A hybrid of reggae and rap, reggaeton is a music with
Spanish-language lyrics and Caribbean aesthetics that has taken
Latin America, the United States, and the world by storm.
Superstars--including Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, and Ivy Queen--garner
international attention, while aspiring performers use digital
technologies to create and circulate their own tracks. "Reggaeton"
brings together critical assessments of this wildly popular genre.
Journalists, scholars, and artists delve into reggaeton's local
roots and its transnational dissemination; they parse the genre's
aesthetics, particularly in relation to those of hip-hop; and they
explore the debates about race, nation, gender, and sexuality
generated by the music and its associated cultural practices, from
dance to fashion.
The collection opens with an in-depth exploration of the social
and sonic currents that coalesced into reggaeton in Puerto Rico
during the 1990s. Contributors consider reggaeton in relation to
that island, Panama, Jamaica, and New York; Cuban society, Miami's
hip-hop scene, and Dominican identity; and other genres including
"reggae en espanol," underground, and dancehall reggae. The
reggaeton artist Tego Calderon provides a powerful indictment of
racism in Latin America, while the hip-hop artist Welmo Romero
Joseph discusses the development of reggaeton in Puerto Rico and
his refusal to embrace the upstart genre. The collection features
interviews with the DJ/rapper El General and the reggae performer
Renato, as well as a translation of "Chamaco's Corner," the poem
that served as the introduction to Daddy Yankee's debut album.
Among the volume's striking images are photographs from Miguel
Luciano's series Pure Plantainum, a meditation on identity politics
in the bling-bling era, and photos taken by the reggaeton
videographer Kacho Lopez during the making of the documentary
"Bling'd: Blood, Diamonds, and Hip-Hop."
Contributors. Geoff Baker, Tego Calderon, Carolina Caycedo, Jose
Davila, Jan Fairley, Juan Flores, Gallego (Jose Raul Gonzalez),
Felix Jimenez, Kacho Lopez, Miguel Luciano, Wayne Marshall, Frances
Negron-Muntaner, Alfredo Nieves Moreno, Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo,
Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Raquel Z. Rivera, Welmo Romero Joseph,
Christoph Twickel, Alexandra T. Vazquez
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