While a year ago every Reggaeton fan awaited a movie entitled “Reggaeton” Jennifer Lopez decided that less Reggaeton would sale more movie tickets. Word on the streets is that many people are feeling that Jennifer Lopez sold out twice. When the Reggaeton movie was announced, Reggaeton fans were saddened that she would choose to cast a non Latino as the main character. Of course the main character miraculously has a Puerto Rican Father, which he needs to live with. Jennifer could have easily chooses a Puerto Rican young man to play this role to make the plot a little more believable. Sending a son back to Puerto Rico is especially weird because most young Ricans dream to leave PR, while the ones who are not PR native only wanting to go back for a vacation here or there. Jennifer also made a conscious decision to rename her movie “Feel the Noise” instead of “Reggaeton.” With that choice she also decided that less quality Reggaeton music would be better as well. Most or the Reggaeton in it sucks and the creation of Robs reggaeton fusion of whatever he was making SUCKED BALLS. You cant put crappy reggaeton in with some good reggaeton like Julio Voltio, Alexis and Fido and Calle 13 and think that people are gonna like it. In fact I am very glad she changed the title because this was a poor representation of the reggaeton genre as a whole.
Bottom line is: Don’t expect to learn anything about Reggaeton music, artists, or dance from this movie, as it barely delivered any thing it originally promised.
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.
Yeppers! Hector, Don Omar, and their managers got arrested and in
I guess the prolly would take the same advice that is given here in the states; don’t bend over in front of strange men and don’t drop the soap when you take a shower… or just don’t take a show! HA
After one of the Dj’s from
Del la Ghetto told TV show Super Exclusivo that he attended the concert with his family girl friend, and dancers. Neither he nor anyone with him was involved. He also stated that he wasn’t upset at the false allegations thrown his way by the Reggaeton 94 DJ because it’s his job to gossip and toss rumors around about entertainers for ratings. De La Ghetto also stated that he and Arcangel are friends and he has nothing against him. De La Ghetto is not involve in tiraera(beef put to lyrics) and sings romantic songs, thus even the rumor that he is feuding lyrically with Arcangel and Don Omar is false because that is just not his style.
I dont think De la Ghetto seems like the kind who would consort with someone who would do that. Plus he looked sexy and innocent during his TV interview!
Word on the streets and that Ricky Martin took Luny on a boyz night out in Miami. While at a club, who did they happen to run into? Ya boyz Jay -Z and Pharrell! This may have been the first real time Luny met and talked to the Hip-hop producer. Once Pharell and Luny started talking, Pharrell is made the comment that he’s heard that they were working on a project together! With a laugh they both agreed that they should start planning and working on that project soon!
HMMmmm I smell a Pharrell-Luny Tunes colabo coming soon!
Well it sure does seem more likely than not. The Duo opted not to accompany Luny and the other artists present to the podium to accept an award for Noche de Entierro. Yes, millions of Reggaeton Fans noticed this and thus the rumors started to fly. Seems like the problem goes back to them becoming buddy buddy with Don Omar. Every since they hooked up with Don, they have noticeably and many times openly shunned Luny. It amazes me how many times Luny has hooked the duo up, yet still the Mas Flow mogul gets the cold shoulder. It seems to be a case of petty jealousy. Artists have done the same to Daddy Yankee. Although King Daddy has paved the way for Reggaeton to grow in the states, in the past artists have openly shown and stated how they despise him. Seems in Reggaeton, the more you succeed the more haterz pop up.
No matter how much artist like Yankee and producers like Luny assist the others by connecting them to a world outside of Puerto Rico; once the individual artist things he has a foot into the door of success, the I don’t need you attitude comes forth. I can attest that both Yankee and Luny is nicer and more down to earth than any of his fans know. Luny definitely has a heart of gold, and if you do your homework, you can see all the ways he has help his friend, or those who he thought were his friends. If I can recall correctly, he hooked Wisin and Yandel up with R-Kelly, Lenny Kravitz, and Paris Hilton, as well as a few more people that slip my mind. They also Recorded their hit albums, Los Vaqueros and Pal Mundo in his studio. I will let all that speak for itself.
So the answer is YES, something is going on. Reggaeton artists need to stop burning their bridges, and then trying to kiss and make up down the road. It simply makes them look stupid and childish in the end. Do I hate Wisin and Yandel, NO! They are two of my favorite artists… but this craziness needs to stop somewhere.