The Los Angeles-based Mexican-American group Akwid fuses Spanish-language hip-hop with regional Mexican music for a fresh, cross-genre hybrid. The group’s 13th release, LA NOVELA has a heavy norteno flavor, thanks in part to cameos by norteno outfits Los Tigres del Norte, Tucanes de Tijuana, and others. The mixture of bouncing beats, accordion, bajo sexto, and rapid-fire rhymes in Spanish is a fun, intoxicating synthesis of cultures, traditions, and sounds.
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