El Flow tells the story of reggaeton, its most emblematic artists, and the secrets of how the genre’s top hits were made. It’s a story of migration, expression, evolution, sexuality, rebellion, and repression. Since its beginning, the genre has had one constant; movement. From Panama to Puerto Rico, from Boston to Medellin, from Mexico to Brazil. There has always been someone willing to raise their hand and take the lead. As a result, reggaeton evolved as a merger of Pan-American musical influences, which in turn helped explode its appeal. Now, It’s time to look back at how we got here. 

El Flow tells the story of reggaeton, its most emblematic artists, and the secrets of how the genre’s top hits were made. It’s a story of migration, expression, evolution, sexuality, rebellion, and repression. Since its beginning, the genre has had one constant; movement. From Panama to Puerto Rico, from Boston to Medellin, from Mexico to Brazil. There has always been someone willing to raise their hand and take the lead. As a result, reggaeton evolved as a merger of Pan-American musical influences, which in turn helped explode its appeal. Now, It’s time to look back at how we got here.

SEX, CENSORSHIP, AND THE ARTISTS BEHIND THE RISE OF REGGAETON

El Flow

El Flow tells the story of reggaeton, its most emblematic artists, and the secrets of how the genre’s top hits were made. It’s a story of migration, expression, evolution, sexuality, rebellion, and repression. Since its beginning, the genre has had one constant; movement. From Panama to Puerto Rico, from Boston to Medellin, from Mexico to Brazil. There has always been someone willing to raise their hand and take the lead. As a result, reggaeton evolved as a merger of Pan-American musical influences, which in turn helped explode its appeal. Now, It’s time to look back at how we got here.

El Flow tells the story of reggaeton, its most emblematic artists, and the secrets of how the genre’s top hits were made. It’s a story of migration, expression, evolution, sexuality, rebellion, and repression. Since its beginning, the genre has had one constant; movement. From Panama to Puerto Rico, from Boston to Medellin, from Mexico to Brazil. There has always been someone willing to raise their hand and take the lead. As a result, reggaeton evolved as a merger of Pan-American musical influences, which in turn helped explode its appeal. Now, It’s time to look back at how we got here.

Introducing: El Flow Season 2 (English)

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As our season finale, La mexicana con tremendo flow, the bilingual rapper Snow Tha Product shares with us how the child of migrants from Mexico made it to stardom.

As our season finale, La mexicana con tremendo flow, the bilingual rapper Snow Tha Product shares with us how the child of migrants from Mexico made it to stardom.

Interview with Snow Tha Product

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Para cerrar esta temporada, el productor mejor conocido como el arquitecto del sonido de Medellín, Sky Rompiendo, nos concede una entrevista única.

Para cerrar esta temporada, el productor mejor conocido como el arquitecto del sonido de Medellín, Sky Rompiendo, nos concede una entrevista única.

Entrevista con Sky Rompiendo

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Since the mid 2000s, reggaetón has been present in every dance floor in Latin America. But with the help of the Latin American diaspora in the United States, our favorite genre has been steadily growing in North America, creating a unique and bilingual blend of Caribbean genres en inglés. With interviews with La Gata and Chicocurlyhead. 

Since the mid 2000s, reggaetón has been present in every dance floor in Latin America. But with the help of the Latin American diaspora in the United States, our favorite genre has been steadily growing in North America, creating a unique and bilingual blend of Caribbean genres en inglés. With interviews with La Gata and Chicocurlyhead.

Reggaeton up North

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Introducing: El Flow Season 2 (English)

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