Tropipop

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Tropipop
Stylistic originsMusic of the Caribbean Region of Colombia, vallenato, salsa, merengue, pop, pop rock, funk, Latin pop
Cultural originsLate 1980s, Colombia
Typical instrumentsVocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, accordion, drums, Latin percussion

Tropipop (also known as Colombian pop[

Caribbean Region of Colombia, mainly vallenato, with foreign Latin genres such as salsa and merengue, and pop and pop rock. The term "tropipop" comes from the synthesis of the words "tropical" and "pop music" describing the genre's mix of Latin tropical roots with American popular music.[1]

Some popular tropipop acts are Fanny Lu, Fonseca, Bonka,[2] Mauricio & Palodeagua, Lucas Arnau and the internationally successful Carlos Vives.

History

Early development

Since the early emergence of

Genesis (Colombian rock band) began to experiment fusing traditional Colombian music with pop rock. In the following decades, rock bands like Aterciopelados
continued bringing elements of Colombian folklore into rock music.

Carlos Vives and La Provincia

The stylistic origins of tropipop can be traced back to 1993 when Carlos Vives released the album Clásicos de la Provincia. This very popular album was notable for the use of rock instruments like electric guitars to sing traditional vallenato songs. Vives' and his band, La provincia, continued experimenting the fusion of vallenato and cumbia with pop, rock and funk in their subsequent albums La Tierra del Olvido and Tengo Fe.

For his following album,

Cuban American producer Emilio Estefan. Estefan stylized Vives music into a more pop-oriented sound, with less instrumental breaks, more prominent vocal parts, and less dominant vallenato and cumbia elements. Vives continued this sound in his next two albums, gaining a lot of success. It was this stylized fusion style, heard in Vives songs such as "Tu Amor Eterno", which was later adopted by tropipop artists. Vives' influence and success was so big that it has been said that all the artists that came after him playing fusions of pop rock and vallenato are either "imitators or part of the school that he formed".[3]

Tropipop

In the early 2000s, young musicians from

Latin Grammy in 2004 and Bogotan singer Fonseca
won one in 2006.

Criticism

Due to the simplistic nature of the music, and the lack of prominence of Colombian traditional music elements in favour of pop music structures, Tropipop has been criticised by sectors of the public and the media for its lack of originality. For example, it has been said that Tropipop is "a cocktail that has a little bit of rock, two drops of

pinch of cumbia and a singer with a fashioned look".[4]

Critics[

Bomba Estereo
.

However, some critics defend the tropipop artists will to include Caribbean elements in their music.

References

  1. ^ semestre, estudiantes primer. "TROPIPOP".
  2. ^ "alolatinoBLOG  » Blog Archive  » TROPIPOP: Colombia". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18.
  3. ^ Así ve Carlos Vives a sus herederos del 'tropipop' (Vives II parte).
  4. ^ Del tropipop a la tropipeste Archived 2013-01-22 at archive.today
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