The entire genre of reggaeton is built on a single beat, a syncopated but militaristic drum pattern known as the dembow riddim. Over the past few decades, reggaeton has emerged from a regional Spanish ...

No matter how much you know about reggaeton, it’s likely that you are familiar with that unmistakable two-bar loop: boom ch-boom-chick. That sound is colloquially known as a dembow riddim, one of the ...

The lawsuit that could significantly impact the past and future of reggaeton music will proceed to trial as a judge denied the majority of motions to dismiss the legal action involving the oft-sampled ...

The instrumental track "Fish Market" by Jamaican duo Steeely & Clevie is at the center of a copyright infringement lawsuit against dozens of Reggaeton artists. (YouTube via Courthouse News) LOS ...

Dembow riddim, cumbia, and reggaetón at Club Space? It’s unusual for Club Space to depart from the ironclad techno or festive tech-house for too long. But Miami’s ecosystem of young producers who aim ...

The instrumental track "Fish Market" by Jamaican duo Steeely & Clevie is at the center of a copyright infringement lawsuit against dozens of Reggaeton artists. (YouTube via Courthouse News) LOS ...

Seemingly overnight, the once-niche genres of Latin trap and reggaetón have moved to the forefront of pop, with reggaetón's driving, Jamaican dembow-influenced riddim and Latin trap's Southern… By ...

Our first playlist covering the sounds of Latin America includes a dembow diss track, a sophisticated take on 3Ball and some Chilean synth pop Dominican dembow, an interpolation of rap, mambo, and the ...