Even though Reggaeton just found its voice in early 2004, the influence and joy that it behold spread like wildfire all throughout the world. Hailing from the festive countries of Puerto Rico and Panama, Reggaeton have proven its worth to be a genre that everyone must listen to.
Said to be a mix of Latin and Caribbean music, this music genre is actually a sound that originated and deduced from different sorts of concepts such as dancehall, Soca, toasting and hip hop. Right now, people from all over the planet have found another set of tunes that can make them swoon, dance and sing at the same time, and it is imperative for everyone who have encountered reggaeton to adore it due to its fun and artsy nature.
Technically speaking, Reggaeton means ‘Big Reggae’, which is just suitable to what it has done for the last couple of years. The megalomania beats, the not discreet use of several instruments and the playful lyrics that captured the hearts of music lovers from different parts of the planet.
It was Michael Ellis, a Panamanian producer who coined the term in the late 1980s, and all the while, Reggaeton have been conserved and conceited until its boom in certain parts of North and Latin America.
It has been considered an underground music style that is the same as alternative music started. The content of the pioneer tracks and songs depicts drugs, poverty, violence, love, sex and friendship.
Reggaeton is the soundtrack of inner city lives, which never planned on exposing the hidden truth until it caught up on commercial music stores in 1990s. After a while, it have been patronized by the middle class and the youth, thanks to its relatable lyrics, reggaeton targeted an audience that brought it well and proud to the world.
More and more artists want to have a piece of the Reggaeton frenzy have fueled this music genre. Underground systems have flourished and more magnificent arts of work gave the result of a music genre that is being constrained by the Puerto Rican government.
Despite the ceaseless attempts to banish the growing number of people who fell in love with the truth that reggaeton exposed, it still continued to thrive well and good by means of continuous airplay, the expanding number of fans and the inevitability of the concept that when a thing is tagged as evil, all the more that people would want to uncover it.
Some of the first few reggaeton artists who have made it big in the mainstream music are Tego Calderon, Daddy Yankee and Hector and Tito. Reggaeton found its connection to American fans, specifically the youth.
As for the tracks, it can be well remembered that the songs Oye Mi Canto (N.O.R.E.) and Gasolina (Daddy Yankee) have made us all dance to the catchy beats, the seemingly curious lyrics of the song and the rawness of the music itself.
After so many artists following suit, reggaeton mixed up with other genres to make it more appealing to the masses such as Bachata in 2005. A few notable and very talented singers made reggaeton a huge success on the likes of Tony Dize, Nina Sky, Dyland & Lenny, Calle 13, Hector Delgado and Tito El Bambino.
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