Cardio B Just Influenced Me....I'm on Latin Trap Wave...:wow:

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Shabba Ranks.
Jamaican brehs brought Dancehall to the English speaking/Caribbean part of Panama, bilingual black folks latched on and "Hispanicized" it, and then migos took it over.
Be inclusive, brehs.

why did most of the Panamanian pioneers of the genre get left behind when reggaeton’s explosion came? Some, like Renato, chalk it up to lack of investment, and more specifically, colorism. “The stations didn’t wanna play our songs ‘cause they were like, ‘No this is black music. Maleante.’ They [Puerto Rican artists] had people invest in these guys. Nadie invirtió en nosotros. Ellos tuvieron todo… they were white(r), they looked good, they dressed good. And we were black from Panama City. People were like, ‘This image looks beautiful, and this image looks mas o menos; let me go with the white(r) guys,’ and that’s what happened.”

Regardless, he insists he has nothing but love for the Puerto Rican artists he calls his friends. “Hicieron una industria con esta música y los felicito,” he tells me. “People say ‘Are you angry ‘cause you didn’t make no money?’ I say ‘No,’ but I want my recognition.”


Panamanian Artists Helped Birth Reggaeton, Then the Industry Left Them Behind


 

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Dominican jawwn put me on to this a couple of years ago... We would bang it as a joke (not gonna lie it was fire) but Ive never been compelled to delve deeper into the Latin trap rabbit hole
 

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Yes.
People will argue latinos were "there from the beginning" (not entirely true) just like "a jamaican invented hip hop" (FALSE).
If a regular English speaking black man was doing reggaeton, they'd bytch...and that whole bullshyt subgenre is based off of one dancehall riddim.
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Puerto Ricans been a part of Hip Hop from the beginning. The first big raggaeton artist was a black Panamanian. You don't know wtf you're talking about.
 
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Puerto Ricans been a part of Hip Hop from the beginning. The first big raggaeton artist was a black Panamanian. You don't know wtf you're talking about.
As @Yehuda put: "why did most of the Panamanian pioneers of the genre get left behind when reggaeton’s explosion came? Some, like Renato, chalk it up to lack of investment, and more specifically, colorism. “The stations didn’t wanna play our songs ‘cause they were like, ‘No this is black music. Maleante.’ They [Puerto Rican artists] had people invest in these guys. Nadie invirtió en nosotros. Ellos tuvieron todo… they were white(r), they looked good, they dressed good. And we were black from Panama City. People were like, ‘This image looks beautiful, and this image looks mas o menos; let me go with the white(r) guys,’ and that’s what happened.”

Regardless, he insists he has nothing but love for the Puerto Rican artists he calls his friends. “Hicieron una industria con esta música y los felicito,” he tells me. “People say ‘Are you angry ‘cause you didn’t make no money?’ I say ‘No,’ but I want my recognition.”


Who are the faces of reggaeton now? Are they black panamanians? No.
Do most people that listen to reggaeton know it came from one dancehall loop? No, they think it's something grown in latin america...it's literally variations of one loop.
Puerto Ricans were not in hip hop during the extreme beginnings/Black spades days..nor were any jamaicans. I'm talking about that time period. They came through right afterward, though.
I do know what I'm talking about, you don't. There weren't any rican spades at those parties, brehbreh.
:yeshrug:

I'm pretty much sure the VAST majority of reggaeton listeners aren't aware of as much history in regards to it as me...a total non-fan. I don't even count it as a real genre. One loop? Nobody ever better make fun of Bmore club or house again. "Reggaeton" is the worst.
I know how nonblack latinos do black latinos and caribbean blacks do AAs, even with each other.
Jamaicans running around saying they invented hip hop...
Reggaeton being super lightskinned/white rican in the mainstream.
 

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I let my music game get extra :flabbynsick::flabbynsick: for a good minute there :hubie:


She ever make any where she is the primary artist?
YEA trini dem gals but it's like a fusion .
Most of her dancehall shyt are mostly features .
Now on her albums she does have dancehall or soca influence songs but they wouldn't be full blown from that genre .
 

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YEA trini dem gals but it's like a fusion .
Most of her dancehall shyt are mostly features .
Now on her albums she does have dancehall or soca influence songs but they wouldn't be full blown from that genre .

The latino trap music seems lucrative so the labels will push it. Unfortunately soca doesnt seem like it will ever go mainstream in the states :yeshrug:. Nicki could have pushed that movement a little harder imo, but it is what it is

Seem like Cardi wised up early and played into her latin roots. That song she has with Ozuna is :banderas:
 

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The latino trap music seems lucrative so the labels will push it. Unfortunately soca doesnt seem like it will ever go mainstream in the states :yeshrug:. Nicki could have pushed that movement a little harder imo, but it is what it is

Seem like Cardi wised up early and played into her latin roots. That song she has with Ozuna is :banderas:
You a 100 percent correct .

She learned what to pick and pull from nicki while creating her own lane .

It's the same shyt nicki did but she just took it to a whole other level .
 
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