Wu Latino popularity... how will it affect the wu?

[Mark]

The RZA has teamed up with Ray Acosta, former VP of Musica Latina and Marketing at UBO, to launch a new label, Wu-Tang Latino.

"Wu-Tang Latino is the perfect fusion between Hip-Hop and Reggaetone," Acosta, President of Wu-Tang Latino, told AllHipHop.com. "I felt it was necessary because we [as Latinos] love Hip-Hop but in the love for Hip-Hop, we were losing our culture. So I feel that this joint venture with RZA is the perfect solution because it's Hip-Hop and Reggaetone, but it's not too overwhelming from either side to where you don't know what you're listening to."

The label has already signed four artists who all plan on dropping albums next year.

“I am happy with the venture" artist/producer Rameses said. “I have been a fan of Hip-Hop since forever, so to team up with members of the Wu-Tang Clan and to be on a label that has the same vision for my music as I do, is incredible."

In addition to Rameses, artists Ruster, NP Killah, Shown Black and Gil will be some of the artists featured on the upcoming Wu-Tang Latino mixtape due out in August.

"We just want to bring everyone together." Acosta continued. “We want to create our own type of music on the East Coast, because we have Reggaetone, but the West coast has Regional Hip-Hop for Mexicans. Eventually I would like it all to be classified as Latino Hip-Hop to embrace us all."

Look out for the debut single from Rameses featuring Mef to be out as soon as next week.

[Mark]

[THE W]

but if you look back in time... when wu became really famous they kinda switched their direction... for example: take 36 chambers was grimey street cd... so was Tical... so was odb's first cd.. etc... then when wu made forever all hell broke loose they became famous and popular .. Ghostface had few pounds of jewelry on him.. they made more commercial songs, method mans cds became commercial, etc.... they changed their direction...


.

they went from making grimey hiphop to making contempary...hiphop, thats the difference. they changed their sound, not their genre.

la rhumba was hiphop with a latin twist, and it was far from a hit. raggaeton fans arent gonna go buy wu albums in droves even if they love the wu-latino shit so again the only thing thats gonna benefit from this venture is Rza's pockets....if its successful at all.

also, whats the deal with harlem 6? anyone know?

[WuBanga36]

It will help Wu more if it were projects in Hip Hop.

[TUCO]

im excited bout Wu-Latino being a latino and a reggeaton fan....i believe is RZA plays the cards right...it can blow up and compete against the heavy hitters....and get wu's name out there again with the latino audience...cause we know they got the black and white audience on lock...hes doin this cause up in NY, all latinos are drunk off reggeaton, lol...so hes tryin to win em back.....dont bash him......he may have a bad history with business moves but this one has more of a chance of workin out....especially if he's producing shit

peace

[7ess]

Ain't nothing wrong with wanting to make some money, Wu isn't dropping albums like they used to & I love Wu & I'm Latina so believe I'm hype & believe I'm not alone. I think spanish rap is all getting classified as Reggaeton & there's lots more flavas then just that...P.E.A.C.E.

[WHITE_MANTIS_AI]

wot bout dom pachino have u forgot bout him his latino and he actually makes hip hop

[Create]

yea so..... ^^

[windwalker]

also, whats the deal with harlem 6? anyone know?

i dunno the whole deal, but besides their "mixtape" album...


the main guy in the group... has his own album too...

[Golden_Armz]

I dunno man, i heard one new song on the site and its just that same beat shit....usually the mc's voice is horrible and the beat is whack, WU LATINO YES but WU REGGAETON......NO!

[Myzteree]

i look foward 4 dis shit

[chiba]

i think rza should help produce latin rappers
like how he did in europe
he produced some songs for german,french, and english groups
and they came out dope

like i said before reggaeton hasnt evolved yet coz its still new
the first successful latin reggae artist was "el general" and that was just plain reggae
(like buju banton, bennie man style) with spanish lyrics it sounded nothing like the reggeton now.
the reggaeton now according to most people have the same beat( or sounds the same),
i heard other reaggeton beats and they arn't that great.
so most ppl stick with the same formula ,they take the beat of a song thats
doing really well and they try to remix it to make it listenable.

maybe RZA could bring it to another level
it could either make him or break him

peace

[iron_slang]

A Ragga album with wu influence will do VERY WELL for Wu versatility & for the wu/bass culture cat like me that love all that reggay hip hop shit. i cant wait, it better get distribution all over the world coz 'only rasta know the voice of Jah, Rastafari'. Its the Righteous Way of Jah World so Dont Test Wu Stallion - Rastafari

[iron_slang]

A Ragga album with wu influence will do VERY WELL for Wu versatility & for the wu/bass culture cat like me that love all that reggay hip hop shit. i cant wait, it better get distribution all over the world coz 'only rasta know the voice of Jah, Rastafari'. Its the Righteous Way of Jah World so Dont Test Wu Stallion - Rastafari

before i just start getting too passionate; what exactly is reggaeton?

[Wu-Tality]

I dont like raggaeton