Cuba Banned Reggaeton and People Are Surprisingly OK with That

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Cuba Banned Reggaeton and People Are Surprisingly OK with That - Global - The Atlantic Wire

The raunchy Latin genre known as reggaeton won't be soundtracking Cuban parties anymore. At least not legal ones. And that's... OK? Officials in Cuba have banned the music for its "aggressive, sexually obscene lyrics," which portray women as "grotesque sexual objects," with reactions coming from every direction.

The Cuban Music Institute's Orlando Vistel Columbié says the government will stamp out any music that runs against the country's revolutionary culture. "We are not just talking about reggaeton," Vistel said in an interview with the party-owned newspaper Granma. "But it is also true that reggaeton is the most notorious." Musicians peddling such lewd material will be dropped from official registries. Radio and television stations are also being pressured to avoid programming reggaeton. "We are in the process of purging music catalogues with the aim of eradicating practises that, in their content, stray from the legitimacy of Cuban popular culture," says Vistel. He also fired a shot at the music's production values, just for kicks, calling it "the poorest quality music."

Vistel isn't the only one who reviles reggaeton, and online reaction has been weirdly supportive of Cuba's plans:

Most@MrSpradley
Cuba's banning reggaeton... They said it's a mediocre form of artistic expression. I'm not at all a fan of censorship... but I mean...
6 Dec 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite
Tom Ziller@teamziller
I appreciate Cuba's rationale for banning reggaeton. Wish America could get stuff that demeans women + is poor quality banned.
7 Dec 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite
andrew beatty@AndrewBeatty
Censorship we can all support MT @nytjim: #Cuba outlaws regggaeton. Says it demeans women + "the poorest quality music" bit.ly/WLUgoY
7 Dec 12 ReplyRetweetFavorite
Hmm, we wonder if these tweets are tongue-in-cheek. Dirty, hypersexualized, macho party music might not be everyone's cup of tea, but are we really down with censorship now?

Those paying attention to reggaeton's precarious hold on Cuba won't be surprised by the ban. Officials denounced the hit song "Chupi Chupi" last year, saying that it "put the soul of the nation in the balance." Reggaeton artists like Daddy Yankee have defended their music against charges that it objectifies women, though. Reggaeton is still very much legal in countries like Puerto Rico, Panama, and the Dominican Republic, where the music thrives. And it's still legal in the U.S., of course, so keep grinding in the free world:

 

[Bud Bundy]

they still communist?

 

[newarkhiphop]

smh shame on them for helping push decency towards there women

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

Reggaeton should be banned globally.

 

[Julius Skrrvin]

i dont see how this is tenable

 

[theworldismine13]

:sadnore:

 

[OneManGang]

I hate reggaeton with every ounce of my fiber (except when bad mamis is grinding to it )...but i am not a fan of censorship of expression and ideas.

 

[newworldafro]

How have the reggaeton producers not managed to come up with a different beat in like 10 years...................... ..................what are they doing with this music???

With that said....I'm not feeling the banning of music.....just wrong......................right, there a dictatorship without a Constitutional right to free speech..........hmmmm.........

 

[The War Report]

Old school Raggaeton is ten times better than that commercialized basura.

smh shame on them for helping push decency towards there women

My dude, you need to stop frontin.

 

[Cuban Pete]

Old school Raggaeton is ten times better than that commercialized basura.

back in the days of el general when they called that shyt 'underground' style

 

[True Weltch Media]

How have the reggaeton producers not managed to come up with a different beat in like 10 years...................... ..................what are they doing with this music???

With that said....I'm not feeling the banning of music.....just wrong......................right, there a dictatorship without a Constitutional right to free speech..........hmmmm.........

Try telling them that all the beats sound the same and u get the


Same dembow loops over and over again

 

[Tres Leches]

how bout the instrumentals?

 

[Metta World Movement]

LOL @ caring about the banning of a genre of music in which damn near every song sounds the same

 

[Type Username Here]

Can't believe people are in here advocating banning music and speech because they happen not to like it.

 

[Dusty Bake Activate]

smh shame on them for helping push decency towards there women

Lol...isn't this the dude that interviews porn stars and posts pics of naked bytches and porn links all over JBO?