November 30, 2005
Daddy Yankee se Presenta en Vina del Mar Chile 2006
Heriberto González - El reggatonero boricua Daddy Yankee enfrentará con su “gasolina” al “monstruo” de la Quinta Vergara cuando participe en el Festival de Viña del Mar en Chile 2006.
La participación de Daddy Yankee, el primer artista de reggaetón que sube al escenario de este evento musical internacional, está pautado para finales febrero.
Al público que asiste al Festival de Viña del Mar le llaman “el monstruo” debido a que con sus gritos aprueban o desaprueban la actuación de los artistas que se presentan en el escenario en el evento. El Festival se realizará del 22 al 27 de febrero del año próximo y contará además con invitados como: Andy y Lucas, Amaral, Sin Bandera, Alejandro Fernández, David De María, Juan Luis Guerra y los Tigres del Norte, entre otros. En grupo inglés Simply Red, que también iba a estar, canceló su presentación.
“Es un momento histórico para el movimiento del Reggaetón y un verdadero honor para mi el ser incluido en el Festival de la Música y la Canción de Viñas de Mar”, dijo Daddy Yankee a EL DIARIO/LA PRENSA, a través del correo electrónico.
Posted by Ahorre at 10:05 AM
November 24, 2005
The Megaton 2005-Reggaeton’s best perform from the East to West
By Marlene Amaya, MusicNewsWeekly - The event known as Megaton 2005 will be taking place first in New York’s Madison Square Garden on November 24, 2005 and the following night at the Forum in Los Angeles.
Recognizing the movement that has fused Spanish Rap and Jamaican Dancehall beats to a sharp, new style that has raised the eyebrows of many in America. This event will feature the cream of the crop featuring stars such as Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon. Hector El Father, Don Omar, Ivy Queen, Luny Tunes, and Zion and Lennox among other fabulous young acts ready to make their mark.
We at Musicnewsweekly.com in Los Angeles recognize the work that producers Ralph Mercado and Felix Cabrera for Mercado Cabrera Music (MCM) have done in conjunction with Debra Mercado who continues to make it look easy on epic music nights such as these. We salute the work the Mercado name has contributed to these Latin acts who have graced the Garden in New York throughout the year.
Tim Hunter from Musicnewsweekly.com has established his magazine and website from the East to the West coast. Knowing that in the world of Hip-Hop, Reggaeton is the heat and beatof Todays Music, Mr. Hunter salutes the artists that will be bringing it from both coasts in the next 48 hours as his reporters bring you the action from both venues.
Posted by Ahorre at 01:40 PM
July 05, 2005
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Posted by Ahorre at 03:26 AM
July 02, 2005
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Posted by Ahorre at 12:42 AM
June 08, 2005
Club 95 Latino Vibe Reggaeton Phoenix Arizona
A new radio station made its debut to cater to Latinos using a mix of English and Spanish songs in hip-hop, Spanish pop and dance music formats. Called Club 95 - Latino Vibe, the station hit the airwaves May 20 on vacant 95.1 FM.
The station's vice president and general manager is Jose Rodiles, who came to Phoenix from Houston in 1982 to play baseball at Arizona State University. He most recently was the general sales manager at KMLE, Infinity's local country station at 107.9 FM.
"This is a new format, and we think there are four in the country right now, including Denver, Houston and Albuquerque," Rodiles said. "We are literally starting this here in Phoenix from scratch. We thought this would be a great format because of the population of Latinos here."
Club 95 -- Latino Vibe is owned by Houston-based Sun City Communications LLC. Local offices are in Scottsdale.
Rodiles describes the music played on the station as "many different genres within genres." Spanish hip-hop with a dance beat, for example, is called Reggaeton.
Programming is carried on a 100,000-watt signal.
To get established in the Phoenix market, the station has been broadcasting live from dance clubs such as the Sky Lounge on Washington Street.
"We'll continue to do that for a while because we need people to come sample the product," Rodiles said. "You really want the people at the clubs to hear it."
Several on-air personalities have joined the station, including James Rivas, "The Manic Hispanic," a veteran of Arizona radio who's worked at stations in Phoenix and Tucson for the past 10 years. He can be heard from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday. www.club95latinovibe.com.
Posted by Ahorre at 08:43 AM
June 03, 2005
Que Dicen las Latinas de Reggaeton - Degrading
first and before most i'd like to state the fact that i believe reggaeton is degrading to women. i find absolutely no pleasure in hearing those vulgar words. how would guys like it if we talked bad about their size or other nasty things, that shouldn't be said. secondly, how can it be permitted on the radio stations, just because we have an advantage of knowing a second language doesn't mean everyone can comprehend "gasolina".
Not even the people who don't know spanish, check out the people who do, my very own grandparents have the "gasonlina" song stuck in their heads, and hell yea am i going to tell them what they are singing, because they educate me about mi patria y cultura and i educate them about what is degrading us as latinos to better ourselves. you wanna rap about hate and discrimination? and your putting all cubans across america as the face of "pitbull" or all puerto ricans as the face of "daddy yankee" and then all the americans, or an uneducated word "gringos" call us "spics" or blacks call us "oye's", not all of us are like that, and by that i mean low rised pants, lookin like they wear diapers, or girls with high heals and minifaldas.
Thats not what latinos are defined as. i love the beat, i love music, but we need to do something about it's subtext, its message across america and to the world about our culture and where we come from.
Posted by Ahorre at 04:11 PM
May 25, 2005
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Posted by Ahorre at 02:05 PM
May 21, 2005
Reggaeton en Venezuela
El Univeresal- El Reggaeton ha expandido sus territorios y Venezuela cuenta con su propio estilo de la mano de Oscar Hernández y Franco Bellomo. Aunque durante cinco años Hernández y Bellomo se han sumergido en el pop y las baladas, ambos son integrantes de A.Cinco, y desde hace dos decidieron tener una faceta alternativa y hacer del reggaeton criollo un género solicitado.
Héctor y Tito, Don Omar, Daddy Yankee y Vico C lo han cantado; Olga Tañón, Gilberto Santa Rosa y dúo Shakira y Alejandro Sanz se han arriesgado a interpretarlo. A pesar de quienes lo apoyan o detracten,
"La idea de trabajar juntos surge a raíz de la producción de Calle Ciega. Me llaman, le dije a Oscar: vamos a trabajar juntos, vamos a componer y nos pusimos a trabajar. Le hicimos 8 temas, entre ellos La Cachorrita", comenta Franco, quien ha trabajado con artistas como Karina, Rudy La Scala e Hijos de la Calle.
¿Por qué reggaeton y no otro género? Oscar: Calle Ciega nos llamó para hacer merengue, le hicimos unos cuantos, pero decidimos proponerles reggaeton con La Cachorrita y funcionó, al punto que hoy en día lo suenan los buhoneros, está en los ring tones de celular, es tema de presentación de una serie en Televen y hasta será parte de un sketch de Qué Locura. Con A.Cinco vivimos en Puerto Rico y vimos esa experiencia. Acá nadie había hecho reggaeton; hicimos contactos con Héctor y Tito y Don Omar. Nos arriesgamos.
¿A qué suena el reggaeton hecho en Venezuela? Franco: _Depende de la fusión que le apliques. El reggaeton venezolano mantiene la esencia del que viene de Puerto Rico pero se le aplica instrumentación venezolana: cuatro, tambora, el sangueo. También se mezcla con salsa, como el caso de La Cachorrita.
Oscar: No copiamos el slam que maneja el puertorriqueño. Las letras son jocosas, muy a lo venezolano, pero con una pronunciación particular.
Aparte del disco de Calle Ciega ¿qué otras producciones han realizado o preparan?
Franco: _Componemos temas y también producimos. De hecho, tenemos la dirección musicof2@hotmail.com para recibir proyectos. Ahorita estamos preparando el lanzamiento de Chino y Nacho (Calle Ciega), con una onda reggaeton y ya tenemos los contactos en Miami y Puerto Rico para apoyarlos. También tenemos a una chica llamada Bjo; estamos preparando un grupo llamado Apá, que son unos margariteños que tocan rock ligado con bachata, cumbia y varios ritmos.
Oscar: Estamos haciendo el tema Pase lo que pase, un dueto de reggaeton que harán Mister Byran y Omar Enrique. También nos llamaron Roberto Antonio y Doble Impacto. En cuanto a otros trabajos, hemos hecho jingles para comerciales de refresco y chucherías, temas para campañas políticas, un reggaeton para De Boca en Boca (RCTV) y el tema de Los Tigres de Aragua.
Además del factor suerte, ¿qué hace a un tema exitoso? Oscar: _La música no tiene fórmula. Uno trata de estar al día con lo que sucede y analizar qué pudiera funcionar. Se estudia al artista, cómo es y qué puede transmitir.
Franco: No nos ponemos en el plan de productores o músicos sino en posición del público, saber qué quiere. Pero, como todo, es un poco de suerte y mucho del trabajo que hagas. Una buena producción es tener criterio y gusto para lo que estás haciendo, pero sobre todo ser objetivo.
Posted by Ahorre at 09:45 PM
May 19, 2005
Emisora de Radio Reggaetón 94 Radio Puerto Rico
EFE— Puerto Rico cuenta desde ayer con la primera emisora de radio que transmitirá exclusivamente “reggaetón”, el género musical nacido entre la isla y Panamá que está revolucionando las pistas de baile del mundo.
La empresa Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) Puerto Rico, que agrupa las emisoras Z-93, Estereotempo, La Mega y CIMA, puso en el aire Reggaetón 94, una nueva estación "ágil, dinámica y de vanguardia”, como la describen sus promotores, dirigida a un público de entre 12 y 30 años fanático del “reggaetón".
“El género del `reggaetón` mueve sin duda alguna la economía del entretenimiento y no sólo ha puesto en marcha la industria discográfica estancada por la piratería, sino que mueve multitudes que llenan los estadios alrededor del mundo”, explicó el vicepresidente de SBS Puerto Rico, Carlos “Topy” Mamery.
Algunos de los locutores de la nueva estación serán los jóvenes expertos en el género que presentarán estrenos de producciones discográficas, entrevistas, encuestas y peticiones del público.
“Lo que se inició como un género de calle se ha convertido hoy en la expresión cultural de mayor popularidad en la industria de la música”, insistió Mamery en una conferencia de prensa que estuvo amenizada por pinchadiscos, cantantes y bailarinas del género.
Posted by Ahorre at 07:58 AM
April 28, 2005
Reggaeton Marketing Reggaeton Branded Entertainment
By Sean Piccoli Luny's phone rings like a fire alarm these days. "They're going crazy. Everybody's calling us," says the overbooked beat maker, one half of the Puerto Rico-based production duo known as LunyTunes. J. Lo needs a remix. R. Kelly is talking collaboration. LunyTunes, meanwhile, just finished a track featuring Ricky Martin and Black Eyed Peas. Branded Entertainment About Hurban Music
What these famous entertainers want from Francisco Saldaña (Luny) and Víctor Cabrera (Tunes) is access to their audience. The two specialize in a funky hybrid called reggaeton, which blends pumped-up Latin rhythms and Spanish or Spanglish patter in the fast-talking style of Jamaican dancehall.
LunyTunes and the vocal stars of reggaeton -- MCs such as Daddy Yankee, Ivy Queen, Tego Calderón and Don Omar -- are making waves across the Americas and leading an even bigger adventure in fusion. Call it "hurban" -- as in Hispanic-urban -- chic.
In the past decade-plus, the streetwise cadences of hip-hop, dancehall and r&b have filtered into the rhythms and fervor of Latin pop. Hispanics are finding in the music of urban America and the Caribbean a reflection of their own experiences, and they are tapping into those genres to create new sounds.
"Latin and hip-hop, it's the same. ... We're in the same struggle," says Miami rapper Pitbull, a Cuban-American who rhymes in Spanish and English over beats supplied by, among others, Atlanta-based rap producer Lil Jon.
Pitbull's music plays on rap stations in South Florida and on Miami's Mega 94.9 (WMGE, FM), the new hurban signal that replaced rock outlet Zeta in February. The term "hurban" was coined by the radio industry, and hurban stations are on the air now in cities as varied as Houston, Atlanta, Boston, New York and San Jose, Calif.
Their target audience is young, Hispanic, bilingual and metropolitan. U.S. Census figures show Hispanic teenagers and twentysomethings who live in cities make up an increasing share of the country's total population. Commercial radio wants to reach them as their numbers and their shared, generational sense of identity grow. If Mega's tagline -- "Latino and Proud" -- is any indication, radio executives also want to help shape that identity and give it a musical voice.
"The Hispanic community has had a void that needed filling for years," says Pitbull. "And now we've got outlets."
Pitbull, Daddy Yankee and LunyTunes are some of the hurbanistas converging on Miami this week for the annual Billboard Latin Music Conference & Awards. Sponsored by Billboard, publisher of the country's most consulted music sales charts, the conference is devoting considerable time in its panels and showcases to the hurban scene.
Concerts coinciding with the Billboard Latin expo are also taking place this week. LunyTunes performs on Monday in North Miami Beach at a free "Reggaeton Night" at the 73rd Street Bandshell. Appearing with LunyTunes are Sucio, O'Neil, Queenie and Locos Por Juana. A $100-a-ticket "Billboard Bash" on Wednesday night, at 1501 Barton G in South Beach, features hurban performers Crooked Stilo, Grupo Climax, Domenic Marte and reggaeton's best-known female exponent, Ivy Queen.
The Hispanic-urban convergence has centered on Hispanics embracing urban style. But the exchange flows both ways. Last year New York rapper N.O.R.E. released Oye Mi Canto ("Listen to My Song"), a block-party confection featuring the r&b duo Nina Sky -- singing twins Nicole and Natalie Albino -- along with Daddy Yankee and two more reggaeton MCs, Gem Star and Big Mato.
It is, in the hip-hop tradition, basically a song about the song itself, and about everybody who's making an appearance in it. But there's a twist.
"And it's the first time this ever been done/because there's never been a rapper do a reggaeton album," N.O.R.E. raps in between silky refrains by Nina Sky and staccato lines of Spanglish from the reggaeton trio. He ends the passage on a note of unity: "No matter your race/because today you're Latino."
The song hit No. 12 on Billboard's Hot 100 hit singles chart last winter. It was a marker of Hispanics' growing presence in the American pop mainstream, but hardly the first. There was Ricky Martin's breakout performance at the 1999 Grammys, the launch in 2000 of the CBS-televised Latin Grammys, J. Lo and rapper Ja Rule sharing the 2002 MTV Video Music Award for best hip-hop video, and Marc Anthony's emergence as a crossover pop star who packs arenas all over the United States.
A sense of alliance runs through the hurban scene, with black and Hispanic performers in particular pooling talents and resources to create a common language and build up the culture. Saldaña and Cabrera of LunyTunes may be the biggest enablers of this collaboration. They brought together Martin and Black Eyed Peas for a reggaeton track soon to be released. They're excited about the possibility of working with R. Kelly.
They also look forward to getting out of the studio and deejaying more for audiences; they don't want to be hurban's hermits. "We want the people to know who is LunyTunes, who's the producer of this music that everybody is crazy about," says Saldaña.
Saldaña has been producing reggaeton since 1993 and has never before experienced so much interest in his work from non-Hispanics. "I like it because I didn't know it was going to be so big," he says. Now he predicts that reggaeton will yield a No. 1 single in the United States within two years "if it keeps going the way that it is."
"If" being the operative word. Whether hurban is the future or a fad in labeling remains to be seen.
Pitbull says he plans "to keep recording, keep it moving" regardless of what pop tastemakers might be flocking to. He feels that his ties to both Latin culture and hip-hop will prevent him from being pigeonholed.
"I'm lucky enough," he says, "to be able to jump in and out of different scenes."
Posted by Ahorre at 08:32 AM
About NORE Reggaeton Music Lyrics
UrbanLatino Angela Bruno The Superthug has realized one of his dreams. This past October, N.O.R.E. performed for the first time at a sold out Madison Square Garden, but at the largest reggaetón concert to take place in the US, ever.
Amongst a long list of headliners, including Daddy Yankee, Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Pitbull, Ivy Queen and Terror Squad, Nore's sudden segue onto the reggaetón scene with "Oye mi canto" may recall the "Sesame Street" ditty, "One of these things is not like the other. One of these things just doesn't belong." But, N.O.R.E. is more than prepared to capitalize on his unexpected, offshoot reggaetón career.
The half Puerto Rican - half African American Queens native Victor Santiago a.k.a., N.O.R.E., boasts a name apropos to the country that spawned the genre and El General, reggaetón's OG. Self christened after Manuel Noriega, Panama's nefarious dictator and drug czar, a name choice more reminiscent of Nore's illicit past has now panned out sweetly, an unconscious and fateful foreshadowing of his future. N.O.R.E., a longtime friend of Fat Joe and the departed Pun, due in part to the fact that he has long embraced his "latinidad,"(rewind: "I'm half Spanish, all day 'roz con pollo.") has given reggaetón a boost on to the mainstream with a little help from Roc- A-Fella records, which recently bought out Def Jam (N.O.R.E.'s former label) and signed N.O.R.E., quite the versatile acquisition.
Posted by Ahorre at 07:30 AM
April 21, 2005
Daddy Yankee en Mexico Reggaeton con Gasolina
El intérprete puertorriqueño Daddy Yankee, considerado uno de los precursores del género musical reggaetón, dio a conocer que a finales de 2005 estrenará su película Talento de barrio, en la que aseguró existe una gran influencia de la popular cinta mexicana Amores perros.
En rueda de prensa, el artista dijo que el filme sobre su vida personal y artística adopta influencias de cintas españolas y mexicanas, como la realizada por Alejandro González Iñárritu.
Explicó que la trama, cuyo rodaje se retomará en junio próximo, retratará la vida en los barrios bajos de Puerto Rico, lugares en los que Daddy Yankee vivió, además de las peripecias que ha pasado para poder colocarse como una figura popular de la música.
El boricua, quien se presentará hoy sábado en el Zócalo capitalino como parte de un festival de radio, también dio a conocer que recientemente recibió una invitación por parte de “El Príncipe de la Canción”, José José, para trabajar juntos en un proyecto.
El intérprete de la conocida canción Gasolina expresó que se siente muy honrado por dicha invitación, y comentó que hace algún tiempo tuvo la idea de grabar una nueva versión del tema Lágrimas, aunque desconoce si este plan podría efectuarse.
Refirió que apenas vuelva a Miami, lugar donde reside, se pondrá en contacto con los ejecutivos de la disquera de José José para planear el tipo de proyecto que realizará junto a ese ídolo mexicano.
En relación con la controversia que ha causado el género del reggaetón, pues un sector de la crítica considera que sus letras incitan a la violencia, al sexo y a las drogas, Daddy Yankee aseveró que ese ritmo sólo define lo que se vive en las calles de Puerto Rico.
Por lo anterior, el artista consideró que no se trata de un género que esté de paso, y auguró larga vida a ese estilo musical, comparado líricamente con el rap y el hip-hop.
“Cuando sea completamente entendido se va a quedar para siempre. En Puerto Rico no fue fácil porque era considerado como parte de una subcultura y de poco a poco es ahora el género más popular”, dijo el cantante.
El intérprete de temas como Dale caliente y El muro, indicó que el reggaetón describe la realidad de los países latinoamericanos. “No tiene límites para expresar su realidad, y de ahí que niños y adultos se sientan identificados con éste”.
Por último, el cantante, cuyo verdadero nombre es Ramón Ayala, expresó su deseo de poder realizar algunos conciertos en la República Mexicana, y así enseñar a los mexicanos ese tan controvertido género musical.
El artista, cuyo tema Gasolina proviene de un dicho popular de su país, adoptó el nombre de Daddy Yankee de un regionalismo puertorriqueño, el cual hace referencia a la “gente grande”.
Daddy Yankee se encuentra de gira promocionando su trabajo de 23 temas y ha logrado ventas a nivel mundial de al menos un millón de ejemplares, según un comunicado de la firma Universal. En México incursionó con el corte Gasolina.
El artista dijo que su propuesta fusiona la salsa clásica, la tradicional bomba boricua y el ritmo urbano del hip-hop y la defendió contra los señalamientos de promover con su lírica la promiscuidad sexual.
“Es cierto que desde su origen el reggaetón ha gozado de la libre expresión; sin embargo, en mi caso particular he creado una propuesta que está dirigida a toda la familia, a todo el público y ha sido bien aceptada”, señaló.
Artista Daddy Yankee En Barrio Fino de Mexico
Posted by Ahorre at 08:48 PM
April 20, 2005
Reggaeton is more Popular than Rock, Salsa and Merengue #1 de Musica Latina
Leila Cobo Why reggaeton soars above rock As far back as 10 years ago, rock was being touted as "the next big thing" in the U.S. Latin music scene. Spurred on by alternative, provocative bands like Cafe Tacuba and Molotov and the underground appeal of other, edgier bands, music critics nationwide have given more ink to Latin rock and alternative acts than to any other genre of Latin music (unless you count crossover pop stars like Shakira, Enrique Iglesias and Ricky Martin).
If audiences had not caught on to this wonderful music, it was often said, it was because commercial radio shunned it. But in open defiance of that longstanding belief, the "current big thing" in Latin music isn't rock but reggaeton, a genre that for years lacked not only radio support, but until a couple months ago, mainstream press and TV coverage.
On this week's Billboard Top Latin Albums chart, four of the top 10 titles, including Daddy Yankee's Barrio Fino, at No. 1 for the sixth consecutive week, are reggaeton albums. Four are regional Mexican, one is pop/mariachi, and Juanes' Mi Sangre is the only title that falls in the rock category.
Why has reggaeton worked while Latin rock has remained stagnant, save for a handful of acts?
There are many answers, from lack of label support to the scarcity of radio airplay. But an underlying reason is lack of appeal.
Latin rock too often sounds like British or American rock, but in Spanish. This in itself isn't bad; the music and lyrics can be compelling, in any language.
But in the United States, where fans have the option of not only buying but seeing and experiencing music in English, performed by groups that are promoted via outlets like MTV, the competition is tough.
Latin acts often compete by making more esoteric music, the kind that garners critical raves but isn't embraced by radio or by listeners who can't find a connection with this more elitist sound.
While there are big pockets of support for Latin alternative sounds, notably in California, they aren't enough to push the music from niche to mass acceptance.
Reggaeton, meanwhile, has a unique sound, distinct from the rap and hip-hop made in the United States.
Posted by Ahorre at 10:32 PM
April 18, 2005
Reggaeton Lyrics Daddy Yankee - BarrioFino
Reggaeton Lyrics Daddy Yankee - BarrioFino Daddy Yankee, de 28 años, 15 de los cuales ha estado en el mundo de la música, aseguró que el ‘crossover’ con el que sueñan muchos artistas, “no me quita el sueño” y que su motivación para intervenir en este tipo de proyecto son los jóvenes latinos que viven en este país. Daddy Yankee lleva el reggaetón a los anglos
Posted by Ahorre at 12:50 PM
Marketing Musica Reggaeton Music
By Cory Treffiletti - A few weeks back I started to tackle the questions of “What would you do if you couldn’t use any of the standard forms of advertising?” “What would you do if they didn’t exist?” These are not simple questions, but I came across some interesting ways to answer them and I wanted to see what you thought.
The best example of this that I could find is in hip-hop. In the ‘80s and early ‘90s, hip-hop was a term used to specify a type of music. In the late ‘90s until today the term is being used for a lifestyle and a cultural change. Hip-hop applies to sports (see the recent articles in ESPN magazine tying hip hop to the NBA), it applies to fashion, and it applies to a method of self-expression. Within the cultural phenomenon of hip hop there are two to three brands that exemplify this type of marketing and prove the model can work. Hip Hop: The Future of Marketing
Posted by Ahorre at 11:39 AM
The Connection Magazine DJ Willie Reggaeton
By Elbert Garcia - Jersey's DJ WILLIE ( Willie Concepción ) is definitely making his case for the industry's hardest working Latin DJ. It's not that he's the undisputed king of the Reggaeton Mixtapes, his cd / turntables have blessed some of the hottest clubs from Cali to Calle 8 in Miami. Closing in on a Reggaeton radio show, he's already got a foot in major media from the internet to guest DJing on Mun 2's "The Roof", as well as hosting the popular, internationally distributed show "Rumba Caliente" program.
Yet his proudest moments came this past year, when Emilo Estefan himself selected him as the DJ for the Latin Grammy's in L.A., a move that helped pave the way to being named the 2004 Latin DJ Of The Year by Premiere Magazine. It's all given him a front row seat to the growing respect and power that Reggaeton's crossover appeal is giving to the Latino Culture.
"It's not just Puerto Rico, Santo Domingo, New York and Miami, its all over" said Dj Willie. "And thank GOD its' doing it". "The more people can see what your culture is into, the more they'll like it". "It's not just about music its about getting people together".
Willie makes no bones about trying to be the Latino Dj Whoo Kid ( The G-UNIT DJ that currently sells about 25,000 Mixtapes per month.) To do the takes not only hard work and determination, but also a wide range of knowledge of all Latin music. For that the 27-year old Dominican native of Newark, NJ humbly thanks his father and his brother for pumping his ears early with everything from old school Salsa and Merengue to classic Hip Hop, Freestyle and House.
"I'm glad I know all types of music from all universal styles", said the father of two. "You can't just put stuff on, you have to know everything".
It's that type of preparation that has taken this Dominican to places far beyond his imagination - International spots that not even the most seasoned traveler might expect to find DJ in like Spain's Canary Island's.
"The Island of Tenerife has a population of about 1,500 and at this nightclub that I was in, there must of been about 1,200 people". said Willie with a laugh and a smile. "More than half of the Island was there. "Cop's were in Bikini's"...(laughing)
Posted by Ahorre at 11:05 AM
What is Musica Reggaeton Music?
What is El Reggaeton? - Que es Reggaeton? Reggaeton is a relatively new genre of dance music that has become popular in Puerto Rico over the last decade. The name is derived from the reggae music of Jamaica which influenced reggaeton's dance beat. Reggaeton was also heavily infuenced by other Puerto Rican music genres and by urban hip-hop music craze in the United States. The variety of musical influences on the development of reggaeton led one observer (James Farber of the NY Daily News) to call it a "cultural polyglot".
As is the case with hip-hop music in the United States, reggaeton appeals primarily to youths. In Puerto Rico, youths were inspired to create reggaeton, after hearing Panamanian artists performing raps in Spanish styled after Jamaican dance-hall raps, adding native bomba and salsa, rhythms. The result can be heard in this example: Reggaeton Mix 1 by the Florida based band, BariMix.
Reggaeton is closely associated with the "underground" movement of urban youth and is sometimes also referred to in Spanish as "perreo", meaning "doggie"; a term describing a common reggaeton dance move that evokes a sexual position.
The reggaeton genre has also become popular in other Caribbean islands and neighboring nations, including the Dominican Republic, Perú, Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Nicaragua. More recently, it has surfaced in the United States, particularly in those urban areas with large concentrations of Puerto Ricans or other Hispanics, such as New York and Miami.
The explosion in reggaeton's popularity in Latino urban centers have prompted some to speculate that the genre will soon eclipse salsa, merengue and other pop music among Puerto Rican and other Hispanic youth. In part, this might be due to lyrics on isues and subjects of interest to those audiences: urban crime, sex and racism; issues which have similarly made hip-hop music so popular.
Currently, the leading exponents of reggaeton include Tego Calderón, Queen Ivy, Don Chezina and Daddy Yankee, but the explosive growth in the genre's popularity promises to bring many new artists to the dance halls and discotheques and thereby, to the forefront of the urban youth culture. Reggaeton Web Site
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