WHAT IS CARIBBEAN CONNECTION?
"Caribbean Connection" presents the historical merge that links artists from the reggae and reggaeton scene.
The reggaeton from Puerto Rico, musical genre that is monopolizing the musical panorama, now will come to countries where it is still unknown.
"Caribbean Connection" (New Era Entertainment/VI Music/Machete Music) it is a masterpiece that will let the public learn the origins of reggae and its influences in reggaeton. "Caribbean Connection" presents an impressive mixture of Caribbean’s sounds and pretends clarify the rumored conflicts and competition among both famous musical genres. This new album features the best exponents of Puerto Rico’s reggaeton with famous artists of reggae coming from Jamaica, Barbados, Cuba and Dominican Republic. Creating a unique merge of the Caribbean that will make history.
The reggaeton from the Island of Delight (Puerto Rico) was born from the influence of Jamaica’s reggae. The reggae movement has climbed up to countries like Europe, Asia and Japan, places that until now just a few exponents of the Puerto Rican reggaeton are notorious.
But now with the album "Caribbean Connections", the artist of reggaeton will be lead hand to hand by the artists of reggae already known in this countries, where surely, they will impose the only and incomparable style.
"Caribbean Connections" present singers from the old school reggaeton rhythm as Vico C, the international height of Daddy Yankee, Don Omar and Wisin & Yandel; famous reggaeton singers as Julio Voltio, Angel & Khriz, Zion & Lennox, Héctor " The Father", Eddie Dee, Alexis & Fido, Baby Rasta, between others performers of reggae as Bennie Man, Cuban Link, Wayne Wonder and many more.
The producer of this new album, Nelson Gustavo Colón, consider this moment a strategically term to create a compilation of this height and caliber. Colón is in the entertainment business since 1992, and as he states, now that reggaeton has scale to many countries of Latin America and some of Europe, but with “Caribbean Connections” they will travel to unthought-of of cities. Now the reggaeton will be produce to hit worldwide. To be able to join so much artistic talent this record production took one year and a half to be created. The recording was made using studios in Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and in cities of United States as New York, Miami and Orlando [Florida]. A group of engineers, mostly Grammy’s winners and nominated were in charge of the engineering for this album. Also they appeared as producers recognized Luny Tunes, Eliel, Echo, Nelly, Tycoon, Nesty, Delano, Urba and Monserrate, between others.
"Caribbean Connections" for sure will impose a style in the music and this album will be an important event in the industry. But more than anything, it is the impressive and important artist’s fuse that will not only elevate the name of Puerto Rico and Jamaica, but also will exalt the name of the Caribbean.
HISTORY OF REGGEATON:
Reggaeton (also spelled Reggaetón, and known as Reguetón and Reggaetón in Spanish) is a form of urban music which became popular with Latin American (or Latino) youth during the early 1990s and spread over the course of 10 years to North American, European, Asian, and Australian audiences. Originating in Panama, Reggaeton blends Jamaican music influences of reggae and dancehall with those of Latin America, such as bomba, plena, merengue, and bachata as well as that of hip hop and Electronica. The music is also combined with rapping or singing in Spanish, English or 'Spanglish'. Reggaeton has given the Hispanic youth, starting with those from Panama, a musical genre that they can consider their own. The influence of this genre has spread to the wider Latino communities in the United States, as well as the Latin American audience. While it takes influences from hip hop and Jamaican dancehall, it would be wrong to define reggaeton as the Hispanic or Latino version of either of these genres; Reggaeton has its own specific beat and rhythm, whereas Latino hip hop is simply hip hop recorded by artists of Latino descent. The specific rhythm that characterizes reggaeton is referred to as “Dem Bow.” The name is a reference to the title of the dancehall song by Shabba Ranks that first popularized the beat in the early 1990s. Reggaeton's origins represent a hybrid of many different musical genres and influences from various countries in the Caribbean, Latin America and the United States. The genre of reggaeton however is most closely associated with Puerto Rico, as this is where the musical style later popularized and became most famous, and where the vast majority of its current stars originate from.
Reggaeton lyrics tend to be more derived from hip hop than dancehall. Like hip hop, reggaeton has caused some controversy, albeit much less, due to explicit and violent lyrics, and alleged exploitation of women. Further controversy surrounds perreo, a dance with explicit sexual overtones which is associated with reggaeton music.
The name reggaeton only gained prominence in the mid-1990s (from the 1994 to 1995 period), with the Dem Bow beat characterizing the genre; this is in contrast to the more reggae, dancehall and hip hop-derived tracks previously created. The name was created in Puerto Rico to signify the hybrid sound, and distinguish it from the previous Spanish reggae, created from the years of mixing the different genres. Today, the music flourishes throughout Latin America.
HISTORY OF DANCEHALL:
Dancehall is a type of Jamaican popular music which developed around the late 70's, with exponents such as Yellowman and Shabba Ranks. It is also known as bashment.
The style is characterized by a deejay singing and rapping or toasting over raw and danceable music riddims. The rhythm in dancehall is much faster than in reggae, sometimes with drum machines replacing acoustic sets. It may be the predecessor of Hip Hop. In the early years of dancehall, some found its lyrics crude and bawdy ("slack"), particularly because of its sexual tones, popular among youths in Jamaica. Like its reggae predecessor it eventually made inroads onto the world music scene.
Dancehall emerged in the 1980's; most of the creative output can be credited to studio musicians Steely & Clevie along with the handful of producers they collaborated with. They created the music for many of the riddims that the genre was based on. The decade saw the arrival of a new generation of deejays, most distinct were the harder edged, such as Ninjaman, Flourgon, General Trees, Tiger, Admiral Bailey, Supercat, Yellowman, Tenor Saw, Shelly Thunder, Reggie Stepper, Shabba Ranks, Johnny P, Peter Metro, Charlie Chaplin, Cutty Ranks, and Papa San to name a few. To complement their sound, a "Sweet Sing" vocal style evolved out of roots reggae and R&B, marked by its falsetto and almost feminine intonation, with proponents like Pinchers, Cocoa Tea, Sanchez, Conroy Smith, Courtney Melody, Carl Meeks, and Barrington Levy. It is important to note that a lot of established reggae singers like Gregory Isaacs, Militant Barry, Johnny Osbourne and U-Roy transitioned into dancehall.
In the early 90s, songs like Dawn Penn's "No, No, No", Shabba Ranks "Mr. Loverman", and Chaka Demus and Pliers' "Murder She Wrote" became some of the first dancehall megahits in the U.S. and abroad. Various other varieties of dancehall achieved crossover success outside of Jamaica during the mid-to-late 1990s. Tanya Stephens gave a unique female voice to the genre in the 90s.1990-1994 saw the entry of artists like Buju Banton, Bounty Killer, Shaggy, Spragga Benz, Capleton, and Beenie Man and a major shift in the sound of Dancehall, brought on by the introduction of a new generation of producers and for better or for worse, the end of Steely & Clevie's stranglehold on riddim production.
In the late 1990s, many practitioners like Buju Banton and Capleton returned to the Rastafari movement and changed their lyrical focus to "consciousness", a reflection of the spiritual underpinnings of Rastafari.
The early 2000s saw the success of newer charting acts such as Elephant Man and Sean Paul. Currently, Sean Paul has achieved mainstream success within the United States and has produced several Top 10 Billboard hits, including "We Be Burnin'", "Get Busy", "Temperature" and the 2006 single "Give It Up To Me". VP Records dominates the dancehall music market with Sean Paul, Elephant Man, and Buju Banton. VP often has partnered with major record labels like Atlantic and Island in an attempt to further expand their distribution potential particularly in the U.S. market.
Caribbean Connection is…
1. Caribbean Connection – “Intro”
Producer: Diesel
2. Daddy Yankee feat. Bounty Killer – “Controlando El Area”
Producer: Diesel
3. Don Omar feat. Inner Circle – “Fly Away”
Producer: Eliel
4. Wisin & Yandel feat. Rupee – “Damelo Mami”
Producer: Nesty
5. Varon feat. Barrington Levi – “Don't Turn Off the Light”
Producer: Borinquen Beats Deli
6. Arcangel y Delaghetto feat. Mr Easy – “Movimiento Reptil”
Producer: Urba y Monserrate
7. Voltio feat. Turbulence – “Don’t Stay Away From the Sunshine”
Producer: Nesty
8. Vico C feat. Tok – “OG”
Producer: Borinquen Beats Deli
9. Zion & Lennox feat. Elephant Man – “Latinas”
Producer: Nelly
10. Gocho feat. Notch – “Caribeña”
Producer: Diesel
11. Angel & Khriz feat.Wayne Wonder – “Dance”
Producer: Mambo King
12. Héctor El Father feat. Cecile – “Up in the Club”
Producer: Tainy
13. Eddie Dee feat. Sasha – “Black or White”
Producer: Mambo Kingz
14. Franco El Gorilla feat. Sanchez – “Millennium Anthem”
Producer: Urba y Monserrate
15. Yagga & Mackie feat. Sizzla – “I Still Be Loving You”
Producer: Nesty
