Para mi fiesta pongo la música de...

"break it down, break it down, break it down
woah woah woah
she want some reggaeton, reggaeton, reggaeton, reggaeton
woah woah woah woah"

"Mamacita" por Daddy Yankee


Mañana es mi cumpleaños. Es el día 5 de febrero. La fiesta será pequeña. Estarán mis hijos y mi esposo. (Pedí una tarta hecha por Wegmans Patisserie, cualquiera)

Pretendo poner la música que más me gusta y en la lista saldrá por lo menos una canción reggaeton.
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Reggaetón blends West-Indian music influences of reggae and dancehall with those of Latin America, such as bomba, plena, salsa, merengue, latin pop, cumbia and bachata as well as that of hip hop, contemporary R&B, and electronica" (from Wikipedia). It's said that it began in Panama and quickly spread to other parts of Latin America and the U.S.

I prefer reggaetón songs that utilize traditional and folk instruments like the pan pipes or the accordian. I also prefer the traditional dem bow rythem.

It's difficult to recommend reggaeton music to students, however, because the videos are sometimes graphic, violent, and downright raunchy. (Take Calle 13, for example - they infuse poetry and politics into their lyrics and their music is innovative. Yet they also push the limits of lewdness) (Please don't consider this a referral but rather a warning/un aviso)

There are "clean" reggaetón videos by artists who chose not to focus on sex and violence. One can listen to songs without videos on YouTube such as Daddy Yankee's "Que Tengo Que Hacer?" (clean)



Several songs by Amaral (image) will also surely be among the songs on my birthday party playlist. I appreciate the pure, raw talent represented by this couple (and, I love her shoes! Me encantan sus zapatos!). Their songs have been at the top of the charts in Spain for ten years or more, partly because they continually stretch and grow musically.

You can check out TopLatino to hear the most popular songs across Latin America (much like "America's Top 40")

Ahora,

A celebrar! A bailar!