How is it that someone's favorite spanish artists and english artists come together in collaboration and make hits? That's awesome! That is why it's "spanglish" people! Of course not many people are hip to the genre that is re-inventing it's self. The music industry is no doubt about it, "fickle", but once good music is made, you can't help but bob your head to the beat-flowing sound it gives off. Although Spanglish music has been around for quite some time, it wasn;t truly given its recognition until recently. This past summer, 50 cent had collaborated with reggeaton's top duo " El Duo Del Dynamico",in english,"The Dynamic Duo"; and yes for all my hispanic people, it's Wisin Y yandel. They had collaborated with 50 cent for their single, "Mujeres en el club". According to mtv.com, 50 cent may have re-created the trend, as more urban artists seem to be hooking up with spanish-language artists. Now shifting into another spanish genre is bachata. The seductive, spanish r&b counterpart to regular r&b. It was orginated in santo domingo, dominican republic during the late 70s. In those times it was considered the "classic bachata". However when bachata's hottest group, Aventura hit the seen in 2001, they had forever changed the genre. Also this urban-spanglish group had hooked up with another hot mainstream artist, akon. After 50 cent's success with wisin y yandel, akon decided to also transfer his talents into the spanish world. This summer, he had joined the bachata stars, "Aventura" to shoot their video, "All Up to You" in Miami; along with Wisin y Yandel. Anthony "Romeo" Santos, lead singer of aventura, had this to say to mtv news about collaborating with Akon: " Working with Akon, it was an experience. We've never worked with an artist this huge". Of course I can't lie, I am a HUGE fan of aventura and wisin y yandel. What better is to join two powerful forces of spanish music, alongside a talented mainstream artist like akon, and creat something hot? It's the rebirth of spanglish music. However there were more collaborations in the works for other spanish and english artists as well. Calle 13, another grammy-winning reggaeton group, has possibly put into works of hooking up with Nas for their new album. As I see it, spanglish is growing even bigger, and it's not going nowhere anytime soon!
Akon Works With Latino Stars Aventura, Wisin Y Yandel
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Interesting, Jahaura. I guess it was about 5 years ago that I heard "rapping in spanish" (reggaeton) while I was in school. Though the music I was hearing (N.O.R.E./Nina Sky's "Oye Mi Canto") was new to me... a couple of my friends informed me that it had been around for a lot longer than I though.
ReplyDeleteDo you know of any other latin music that exists in limitation but may come to the mainstream of American culture?
Not at the moment. Like basically reggaeton, is the only spanish genre, that is really collaborating with english artists. But I think more will follow as they see how successful it is.
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