Genres · Afro & Latin
Reggaeton
The Latin party beat: boom-ch-boom-chick, Spanish vocals, made for grinding.
- Tempo, BPM
- 88–100
- Where it started
- Puerto Rico and Panama, 1990s
What it sounds like
Built on the “dembow” rhythm, a boom-ch-boom-chick pattern that came from dancehall. Rapped and sung in Spanish, with catchy hooks and lots of bass. Today it's the biggest sound in Latin pop.
Hear it
Daddy Yankee, “Gasolina”
The song that took reggaeton global. The dembow beat never lets up.
2004 · Posted by Daddy Yankee · Open on YouTube
Listen for
- The dembow: boom-ch-boom-chick, over and over
- Spanish vocals, half rapped, half sung
- Heavy synth bass and big singalong hooks
Go if
You want to dance close and shout lyrics you only half know.
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