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I recently spent six months in South America and the only music i heard was Reggaeton.Not sure if i like it as every tune has the same riddim,the Dem Bow.This mix is wicked though http://riddimmethod.net/?p=62 It shows how an old dancehall beat virtually created a whole new musical form straight out of Peurto Rico.Check out the other wayn & Wax mixes as well,he a badman.
If anyone has any Reggaeton mixes throw em up here.

http://wayneandwax.blogspot.com/2006/01/oye.html

Baron_von_Carlton wrote:I recently spent six months in South America and the only music i heard was Reggaeton.Not sure if i like it as every tune has the same riddim,the Dem Bow.This mix is wicked though http://riddimmethod.net/?p=62 It shows how an old dancehall beat virtually created a whole new musical form straight out of Peurto Rico.Check out the other wayn & Wax mixes as well,he a badman.
If anyone has any Reggaeton mixes throw em up here.

http://wayneandwax.blogspot.com/2006/01/oye.html

reggaeton is pretty big where i live.

not every tune has the same exact beat. some of the older tunes do but there are alot more variations in the music now.

reggaeton is HUGE in the latino community in the bay area.

i wanna hear the real stuff, ive only heard shit with r kelly

massive in new york too. mainly a puerto rican scene on this coast though.

Reggaeton is the shit

Not particularly up on what's going on in the scene but stuff I really like is:

Voltio.
Calle 13.
Daddy Yankee.
Tego Calderon.
Don Chez.

neither here nor there, but looking through cds at hmv, I couldn't help but notice there's a reggaeton artist named Rakim

Yeah i read about the dem bow - proper interesting, guess its kinda like the sleng teng but even more ubiquitous to its genre?

Reggaeton station in the new GTA is the shit. Angel y Khriz "Ven bailalo" is an old favourite of mine so it's nice to be running folks over listening to it.

there was a while in 2005 where reggaeton was going to be the next big thing... and then everyone realized that yes, it really is just 2 songs (this is from a radio marketing guy). Apparently gasolina and dale don dale radio tested well, and nothing else came close.

the beat (i always call it the 'mampie' but the 'dem bow' works too) is infectious and it's all about mp3 samples of snares and fruity loops-- there's a few vids of Luny Tunes (who produce ALL the big reggaeton tunes) on youtube. reggaeton is all about changing your snare every 4 bars, and using the note-repeat fill from an mpc all the time.

From what i can see here in brooklyn, it's about the only thing dominican and PR kids here in NYC listen to. sure they like hiphop and r&b but reggaeton is their own. Tego Calderon is like a folk hero.

I've heard some interesting variations from Cuba, Colombia and Argentina that are not so generic.

Funny thing this appearing here today - it was only this morning I was having a discussion elsewhere about wondering if Latino influences could find their way into some of the more 'future garage' stuff we're hearing now. Thing is, I've more and more noticed listening to things like 2562 and Martyn, that you can hear a deep history of DISCO (transmitted via house and garage) in their programming and chords, and that disco had a bigger Latino influence than many realise (see Soul Jazz's 'Nu Yorica!' compilations etc) - so in fact a lot of the garage syncopation that's around has a strong Cuban, Puerto Rican influence etc. Even Reggae has more Latin in than people to admit - listen to the drum fills, then listen to stuff from the pre-revolutionary Cuban dancehalls, it's obvious that the shuffle and rhythmic sophistication in ska, rocksteady and then reggae and dub comes from the Latin influence as much as from American radio or African stuff.

All this is only going to become more relevant as the Latin populations of US and UK increase. Already there's PLENTY of posters all over S London for "Reggaeton, Salsa, Garage, R&B" nights, so I'd be very interested to hear if there are any particular London fusions coming out.

LUCKY_STRIKE wrote:i wanna hear the real stuff, ive only heard shit with r kelly

fiesta ...fiesta...

Joe Muggs wrote:I've heard some interesting variations from Cuba, Colombia and Argentina that are not so generic.

Funny thing this appearing here today - it was only this morning I was having a discussion elsewhere about wondering if Latino influences could find their way into some of the more 'future garage' stuff we're hearing now. Thing is, I've more and more noticed listening to things like 2562 and Martyn, that you can hear a deep history of DISCO (transmitted via house and garage) in their programming and chords, and that disco had a bigger Latino influence than many realise (see Soul Jazz's 'Nu Yorica!' compilations etc) - so in fact a lot of the garage syncopation that's around has a strong Cuban, Puerto Rican influence etc. Even Reggae has more Latin in than people to admit - listen to the drum fills, then listen to stuff from the pre-revolutionary Cuban dancehalls, it's obvious that the shuffle and rhythmic sophistication in ska, rocksteady and then reggae and dub comes from the Latin influence as much as from American radio or African stuff.

The thing is the Latin influence you're talking about is the "African stuff". It's quite notable that the communities that most Latin American dance music - i.e. bachata, salsa, samba, reggaeton - come from are the Afro-Latino communities - Dominicans, Cubans, Brazilians, Puerto Ricans.

not my cup of tea
sound slike grime with way too much sunbathing and cheap ganja smokin'

I lived in NYC briefly, and when Reggaeton started blowing up I hated it. Now I'm more neutral on it... I remember expecting "Yo Voy" to be what drove me over the edge. Sooo annoying.... And it got massively overplayed by Reggaeton DJs. Still, I don't mind it too much anymore.

Honestly...... I can't stand it.

I think it gives dancehall a bad name or a bad image... especially for people who dont know a lot about dancehall.

I hope Reggaeton dies soon. ...

Ah man I spent two months in Central America and couldn't get away from the stuff, it's the same fucking song!

^^^^ Losers

The dem bow riddim is a cool one, I'd like to hear that in a dubstep track.

I have a friend who produces reggaeton and Timbo-style hiphop, perhaps we might collab in the near future...

I can dig the odd bit here and there but listening to a whole night of this stuff would drive me nuts..