{"id":139,"date":"2007-05-12T10:09:41","date_gmt":"2007-05-12T14:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2020-07-22T15:07:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:07:58","slug":"reading-reggaeton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?page_id=139","title":{"rendered":"M\u00fasica Negra to Reggaeton Latino"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This page hosts audio & video clips to accompany my chapter in the book Reggaeton<\/em> (Duke University Press, 2009)<\/a>, co-edited with Raquel Z. Rivera and Deborah Pacini-Hernandez. You can read the chapter in full here<\/a>, but I also recommend the context offered by our introduction and the contributors’ essays. <\/p>\n

Marshall, Wayne. \u201cFrom M\u00fasica Negra to Reggaeton Latino: The Cultural Politics of Nation, Migration, and Commercialization.\u201d In Reggaeton<\/em>, eds. Raquel Z. Rivera, Wayne Marshall, and Deborah Pacini-Hernandez, 19-76. Durham: Duke University Press, 2009. [PDF<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please consult the chapter for the context of the following schematic representations:<\/p>\n

Figure 1: A skeletal sketch of reggaeton’s boom-ch-boom-chick<\/em>
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\n\nhttp:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/wp\/audio\/RR-figure1-audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Figure 2: Dancehall reggae’s minimal “bomp bomp”
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\nhttp:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/wp\/audio\/RR-figure2-audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Figure 3: A (very) skeletal sketch of roots reggae’s “one-drop”
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\nhttp:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/wp\/audio\/RR-figure3-audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Figure 4: Vico C’s version of a standard hip-hop beat*
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\nhttp:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/wp\/audio\/RR-figure4-audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Figure 6: The basic elements of Puerto Rico’s localized Dem Bow
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\nhttp:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/wp\/audio\/RR-figure6-audio.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

* The Vico C loop comes from the following clip in the documentary Chosen Few<\/a><\/em>. (I claim fair use for these 14 seconds.)<\/p>\n