After some browsing last week I doscovered new cool latin music “Reggaeton” (also spelled Reguetón). Originally it comes from Puerto Rico (starting in the mid/late 90s) and has its roots in dancehall, electronic, hip-hop genres, but also includes many features that make the sound quite “latino”. My first experience with a Reggaeton song was less enthusiastic - I considered it to be a bit boring, maybe like merengue or bachata - but when you don’t just listen to the music but start dancing to it things change - at least for me.
Lots of cool dudes are talking about it here, although it seems I am too late to the party. wikipedia has an article about Reggaeton with lots of background and history - as well as some links.
Mashup Show (blog/podcast) featured a Reggaeton-session in its 2005-06-13 show (second hour). A livestream of Reggaeton-Radio can be found at(http://www.perreoradio.com/radio) (mac users use this) - or check out this station (also featuring latin hiphop)
Daddy Yankee - Barrio Fino
Gatas Sandungueras DVD Reggaeton Vol. 1
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