El Gato Volador> Best Song Ever?!!

K, here´s the video.

http://www.tugueb.com/internet/entumail/archivos/gato_volador/

You won´t be able to resist, fools.

haha, this kind of music's called Reggaeton...pretty big in Puerto Rico, Panama, Miami, central America, etc...it's mostly one-off artists and singles, but the stuff's hilarious most of the time...look for the 'Reggaeton Sex' compilations in Soulseek...

oh, and d/l "El Maricon"...best laugh I've had in quite a few months

Actually...:D

I´m Puertorican. A couple of people here know that and of my ongoing battle with reggaeton. I don´t think this song quite falls under that category. The rhythm is very reminiscent of what used to be referred to as "underground", which is what eventually evolved into reggaeton.

Is this actually about a flying cat or is there some pun I don't get?

yeah I understand the words but must be missing the concept!

it is catchy though!

It REALLY is about a flying cat. Nothing else to it. But what really kills me:

"(Porquería de canción, ¿no?)"

HAHHAHAHHAHA...sorra. I´m having too much fun.

"By many accounts, reggaeton, which for years was sold with limited distribution by indie labels, is the biggest-selling genre on the island [of Puerto Rico].
But several developments during the past year have pushed the genre into mainstream Latin consciousness. Chief among them are the switch to less vulgar lyrics and a series of distribution deals between indie labels and major distributors.
. . ."To get on the radio, it can't be as aggressive," says DJ Oscar Cortez, aka DJ Kazzanova, who hosts a rap/reggaeton show on Spanish ACWCAA New York. "In Puerto Rico, the people who buy albums are women. And these rappers were only appealing to guys. So they started doing softer raps, about dancing. . . and the ladies started buying."
In addition, groups started dropping colloquial lyrics so that a larger cross-section of listeners could understand them.
"In the six years we've been around, we've stressed to oour artists the importance of not only changing the violent content of the lyrics but also having content all Hispanics can understand," de la Cruz says. "Our products have 95% clean lyrics. There's no need to be violent or aggressive toward women."
. . .Although the lyrics have been cleaned up, they are still rapped in Spanish, which has slowed acceptance of the genre on English-language rap stations. [Duh.]
. . .[T]he focus is on getting Latin rap onto mainstream Spanish-language stations. That process is being helped through collaborations with mainstream acts, like Akwid's with Jenni Rivera and Hector & Tito's with salsa star Victor Manuelle.

Bilboard, 8/23/2003, p. 1, 66.

I am at work and can't look at the video now.

. . ."To get on the radio, it can't be as aggressive," says DJ Oscar Cortez, aka DJ Kazzanova, who hosts a rap/reggaeton show on Spanish ACWCAA New York. "In Puerto Rico, the people who buy albums are women. And these rappers were only appealing to guys. So they started doing softer raps, about dancing. . . and the ladies started buying."

Judging from personal experience, I think that is to an extent inaccurate, I can assure you. And most reggaeton that sells within the island has little to no mainstream appeal, as it's of the ultraviolent variety, which is what the kids playing thugs eat all up.

(I just realized I totaly messed up the quotation format.)

Iz aight, foo.

Anyway, how dare you disagree with Bilboard?!

=:7D

I'm not even spelling Bilboard correctly.

Hey, anyone know whether the El Maricon song is titled "Puta Cabrona" or "Puta Cabrona Bellaca"? And is this the one where he says he's not gay, but he likes dick, too? Trying to fact-check the un-fact-checkable here...