los Benjamins" became renowned throughout Latin America to the point it is now hailed as one of the classic reggaeton albums of all-time. Many songs from the album such as "Mi Fanática" by Arcángel & De la Ghetto, "Esta Noche" by Tito El Bambino, "Welcome To My Crib" by Randy and "Hello" by Zion became club hits in Latin America and are amongst the most famous songs in each of the artists' catalog.

Commercially, during its initial release, the album was considered a disaster due to low sales but over the course of time thanks to the lead single's fame and Luny Tunes' continued success, the product is now considered an important piece in the history of reggaeton music. Sadly, the downfall of the reggaeton genre during this period is largely attributed to "Mas Flow: Los Benjamins" for not living up to expectations in its initial release and major latin labels soon started to focus on other less expensive musical genres such as

budgets and expenditures. Luny Tunes then signed with Fuego Music Entertainment around this time.[16]

Albums such as "Millenium" and

Universal Latino.[17] The album did not have any success as the final product excluded many of the leaked songs by artists' such as Nicky Jam, Don Omar and Zion that fans were expecting and "Millenium" also received no promotion with no lead single except "El Pantalon" by Don Omar which was also included in "King of Kings Live" and was a radio single with no mention of "Millenium". The original singles "El Señor De La Noche" by Don Omar and "Alocate" by Zion eventually received official releases both being reworked by Luny Tunes' production team for the albums "Los Bandoleros Reloaded" and "Los Benjamins". A leaked song by Nicky Jam feat. Carlitos Way "Tu y Yo" never received an official release outside of bootlegs in the underground reggaeton scene. All original versions have been recently released for free download and can now be found on YouTube including "El Señor De La Noche"'s original intended (unreleased) version with Violin work from Miri Ben-Ari produced by Luny Tunes.[18][19][20][21]

Nely, Tainy
, Bones, Nan2 and others. The last time the album was announced to be released to the reggaeton community was in 2008, since then nothing else has been mentioned.

Track listing

Mas Flow: Los Benjamins

No.TitleProducersLength
1."Royal Rumble (Se Van)" (
Ñejo)
Luny Tunes, Tainy & DJ Nelson3:08
21."No Te Quiere" (El Roockie)Luny Tunes & Tainy2:30
22."Libertad" (Lui-G)Luny Tunes & Tainy2:59
23."Lento (Remix)" (RBD)Luny Tunes, & Tainy3:21

Los Benjamins: La Continuación
Disc 2
No.TitleProducersLength
1."Luny Tunes Taliban Beat"Luny Tunes, Miki2:15
2."Lo Nuestro Se Fue (Remix)" (
O.G. Black ft. Lionize of (Erre XI))
Luny Tunes, Miki & Nales3:12
14."Entrégate (Remix)" (Wisin & Yandel)Luny Tunes, Tainy & Jorge "Joker" Elvira3:46
15."Dile" (M.J. ft. Zion)Luny Tunes3:25
16."Te Toco" (High Rollers Family)Luny Tunes, Tainy, Doble A & Nales & Miki3:39
17."Qué Pasó" (Alex Killer)Luny Tunes & Thilo3:43
18."Ven Motívame [Bonus Track]" (Baby Ranks)Luny Tunes3:17
19."Bien Duro [Bonus Track]" (Falo)Miki "La Mano Bionica"3:05
20."Bailándome [Bonus Track]" (K.I.D.)Thilo & DJ Coffie3:24
21."Reggaetón Ripiao" [Bonus Track]" (Baby Shaba)Luny Tunes, Doble A & Nales, Miki3:34

DVD

No.TitleLength
1."Noche de Entierro" 
2."Alócate" 
3."Esta Noche" 

Charts

Chart (2006) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200[23] 30
U.S.
Top Latin Albums[24]
 1
U.S. Billboard Top Rap Albums[24] 9

See also

References

  1. ^ Billboard Staff (2007-02-14). "2007 Billboard Latin Music Awards Finalists". Billboard. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
  2. ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
  3. ^ https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Baby_Ranks_Mi_Flow_This_Is_It?id=Bqkdv7fr3jifbjeo4y3xsnyvj2i - Baby Ranks Album
  4. ^ "Raices del Reggaeton - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  5. ^ "Mr. Phillip Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
  6. ^ "Luny Tunes | Credits". AllMusic.
  7. ^ Los Bandoleros Reloaded
  8. ^ "Daddy Yankee". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Luny Tunes and Paris Hilton Celebrate Reign at Top of Billboard Charts of Mas Flow: Los Benjamins". globalgiants.com. Retrieved 2025-01-08.
  10. ^ Panamá, LOS40 (2006-10-09). "El dúo dominicano Luny Tunes debuta esta semana en el primer lugar..." LOS40PA (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-01-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ "Compilation Competition". Billboard. November 25, 2006.
  12. Proquest
    .
  13. ^ https://www.amazon.com/Los-Benjamins-Luny-Tunes/product-reviews/B000GBEW1Q/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewpnt_rgt?ie=UTF8&reviewerType=all_reviews&filterByStar=critical&pageNumber=1 reviews for Los Benjamins from Amazon
  14. ^ "Los Benjamins - Luny Tunes | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  15. ^ https://www.billboard.com/artist/daddy-yankee/chart-history/lsa/ Noche De Entierro Chart History
  16. ^ Libre, Diario (2007-09-26). "Luny Tunes y Fuego Entertainment llegan a acuerdo por cinco años". Diario Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  17. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/millennium-mw0001176011/credits Millenium
  18. ^ "Don Omar - el Señor de la Noche (Violin Version)". YouTube. 21 September 2015.
  19. ^ "Don Omar - el Señor de la Noche (Original Version)". YouTube. 21 September 2015.
  20. ^ "Nicky Jam y Carlitos Way-Tu y yo solitos (2005)". YouTube. 27 July 2014.
  21. ^ "Zion - Alocate (Millennium Primera Version 2006)". YouTube. 21 September 2015.
  22. ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/baby-ranks/chart-history/tropical-songs/song/584139 [dead link‍] El Amor Se Fue Chart History
  23. ^ Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales
  24. ^ a b Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - Luny Tunes
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