Looking for spots in downtown Manhattan or Brooklyn, even Queens if ya know a spot. Latin vibes.

Spots i know of but over it are the DL, the Delancey, and la boom

Thanks in adv (: <3

I feel bad for Karol G. Don’t get me wrong, I am for the lyrics of reggaeton becoming analyzed because for far too long have listeners let sus lyrics slide. But Karol Gs sing didn’t deserve that. And I’m not fan of hers. Especially after people was saying she was better than Ivy and she didn’t do much to defend Ivys legendary status.

You look at songs like Amor de Colegio and the video is stomach turning. These grown ass almost pushing 30 year old men at the time literally were in the music video getting out the car to go up to their high school lover. If the culture wanted to address something it should’ve been done 15 years ago. Yaviah has a song called sensual baby and the beat has a baby making baby noise and the song talks about a minor girl. And don’t even get me started on Ozuna and Jowell y Randy. I’m more surprised when a single by those 3 DOESNT talk about a minor.

In all I think this is definitely fake outrage. There are far worse songs the culture is not ready to cancel but apparently this misinterpreted lyric has everyone with their SJW cap on. I’ll believe the people are real about protecting girls when their favorite reggaetonero is on the chopping block.

No puedo para de escuchar Cazador con SOG y Darell. En replay

Anyone know of a Cosa Nuestra listening party going on in Los Angeles?

I know it’s just a 1 min clip but after hearing those alien gun noises from Saturno I’m worried 😭😂 sounds like this was a Song that didn’t make it on Saturno but hopefully he’s over the alien beats

This album is what turned me into a Rauw fan with tracks like Mood, De Cora, Un Sueño, Pensándote, Ponte Pa’ Mi, and I could keep going. I’m hyped for Rauw’s new album coming out on Friday!!

I received an email today saying Anuel’s December 6 RHLM2 show was postponed. Does anyone know why or if other dates of his have also been postponed? I’ve seen videos of him during this tour and things seem to be going well, I hope my date doesn’t get canceled completely.

I havent felt this excitement for an album since La Pantera Negra and before that NSLQVPM. Like sit down, full listen upon release type excited rather than Rayo or Elyte where I listened to songs that seemed interesting or w feats.

I'm from Denmark, Hjørring. The city where Blessd's new footballclub is located. How big of a deal is Blessd? I try to understand the scope of his fame. The CEO of the club Vendsyssel FF has called him the Colombian Justin Bieber. Can some of you guys enlighten me? What's his story, and why has he jumped on this opportunity? 🇨🇴🇩🇰

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so my favorite artists wisin y yandel had a album that was supposed to be released in 2013 called los vaqueros el ejecito However it never was released due to them separating that same year That thing that drew off was that I kept hearing that yandel song nada que perder apparently has vocals of wisin in the 1:13 mark where he is cambio but I just don't hear it and apparently this song and 3 others were supposed to be in the album However they were released but changed Is there anyway we can find that lost album ?

I’ve tried searching up for the meaning of the song and what exactly it means to tell us and display. I understand spanish and I’ve even searched up the lyrics to read everything through and try to analyze it but I can’t really get it. It makes it seem as if he doesn’t know her and he’s been trying to get with her but then in the second half it’s as if they’ve known each other for a while and have a lot of history so i get really confused, can anyone help me out?

1990 - Shabba Ranks releases the song "Dem Bow". This literally means "Them Bow" as in "They Bow" speaking out against colonialism but using sex between men as a metaphor. It is now construed as a very homophobic song. I believe Shabba Ranks has apologized since then. https://youtu.be/VQqwea8ZSbk?si=cK_JPKVrLo0cWhdc

1990 - El General releases his own version which is called "Son Bow". Ironically the term "Sonbow" would also one day have its meaning changed. This song was not nearly as well known as his other hits and sadly this ideology at the time was not stigmatized in mainstream Latin society. Also, El General collaborated with LGBTQ friendly group C+C Music Factory on the Worldwide hit "Boriqua Anthem" a few years later. Since then El General has been welcome with open arms in that community and is probably why this fact never stirred any controversy. https://youtu.be/TZkDJqRduw8?si=bjqK4KaGsljDrG7G

1991 - Nando Boom releases a translation which was even more homophobic than the original. Despite the song being a hit, this and "No Queremos Mariflor" have highly tainted his legacy and he has yet to apologize due to his Christian beliefs. I believe this is what keeps Nando Boom from being mentioned among Reggaeton pioneers at times despite him being just as important as El General. https://youtu.be/B_FHSHuwAKQ?si=heIqbIDwAqj7LbQB and https://youtu.be/6w_fGuHq02E?si=vYMCrFmzwIYsj4nT

1993 - After in 1992 when Nando Boom does a remix to the Super Pounder Riddim in "Pension", the beat arrives in Puerto Rico and Emcees start calling it "El Denbow". This was probably because "Pension" had the same flow to "Dembow" only it used the beat for the song "Pounder" which if I'm not mistaken isn't even the original Pounder riddim but a remix. I have seen the remix called the Super Pounder before so that is why I am writing that here. I have posted both the Pounder Remix and Nando Boom's version. These songs are not as well known in Jamaica possibly because they were made in New York, although many Jamaican Reggae Hits were made there too. Many think it's the "Dembow" riddim that Reggaeton got its signature sound from, but they are wrong. It is this one. From this moment "Tirate El Denbow" became a popular phrase for Rappers in Reggaeton on stage when they needed the dj to put on a beat. It is still used to this day. https://youtu.be/EQQStdKB8Aw?si=e0eDG_BQHNmNrs5I and https://youtu.be/2ml5ifs31VM?si=No12CxutY2P1RvcP

1997 - DJ David from Puerto Rico under the name DJ Destroyer remixes the Pension and Spanish Dembow from Nando Boom together over the Super Pounder Riddim. It becomes a HUGE underground hit. https://youtu.be/GQA48maUBYE?si=0x3QCoBV7_L5UrUO&t=1010

1998 - The drum pattern "Tumpa Tumpa" as El Chombo coin phrases it is now known as "Dembow" or "Reggaeton". This is solely used to refer to Reggaeton's signature drum pattern used in 90% of the genre's music. This phrase is common and used to define the beat 'til this day but it is changing for reasons you will read later. This began early in Reggaeton's development but mostly was relegated to Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic although Panamanians understood the meaning, they kept calling their music "Plena" (this is what local Reggaeton/Dancehall is known as in Panama) and never adopted the phrases Dembow nor Reggaeton up until very recently. DJ Joe and Master Joe's Dembow 98, a remix collection of various hits from several Reggaeton albums is the culmination of this phrase being identified with Reggaeton music. People no longer used it as a slur against homosexuals. https://youtu.be/yxrLxsGzHg8?si=KD4IPaAc-LJiTSe1

1999 - DJ Barbosa puts out the lesser known Sonbow 99 which has the same idea as Dembow. Though used much less and it never caught on, in the mid 90's when artists would say "Sonbow" in their song, they too were talking about the Riddim and not using it as a homophobic slur most times. (This one has been lost, my bad but here is Dembow II) https://youtu.be/wXNF6ZGpu_Y?si=OK7C8999bq-QaaxC

2000 - DJ Blass, DJ Joe, along with the Fatal Fantassy and Reggaeton Sex Crew create the sub genre known as Perreo. One of the key components beside explicit sexual lyrical content was that they slowed down the Reggaeton Beat AKA "El Denbow" from around 105-112 BPM to 92 - 98BPM which continues to be the standard Tempo for most Reggaeton songs today. Even though the beat was still slowed down, people would still call Reggaeton's signature drum pattern "El Denbow". The phrase "Perreo" caught on after Blass sampled underground Pioneer Oakley in Reggaeton Sex 2. It is now a very popular sub-genre. https://youtu.be/3vLjPn24d2M?si=PhgYXmXJlH4hBYVe

2002 - Yandel creates one of the biggest Reggaeton songs of all time in "Dembow" produced by DJ Blass. Even though he borrows the chorus from Nando Boom and Shabba Ranks, he is not talking about the girl dancing to either of those songs. When he sings "Me vuelve loco bailando Dembow", he is talking about the Rhythm Reggaeton is mostly known for. This phrase spreads worldwide and by the mid 2000's even in Colombia and Venezuela, they refer to the Reggaeton beat pattern as "El Dembow". By this time, most Reggaeton producers are often not sampling from Jamaican nor Panamanian Records and creating their own original Dembow drum patterns instead using drum machines or digital production software like Fruity Loops and Protools. https://youtu.be/AsJ-eu2JdOc?si=b8MWRJNfbrMhpUNC

2005 - By this time Reggaeton has become the dominant music genre for Latinos. This same year Wisin & Yandel release the international smash hit "Llame Pa Verte (Bailando Sexy)" from their most successful and acclaimed album "Pal Mundo" where Yandel again sings about a girl dancing to the "Dembow" rhythm. The song was produced by Luny Tunes & Nely. By this time "Dembow" just means the "Tumpa Tumpa" backdrop and no one uses it in its original context anymore. The word has lost its original meaning and developed a new one. https://youtu.be/ABOlT0ThwbI?si=4n9Bg1nu2xIGw7rI

2008 - A style of Reggaeton from the Dominican Republic starts to become very popular in NYC and Miami and would eventually spread throughout Latin America. It borrows directly from the initial Reggaeton styles created by pioneers like DJ Eric Industy, The Noise and of course, DJ Playero. It is the same Reggaeton drum pattern, but faster paced and more influence from Jamaica initially. Artists such as Mozart La Para, El Alfa, Pablo Piddy, Monkey Black and others help popularize this new style of music. Because the Dominicans seek to differentiate themselves from the Reggaeton made in Puerto Rico and Panama, they call it "Dembow". People outside of DR at that time call it "Dembow Dominicano". https://youtu.be/QHhhhFwLxZo?si=ohC7UR3liWb9aZbb

2017 - "Dembow" music from the Dominican Republic becomes a juggernaut internationally. People from all cultures and backgrounds begin borrowing from this new style of Latin Urban music which everyone views separate to Reggaeton. Thanks to artists like Chimbala, El Alfa and producers like Chael Produciendo, the Dembow sound evolves and develops more original aesthetics such as different sounding drums from Reggaeton and more influence from Electronic Dance Music. The genre becomes so popular that mainstream artists like J Balvin, Major Lazer and Bad Bunny begin making Dembow songs. There are even Dembow artists coming out of South America. By this time a new generation no longer uses the word "Dembow" to define the Reggaeton beat backdrop, but instead to define this new subgenre created in the Dominican Republic. https://youtu.be/kPg3M4C9N9w?si=FC7z7xka6y-LU2jy

2024 - Nowadays only about half the audience and artists use the term "Dembow" to refer to the drum pattern in a Reggaeton song. Most of the audience think about El Alfa or Bad Bunny's faster paced songs when they hear the word "Dembow". Who knows what the future holds for this word and how it represents the culture, but the Dembow genre is here to stay. https://youtu.be/Fi62s-0NO0M?si=NHNXRmuBwlv5sCjR and https://youtu.be/Dj86BVgsOzI?si=S0ST-MbGcDdP-Ve-