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

Re: when it won that ILM poll I was like "...wtf, people? it makes me homicidal!"

[cis.livejournal.com]

er, I'd have to dig out the tapes my friends made for me as I never bought much, but Rancid? Epitaph bands are all I remember, but whether they were punk or ska-punk... I always thought Pennywise were skapunk, but could be wrong. It's all a bit distant now.