Reggaeton's not my thing, mostly because I'm not fluent in Spanish and I don't go to clubs.
What lead (led? I'm not fluent in English anymore, either. So much for the editing papers side hustle...) me to make this post was that I've noticed a lot of hate on reggaeton that is pretty suspect:
"It all sounds the same" - most hip-hop songs are similarly monotonous when it comes to rhythm.
"It sounds like noise", "it's a fad" - Really now.
etc.
I'm not trying to condemn anyone.
I didn't realize so many people lumped dancehall and reggaeton together.
In D.C. a rock station got kicked off the dial so a reggaetone station could take their place.
El Zol doesn't just play reggaeton, though... there's plenty of reggaeton and salsa stuff, too. It's more of an all-purpose Spanish-language station a la "urban" radio.
Spanish Dancehall thats what it is. Im hispanic (Puerto Rican mixed with Mexican) and from a lyrics standpoint, they need to step up their game big time.
Assuming you understand English pretty well, how would you compare reggaeton lyrics to the lyrics from old school (late '70s to early '80s, nothing more advanced than Run-D.M.C.) hip-hop?
I always thought that speakers of Romantic languages had an unfair advantage, making things rhyme seems a lot simpler if the languages follow consistent rules.
