“Los Zeros” style is eclectic

It’s getting late in the decade, and we don’t even have a proper name for it. There is a strong sense of how we think of pop music history in terms of “the ’70s,” “the ’80s,” and even “the ’90s,” and Latin music has its parallel moments – think the Fania All-Stars, Julio Iglesias, Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Juan Luis Guerra, the Buena Vista Social Club and, finally, Daddy Yankee. It’s time we locate contemporary Latin music trends in something called “Los Zeros.”

What characterizes the era of Los Zeros? One trend, urban pop, has its roots in the ’90s, when rap and dancehall en Español laid the groundwork for reggaetón. The influence of ’70s and ’80s styles such as reggae and post-disco R&B crept gradually into Latin music until a new hybrid of polyrhythmic Caribbean beats and slow-jam aesthetics created the urban pop sound. Now, what once seemed separate genres – hard-core reggaetón, romantic pop, salsa, merengue, cumbia and bachata – are all part of a new fusion.”*

*From: www.newsday.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

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