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]

Aldo Ranks did a single last year that I love love loved, so I'm not down on reggaeton per se, but I just happen to hate "Gasolina".

Hated "Papichulo" too. The King Africa is Rather Good, though.

[cis.livejournal.com]

...I'm like umlauts' opposite: "Gasolina" is the only track of these that I really love as opposed to just like, where the repetition feels like a plus plus plus rather than an eh.

(Also until now I did not realise that my bizarre aversion to 'groove is in the heart' extended even to its use as a sample!)

[poptasticuk.livejournal.com]

What is "reggaeton" a mixture of? Reggae and what? I can't think where the "ton" bit comes from.

I download Lorna and King Africa, didn't love either but if I had to pick I'd go for Lorna as KA pretty much ruins the Snap song there for me.