Why aren't Jamaican Dancehall artists blowing up like spanish reggaeton artists have the past year?

[⠀X ⠀]

Dancehall got wack a few years back

A lot of the big DJs are latino

 

[Somebody]

To tell you the truth I really don't know but can only speculate that it's due to a couple factors. Skin color and marketability to name a few. I don't listen to reggaeton trash so I dunno who from who in that realm but may God curse them for jacking and bastarizing the reggae genre

u say real ass shyt, but iono why u ALWAYS gotta do it old testament style

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

Shiiiiit being 16 17 with this in your headphones walking down the hallway
looking like
Its good this aint make it heavy n the US bodies woulda dropped.

Movado would have you tearing up ready to buss shots n shyt like "aiiiiiiii . anywaaaaaaay

 

[Poh SIti Dawn]

shyt @ThiefyPoo this what iwas looking for. drop some links 2

 

[fortheblessings]

Dancehall is too raw, and patois is almost another language. They influenced UK a lot, kids which aren't even Jamaican be making dancehall , and afrobeats here.

 

[djfilthyrich]

LOL! I'd like to know because raggaeton is horrid, and stagnant itself

I gotta disagree with the statement that reggaeton is stagnant itself, because regardless of if ppl like reggaeton or not, the genre is becoming more 'diverse' in it's sound than before. It's not solely relying on the 'dembow' riddim/drums....they began using more hybrids, like tropical house, trap hip hop, pop. Not to mention that there are more latinos than caribbean ppl in North America, so there's a bigger audience for the music.

 

[RennisDeynolds]

That's why i made this thread. I hear so much about the music, but nobody posting actual new artists not named Vybz, Popcaan, or Mavado.

but . Come on Coli brehs put us on

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

it's all about fukk up the pump pum....

you acting like the females don't feed into it to. Look at spice she deadass FORCES it

 

[OvOxO]

The latin american population is way larger on a whhole.
Both music genres are under heavy rap/trap influence point blank period.
The narrative of dancehall doesnt coincidence with the lgbt agenda.
Dancehall slang changes rapidly and most listeners dont have means to stay current or aware.
Patois in and of itself is hard to understand to foreigners when you speak fast, imagine toasting. (Aidonia)

TBH.. It depends on where you at. Cause down here that Latin america shyt gets no play unless you specifically go to a spanish bar.

 

[AkilinaArina]

I agree with this but I also think that dancehall is just stagnant in general. Vybz Kartel had a big song this summer with "fever" which had an authentic dancehall sound I just think that riddims and songs just aren't being made as frequently as they use to be. There's a lot of infighting happening in the genre and vybz Kartel is locked up he's the one who kinda kept the ball rolling and competition going for the genre.

it's not about being light skinned. Elephant Man, Beenie Man, Patra, Wayne Wonder and many similar looking types had crossover hits in the USA. The real key IMO is for the dancehall artists to have a more hybrid sound so it appeals to americans ears. Something like R&B type singing-hooks (beenie man and wayne wonder) or even hiphop'ish type influenced beats-riddims (patra and elephant man). Sean Paul, Shaggy and Damian all would take advantage of those hybrid sounds. ut's called reggae-fusion

 

[AkilinaArina]

Tell them bout that early 2000 era breh .

Lyrics were potent to me that's the best dancehall era .

So manny good riddims and everyone was eating .

Anytime a song from the early 2000s plays it's as if Ive physically been taken back to that great time period

 

[Cynic]

I always thought it was cause dancehall artists be having them graphic ass "inna yah pum pum" lyrics that white people at

STOP IT.... Cacs will sing to sweat drip from my balls without a single care

 

[AkilinaArina]

There's a reason why cardi b who is Spanish and West Indian said that vybz kartel is her favorite artist of all time he led the genre and kinda made it what it is in a modern sense. Imagine if in the 90s Shaba ranks got locked up for ten years that would've changed the sound and the process (though the 90s had so many notable acts and influence with great sounds so I don't think dancehall would've suffered as much as modern day dancehall). New artists like Alkaline and chronix are great but I do miss when Kartel was out, producers would make so many riddims to keep up with his writing abilities since he wrote so many songs at a time. I don't think reggaeton is as big it's just having it's time at the moment. Reggaeton is the one genre that I cannot respect it's based to heavily on whatever black people like yet their culture is so anti black. Reggaeton is Spanish reggae and now they're doing Spanish trap. I blame their relevance on the growing Spanish population in America.

 

[AB Ziggy]

Dancehall is too raw, and patois is almost another language. They influenced UK a lot, kids which aren't even Jamaican be making dancehall , and afrobeats here.

i heard that shyt about some of your artists mixing in dancehall and Afrobeats with grime recently across the pond. But i never got to properly check it out.

Care to throw in a few joints?

 

[Cynic]

Cuz Carribeans dont fukk with faggits. That Summer Damian Marley was hot with Welcome to Jamrock ..Elephant Man with his Mainstream run..Busy Signal was killing it..
but my favorite

Reminds of this song ....