FridayMay232008

Here’s one more video clip from our new favorite reggaetoneros The Toners. Okay they’re only a pretend band, but that doesn’t make this song any less real....

ThursdayMay222008

“The Toners” is a mockumentary film in development about reggaeton that, according to their MySpace page, is still looking for funds. Aren’t we all? In the above scene, the guys defend allegations that their music is sexist while also...

TuesdayDecember112007

Latin music sales are down this year, despite the fact that we’re fairly certain we’re going be hearing Luis Miguel ballads without end when he go home for Christmas: The drop in Latin music sales mimics the drop in...

WednesdayDecember052007

When we decide whether or not to buy something, one of the first and most important questions we ask ourselves is: “Will this get me laid?” But a close second would be “Does the commercial feature reggaeton?” Well Optimum...

FridayNovember162007

Eternally fascinating sore loser Ivy Queen thinks that the Latin Grammy award given to Calle 13 really belonged to her, as she feels she was more popular than the ersatz winners. Ivy tells El Nuevo Dia: How are they...

TuesdayNovember132007

Be real: no Latin American bit of pop culture is ever really relevant until it has its own reggaeton song. King Juan Carlos I of Spain’s recent chastising of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is no exception. Why do we...

ThursdayNovember082007

We want Puerto-Rican reggaetonera Ivy Queen to be our new best friend, and not only because she looks like she could tear out a bitch’s weave with but a slight sweep of her pinky. Ok, solely because of that....

WednesdayOctober312007

Speaking of Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s love for Beaner-Americans, a group called Amigos de Obama (of the Obama reggaeton fame), an organization not actually funded by Barack’s official campaign people, has created a series of mini telenovelas in an...

MondayOctober292007

Panama reggae “artist” Nigga (Yes, Nigga. You’d think brother wants to start some shit up or something) claims that reggaetón was stolen, appropriated, and commercialized by Puerto Ricans. He claims that reggaetón originated in Panama, influenced by the local...

WednesdayOctober242007

Wisin, the less-hot half of Zune-pushing Wisin y Yandel, had to be rushed from Miami to Puerto Rico after it was discovered that he is quite possibly infected with dengue fever. He’s currently hospitalized in Puerto Rico waiting for...

TuesdayOctober232007

Compounding on Microsoft’s Zune MP3 player’s “hip” factor, the company decided to release a “Limited-Edition” version pre-loaded with reggaeton. According to CNN: “The black, limited-edition Zune will come pre-loaded with the new Wisin y Yandel album, “Wisin vs. Yandel:...

WednesdayOctober032007

Here’s a clip from last night’s episode of “Cane”. We were totally comatose until “Daddy Yankee” made a cameo and sent us into a Reggaeton induced seizure by reciting the common formula of “papi”, “who’s your Daddy”, and “bom...

WednesdayOctober032007

Some time ago, we were severely chastised over our lack of familiarity with a certain Latino slang word. A quick poll around the office revealed that almost none of us had ever heard of it. Which made us wonder...

ThursdaySeptember272007

“Feel The Noise” is scheduled to test our patience sometime in October. Just when we thought Reggaeton’s persistence was deemed frivolous by everyone (kind of like Grunge music at the end of the 90’s), Hollywood decided to torture us...

FridaySeptember212007

This is 10 year-old Anthony Avila, also known by his stage name Little Anthony A., who has fallen into reggaeton’s dirty, smelly hole. The kid felt reggaeton was his calling when he first heard that catchy tune “Gasolina” by...

FridaySeptember142007

If you were to look up ‘bitter irony’ in the encyclopedia, you’d find this guy’s well-known mug staring back at you. Tego Calderón, the reggaetón equivalent of Snoop Dogg since landing at least one movie role we know of,...

WednesdayJuly112007

Fortunately, we’re mayor-free today. • Four hundred fifty words on the gender complexities of reggaeton. Whatever, it still sucks. [Reggeatona] • A Hispanic, U.S. Army soldier who was supposed to go to Iraq today robbed a store in his...

WednesdayJune202007

Remember this animation? Hailed as the ‘Puerto Rican Barney’ in some circles, the purple abomination above doesn’t bear any real resemblance to that annoying dinosaur our cousins used to watch incessantly. But at least he isn’t afraid to drop...

WednesdayJune132007

Praise the lords of pop music! A fresh report from the Chicago Tribune’s Metromix notes how the popularity of reggaetón is waning these days, leaving the Latino hip-hop genre on life support. The article then speculates whether the two...

ThursdayJune072007

Well what do we have here? Obama-inspired Reggaetón! A little tip arrived this morning about a new site called Amigos de Obama, an adulatory Puerto Rican shrine to presidential candidate Barack Obama. Entering the site immediately releases an infectious...

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