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This week’s Sunday Bashment is Josephine Johnny. Now if you grew up hearing bounce music then you already know what it is. Bounce music is this super hype music from New Orleans, Louisiana. The music is described as call and response or rhythmic beats. Basically what that means is the rapper will say your ward/project “ninth ward, iberville, west bank, up town, calliope” or where ever and you shout back in response or dance. If you listen to this early 90s track, you can hear some of the same rhymes from juvenile’s smash hit “back that thang up” especially like the big fines and stuff.

Some of the most memorable lines are “Wash your ***** do it well, use summer’s eve or vagisal”, “ima take you to my house lay you down on my bed, you a big fine woman like dem braids in yo head”, “when you see this anaconda baby don’t you get scared” just to name a few.

This week’s Sunday Bashment comes from Shakira, Nothing more needs to be said. This video/song were HUGE. This was part of that early 2000s Latin wave that Jlo, Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Paulina Rubio, Daddy Yankee and others rode. We’re talking about established stars in their own right who successfully crossed over to the America market and became mainstays. To say I love this song is an understatement. This song/album taught me how to speak Spanish for that i will forever be grateful. Shakira was blonde, but exotic, slight in stature but powerful and charismatic in her movements. Needless to say Shakira had a 10+ year reign with HUGE mega hits, la tortura, suerte, waka waka, hips don’t lie, etc. Enjoy!!

Daddy Yankee “Gasolina” what better way to celebrate Hispanic Heritage month than with this track. Now many of you guys who are reading this grew up hearing this song. Doesn’t matter if you were Hispanophone or not, you at least knew “ella le gusta la gasolina, dame ma gasolina” The song is basically about a girl who likes to hang out/have a good time (these girls are called “desacata” in Spanish or “down to f***” for the uninitiated). The meaning of the song honestly could go either way. If you were young and didn’t grow up listening to reggaeton you may think “maybe this girl drives a gas guzzler and has to constantly fill up her take” or maybe you knew better. Either way this track was HUGE in the states, in Europe and in Latin America and arguably launched Daddy Yankee’s career as a mega-star. Since then Yankee has gone on to work with Mega stars like Jlo, Marc Anthony and Wisin y Yandel, pero this track started it all

 

Keeping with this common theme of Hispanic Heritage month our next Sunday Bashment song is none other than “Oye mi canto” by Nore, Nina Sky, Big Mato, Daddy Yankee & Gem Star. To say i loved this song is an understatement. We used to go off to this song!! Growing up listening to dancehall music and then hearing reggaeton music as we got older it was just a natural evolution. The video is full of huge talent from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. This is back when Daddy Yankee was a star, but still on the rise. He was very well known back home in PR obviously pero, not super well known in the states outside of the Hispanic community. This track along with several others from him sealed the deal. Everyone in the states knew who NORE was (well, if they were into NY rap) so he brought a certain American hardness and “gangsterness” to the whole affair. Nina Sky had “Move ya body” so they were on the rise and looking to follow that up with another smash. Great song, great vibe, super heavy como dicen en el DR. Que gozen!!

This week’s Sunday Bashment comes from the rapper/singer Fuego @FuegoFBM. The Domican-American singer has been on the scene for awhile, he’s definitely been making moves since he signed to Pitbull’s Mr. 305 imprint. His most recent tune is “cuando suena el bling” this song is Fuego’s take on Drake’s “Hotline Bling”. Here are some of my favourite lines:

“Antes tu me llamabas el iphone cuando necesitaba [sic] amor” (you used to call me on my iphone when you needed love)

“Se que cuando suena el bling, tengo que pasar por alli” (I know when I hear that bling, I gotta get over there)

“Desde que me fue baby tu tu tu, ya casi no hablabamos. te me hace[sic] sentir como el malo. este novio nuevo calmalo.” (Since you left me baby, You you you…. we hardly ever talk. you make me feel like the bad guy. your new boyfriend? tell him to chill)