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The rhythmic foundation or drum loop of Reggaeton, widely used in the Dominican Republic for urban music. While often mistaken for a music genre in the DR due to its popularity, it is actually a foundational beat within reggaeton, similar to the tumbao (rhythmic swing) of the tambora (a traditional two-headed drum) in Merengue.
That reggaeton really has dembow, which is like saying That merengue really has mambo.
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The main genre of urban music played and danced to at neighborhood block parties in the Dominican Republic. (It is characterized by a high-energy, repetitive beat derived from Jamaican dancehall.)
Its performers include: Joswa In The House (hermaphrodite dembow), Villano Sam (How cool dembow), and some of the most famous in the Dominican Republic, Doble T and El Crok (Pepe).
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A style of pseudo-music based on rhythms from Jamaican reggae and reggaeton, which is often mistakenly called a musical genre in the Dominican Republic. The name comes from the early 90s Shabba Ranks track Dem Bow. It lacks complex instrumentation, instead using a looped 20-year-old sample with very little variation. It is essentially the Dominican version of what Puerto Rican reggaeton was decades ago: a prefabricated beat with rapping over it, requiring no formal musical scale or vocal ability. The lyrics generally lack literary quality or logic due to the performers' lack of education, often consisting of a few verses and a single phrase repeated over and over.
dembow is the retarded little brother of reggaeton.
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A genre of high energy urban music and dance popular in the working class neighborhoods and parties of Santo Domingo (it is characterized by a fast, repetitive beat derived from Jamaican dancehall).
Villanosam: How cool (dembow), Milka 'the toughest': Come on come here and I dumped you, Vakero: La La La (Lambow), Monkey Black: The monkey's dembow, Black point featuring La Zozobra: A real bad one.
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A style of reggaeton featuring a heavy, aggressive beat designed for intense grinding. It is typically used for the rawest urban tracks aimed at facilitating hookups and sexual activity on the dance floor. (The name refers to the distinctive drum pattern that forms the backbone of reggaeton.)
The party got lit when they dropped the heavy dembow and everyone started getting freaky without holding back.
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to have a unique and natural rhythm or flow. (While the term originally refers to the foundational beat of reggaeton music, it is used here to describe a person's individual swagger or way of moving.)
it is something that sets you apart from everyone else and gives you your own dembow.
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A genre of street music from the hood that is danced to in a suggestive or provocative way (a popular Dominican urban rhythm defined by a fast, repetitive drum beat).
El Mayor (a famous dembow artist).
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