Long before the ultra-polished Bad Bunny and Drake collaborations, before Diplo crashed the baile funk party and made millions, these genres were defined by experimentation—by scrappy sampling techniques, by off-the-cuff freestyling, by the movement and displacement of Afro-diasporic sounds and their people. It is the soundtrack of struggle and joy. Across all its styles, these scenes have sparked important conversations on racism and classism, igniting targeted suppression campaigns in Puerto Rico, censorship bans from governments in Colombia and the Dominican Republic, and beyond. Women have criticized urbano, denouncing their objectification in lyrics and videos. But not unlike other genres where misogyny has reared its head, women artists like Ivy Queen have challenged those narratives for decades—and are still fighting for change today. While these include chart-toppers and social milestones, our writers also wanted to document an alternate history of these movements—one that shines some light on its black, queer, feminist, and political origins and futures, in the hopes of highlighting some of the voices who are often pushed out of the mainstream. Our selection of songs is by no means definitive, but rather a curated introduction to a complex and ever-changing movement.
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Nando Boom: “Ellos Benia” (1991)
This article lists songs about New York City , which are either set there or named after a location or feature of the city. It is not intended to include songs where New York is simply "name-checked" along with other cities. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia list article. This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
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The music of New York City is a diverse and important field in the world of music. It is the birthplace of hip hop , boogaloo , doo wop , bebop , New York punk rock , and US new wave. It's also the birthplace of salsa music , born from a fusion of Cuban and Puerto Rican influences that came together in New York's Latino neighborhoods in the s. The city's culture, a melting pot of nations from around the world, has produced vital folk music scenes such as Irish-American music and Jewish klezmer. Beginning with the rise of popular sheet music in the early 20th century, New York's Broadway musical theater , and Tin Pan Alley 's songcraft , New York has been a major part of the American music industry. Music author Richie Unterberger has described the New York music scene, and the city itself, as " i mmense, richly diverse, flashy, polyethnic, and engaged in a never-ending race for artistic and cosmopolitan supremacy.
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