The special edition had new songs along with remixed songs of the previous edition, such as "Don't Stop", "Bachatéalo", a remix to the song "Bandida", and a hip-hop remix of "Yo Voy" with Miri Ben-Ari, Fatman Scoop, and Pitbull entitled "Jump & Spread Out (DJ Precise and Cheeky Starr Version)".īoth Zion and Lennox are very active with solo songs. Motivando a la Yal: Special Edition was released a year later. With the reggaeton genre becoming a worldwide phenomenon, Zion and Lennox's popularity increased. In May 2004, they released their first solo album, Motivando a la Yal. This gave them the chance to appear in major Reggaeton albums such as Luny Tunes' Mas Flow (2003) and Mas Flow 2 (2005), Blin Blin vol.1 (2003-4), Contra la Corriente (2004), and Cazadores, Primera Búsqueda (2005). These hits, along with others in the near future and increased radio play gave them more recognition. They had minor hits such as "Baila Conmigo" for the 2003 compilation album " Desafío" and "Me Pones Tensión" for the album The Noise: La Biografía. They have been in the music business for a long time. Zion is the first cousin of chorus singer Jory Boy, who was part of the Nova & Jory duo, while Lennox is the brother of Luis Pizarro, better known as Mackie Ranks, of the former reggaeton duo Yaga y Mackie.
īoth have relatives who are prominent singers in the reggaeton genre. Since then they had been very popular within the underground scene, until they came to have their first great opportunity in the 2003 compilation album Desafío by the producers Luny Tunes together with Noriega.
While Zion & Lennox developed a deep interest in the new genre during that time, their focus was distinct from the most typical themes within the underground scene, in what they currently refer to as «the commercial touch» that reggaeton did not possess, that is, the kind of lyrics far from violence and sex. Their common taste for music quickly became a serious passion and a reason to work together and thoroughly in the reggaetón genre, once Lennox's brother, whose nickname was Mackie, invited them to officially sing a theme in 2001, though they had already been a duo since 2000. They met in 1992, while living in the same neighborhood and having common interests in reggaeton. Félix Ortiz Torres and Gabriel Pizarro were born in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
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