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Latin
Release Date: 02/27/2001
A.B. Quintanilla is
Selena's brother, so it only makes sense that his recordings cross the same boundaries between
Tejano music and
pop,
dance,
reggae,
hip-hop, and
R&B. His second album with
los Kumbia Kings,
SHHH!, largely continues in the vein of its predecessor,
Amor Familia y Respeto, except for one major difference -- the album is split between English and Spanish tracks. Perhaps hoping for a crossover hit,
Quintanilla keeps most of the English language material in an
urban hip-hop soul vein, while the Spanish language tracks are more in the vein of his accessibly eclectic older work (and are tied together by a loose narrative). The two halves almost feel like different albums -- particularly since there isn't much
Cumbia in the English stuff -- but
Quintanilla is talented enough to come very close to pulling it off.
~Steve Huey, All Music Guide
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