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October 05, 2007

Reggaeton takes centre stage in Jennifer Lopez music movie

By: J. Koni

j_lo_&_omarion.jpgJennifer Lopez has produced a movie starred by current R&B hotshot Omarion, which infuses rap, reggae, dancehall and bomba; the combination which is known to create the reggaeton sound.

The movie titled, "Feel the Noise" infuses the scenes with a vibrant music in the background. The story features a youth (Omarion) who has ambitions of becoming a rap star and is faced with adversity. In the opening scene, he ends up in jail and is then sent to Puerto Rico to where his father lives; a man he does not know. He's dealing with a lot of issues inside of him, but finds solace in this new sound, reggaeton.

The movie is one that will appeal to young people especially and Omarion hopes it will have the impact intended. "No matter what barriers there are and no matter what's in front of you, you conquer your dreams! I want young people and everyone to take that from this, because sometimes people feel like it's too late. And it's never too late to follow your dreams," he told reporters.

In related news, the singer is about to release "The Face Off" album featuring fellow young sensation, Bow Wow. "We went on four 'sold out' tours back-to-back, before we did 'Let Me Hold You,' which was a Top Five single. We just feel like this is a great opportunity for our fans to merge. We both could’ve done our own solo albums, but we wanted to do something different and exciting."

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Posted by yardFlex at October 5, 2007 01:55 PM

Comments

Posted by: sash on October 5, 2007 02:55 PM

I can't wait to see this movie, I think it's gonna be sold out movie.

Posted by: sarah on October 5, 2007 04:51 PM

I hope it is, cause I know I'm going to see it

Posted by: Wade Cameron on October 5, 2007 05:03 PM

Seems like di music a go tek off, but how comes dem nuh do a ting on reggae music since Jamaica is the center piece of all these other music. Jamaica need fi do a ting so di people can see the influence of reggae and danchall music on the rest of da world.

Posted by: cindy on October 6, 2007 08:13 AM

Boy oh boy here we go again REGGAETONE. I am going to curse right now. First me ain't no dam or should i say bombaclarrrrrrrt Jamaican but me tired of having to speak up for unno. JAMAICANS KNOW YOU Bombaclart history nuh. Unno always ah talk bout reggae and dancehall ah unno own. REGGAETONE are unno own too stop let dem set a roaches call Spanish people walk and talk and tek way unno music.

For de last time REGGAETONE was invented by KARL MILLER. KARL wherever u dey come back to de music scene no body hear from you since 2000-1. I personally know you got fed up with the business and left it. Come back and claim your rights.

And for unno who nah nuh unno history KARL MILLER used to work with VP, New York look pon di Strictly the Best dem 3,4 up to about 13 I believe then he left VP and went to do him own thing. He also did Sizzla's Black Woman and Child pon him own label when he left VP.

The first person KARL voiced on Reggaetone was El General of Panama at that time he called the music SPANISH DANCEHALL then he changed it to REGGAETONE because he wanted to get away from the Spanish word. So when unno hear dem people ah claim it stop dem in dem dam tracks. Mi fed up of this shitttttt now.

So Yardflex and other reporters on Reggaetone do your homework too.

Posted by: Joi on October 6, 2007 10:15 AM

Sounds like the movie they were mentioning back in 2006 which didn't have any blacks star so they change it up. Reggae stands by itself, all the mention music influence is all created in JAMAICA except bomba. One can't create a new sub genre music that only has one influence from their country. There is hardly any bomba influence in TON music, it's mostly JAMAICAN STUFF. I think if they want to make a movie based on puerto rican music it should represent PR it should be about Plena, bomba,& salsa. Then Jamaica can make movies about all the music forms in jamaica and all the music form it help created. Lata!!!!!!!!!!!1

Posted by: petagaye28 on October 6, 2007 11:45 AM

Big up to the pioneers of Reggae/Dancehall that has created this artform and nurtured it so that it can be so influential on just about every other musical genre. My only bone of contention with those who choose to borrow from from Reggae/Dancehall and popular Jamaican culture, they tend to be very few who give credit to the creaters and true pioneers of this art form. I have seen so many Music videos of Reggaeton Artists and I may have seen one that was actually filmed in JA titled "Chilling" and 2 or 3 others that mentioned Jamaica in their songs. People tend to mirror your perception of yourself. Reggae/Dancehall is celebrated the world over but I don't think Jamaicans in general is as appreciative of this artform as we should be. This is our baby and I think it is in our best interest to celebrate this beautiful genre and really lend our enthusiasm and support to the artists that are being true to our music and culture. If we do not appreciate us -Who will? nuff love family.

Posted by: steven on October 8, 2007 04:27 AM

It so good

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