Reggaeton roots is built on Shabba Ranks

Whats up Mad Music People . We all Love Reggaetón with superstars like Daddy Yankee and J Balvin  but  do you know the true history to reggaetón.

Well jump back in the music time machine to 1990 when Shabba Ranks created the song "Dem Bow" a classic dancehall anthem taken from Shabba's 1991 album Just Reality. To this day, elements of the song's accompaniment track are found in over 80% of all reggaetón productions

The song and riddim produced by Bobby Digital inspired an instrumental in Puerto Ricoin the mid 90s  called "Dem Bow' which its distinct drum pater became characteristic of the sound of reggaetón 

Steely & Clevie, creators of the Poco Man Jam riddim, are usually credited with the creation of dembow

 

 Here is the reggaetón derivative, I am sure you here the similarity....maaaad

 

Sean Paul Bilingual, Bet you didn't know!!

Whaddup Mad people

Its Funky Friday and back into the dancehall wi seh.

Sean Paul Jamaica's biggest dancehall artist expands his repertoire musically and linguistically. Sean spitting lyrics in Spanish, impressive. Not a song found on Jamaican airwaves but creating literally a fire overseas is "Contra La Pared" or en ingles"Against the Wall" an easy tempo mix of Reggaeton and Dancehall the influence of jamaican cuture is easy to see in the dancing and wah a gwan  (check out at the 2:00mn time  mark).  A first I have seen Sean Paul  bringing dancehall in a Spanish gwann mi General ....muy bueno or as we sey around here maaaad sumptin!

Shot on location in Utah's Lake Powell, nope not anywhere in South America, featuring dune buggies, dance crew and strangely enough cool winter gear although in the middle of the desert Lake Powell does get cold in the night.

Featuring J Balvin the Colombian Superstar who enjoyed massive global success in 2017 with "Mi Gente" they may have another hit on their hands already at 102 Million views and counting this chune a gwann good.

Reggaeton Runs the World

Well with DJ Khaled returning to Jamaica and Drake touching down for Unruly concert this weekend, Jamaica continues to be the home of Dancehall and Reggae vibes worldwide that the for which the world's top Pop and Hip Hop artists make aa pilgrimage for influnce and inspiration.

But hold on wait a minute thats not the biggest music in the world right now, would you have guessed "Reggaeton". Reggaeton a music style which originated in Puerto Rico during the late 1990s and is now enjoying real mainstream recognition, starting from last year with the uber succesful"Despacito"  the music is a fusion of reggae, latin music and dancehall music with vocals include rapping and singing, typically in Spanish.

Associated Press calls it the Best Song of 2018, probably not so familar in English Speaking Jamaica but trust dis ya tune BIG. the song is  X ( Equis) by Nicky Jam and J Balvin. 1.4 B as in Billions views onYoutube, if you have any doubts on the Jamaican influence just watch the  dance moves , the wardrobe and  the look and feel of the video very similar to Sean Paul's "Im still in Love with You"and Drake's "Hotline Bling" .

 The tune is Maaaad Sick.