Before Paz signed a deal with the major label Universal Latino, he released the album Amigo con Derechos in 2008, on a small independent label. Several of the tracks from that album are included on his major label debut El Canta Autor Del Pueblo including "Carcacha Vieja" (Retitled "La Carcacha"), "Amigo con Derechos", "Asi Soy Feliz", "El Celular", "El Bobo" (Retitled "No Soy Un Bobo"), "Un Numero Mas" (Retitled "Ojala"), "Tus Ojos Lindos" (Retitled "Madre Mia") and "La Que Sufre Es Mi Mama".