When reggaeton is brought up in conversation among listeners who are not huge fans of the music style, “Gasolina” reaching top 10 on Billboard’s 50 Greatest Latin Songs of All Time is the major if not only experience these people have had with this genre of music. Consequently, without any further information, reggaeton’s origins would be linked only to Daddy Yankee, however, the music has a rich history extending as far back as the late 19th century.
The Caribbean’s place in the world geographically and historically lends itself to facilitating the interaction of various music styles. During the age of colonialism, West African, West European and Indigenous peoples’ influences all coalesced as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. This …show more content…
However, as a result of the Puerto Rican immigrant and Black communities living in close proximity and experiencing similar oppression in American society, their cultures came into contact with one another. Consequently, reggae and American hip-hop, rap and R&B blended as well. The relationship between New York City and Puerto Rico (PR) extends to the island nation as well creating a bi-directional flow of information and influence. In this context, reggaeton acted and continues to act as a means of connecting the children of the Puerto Rican diaspora with their homeland. Looking at this cultural exchange, the music becomes increasingly hybridized, forming something separate from both reggae and hip-hop, yet at the same time intimately linked. This reflects the relationship of 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. generation Puerto Ricans in the New York City or any other place in the world have with PR because while they have no direct connection to the country, the way they were raised, who their friends were even the food they ate was influenced by this place. At the same time because their parents and they themselves grew up outside of the island, their upbringing included aspects of the culture of their adopted home. Additionally, with the advent of electronic communication and faster means of travel, the …show more content…
It is based on already hybridized music styles such as reggae and hip-hop which stemmed from the interaction of Afro-Caribbean and European cultures and the confluence of soul, funk and Jamaican dub music which itself came out of reggae and stripped down tracks called riddims. Reggaeton portrays the culture of two regions interconnected by the emigration of artists who went back and forth between countries building closer bonds with the home country and children of the diaspora from Africa to the Caribbean and from the Caribbean to the
The Caribbean’s place in the world geographically and historically lends itself to facilitating the interaction of various music styles. During the age of colonialism, West African, West European and Indigenous peoples’ influences all coalesced as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. This …show more content…
However, as a result of the Puerto Rican immigrant and Black communities living in close proximity and experiencing similar oppression in American society, their cultures came into contact with one another. Consequently, reggae and American hip-hop, rap and R&B blended as well. The relationship between New York City and Puerto Rico (PR) extends to the island nation as well creating a bi-directional flow of information and influence. In this context, reggaeton acted and continues to act as a means of connecting the children of the Puerto Rican diaspora with their homeland. Looking at this cultural exchange, the music becomes increasingly hybridized, forming something separate from both reggae and hip-hop, yet at the same time intimately linked. This reflects the relationship of 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc. generation Puerto Ricans in the New York City or any other place in the world have with PR because while they have no direct connection to the country, the way they were raised, who their friends were even the food they ate was influenced by this place. At the same time because their parents and they themselves grew up outside of the island, their upbringing included aspects of the culture of their adopted home. Additionally, with the advent of electronic communication and faster means of travel, the …show more content…
It is based on already hybridized music styles such as reggae and hip-hop which stemmed from the interaction of Afro-Caribbean and European cultures and the confluence of soul, funk and Jamaican dub music which itself came out of reggae and stripped down tracks called riddims. Reggaeton portrays the culture of two regions interconnected by the emigration of artists who went back and forth between countries building closer bonds with the home country and children of the diaspora from Africa to the Caribbean and from the Caribbean to the