Chutney-Reggaeton: Fito Blanko & D'Hitman - Pretty Girl

"Chutneyton?"

Check out this wikkid track from Panamanian Reggaeton artist Fito Blanko, and Indo-Trinidadian Chutney-Soca artist D'Hitman (Neeshan Prabhoo):

Reggaeton with that Indian spice makes it so so nice. ;)

Bit of background for those new to these genres, Chutney is the dance music of the Indo-Caribbean Desi diaspora. A unique fusion of Soca, (as well as Reggae and Dancehall sometimes) with traditional Indian music, Bollywood music and Bhangra. Crossing cultural boundaries to be hugely popular in both the Caribbean and the Indian diasporic communities in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, Jamaica and their communities in America, Canada and the UK, the Chutney music is a highly influential musical genre that evolved alongside Soca. Even today, it provides a strong musical musical influence on Soca and Dancehall Reggae.

Reggaeton is the fusion of Spanish music with Reggae beats, first popularized in Panama, and now popular all over the world. A lot of Reggaeton's original roots can be traced back to Soca and Chutney music, and this song seems to be a nice homage to that.

The unique fusion of these two genres is paralelled by the recent experimentation by Reggaeton and Indian artists of Indian-Reggaeton fusion (see Daddy Yankee's Mirame, for example), often called "Bhangraton", even if the songs aren't necessarily Bhangra.