The Greatest Years in Reggaeton and Hip Hop En Español Top 5
The Top 10 Best Years in Urbano History and The 5 Worst #5 1999/2001 (tie) 1999 This year was almost dystopian. 1999 was such a fantastic year for those us that truly know and love Reggaeton and Hip Hop en Español. 1999 did feel like sort of a dystopian year, kinda like the end of the 80’s up until 1992 and the L.A riots. Only it seemed like we were being destroyed by corporate consumerist culture and the eventual dot com bubble was its inevitable correction. Reggaeton and Spanish Rap were on the cusp of a change. In Rap from Spain and South America, social consciousness was at its peak but they began to expand sonically and fuse Rap with brand new sounds. Latin Rap was becoming more eclectic. Meanwhile in Puerto Rico, tiraera dominated Rap as much as Social Consciousness. I think a peak example is Vico C dissing Cavalucci in Playero 41 part 2 this year. Bailoteo was still around for Reggaeton but it may have been at its all time p...