Bachatón (also known as bachateo) is a fusion genre of reggaeton from Panama and Puerto Rico[1][2][3] as well as bachata from the Dominican Republic.
Bachaton combines bachata melodies and reggaeton style beats, lyrics, rapping, and disc jockeying.
Like hip hop, reggaeton has caused some controversy, albeit less, due to alleged exploitation of women.
[16][17] The name is taken from the dancehall song by Shabba Ranks that first popularized the beat in the early 1990s which appears on his album Just Reality.
The appearance of Dominican styles of music such as bachata and merengue in reggaetón coincided with the arrival in Puerto Rico of the Dominican-born production team of Luny Tunes—although they are not solely credited for this development,[18] they were indeed heavily influenced by the already popular reggaeton genre to begin their own production company.
They began to produce a string of successful releases for reggaeton artists including Ivy Queen, Tego Calderón and Daddy Yankee.
[18] "Pa' Que Retozen", one of the first songs to combine bachata and reggaeton appeared on Tego Calderón's highly acclaimed El Abayarde (2002).
[18] Luny Tunes however, on their debut studio album, Mas Flow (2003) included a hit by Calderón, "Métele Sazón".