The Noise

In the mid-’90s a Puerto Rican collective of DJs, rappers, and producers called the Noise hosted a long-lasting group of club nights in San Juan which were crucial to the development and popularization of reggaeton. The metropolitan design of Latin music, which increased to industrial prominence roughly ten years afterwards, was forged during the period of a couple of years, from 1992, when the Sound began hosting membership nights. Originally the membership served being a place where DJs and club-goers could appreciate rap, dancehall reggae, and tropical designs popular at that time, especially merengue/merenhouse. Vico C, the rap en español pioneer, was an integral influence, as had been Panamanians such as for example Pocho Skillet, Nando Growth, and especially Un General, who have been already melding collectively Spanish-language reggae with Latin dance rhythms. A Shabba Rates song from enough time, “Dem Bow,” made by Bobby “Digital” Dixon in 1991, was especially influential, because of its riddim was basically the prototype for your of reggaeton. This song’s impact was compounded by “Boy Bow,” a Spanish-language cover by Un General. Beginning around 1994 the Sound DJs (DJ Negro, DJ Nelson, DJ David, DJ Tony Contact) began offering up riddims for the collective’s rappers, who perform reside in the golf club. The Sound Live, released stateside in 1997, is an excellent display: a 20-tiny track recorded reside in the golf club, with plenty of viewers participation. Furthermore, several additional Noise-related CDs had been also released stateside in 1997 because of Home of Music, a short-lived self-employed label that got a making and distribution cope with Sony Discos. Besides studio-recorded mixtapes like the Best Greatest Strikes and The Sound, Vol. 2, there have been a few single albums by well-known Sound cantantes such as for example Don Chezina (Bien Guillao de Gangster), Baby Rasta & Gringo (Live Desde un Mas Allá), and Ivy Queen (En Mi Imperio). Following Sound releases adopted, via J&N Information aswell as Home of Music, although collective had lengthy since dissolved by enough time of The Sound, Vol. 10: THE FINAL Sound (2004). By that point, some of the Sound artists had opted on to obtain worldwide popularity, notably Baby Rasta, Ivy Queen, and DJ Nelson. Various other Sound associates to attain some degree of fame were Todas las Guanabanas, Baby Rates, Stage Breakers, Trebol Clan, DJ Negro, and Tony Contact.