The LunyTunes from the Dominican Republic produced the track. Reggaeton's biggest international hit to date (mid-2005) is "Gasolina" by Daddy Yankee from Puerto Rico. The genre has grown over the past few years and is starting to reach international recognition. Many important reggaeton musicians come from Panama, another country where Latin and Anglo influences join hands. Reggaeton's creativity and break from American and Jamaican musical styles reflects Puerto Rico's multi-ethnic culture and its cultural proximity to other Latin American countries, the US, and Jamaica. Reggaeton's multi-ethnic flavor demonstrates the openness and positivity of Puerto Rican society. This respect has paved the way for many other female Reggaeton artists. Latino youth - both male and female - have come to respect female artists such as Ivy Queen, who highlights female strength. Although some reggaeton lyrics can be sexist and violent, the focus is on less controversial topics such as dancing.
The lyrics speak about the reality of life on the streets, misunderstandings, unfair situations, love, cheating, and passion. The genre's most notably unique feature is a driving drum-machine track derived from early Jamaican dancehall rhythms and heavily influenced by other forms of electronic dance music, such as techno, house, and genres such as the merengue hip hop (also called merenhouse) of groups such as Proyecto Uno and Zona 7.
Today, the music flourishes throughout Latin America. The reggaeton scene widened when Puerto Rican and Cuban styles perfused the Panamanian-style reggae. These are considered the first proper reggaeton tracks, initially called "under", a short form of "Underground". Towards the middle of the decade, Puerto Ricans were producing their own "riddims" with clear influences from hip hop and other styles. It was common practice to translate an original Jamaican reggae song (the same melody and rhythm, but with translated lyrics). Reggae production took off seriously in Panama in the early nineties, about the same time Jamaican ragga imports were becoming popular in Puerto Rico. Thus the two main influences of the genre were in place, as well as the two main producing countries. In 1985, rapper Vico C from Puerto Rico produced one of the first Spanish-language hip hop records in Puerto Rico. Those, however, are defining elements of the reggaeton sound. Some even argue that reggaeton itself started in Panama, and that Puerto Rican artists merely added influences from house music and hip hop. Without Panamanian ragga deejays like El General, reggaeton would never have caught on. Nando Boom is considered one of the first raggamuffin deejays from Panama. A large number of Jamaican immigrants, brought in to build the Panama Canal, brought Reggae music with them and introduced it to the local population. The first Reggae recordings in Latin America were made in Panama in the mid- 1970s.
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