Tego Calderon and I have something in common: neither of us can get through an entire Reggaeton album. What’s ironic is that “El Abayarde” is considered one of the giants of the genre. Still, in an interview with Spain’s 20 Minutos, Calderon reveals that Reggaeton isn’t his favorite type of music:

“I really like music with a message, with meaning, that shows that you sat down and racked your brain to write it.”

Tego says that there are some Reggaeton tunes that fit that bill, but “it’s not the norm.”

In the interview — given before kicking off appearances in Spain – 20 Minutos asks Tego about prior references to artists’ responsibility towards their fans. Given the controversial lyrics of many Reggaeton songs, Calderon’s reply is interesting:

For example, sometimes I hear my daughter, who is 6 years old, singing songs with content that I don’t like. Those are things I did in New York studios to “vacilar”, for the street. And now when I hear them from the mouth of my little girl I don’t like them. And she says to me “But that song is yours!” That’s what I am talking about.

I guess even Reggaetoneros grow up.

Via / 20 Minutos