llena su tanque de adrenalina cuando escucha reggaeton en la cocina

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Some reggaeton mp3s, by request.

A while ago, freakytigger and I discussed how an emergent genre's willingness to magpie up and incorporate well-known pop hooks into itself was probably a major sign of its quality and health. Reggaeton does this spectacularly well, as the mp3s below (sampling Corona, Snap and Deee-Lite respectively) demonstrate:

King Africa - El Ritmo Es Tu Danza
Aldo Ranks - Mueve Mami
Lorna - Papi Chulo...Te Traigo El Mmm

And just for fun, two of the biggest and best reggaeton hits which don't have novelty Eurotechno samples:

Daddy Yankee ft. Pitbull, NORE & Lil Jon - Gasolina (rmx)
Hector y Tito - Baile Morena

See, the thing with these 'hipster' genres is that they're not wilfully obscure or esoteric; they're just pop music, a few years ahead of the curve.

Comments

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

It does, a bit, doesn't it? Really, though, I had such a negative, visceral reaction to it - hate hate hate, though. But I can enjoy other things in the genre. "Bootylicious" aside, I don't care for Destiny's Child EITHER, but my ire doesn't reach up to AiNYC levels.

The Aldo Ranks single I liked is "El Baile Del Pescao", I have remembered. Just re-listened and it is indeed insistent, catchy and wonderful. (Which reminds me, did you get ahold of "El Baile Del Gorila (The Gorilla Dance)" by Melody, which also turned up when I searched for "el baile" on the hard drive).

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

'El Baile De Pescado' is also on the reggaeton primer I downloaded! Is it the Lil Jon rmx of 'Gasolina' you hate or the original? This is slightly unfathomable to me, sorry, it is very much my single of the year (joint with Ciara's 'Oh', I guess).

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

I don't like either version, as it happens. But I'm so over Lil Jon (note misleading implication I was ever, er, not over him, I was about to type "under him", in fact, I kind of just did, DIDN'T I), anyway, so hearing that version FIRST probably killed it.

There are spoiler versions of Gasolina in some European charts, or at least WERE at some point, IIRC. I haven't heard them.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh you are part of the anti-Lil Jon crowd, there is no reasoning with you lot! I thought you liked Brooke Valentine?

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

I heart Brooke, but I don't like Lil Jon's annoying yowling over everything. Cut him off "Girlfight" and I'd have given it a 10 on the jukebox that week (instead of an 8).

Several BV tracks would get 10s from me. I'd give "I Want You Dead" about 40 out of 10, too.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Lil Jon's shouting is GREBT not annoying. As I said, no reasoning! His shouting is like the drug-spiked icing on the big rum-soaked cake of crunk, the element which pushes you RIGHT up there.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

It makes me want to hurt adorable puppies, that's what.

OH! and also.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

I was disappointed to see that you mention one of those songs samples Corona, I got all excited. Not that C&C Music Factory is not a decent substitute (Aldo Ranks is now my de facto reggaeton artist of choice, obv), but the idea of a song sampling "The Rhythm Of The Night" or "Baby Baby" might make me explode with gooey glee.

Please say someone has done this and that's why you were confused!

Re: OH! and also.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

The King Africa track dude!

Re: OH! and also.

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

I can hear "Rhythm Is A Dancer" in it, but no Corona :(

Re: OH! and also.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I think I'm getting my early 90s Eurotechno confused. I now have no idea what I was talking about and given my office environs can confirm/deny nothing.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Oh and yes I have the Gorilla Dance, it is excellent. Melody's like nine years old isn't she?

[umlauts.livejournal.com]

She was. She'd be almost a teenager by now, perhaps, or maybe she is. She's not popular anymore, maybe when she gets breasts she'll be big again.