El Chombo

Panamanian DJ and record producer

Musical artist

Rodney Sebastian Clark Donalds (born November 27, 1969), better known by his stage name El Chombo,^{[note 1][1]} is a Panamanian reggaeton artist and producer. He is best known for the hit songs "Chacarron Macarron" and "Dame Tu Cosita", which both became Internet memes.

Works

His major local hits under his own name include "Kung Fu", "El Gato Volador", "Chacarron Macarron" and "Dame Tu Cosita" (which features Jamaican dancehall musician Cutty Ranks).

As a producer, El Chombo is best known for producing Lorna's 2003 hit single "Papi chulo... (te traigo el mmmm...)", which served as an introduction of reggaeton for many Europeans, reaching number one on the French charts with top ten appearances in Greece, Italy, India, Turkey and the Netherlands. He also released an EP called Macarron Chacarron containing many mixes of his hits.

In 2006, there was a campaign on BBC Radio 1 in the UK to get the song "Chacarron Macarron" to number one; in the end, it only reached number 20 on the UK Singles Chart.

In March 2018, "Dame Tu Cosita" became a viral Internet dance challenge and meme.

Discography

Albums

Spanish Oil series

• Spanish Oil 1 (1995)
• Spanish Oil 2 (1996)
• Spanish Oil 3 (1997)
• Spanish Oil 4 (1998)
• Spanish Oil 5 (1999)
• Spanish Oil Plus (1999)

Cuentos de la Cripta

• Cuentos de la Cripta 1 (1996)
• Cuentos de la Cripta 2 (1997)
• Cuentos de la Cripta 3 (1999)
• Cuentos de la Cripta Remixes (2001)
• Cuentos de la Cripta 4 (2003)
• Cuentos de la Cripta Platinum (2004)

La Mafia series

• La Mafia 1 (2000)
• La Mafia 2 (2001)

El Chombo and Predikador

• El Chombo and Predikador – ReggaeMania Vol. 1 (2003)
• El Chombo and Predikador – Expedientes Vol. 4 (2004)
• El Chombo and Predikador – Criptonita Vol. 2 (2004)
• El Chombo and Predikador – Súper Galleta Vol. 2 (2004)
• El Chombo and Predikador – La Dinastía

Others

• El Chombo featuring Deenovo – Planet Ganja Vol. 1 (1999)
• La Banda (2000)
• El Chombo and DJ Pablito – El Imperio (2000)
• El Chombo and DJ Pablito – El Pentágono 2 (2000)
• Apocalipsis (2002)
• El Chombo and Andy Van Attes – Expedientes 2 (2001)
• El Chombo and Andy Van Attes – Expedientes 3 (2002)
• Super Galleta (2002)
• La Criptonita (2003)
• La Criptonita V3.03 (2007)

Singles

As lead artist

As producer

Reference notes

1. In Panama, Chombo refers to a black person but is generally a derogatory term.

References

1. Jamison, Lee (2018). Panamanian Spanish: Speak like a Native!. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-692-75886-1.
2. "El Chombo Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard.
3. "Discography El Chombo".
4. "Discographie El Chombo" (in French).
5. "Discography El Chombo".
6. "El Chombo Chart History (UK)". Official Charts.
7. "El Chombo Chart History (US)". Billboard.
8. "El Chombo Chart History (US Latin)". Billboard.
9. El Chombo | Billboard
10. "Lorna - Papi Chulo... te traigo el mmmm". ultratop.be.
11. "Lorna - Papi Chulo... te traigo el mmmm". ultratop.be.
12. Hung, Steffen. "lescharts.com - Lorna - Papi Chulo... te traigo el mmmm". lescharts.com.
13. Hung, Steffen. "italiancharts.com - Lorna - Papi Chulo... te traigo el mmmm". italiancharts.com.
14. Hung, Steffen. "Lorna - Papi Chulo... te traigo el mmmm". hitparade.ch.
15. Hung, Steffen. "spanishcharts.com - Lorna - Papi Chulo... te traigo el mmmm". spanishcharts.com.
16. Hung, Steffen. "swedishcharts.com - Lorna - Papi Chulo... te traigo el mmmm". swedishcharts.com.
17. Hung, Steffen. "Lorna - Papi Chulo... te traigo el mmmm - hitparade.ch". hitparade.ch.

External links

• El Chombo's homepage
• AllMusic
• Top40-charts.com