REBROADCAST: ‘Loud’ Podcast Highlights the History of Reggaeton

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🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 57 minutes

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This is an encore presentation of Forum: The story of reggaeton music is layered and complex, and, according to reggaeton pioneer Ivy Queen, “the real story of reggaeton is about la resistencia. Resistance.” Queen is also the narrator of the new podcast “Loud” by Spotify and Futuro Studios, which gives reggaeton the documentary treatment and explores its nuances. “Loud” journeys through reggaeton’s origins in Jamaican dancehall to Panamanian reggae in español to “las calles” of Puerto Rico to New York and beyond. Once criminalized in Puerto Rico in the ‘90s and early aughts, reggaeton is now one of the most popular genres in the world -- reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny was Spotify’s most-streamed artist in 2020. We’ll take a critical look at reggaeton’s origins and evolution, from its dancehall roots to the massive pop presence it has today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.
1:07.0	Diasporic, multilingual, compulsively danceable, wildly popular.
1:11.3	It's reggaeton day here on the show.
1:13.8	In some ways, this is a cosmic music created through the intermingling and reimagining of reggae and hip-hop
1:19.5	in the Afro-Latin communities of the Americas.
1:22.5	The beat is instantly recognizable and deceptively simple, but the story of its creation reveals a complex web of American
1:29.5	colonial power, anti-blackness, political resistance, and raunchy fun. So sit back, or maybe
1:35.4	actually stand up, and get ready for the most fun history lesson you're likely to encounter,
1:39.8	featuring Bay Area musical artists Los Racas and Laonia. That's next on Forum, after this news.
1:46.1	We like this segment so much.
1:47.9	This is an encore presentation.
1:49.6	Enjoy.
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