Wibal & Alex are a Puerto Rican reggaeton duo formed in 2002 in
Comerío—vocalists José Rivera (Wibal) and José Díaz (Alex)—who came up in the
island’s mixtape era before breaking onto major compilations in the mid-2000s.
Early visibility arrived with “Fantasía” on Luny Tunes’ Mas Flow, Vol. 2 (2005),
aligning the pair with the scene’s top producers and paving the way for their
debut album El Repertorio (2007, Universal/Montano), a set that blended perreo
with R&B and merengue touches and spun off fan staples like “Gata Psycho,”
“Presión,” and “La Baya.” They followed with Los Bio...