3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Like always, they deliver their best work!Sunday, October 13, 2002
I love the Kumbia Kings. If you're a big fan of their first album you will most definitely love this second album of theirs. They put a new twist on the genre of Cumbia, integrating freestyle and hip-hop with their songs. Also, they sing some pretty love ballads in English. It's a great, long CD with different styles of songs. Check it out - you won't regret it!
5 out of 5 people found the following review helpful:
an incredible album!!!Friday, May 03, 2002
i remember running to the radio the first time i heard "BOOM BOOM", it was crazy! it had cumbia, rap, the trademark bird and even elements of john lee hooker it seemed. i knew AB had done it again. the sophmore jinx was blown out the box with this release. after i bought the album - it was like finding a pot of gold. "SSH" was even crazier! "Me Enamore" i never stop playing, the english songs are tight, and they even included 5 acts of comedy & a couple of remixes. with a lot of artists releasing albums with 2 hits & the rest fillers - AB truly wanted to give back to his fans. he did that & more!
the first album is a Classic, this one is Legendary!!! GO OUT AND GET IT!
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6 out of 7 people found the following review helpful:
SHHH! Is The Album You Have To Buy!!!!Thursday, April 25, 2002
I've been living in Corpus Christi, Tx (Kumbia Kings hometown) for a little over 10 years. This is one of the best tejano band I have ever heard. SHHH! is one album you have to add to your collection. These guys are way to hot to pass up!!!!
3 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:
My Kings are Kicking As..Sunday, March 17, 2002
To know when a group is good, you have to look at three important things. *Music *Sales *Style, and the KK have that and more.
These cd is HOTTTT, I have to tell you when you listen to a cd over and over and over that means is great, the music is fanstastic and the lyrics are fenomenal , NO WONDER THEY HAVE SOLD MORE THAN A MILLION COPIES :D :D
So SHHH! You better buy this before they run of of copies.
!POR QUE LOS KUMBIA KINGS TE PONEN A BAILAR!
2 out of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Legend on holdTuesday, February 12, 2002
When Selena died, her music was criticized by the vulgar side for being too pop, too pretty, too insubstantial. While all of Selena's fans rightly rejected these untruths, it would appear that A.B. believed every word and changed his style to impress those who never were impressed with Selena in the first place. I had vainly imagined that somebody with his talent would continue to write and produce classic pop and tejano for a similarly gifted female vocalist. Now A.B. is not Selena and he can do whatever he wants with his career, but how unfortunate for all lovers of great music that he has chosen to make CDs for early teen and pre-teen girls instead of rewarding those who recognized his absolute greatness for the work he did for his sister. These immature recordings will be forgotten before these teenage girls grow up, but the music he might have made with a mature and talented vocalist, following in the style of the music of Selena, would surely have endured forever in latin music legend for as long as Selena's own recordings. Actually, some of the ballads here are listenable, to be fair, but the Spanish stuff sounds just like more of the current trend, without the vulgarity. If you like immature music, A.B. has surely mastered it, but there's not much here for those who enjoy beautiful and memorable contemporary latin pop or tejano. A.B., you've got talent like Lennon and McCartney. You can follow the current, safe course and sell as many CDs as the Backstreet Boys, or you can be great and perhaps still sell as many CDs while also bringing enjoyment to the parents and grandparents of those teenage girls. Whatever is most important to you. You're still a genius.