Quote Originally Posted by Nick Fury View Post
kid most of those cats u listed aren't even remotely hip hop , but its not worth arguing over anyways
You must have a skewed view of what is hip hop in order to say something like that. No Mel Syndicate may have been anti-reggae beats, but they sure as hell performed at every reggae concert, and even tried to recruit reggaeton dj's and artists when they were forming (I know because they visited my house in Villa Chrisitiana in Loiza in 1995 to recruit my brother, DJ Tito).

It's also ridiculous to judge a genre based on someone's opinion of it. Musical genres are placed by their reality, not by the opinions of those who don't like the music. There is always a group of self righteous backpackers standing around saying "our music is hip hop, yours is not". It has been my experience that those who are truly gifted in music, and are masters of their artform don't go around trying to convince others that theirs is the true artform while that of others is not. If you have to convince others that Reggaeton is not hip hop, it is most likely because you are pissed off, and disillusioned, mad because no one wants to listen to your favorite rapper.