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The subgenre diverged from early reggaeton during the 2000s. During this time, Puerto Rican reggaeton was evolving to become more melodic, polished, and lyrically romantic, and would eventually become the basis for most reggaeton music today. However, the "softening process" marginalized the scene in
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Dominican dembow gallops may have to do with the island's historical preference for uptempo merengue, says Cabezas. "Dominicans are used to dancing to merengue at incredible high speeds," Cabezas explains. "In order for dembow to work in the average club, it had to be fairly
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