LA KALLE BLOCK PARTY(Wednesday) Is it a sign of ill health for the genre that all the big reggaetón concerts these days tend to have almost identical lineups? This one features Daddy Yankee (of course), Tego Calderón (mm-hmm), Calle 13 (certainly) and Ivy Queen (the one woman at all of these shows). The new blood here is R. K. M y Ken-Y, a popular duo from Puerto Rico whose members are barely in their 20s. At 8 p.m., Madison
Whom ever the author of this little diddy is from the New York times hit the hammer right on the head of the nail. What is La Kalle trying to do, with this wack ass lineup? Its an awesome line-up for last year and maybe the year before, but as stated above its the same ol‘ same ol‘. People get really tired of that.
Why Princesa you are being really harsh today! Well someone has got to say it, cause others are too scared to.
Why offer the same old people when you can grab reggaeton acts like; Jowell y Randy, Casa de Leones, Notch, Alexis y Fido, Angel y Khriz and Magnate. All these acts have songs that are on www.reggaetonline.net ’s top 20. The cool thing about this chart is that it constantly tells us each week what listeners in the U.S. are listening to and what’s popular. The good folks at La Kalle along with Univision should not even need Reggaetonline’s chart. They know what’s new and hot. My only question is not how much the artists are getting paid but how much the artists are paying you.
The reach of the Reggaeton industry is so short, the author of the above review called Rakim and Ken y NEW! HA! Someone really needs to get on the ball and devise a real system of letting the general public know what’s going on in the Reggaeton genre. Rakim and Ken Y are really good but they are soooo yesterdays news.
Maybe more fault should be found in La Kalles radio music line-up. They do have a consistent record of playing the same old songs. Fans have also pointe fingers at La Kalle for the quick rise and fall of Reggaeton on the airwaves. When Dj’s coast to coats looked to them to show them who were new and hot in reggaeton they chose to play the same old Daddy Yankee, Don Omar, and who ever else on a daily basis. They made it seem like Reggaeton was a one minute genre.
From past concert it’s a no brainer that La Diva, Ivy Queen should be included in each and every Reggaeton concert there is. Her performance is always heart felt and from the heart. She will sing with you, at you, and through you. Other fans who read this will be able to name even more artists who should be a party of this party. If it was my party I would trown in Noztra and Tweapons as well as other heavy hitting underground Latin rap groups and set the party off the right way.
Reggaeton by no means is dying but stuff like this makes you think otherwise. Latino in the industry need to get thier selves together and find a way to make the Latin Rap and Reggaeton industy into something that markets itself.