Pop Reggaeton : Initial Research

Initially I decided to choose a genre similar to Latin American music so I chose Pop Reggaeton. This is mainly because of it's stronger link to dance culture. 

Obscure and Interesting Facts about Pop Reggaeton

• Reggaeton generically comes from urban, predominantly black, working-class communities whether they’re from Kingston or Panama City or New York or San Juan.that the island’s trinity of races black, Spanish, and indigenous and has produced a harmonious society with no racism. 
• Reggaeton music can be used to articulate connections between Puerto Ricans and other Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latino populations, this history often gets obscured through the emphasis on “Despacito” made popular today by Justin Bieber as a crossover Latino phenomenon.
• Reggaeton gives Latino youth a way to participate in contemporary urban-American culture without abandoning important aspects of their heritage. 
• Reggaeton’s unmistakable boom-ch-boom-chick relates directly to the late 80s early 90s dancehall reggae that inspired it
• The genre that contributed many stylistic features to calypso and other popular music of the 20th-century Caribbean tourist industry.
• As an utterly electronic style – usually produced on computers, drum machines, and keyboards – reggaeton embraces new possibilities for a high-tech, post-hip-hop, Latin Caribbean aesthetic.
• Reggaeton also represents a break from previous Latin music in that it appears to have fostered a greater dialogue with non-Latin forms such as hip-hop and reggae rather than the popular Spanish-language genres it has supplanted.

5 objects

- sunglasses 

- gold chain

- cars 

- hats 

- hoodies 

5 Reggaeton words 

- A Fuego: Really cool, when something is off the hook.

- Dembow: a rhythm used to describe reggaeton’s beat.

- Perreo: dancing reggaeton.

- Sandunga: the music, the rhythm, the party. 

- Tiradera: Lyrical attack or war. It is used to gain fame or impose 

respect.

5 Colour Associations 

- Gold : jewellery

- Black : clothing 

- Red : clothing and reggae 

- White : basic clothing such as vests and t-shirts 

- Green : associated with reggae 

5 Textures 

- Shine 

- Smooth 

- Matt 

- Thick 

- Embossed