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Book TitleReggaeton

Number of Pages392 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2009

TopicGenres & Styles / Rap & Hip Hop, Genres & Styles / Reggae, Genres & Styles / Latin

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GenreMusic

AuthorWayne Marshall

Book SeriesRefiguring American Music Ser.

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Reviewsâ€œItâ€™s about time academia dared to include reggaeton. This might mean that weâ€™re finally understanding that all of us are los de atr s (the ones behind): our country, Puerto Rico, and the whole Caribbean. I hope people support this book so it can be translated into Spanish, and kids in Puerto Rico and Latin America can read it. Because we Caribbean people, even if we donâ€™t want to, even if we donâ€™t like it, even if it hurts, we come from behind . . . and thereâ€™s a value to that. Thereâ€™s a beauty to being los de atr s.â€�- Residente , frontman of the Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning duo Calle 13, "This collection of essays is the first attempt to critically engage with the phenomenon, and wisely hedges its bets with a broad collection of writings-earnest academic appraisals are effectively offset by punchy location reportage from Latin America, Q&As with major protagonists and landmark magazine pieces from the music's early days. . . . [A] largely informative and sometimes exhilarating survey of a multinational phenomenon." - Derek Walmsley, The Wire, " Reggaeton is a truly important contribution to our understanding of the most pervasive and perhaps most misunderstood Latin musical genre at the turn of the 21st century. The blend of academic and journalistic writings with artistic statements, interviews and visual art offers the reader an extraordinary window into the complex landscape of reggaeton. . . . Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini Hernadez have established the foundation for the rich and productive academic conversation that the genre will still generate." - Alejandro L. Madrid, Dancecult, â€œThis anthology opens a chapter in hip-hop history that brings it all back home, back to our transnational Afro-Spanish-speaking countries and diasporas and â€™hoods where young people are going through their hip-hop ecstasies and traumas, but in their own language, and in their own unique and hitherto-unknown style.â€�- Juan Flores , author of From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity, from the foreword to Reggaeton, "This anthology opens a chapter in hip-hop history that brings it all back home, back to our transnational Afro-Spanish-speaking countries and diasporas and 'hoods where young people are going through their hip-hop ecstasies and traumas, but in their own language, and in their own unique and hitherto-unknown style."-- Juan Flores , author of From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity, from the foreword to Reggaeton, "The admirable book Reggaeton . . . invites us to carefully 'read' this extraordinary musical and social phenomenon of our times. . . . The authors in this volume extensively document the crossing of geographic, racial, ethnic and linguistic borders. . . . As the essays in this book skillfully demonstrate, the 'reggaeton nation' constantly moves between numerous countries and cities, between Spanish and English, between Caribbean and African American rhythms." (Translated from the Spanish) - Jorge Duany, El Nuevo D a, "I cannot overstate how critically important this volume is. It captures the synergies of a musical and cultural movement that few have seriously grappled with, even as the sounds and styles of reggaeton have dominated the air space of so many urban locales." Mark Anthony Neal, author ofSoul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic"This anthology introduces a chapter in hip hop history that brings it all back home, back to our transnational Afro-Spanish-speaking countries and diasporas and 'hoods where young people are going through their hip-hop ecstasies and traumas, but in their own language and in their own unique and hitherto unknown style." Juan Flores, author ofFrom Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity, from the preface toReggaeton, " Reggaeton is an excellent collection which itself occasions many surprises. Overall the book is structured in much the same way as its subject (reggaeton), as a series of overlapping, interconnected and often contradictory layers. . . . This book is a tour de force of criticism and analysis which is relevant not only to the study of reggaeton but to the study of popular music in general." - Cameron White, Transforming Cultures, "The kinetic contributions in Reggaeton melt false borders--ones wrapped like straitjackets around peoples, knowledges, and cultures--and move the crowd. More than an exciting, exhaustive treatment of this vital musical culture, this anthology is a fine blueprint for engaged cultural scholarship right now."-- Jeff Chang , author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, "It's about time academia dared to include reggaeton. This might mean that we're finally understanding that all of us are los de atrás (the ones behind): our country, Puerto Rico, and the whole Caribbean. I hope people support this book so it can be translated into Spanish, and kids in Puerto Rico and Latin America can read it. Because we Caribbean people, even if we don't want to, even if we don't like it, even if it hurts, we come from behind . . . and there's a value to that. There's a beauty to being los de atrás."-- Residente , frontman of the Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning duo Calle 13, "It's about time academia dared to include reggaeton. This might mean that we're finally understanding that all of us are los de atrs (the ones behind): our country, Puerto Rico, and the whole Caribbean. I hope people support this book so it can be translated into Spanish, and kids in Puerto Rico and Latin America can read it. Because we Caribbean people, even if we don't want to, even if we don't like it, even if it hurts, we come from behind . . . and there's a value to that. There's a beauty to being los de atrs."-- Residente , frontman of the Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning duo Calle 13, "It's about time academia dared to include reggaeton. This might mean that we're finally understanding that all of us are los de atrás (the ones behind): our country, Puerto Rico, and the whole Caribbean. I hope people support this book so it can be translated into Spanish, and kids in Puerto Rico and Latin America can read it. Because we Caribbean people, even if we don't want to, even if we don't like it, even if it hurts, we come from behind . . . and there's a value to that. There's a beauty to being los de atrás."- Residente , frontman of the Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning duo Calle 13, "I cannot overstate how critically important this volume is. It captures the synergies of a musical and cultural movement that few have seriously grappled with, even as the sounds and styles of reggaeton have dominated the air space of so many urban locales." Mark Anthony Neal, author of Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic "This anthology introduces a chapter in hip hop history that brings it all back home, back to our transnational Afro-Spanish-speaking countries and diasporas and 'hoods where young people are going through their hip-hop ecstasies and traumas, but in their own language and in their own unique and hitherto unknown style." Juan Flores, author of From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity , from the preface to Reggaeton "The kinetic contributions in Reggaeton melt false borders--ones wrapped like straitjackets around peoples, knowledges, and cultures--and move the crowd. More than an exciting, exhaustive treatment of this vital musical culture, this anthology is a fine blueprint for engaged cultural scholarship right now."--Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation "It's about time academia dared to include reggaeton. This might mean that we're finally understanding that all of us are los de atrs (the ones behind): our country, Puerto Rico, and the whole Caribbean. I hope people support this book so it can be translated into Spanish, and kids in Puerto Rico and Latin America can read it. Because we Caribbean people, even if we don't want to, even if we don't like it, even if it hurts, we come from behind . . . and there's a value to that. There's a beauty to being los de atrs."--Residente, frontman of the Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning duo Calle 13 "Reggaton, a rump-shaking Latino take on dancehall and hiphop...This collection of essays is the first attempt to critically engage with the phenomenon, and wisely hedges its bets with a broad collection of writings - earnest academic appraisals are affectively offset by punchy location reportage from Latin America, Q & As with major protagonists and landmark magazine pieces from the music's early days...it's a largely informative and sometimes exhilarating survey of a multinational phenomenon." - Derek Walmsley, The Wire , May 2009, "I cannot overstate how critically important this volume is. It captures the synergies of a musical and cultural movement that few have seriously grappled with, even as the sounds and styles of reggaeton have dominated the air space of so many urban locales."-- Mark Anthony Neal , author of Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic, "This collection of essays is the first attempt to critically engage with the phenomenon, and wisely hedges its bets with a broad collection of writings--earnest academic appraisals are effectively offset by punchy location reportage from Latin America, Q&As with major protagonists and landmark magazine pieces from the music's early days. . . . [A] largely informative and sometimes exhilarating survey of a multinational phenomenon." - Derek Walmsley, The Wire, "The kinetic contributions in Reggaeton melt false borders-ones wrapped like straitjackets around peoples, knowledges, and cultures-and move the crowd. More than an exciting, exhaustive treatment of this vital musical culture, this anthology is a fine blueprint for engaged cultural scholarship right now."- Jeff Chang , author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, "I cannot overstate how critically important this volume is. It captures the synergies of a musical and cultural movement that few have seriously grappled with, even as the sounds and styles of reggaeton have dominated the air space of so many urban locales."- Mark Anthony Neal , author of Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic, "The admirable book Reggaeton . . . invites us to carefully 'read' this extraordinary musical and social phenomenon of our times. . . . The authors in this volume extensively document the crossing of geographic, racial, ethnic and linguistic borders. . . . As the essays in this book skillfully demonstrate, the 'reggaeton nation' constantly moves between numerous countries and cities, between Spanish and English, between Caribbean and African American rhythms." (Translated from the Spanish) - Jorge Duany, El Nuevo Día, "This anthology opens a chapter in hip-hop history that brings it all back home, back to our transnational Afro-Spanish-speaking countries and diasporas and 'hoods where young people are going through their hip-hop ecstasies and traumas, but in their own language, and in their own unique and hitherto-unknown style."- Juan Flores , author of From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity, from the foreword to Reggaeton, â€œI cannot overstate how critically important this volume is. It captures the synergies of a musical and cultural movement that few have seriously grappled with, even as the sounds and styles of reggaeton have dominated the air space of so many urban locales.â€�- Mark Anthony Neal , author of Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic, "I cannot overstate how critically important this volume is. It captures the synergies of a musical and cultural movement that few have seriously grappled with, even as the sounds and styles of reggaeton have dominated the air space of so many urban locales." Mark Anthony Neal, author ofSoul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic"This anthology introduces a chapter in hip hop history that brings it all back home, back to our transnational Afro-Spanish-speaking countries and diasporas and 'hoods where young people are going through their hip-hop ecstasies and traumas, but in their own language and in their own unique and hitherto unknown style." Juan Flores, author ofFrom Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity, from the preface toReggaeton"The kinetic contributions in Reggaeton melt false borders-ones wrapped like straitjackets around peoples, knowledges, and cultures-and move the crowd. More than an exciting, exhaustive treatment of this vital musical culture, this anthology is a fine blueprint for engaged cultural scholarship right now."-Jeff Chang, author of Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation "It's about time academia dared to include reggaeton. This might mean that we're finally understanding that all of us are los de atrÁs (the ones behind): our country, Puerto Rico, and the whole Caribbean. I hope people support this book so it can be translated into Spanish, and kids in Puerto Rico and Latin America can read it. Because we Caribbean people, even if we don't want to, even if we don't like it, even if it hurts, we come from behind . . . and there's a value to that. There's a beauty to being los de atrÁs."-Residente, frontman of the Grammy and Latin Grammy award-winning duo Calle 13 "Reggaton, a rump-shaking Latino take on dancehall and hiphop...This collection of essays is the first attempt to critically engage with the phenomenon, and wisely hedges its bets with a broad collection of writings earnest academic appraisals are affectively offset by punchy location reportage from Latin America, Q&As with major protagonists and landmark magazine pieces from the music's early days...it's a largely informative and sometimes exhilarating survey of a multinational phenomenon." Derek Walmsley,The Wire, May 2009, "The admirable book Reggaeton . . . invites us to carefully 'read' this extraordinary musical and social phenomenon of our times. . . . The authors in this volume extensively document the crossing of geographic, racial, ethnic and linguistic borders. . . . As the essays in this book skillfully demonstrate, the 'reggaeton nation' constantly moves between numerous countries and cities, between Spanish and English, between Caribbean and African American rhythms." (Translated from the Spanish) - Jorge Duany, El Nuevo Da, â€œThe kinetic contributions in Reggaeton melt false borders-ones wrapped like straitjackets around peoples, knowledges, and cultures-and move the crowd. More than an exciting, exhaustive treatment of this vital musical culture, this anthology is a fine blueprint for engaged cultural scholarship right now.â€�- Jeff Chang , author of Canâ€™t Stop Wonâ€™t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal781.6

Table Of ContentList of Illustrations vii Foreword: What's all the noise about? / Juan Flores ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Reggaeton's Socio-Sonic Circuitry / Wayne Marshall, Raquel Z. Rivera, and Deborah Pacini Hernandez 1 Part I. Mapping Reggaeton From Música Negra to Reggaeton Latino: The Cultural Politics of Nation, Migration, and Commercialization / Wayne Marshall 19 Part II. The Panamanian Connection Placing Panama in the Reggaeton Narrative: Editor's Notes / Wayne Marshall 77 Reggae in Panama: Bien Tough / Christoph Twickel 81 The Panamanian Origins of Reggae in Español : Seeing History through "Los Ojos Café" of Renato / Interview by Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo 89 Muévelo (Move It!): From Panama to New York and Back Again, the Story of El General / Interview by Christoph Twickel 99 Part III. (Trans)Local Studies and Ethnographies Policing Morality, Mano Dura Stylee : The Case of Underground Rap and Reggae in Puerto Rico in the Mid-1990s / Raquel Z. Rivera 111 Dominicans in the Mix: Reflections on Dominican Identity, Race, and Reggaeton / Deborah Pacini Hernandezq 135 The Politics of Dancing: Reggaetón and Rap in Havana / Geoff Baker 165 You Got Your Reggaetón in my Hip-Hop: Crunkiao and "Spanish Music" in the Miami Urban Scene / Jose Davila 200 Part IV. Visualizing Reggaeton Visualizing Reggaeton: Editors' Notes / Wayne Marshall and Raquel Z. Rivera 215 Images by Miguel Luciano 218 Images by Carolina Caycedo 221 Images by Kacho López 222 Part V. Gendering Reggaeton (W)rapped in Foil: Glory at Twelve Words a Minute / Félix Jiménez 229 A Man Lives Here: Reggaeton's Hypermasculine Resident / Alfredo Nieves Moreno 252 How to Make Love with Your Clothes On: Dancing Regeton , Gender, and Sexuality in Cuba / Jan Fairley 280 Part VI. Reggaeton's Poetics, Politics, and Aesthetics Chamaco's Corner / Gallego (José Raúl González) 297 Salon Philosophers: Ivy Queen and Surprise Guests Take Reggaetón Aside / Alexandra T. Vazquez 300 From Hip-Hop to Reggaeton: Is There Only a Step? / Welmo Romero Joseph 312 Black Pride / Tego Calderón 324 Poetry of Filth: The (Post) Reggaetonic Lyrics of Calle 13 / Frances Negrón-Muntaner 327 Bibliography: Selected Sources for Reading Reggaeton 341 Index 345

SynopsisA 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 espa ol , underground, and dancehall reggae. The reggaeton artist Tego Calder n 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 L pez during the making of the documentary Bling'd: Blood, Diamonds, and Hip-Hop . Contributors. Geoff Baker, Tego Calder n, Carolina Caycedo, Jose Davila, Jan Fairley, Juan Flores, Gallego (Jos Ra l Gonz lez), F lix Jim nez, Kacho L pez, Miguel Luciano, Wayne Marshall, Frances Negr n-Muntaner, Alfredo Nieves Moreno, Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo, Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Raquel Z. Rivera, Welmo Romero Joseph, Christoph Twickel, Alexandra T. Vazquez, 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 español , underground, and dancehall reggae. The reggaeton artist Tego Calderón 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 López during the making of the documentary Bling'd: Blood, Diamonds, and Hip-Hop . Contributors. Geoff Baker, Tego Calderón, Carolina Caycedo, Jose Davila, Jan Fairley, Juan Flores, Gallego (José Raúl González), Félix Jiménez, Kacho López, Miguel Luciano, Wayne Marshall, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Alfredo Nieves Moreno, Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo, Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Raquel Z. Rivera, Welmo Romero Joseph, Christoph Twickel, Alexandra T. Vazquez, This collection offers the first critical assessment of the music and culture of reggaeton, a popular genre that blends reggae and rap, Spanish-language lyrics, and Latin-Caribbean aesthetics., 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 español , underground, and dancehall reggae. The reggaeton artist Tego Calderón 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 López during the making of the documentary Bling'd: Blood, Diamonds, and Hip-Hop . Contributors. Geoff Baker, Tego Calderón, Carolina Caycedo, Jose Davila, Jan Fairley, Juan Flores, Gallego (José Raúl González), Félix Jiménez, Kacho López, Miguel Luciano, Wayne Marshall, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Alfredo Nieves Moreno, Ifeoma C. K. Nwankwo, Deborah Pacini Hernandez, Raquel Z. Rivera, Welmo Romero Joseph, Christoph Twickel, Alexandra T. Vazquez

LC Classification NumberML3532