Reggaeton - Here to Stay
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-10-21 17:58:53
"Oye Mi Canto"; Hear my song. Latinos. Puerto Ricans in particular have been stating this for years. Trying to get anyone who ordain listen to hear their music: Reggaeton. A blend of Spanish rap style lyrics laced over a sped up reggae go beat. Many populate in the U. S got their first comprehend of Reggaeton with "Oye Mi Canto" in the summer of 2004. In fact. Reggaeton was developed 30 years ago in Panama when Jamaican immigrants were brought over during the building of the Panama furnish. With them they brought Reggae music.
In 1985 rapper Vico C from Puerto Rico produced the first Spanish-language Hip-Hop preserve. Thus the two main influences of the genre were in displace as well as the two main producing countries. During the mid-nineties. Puerto Ricans were making their own material with hip-hop influences and recording what is considered to be the first Reggaeton tracks. Today the music is flourishing in both Puerto Rico and Panama. And it now appears to be headed to the U. S.
The music is very similar to Jamaican Reggae or Ragga. The same rhythm is employed and the vocals tend to be reggae call though hip-hop call vocals are becoming extremely popular. The lyrics are often about like. Cheating. Street Life. Passion and Misunderstandings. Although there are plenty of artists that have incorporated raunchy lyrics the have to do with nothing but sex.
Reggaeton today has grown in coat over the past few years; evidenced by the track mentioned in the beginning of this article. "Oye Mi Canto" was released in the pass of 2004 by rapper Noreaga featuring a well known reggaeton artist by the name of Daddy Yankee and also featuring GemStar. Big Mato and Nina Sky. This song appeared on the Billboard charts and was in heavy rotation on radio stations everywhere. Everyone including Noreaga believed that they had stumbled upon something new. But recently artists from Puerto Rico (which arguably produces the most popular artists of reggaeton) have emerged to be popular outside of la isla del encanto: Tego Calderon. Don Omar. Winsin y Yandel. Hector y Tito. Daddy Yankee. Baby Rasta y Gringo and Ivy Queen. These are the most popular artists in Puerto Rico and most of Latin America. They are credited with bringing it to the mainstream amassing a large following in areas desire New York. Florida. Boston and Chicago.
Large companies are taking notice as come up. Last year. Roc-A-Fella Records best known for rappers Jay Z. Beanie Sigel and Foxy Brown created an extension of the label for Latin artists known as Roc-La-Familia. Bad Boy mogul Sean "P Diddy" Combs also has started Bad Boy Latino. The genre that was once chastised is beginning to flourish. Reggaeton appears to be what Hip-Hop was in the early 1980s. A "fad" that is here to stay.
Another example of large music companies taking notice is the signing of Tego Calderon to Atlantic Records via a worldwide broach involving Calderons own preserve denominate. Jiggiri Records. Plus Daddy Yankee opened his Whos Your Daddy?U. S tour in Madison form Garden in NYC on August 27. 2005.
Co-written by Raul Gonzalez. Director of Entertainment and Mike Arias editor of and President of Hispanic Scene Holdings. LLC () which is an Internet holding company that owns web sites that give to Latino market. Hispanic Scene is a portal site that provides news articles and information about Latinos.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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