anyway, i’ve found that residente’s flow is so interesting and rhythmic, it doesn’t matter all that much to me that i can’t understand the vast majority of his lyrics. i wouldn’t really consider going to see any other “reggaeton” artists (maybe voltio), because i just don’t hear that same rhythm, voice, and flow. combined with visitante’s beats, and their overall aesthetic of pushing “urban” latin music in broader diasporic directions, i’m willing to live with the knowledge that i miss a lot of what they expouse via vocalization.

exactly. this is a similar process that most stories, tales and legends have gone through all over the globe since human speech and storytelling began. stories mutate and get re-adapted to fit the cultural, economic or creative needs of those using them in a given environment. this writer makes himself sound narrow because he has forgotten that up until fairly recently, stories were TOLD (usually for free)—not printed in 10s of languages and sold in more than a hundred countries all from one publishing entity, protected in the name of international (read: western) copyright law.

no wonder homegirl is richer than the queen.