Reggaeton

[Sarah]

Reggaeton is characterized by rough, monotone rapping (in Spanish) and driving dancehall riddims, and its rapidly becoming the dance music of choice for a generation of young Latinos. While only recognized as a style in the 1990s, reggaeton has its roots in the 70s, when Jamaican workers moved to Panama to work on the canal and brought reggae music with them. Reggaes popularity grew in Central America and the Caribbean at the same time that American rap was finding its way south. The landmark development came in 1985, when Vico C released Puerto Ricos first Spanish-language rap album. It was only a matter of time before producers linked Latin rap with Jamaicas hard dancehall sounds. All they needed was to add a few native Puerto Rican touches like the bomba and plena rhythms (better known from salsa), and presto: a new genre. Reggaeton finally spilled over Puerto Ricos borders in the 21st century, as artists like Tego Calderon, Don Omar, Ivy Queen and Hector y Tito gained currency abroad. Even boy bands like Aventura climbed aboard the bandwagon, emulating a defanged reggaeton and signaling the genres growing appeal.

[Couch Potatoe]

Probably the worst so-called music on the planet right now (even worse than country).
Its seriously fucking annoying and if you live here in Miami, youd know what I mean as that reggaeton shit is everywhere, pumping out of stupid clubs or being played way too loud by Daddy Yankee-wannabe pickup truck driving pricks who like to Ride It Like A Ford.
Reggaeton has the same beat and all songs sound exactly the same (awful). The lyrics are horrible and are derogatory to women. Reggaetons dress like gangsters, but theyre not -- theyre just no-talent losers.
I have never understood why its called reggaeton either because it sounds nothing like reggae.
Reggae = Good
Reggaeton = Bad
People who listen to reggaeton should be given a good kicking until they learn to appreciate REAL music, not a fucking noise with some Puerto Rican asshole singing badly to a repetitive beat.

[Rihanna]

Puertorican version of reggae, usually is like a gangsta version of reggae. For people that know something in music, know that original reggae from Jamaica and Reggaeton from Puerto Rico are very dissimilar in sound and instruments used

[Becky]

Annoying noise made in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic that has spread thru all Latin America, making teenagers think that women are sexual objects. Popular for its vulgar, idiotic , sexist and sexual lyrics, its two-beat constant repetition and the perreo, one way of simulating coitus with your clothes on. Nothing to do with reggae.

[Mark Zuckerberg]

Like someone wrote before, its the worst genre Ive ever heard, pure garbage.

It came from the spanish reggae, wich is not bad, the lyrics talk about women and sex, obviously, but also the kind of relations that this people from central America have. There is one artist that made this music popular, his name is Edgardo A. Franco but he is known as El General, he sings in a very unique way and has been the most imitated artist in this genre. But hes not part of this reggaeton thing. Reggaeton is annoying and I consider it is music for ignorants.

[Justin Bieber]

A type of music which mostly originated from [Puerto Rico]. Ironic, though, that its called REGGAEton when it sounds almost nothing like actual [reggae]. Its more like [rap] with [Spanish] vocals.
But anyway... it is a type of music where:

Every song has the same beat
Every artist sounds the same
Every song is about the same thing: Women

Seriously, just listen to ONE reggaeton song and youve heard every single song in the universe. There is absolutely nothing that makes one song any different from another except for the lyrics themselves, which dont even matter because every artist basically sounds the same - uses the same vocal style and uses the same subject matter. It has even less variety than rap, which is sad indeed.
Is usually played at dance parties to get all the people to dance, which is mostly the only reason why its popular - because its dance music. You really cant use reggaeton for anything else other than dancing, because if you actually LISTEN to it, trust me - youre not gonna find anything new.

[Michiko]

THE MOST fucking retarded music in the world, ay im cuban and i love latin music but this is just fucking wothless, its got tha same damn beat in ever fukin song and dnt gimme that shit bout [reggaeton] [love songs] thats bullshit! the song will be over the same beat bout them dumbasses talkin bout the same shit. Plain out..this reggaeton shit is just a passing fad, no fukin [Reggaeton] Forever [type shit] for me

[Renato]

The reason alot of [latinos]/latinas get pregnant before they turn 15. but its also a sexy type of dance where the guy pretty much stands there and watches to girl grind her ass on your penis. and it also has [repetitive] sexist lyrics which sets [the mood].

[Tina]

Imagine Rap raped Reggae and they had a retarded child, thats more or less what [Reggaeton] is, it is also the source of most of the social and cultural problems of latin america and and the only way [stupid bad] boys can be rich legally without going to school.

Its dance is, in a few words, raping a woman [wih] your clothes on.

I doubt you will find a positive comment about [reggaeton] here as the people that listen to it use internet just for downloading music and Facebook.

[Little_Girl]

[A bullshit] that affects people [minds] with extremely bad and disgusting words and actions. And it is not the tipycal music of [central america] an caribean, its the typical NOISE!!! of the people that doesnt know anything about music.

[Sommer]

[Disturbing] noise some consider¨music. Right [up there] with country and rap [in terms of] worse music on the planet.

[Monty]

A form of dance music of Puerto Rican origin, characterized by a fusion of Latin rhythms, dancehall, and hip-hop or rap.