Since the early emergence of Colombian rock in the 1960s and 1970s, bands like 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 & La Provincia
Tropipop stylistic origins 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, El Amor de Mi Tierra, Vives hooked up with the successful 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 Bogota and other big Colombian cities, inspired by Carlos Vives' success began recording fusions of vallenato and pop rock. What a decade before would have been considered experimental, was now mainstream. The group of artists which played this style of fusion began being commercialized under the term tropipop. During the 2000s, tropipop became the most popular music genre in Colombia alongside reggaeton. Furthermore, some artists gained some success internationally. Mauricio & Palodeagua were nominated for a 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 accordion, a pinch of cumbia and a singer with a fashioned look".[4]
Critics[who?] generally agree in saying that Tropipop musicians have not really investigated Colombian folklore in order to include Colombian traditional music in a genuine way. They[who?] say that the Colombian elements in tropipop are superficial. Critics usually also give preference to fusions different from Tropipop as the ones made in Carlos Vives' early albums, or the ones played by Sidestepper and Bomba Estereo.
However, some critics defend the tropipop artists will to include Caribbean elements in their music.
^Así ve Carlos Vives a sus herederos del 'tropipop' (Vives II parte).
^Del tropipop a la tropipeste Archived 2013-01-22 at archive.today
May 20, 2023
tropipop, also, known, colombian, citation, needed, trop, music, genre, that, developed, colombia, late, 1990s, early, 2000s, blend, traditional, musical, forms, caribbean, region, colombia, mainly, vallenato, with, foreign, latin, genres, such, salsa, merengu. Tropipop also known as Colombian pop citation needed and Trop pop is a music genre that developed in Colombia in the late 1990s and early 2000s It is a blend of traditional musical forms of the 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 TropipopStylistic originsMusic of the Caribbean Region of Colombia vallenato salsa merengue pop pop rock funk Latin popCultural originsLate 1980s ColombiaTypical instrumentsVocals electric guitar acoustic guitar bass guitar accordion drums Latin percussionSome popular tropipop acts are Fanny Lu Fonseca Bonka 2 Mauricio amp Palodeagua Lucas Arnau and the internationally successful Carlos Vives Contents 1 History 1 1 Early development 1 2 Carlos Vives amp La Provincia 1 3 Tropipop 2 Criticism 3 ReferencesHistory EditEarly development Edit Since the early emergence of Colombian rock in the 1960s and 1970s bands like 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 amp La Provincia Edit Tropipop stylistic origins can be traced back to 1993 when Carlos Vives released the album Clasicos 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 El Amor de Mi Tierra Vives hooked up with the successful 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 Edit In the early 2000s young musicians from Bogota and other big Colombian cities inspired by Carlos Vives success began recording fusions of vallenato and pop rock What a decade before would have been considered experimental was now mainstream The group of artists which played this style of fusion began being commercialized under the term tropipop During the 2000s tropipop became the most popular music genre in Colombia alongside reggaeton Furthermore some artists gained some success internationally Mauricio amp Palodeagua were nominated for a Latin Grammy in 2004 and Bogotan singer Fonseca won one in 2006 Criticism EditDue 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 accordion a pinch of cumbia and a singer with a fashioned look 4 Critics who generally agree in saying that Tropipop musicians have not really investigated Colombian folklore in order to include Colombian traditional music in a genuine way They who say that the Colombian elements in tropipop are superficial Critics usually also give preference to fusions different from Tropipop as the ones made in Carlos Vives early albums or the ones played by Sidestepper and Bomba Estereo However some critics defend the tropipop artists will to include Caribbean elements in their music References Edit semestre estudiantes primer TROPIPOP alolatinoBLOG Blog Archive TROPIPOP Colombia Archived from the original on 2011 07 18 Asi ve Carlos Vives a sus herederos del tropipop Vives II parte Del tropipop a la tropipeste Archived 2013 01 22 at archive today Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tropipop amp oldid 1143326072, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
