Ivy Queen says that these black artists were some of her biggest musical influences, who she still carries in her music today. Along with Ivy Queen, Don Chezina, another pioneer of the genre, was among the first to rap over a reggaeton beat.
He went on to name artists like Jamaican reggae singer Shabba Ranks and Panamanian MC El General as being among the first to develop the dembow rhythm, or, the drum pattern that became the building block of all reggaeton. Even today, we continue to hear Jamaican reggae and dancehall music sampled in modern reggaeton music.
Petra Rivera-Rideau, the author of Remixing Reggaeton: The Cultural Politics of Race in Puerto Rico , finds this a curious phenomenon; but says the erasure of black voices and faces from reggaeton is not unique to the genre. Canales has firsthand experience with the racial dynamics at play in reggaeton. Canales declined to give details of his incarceration. Reggaeton also started as a genre composed of mostly male artists, with a slowly increasing number of female artists debuting over the years.
Notable female reggaeton artists include Ivy Queen and Glory. Reggaeton lyrical themes are versatile. Typical themes may include dancing, love stories, partying, short anecdotes of the rapper's life, and problems in life.
Popular reggaeton songs are mainly intended to be danceable, rhythmic, party-like songs for young people. Reggaeton may or may not be objectionable depending on the artists, song, and the listener's interpretation, as one reggaeton song may have many interpretations because a song's meaning may not be very clear and direct. However, because of the various possible connotations and literal interpretations of the song, some people criticize Gasolina as having possibly inappropriate sexual content.
Usually, reggaeton CDs are not labeled "explicit" like many hip-hop CDs are. One exception is that Daddy Yankee's Barrio Fino en Directo Barrio Fino Live was labeled explicit for objectionable content in the live concerts and for explicit language by Snoop Dogg in Gangsta Zone , even though the regular studio version of Barrio Fino was not labeled explicit.
Some reggaeton artists are able to circumvent radio and television censorship by using sexual inuendo and lyrics with double meanings in their music. Reggaeton across the world Puerto Rico Reggaeton is most commonly thought of as originating from Puerto Rico , where it has flourished and spread across Latin America and the international stage.
The Puerto Rican influence in reggaeton has involved the addition of hip-hop to the Panamanian reggae style. Puerto Ricans have claimed reggaeton as their own partly due to the fact that the movement was originally anti-establishment, with the government attempting to ban the perreo "doggystyle" dance. Reggaeton is now more accepted within the commonwealth. Reggaeton derives from the post- Salsa music youth generation of the 80s and early 90s in Puerto Rico.
Before reggaeton exploded in the mid-nineties, young street artists, heavyly influenced by East Coast hip hop and turntablism, rapped over cassette tracks easily acquired within their Commonwealth United States insular area status. This new genre was simply called "underground". It contained very explicit lyrics about drugs, violence, poverty, homophobia, friendship, love, and sex. These common themes still predominate today in reggaeton music.
By the early 90s "underground" cassettes were being sold in commercial music stores. The genre caught up with the middle class youth and inevitably found its way to the media.
By this time Puerto Rico had a few clubs dedicated to the "underground" scene. Bobby "Digital" Dixon's dembow track was exploited in order to appeal in the context of the club. The Puerto Rican chapter of Morality in Media asked the local authorities to intervene and ban selling "underground" music, which subsequently required that all local productions being sold displayed a Parental Advisory label.
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Reggaeton actually developed from Jamaican Reggae , but was certainly influenced by various other musical directions, like for example, North American Hip-Hop and Puerto Rican rhythms. Puerto Rico. But let's first take a look at the Spanish-speaking rap and reggae that have made an essential contribution to the development of reggaeton. Spanish Reggae and Rap: origins and development.
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