Musicólogo & Menes, also known as Los de la Nazza, is a Puerto Rican urban music duo formed in 2005 by Eliezer "Musicólogo" García and Eduardo "Menes" López. The duo achieved significant popularity in the Latin urban music field during the late 2000s and early 2010s as producers of Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee, combining elements of reggaeton music with electronica influences. Musicólogo is Daddy Yankee's cousin.
The producers were joined as a duo by Daddy Yankee in 2007 and their first production credit was on his studio album El Cartel: The Big Boss, released later that year. Los de la Nazza continued working with Daddy Yankee until 2014, having produced songs including "Pose" (2008), "La Despedida" (2010), and "Lovumba" (2011).
Musicólogo and Menes began producing a series of mixtapes titled El Imperio Nazza released from 2012 to 2016. They turned independent in 2014, in order to focus on their own careers, and released their first studio album Orión in 2015.
History
Musicólogo, born Eliezer García on December 21, 1981, in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, was raised in the Nemesio Canales Residential, where he first experienced the violence and rawness of the streets. His passion for music began during childhood due to his musician family. He graduated from the Gabriela Mistral Public School and ventured into university. Menes, born Eduardo López on August 29, 1980, in Caguas, Puerto Rico, was raised in Caguas until the age of 11, when he moved to Florida, United States with his family. He credits being the older brother of three sisters as what he needed to understand the "female language". Musicólogo and Menes first met at a recording studio in the Nemesio Canales Residential in 2005, Menes working with Puerto Rican producer Echo and Musicólogo having a solo career with his own recording studio. From 0:17 to 0:45.
In 2007, Musicólogo showed Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee a demo of his work. From 1:30 to 1:52. He eventually decided to join them as a duo, subsequently signing Musicólogo & Menes to his record label El Cartel Records. Since then, Los de la Nazza produced one track on El Cartel: The Big Boss (2007) and were the main producers of Talento de Barrio (2008), Mundial (2010), Prestige (2012), and King Daddy (2013).
In January 2012, the duo released El Imperio Nazza, the first entry of a series of reggaeton mixtapes involving various artists or focused on one in particular, depending on the edition. These included Puerto Rican reggaeton acts Gotay, J Álvarez, Jowell & Randy, and Farruko. The last Imperio Nazza mixtape released under El Cartel Records was Top Secret Edition in January 2014.
In 2014, their contract with El Cartel expired and decided to start an independent career as a production duo. Their first studio album Orión was released digitally on August 11, 2015, under their own record label Nazza Records. The album peaked at number 8 on the US Latin Rhythm Albums chart on September 5, 2015. The single "Si El Mundo Se Acabara" featuring American singer Justin Quiles reached number one on the US Tropical Songs chart on April 30, 2016, being their first top spot placement on Billboard.
Production credits TitleYearArtistFunctioned asProducerMixing engineerAudio engineerEl Cartel: The Big Boss2007Daddy YankeeTalento de Barrio2008Daddy YankeeMundial2010Daddy YankeeMucha Calidad2011Nova & JoryThe Most Powerful Rookie2012FarrukoPrestigeDaddy YankeeKing Daddy2013Daddy YankeeSentimiento, Elegancia & MaldadArcángel
Charted songs TitleYearPerforming artist(s)Peak chart positionsAlbumUSLatinPeaks on the U.S. Hot Latin Songs chart: "Grito Mundial": "El Ritmo No Perdona (Prende)": "Descontrol": "La Despedida": "Ven Conmigo": "Lovumba": "Pasarela": "La Máquina de Baile": "El Amante": "Se Acabó El Amor": "La Nueva y La Ex": "Si El Mundo Se Acabara": USTropicalPeaks on the U.S. Tropical Songs chart: "Grito Mundial": "El Ritmo No Perdona (Prende)": "Descontrol": "La Despedida": "Ven Conmigo": "Lovumba": "Pasarela": "Se Acabó El Amor": "La Nueva y La Ex": "Si El Mundo Se Acabara": "Grito Mundial"2009Daddy Yankee247Mundial"El Ritmo No Perdona (Prende)"Daddy Yankee4739"Descontrol"2010Daddy Yankee162"La Despedida"Daddy Yankee44"Ven Conmigo"2011Daddy Yankee, Prince Royce92Prestige"Lovumba"Daddy Yankee12"Pasarela"2012Daddy Yankee43"La Máquina de Baile"Daddy Yankee42—"El Amante"Daddy Yankee, J Álvarez40—"Se Acabó El Amor"2013J Álvarez3317El Imperio Nazza: J Álvarez Edition"La Nueva y La Ex"Daddy Yankee92King Daddy"Si El Mundo Se Acabara"2015Justin Quiles451Orión "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Discography Studio Orión (2015) Nazza 2020 (2020)
Mixtapes El Imperio Nazza (2012) El Imperio Nazza: Gold Edition (2012) El Imperio Nazza: Gotay Edition (2012) – El Imperio Nazza: J Álvarez Edition (2012) – El Imperio Nazza: King Daddy Edition (2013) – El Imperio Nazza: Doxis Edition (2013) – El Imperio Nazza: Farruko Edition (2013) – El Imperio Nazza: Top Secret Edition (2014) El Imperio Nazza: Justin Quiles Edition (2016) – El Imperio Nazza: Kendo Edition (2016) –
EP's Carnal Mixtape (2011) - With Carnal Dunvo (2019) - With Dunvo Rain Rose (2020) El Ultimo Tour Del Mundo (MYM REMAKE) (2020) - with Bad Bunny
Album Productions El Cartel 3: The Big Boss (2007) - Daddy Yankee - Talento De Barrio: Soundtrack (2008) - Daddy Yankee - El Fenómeno (2008) - Arcángel - Mundial (2010) - Daddy Yankee - Los Verdaderos (2010) - Zion & Lennox - Mucha Calidad (2011) - Nova & Jory - Otro Nivel De Música (2011) - J Álvarez - El Concepto (2011) - Gotay - } Otro Nivel De Musica (Reloaded) (2012) - J Alvarez - Tracks 7 The Most Powerful Rookie (2012) - Farruko - Tu Juguetito Sexual (2012) - Galante El Emperador - Prestige (2012) - Daddy Yankee - El Patan (2012) - Luigi 21 Plus - Reencarnal (2013) - Carnal - HD (2014) - Kent & Tony - Visionary (2015) - Farruko - Tracks 1–2 Now Or Never (2020) - Nio Garcia y Casper - Track 5
Musicólogo (Solo Albums) Canales Reggaeton (2002) Canales Malianteo (2002) Canales Reggaeton Vol. 2 (2003) Turbina (2003) Los Dueños De Los Metales (2005)
Compilation Los de la Nazza: The Collection, Vol. 1 (2013) Los de la Nazza: The Collection, Vol. 2 (2014) Los de la Nazza: The Collection, Vol. 3 (2017)
Awards and nominations El Imperio Nazza: J Álvarez Edition – Lo Nuestro Award for Urban Album of the Year – Nominated (2014)
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