With the recent removal of the Merengue genre from the Latin Grammy's it concerns me. We have to find a way to keep the merengue going. It's the official music of the Dominican Republic.

What's wrong with merengue? Is it the lyrics?, is it the just a phase?, has it lost the interest of the people?, or will it be back soon than ever?

The genre is defenitely in trouble as anybody who's a fan of the music and has been listening to it for a while can testify. One only has to compare the merengues that were produced in the 80s, which in my opnion is the era where merengue reached its peak, to the merengues being churned out now to see how the musical arrangements have degenerated. The thing is the young people love the crap that's being put out there now so I don't see the genre making a recovery anytime soon. The genre has, however, proven to be resilient in the past. Hopefully in some not to far of future there'll be another spike in the quality of the merengues being produced. The 80s produced artists like Sergio Vargas, this decade produces clowns with names like "Krispy". Go figure.

I think that Suavemente was the last great merengue song. It was all downhill from then on!

That is my favourite merengue! I agree, that from that point to today there has been almost no good merengues out there. Anyone heard the merengue based on the 50 cents rap??? When I first heard it I was like WTF??????

Suavemente is a cheesy song. THere have been other hits other than that one. Juan Luis Guerra continues to put out go hits with "Las Avispas" and "La Travesia". I think right now, Merengue lyrics are lacking and the production of the songs are of low quality and that's why the Merengue genre is suffering. There just a handful of merengue singers producing quality music such as JLG, Ruby Perez, and Cherito. Right now the interest is not there for these artists.

How could I forget JLG. His songs never wear out!

By the way, I think a lot of the lost interest comes from the proliferation of reggaeton, which is attracting the younger masses very very strongly. A few of them are acceptable when in mood, but I'm so tired of the repetitive and vulgar lyrics.

Don't forget Eddy Herrera, he had some pretty nice songs too, very romantic ones.

"Right now the interest is not there for these artists."

I agree but could it be due to a lack of publicity? About two or three years ago I came across this CD by accident made by some guy named Moreno Rosario and the CD had excellent merengues. Played it in the car a few times, never heard another word of it. Turns out a few months later one of the radio stations here in NYC started playing a merengue that was on the CD in its rotation. But here's the thing, the version the station was playing was an inferior version of the merengue I originally heard on the CD and it was by some other artist all together but there was no question that the musical arrangement was just a crappy version of the Moreno Rosario arrangement. That just shows that the quality of the music isn't always a factor as to what's being aired.

DR isn't an exception to the rule that in popular music the LOWEST COMMON DENOMINATOR floats to the top, like a mojon. My hope is that the commercial music industry at large collapses; once the labels can't make money selling vulgarity to teenagers they will disappear, and ARTISTS will be back in control. I hope so anyway. And I say that as someone who is not even a huge merengue fan, but who can't take the low quality PRODUCT that is most reggaeton.

Completely agree with you!

Anyone think they'll remember Daddy Yankee in 40 years the way we remeber Elvis today?
I hope not.

El Jeffrey vas a estar en una fiesta politica de Hiliary Clinton in Queens, NY. Vas hacer el unico artista invitado al evento ! Lean eso.

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El Jeffrey invitado de Hilary Clinton a fiesta

Se presentará en el lujoso Astorial World Manor de Queens.

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Este sábado el merenguero dominicano El Jeffrey, se convertirá en la estrella artística invitada para amenizar el acto en que la ex primera dama de Estados Unidos Hilary Clinton, se reunirá con delegados del sistema político norteamericano, en la búsqueda del voto latino que la pueda llevar a ocupar la primera magistratura estadounidense.


El Jefrey se ha sumado a los interpretes de Los Merengues del Casandra. ( fuente externa )

La actividad se desarrollará en el lujoso Astorial World Manor de Queens, un lujoso centro de convenciones donde los principales líderes políticos de Estados Unidos realizan sus grandes actos para la conquista de seguidores.

.A pesar de que el intérprete del “Voy a ser grande”, pasado merengue del año de los Premios Casandra, pasa por un momento difícil con la conocida amenaza de secuestro que ha estado recibiendo su hija menor, lo que le obligo a suspender algunos compromisos de esta semana en el país, ha decidido hacer la presentación en Estados Unidos, debido al gran compromiso que representa para su carrera que la gente de Hilary Clinton lo escogieran para el único acto que ésta hará en el Estado de New York.