We listen to the upbeat, repetitive and bass heavy sounds of the dembow genre this episode. This relatively new music genre from the Dominican Republic, named after a Shabba Ranks song and modeled after its beat, has its stylistic origins in the Jamaican genre of dancehall and is similar to reggaeton but much faster! If you understand Spanish at all or Dominican slang, you'll appreciate the witty humor that is present in many of these songs (which Jen attempts to translate in the episode at some points but her Spanish isn't the best). Thanks for listening and send us any suggestions for future episodes :)
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Sources consulted:
*Please note: I use Wikipedia as a base for my research, making sure to look at the sources, and then I look for additional articles, books, documentaries, etc. :)
- Dominican dembow - Wikipedia
- Getting to Know Genre’s: Dembow
- The Rise Of Dominican Dembow | TIDAL Magazine
- Women Rule Dembow Music — Even Amid The Industry's Rampant Sexism & Racism
Playlist of songs:
- Dem Bow - Shabba Ranks
- Pepe - Doble T y El Crok Los Pepes
- De Lo Mio - Monkey Black
- Si Tu Quiere Dembow - Pablo Diddy
- Tarzan - El Alfa
- Demaga Ge Gi Go Gu - El Alfa, Bad Bunny
- Se Acabó la Cuarantena - Jowell & Randy, Kiko el Crazy
- Tienes Que Pagar - Gailen La Moyeta
- Bobolonga - El Experimento
- Delincuente - Tokischa, Anuel AA, Ñengo Flow
- Perra - J Balvin, Tokischa
- Linda - Tokischa, ROSALÍA
- Singamo - Tokischa, Yomel El Meloso, Paulus Music, Leo RD
- Gogo Dance - El Alfa, Chael Produciendo
- La Mama de la Mama - El Alfa, Chael Produciendo, CJ, El Cherry Scom
- Tukuntazo - Tokischa, El Cherry Scom, Haraco Kiko
- Que Calor - Major Lazer, J Balvin, El Alfa, Diplo
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