Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren

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Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 26, 2021
Recorded2020–2021
Genre
Length67:13
LanguageSpanish
Label
Producer
Anuel AA chronology
Los Dioses
(2021)
Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren
(2021)
LLNM2
(2022)
Singles from Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren
  1. "Dictadura"
    Released: October 28, 2021
  2. "Leyenda"
    Released: November 11, 2021
  3. "Súbelo"
    Released: November 18, 2021
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Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren is the third solo studio album by Puerto Rican rapper Anuel AA. It was released on November 26, 2021, through Real Hasta la Muerte and Sony Music Latin. The album follows his second studio album Emmanuel (2020), and his collaboration album with Ozuna, Los Dioses (2021). [3]

Contents

The album features collaborations with Eladio Carrión, Mora, Myke Towers and Jhayco.

Background

In August 2020, Anuel AA uploaded a preview of a song, called "300" and wrote: "I will make an album for the trap, should I?".[ citation needed ] Anuel AA announced his upcoming album in May 2021 in an Instagram live.[ citation needed ] His manager Frabián Elí confirmed that the album would be released in July and will include trap and only two reggaeton songs.[ citation needed ] Later he announced via Instagram that the album had been delayed.[ citation needed ]

The title was revealed in August 2021 when Anuel uploaded an Instagram post with the name of his next album. The photo was from the official video of the song "23 Preguntas". [4] In September 2021, Anuel uploaded a freestyle preview on Instagram, claiming that the album was finished. The unreleased track samples "Ready or Not" by the Fugees. [5]

On November 18, 2021, Anuel AA announced the track listing for the album via the final basketball game between Capitanes de Arecibo and Mets de Guaynabo. The names and numbers of the tracks were on the warm-up shirts of the Capitanes team.[ citation needed ]

Singles

Anuel AA released the first two singles of the album, "Dictadura" on October 28, 2021 [6] and "Leyenda" on November 12, 2021.[ citation needed ] Puerto Rican rappers Myke Towers and Jhayco featured on the third and final single of the album, "Súbelo", released on November 18, 2021. [7]

Track listing

Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Real Hasta la Muerte" Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago
  • Foreign Teck
  • Coleman
10:01
2."North Carolina" (with Eladio Carrión)Andre the Giant2:56
3."Rick Flair"Gazmey
  • Misael de la Cruz
  • Mvsis
  • Nely el Arma Secreta
  • EQ el Equalizer
2:58
4."1942"Gazmey
  • Hide Miyabi
  • Kabeh
  • JBento
3:56
5."Pin"GazmeyDimelo Ninow3:41
6."McGregor"Gazmey
  • Todd Pritchard
  • Foreign Teck
  • Chris Hojas
4:43
7."Llorando en un Ferrari"
  • Americo Garcia
  • Benjamin Lasnier
  • Emmanuel Gazmey
  • Ervin Quiroz
  • Gabriel Mora
  • Jorge Medina
  • Juan Jose Botero
  • Machael Angelo Cole
  • Max Borghetti
  • Patrick Ingunza
  • BEAM (rapper)
3:13
8."Leyenda"Gazmey
  • Foreign Teck
  • Chris Hojas
  • FBN
3:40
9."Esa Cruz"Gazmey
  • Tainy
  • Misael de la Cruz
  • Mvsis
2:44
10."300"Gazmey
  • Misael de la Cruz
  • Mvsis
3:42
11."Exit"Gazmey
  • Foreign Teck
  • Wain
  • Bass Charity
  • SAMUDAI
3:55
12."Una Palabra"
  • Ovy on the Drums
  • Tainy
  • Mvsis
  • Nely el Arma Secreta
  • Misael de la Cruz
6:09
13."Dictadura"
  • Gazmey
  • Gabriel Mora
  • Freddy Montalvo
  • Jose Carlos Cruz
  • Machael
  • Martin Rodriguez Vicente
  • Súbelo NEO
  • Mora
  • Cromo X
  • Machael
3:28
14."Mi Voz Cuesta un Billón" (with Mora)
  • Gazmey
  • Mora
  • Joseph Michael
  • Nathan Butts
  • Tyree Hawkins
  • Dim Crux
3:48
15."Súbelo" (with Myke Towers and Jhayco)
  • Gazmey
  • Jesús Manuel Nieves Cortez
  • Michael Anthony Torres Monge
  • Daniel Echavarría Oviedo
Ovy on the Drums3:59
16."Última Canción"
  • Gazmey
  • Michael Hernandez
  • Ervin Quiroz
  • Tyree Hawkins
  • Crux
  • Foreign Teck
  • Nathan Butts
  • Tyree Hawkins
  • EQ el Equalizer
  • Dim Crux
4:20
Total length:67:13

Notes

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Las Leyendas Nunca Mueren
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [16] Gold20,000
United States (RIAA) [17] 4× Platinum (Latin)240,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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