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Originally Posted by Oneleven which really gave me kind of a rude awakening when I was in a trendy club in the West Loop 2 months ago, with a 90% African American audience, and the DJ kept reggaeton on the tables like lil Jon was never born... lol
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I don't know how much weight to put into that at this point. I remember when dancehall was the big thing with hip-hop folks (like: Shabba, Cutty Ranks, Bobby Konders all over the place) to the extent that you were seeing whole sets & nights of dancehall for audiences raised on hip-hop. Then it fizzled out (still a little presence--just like before the boom--but nothing like it was during the boom). To a lesser extent, with the afrocentric movement, African continental music had its moment too, but I suspect you'd clear a floor today if you tried to drop any soukous.
Peece,
T. Tauri