So I have a confession to make: I love reggaetón! I’m a high school Spanish teacher who loves to use music and dance in class. My students love Spanish music but their favorite has to be reggaetón which makes it easy for me to indulge them. The lyrics are not usually appropriate but man I can’t resist that dembow beat! You can’t help but move your body.
This playlist is a compilation of some of my favorite artists at the moment as well as a variety of ways to incorporate the dembow beat.
I started off with two female artists right now that are killing it: Becky G and Natti Natasha with Sin pijama. This song showcases both slower and faster dembow beats.
Bella by Wolfine has a slower beginning that builds the dembow beat and is a perfect summer song. This is followed by another slow reggaetón, Criminal, which features Natti Natasha again and one of my favorites Ozuna. Then in steps the always unique Bomba estéreo who evoke beach dance parties with their punchy delivery.
Mexican brother and sister duo Jesse and Joy usually deliver strong ballads but with 3 a.m. bring the dance party as they team up with the Cuban master collaborators Gente de zona. Next up features Afro-Latino group ChocQuibTown with their pumping Invencible.
To close out the set, I picked one of my favorites Nicky Jam with reggaetón master Wisin delivering the catchy Si tú la ves.
Throughout the set, listen for the different variations of the dembow beat: Taaaaa-ta-taa-ta
I dare you to not move your body cuando suena el dembow.
- Elaine
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