A.B. Quintanilla III Presents From Kumbia Kings to Kumbia AllStarz

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fri 10/13/2006

A.B. Quintanilla delivers the final blow to the Kumbia Kings with the release of the Kumbia AllStarz debut; the title of the album says it all.

The four most important members of the Kings are now in the AllStarz: el cuñado Chris Perez en la guitarra, el Gipper en el acordeón, Irvin Salinas aka PeeWee on vocals and Quintanilla himself as the producer. But are we talking about the same band with a different name?

The Allstarz continue the tradition of perfectly spun cumbia cotton candy with sprinkles of rap'n'ton and R&B. But in place of the Kings' gritty "roots" sound, Quintanilla has traded up for a bigger and more polished pop sound. The overall production is more electronic with PeeWee's voice run through a vocoder on several songs. But whatever differences there may be, the new incarnation is still defined by Quintanilla's consistent ability to create chart-topping hits.

Chiquilla, with its catchy Nintendo-style intro, is the clear and obvious winner, with no less than three remixes provided on the album: Salsa, Bachata and Batucada-sung-in-Portuguese versions. Other notable tracks include covers of classic Latin pop songs like "Parece Que Va a Llover" and "Speedy González" and the mid-tempo romantic ballad "Anoche No Dormí".

Quintanilla excels at getting himself in trouble with former bandmates, Mexicans, the press and some of his fans but his real talent is crafting earworm pop with sabor de cumbia. At that, Quintanilla is the king.

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366 responses to “discorama: A.B. Quintanilla III Presents From Kumbia Kings to Kumbia AllStarz”

Happy late birthay PeeWee!!!did you have a nice birthday party???i hope you did!!!!i love you Peewee!!! do you have an e-mail address???i would love to talk with you!!!!!

ana lilia

12/9/2006

HOW MUCH MONEY ARE U WILLING TO GET TO COME AND SING AT MY QINCENERA?

PLEASE WRITE ME BACK

LAREDO,TX / EL CENIZO,TX

JANIE #1 FAN

1/11/2007

hey im stephanie i think you sing very very good keep up your thing i hope you come out here to michigan in dowagiac i would love to seeyou here i've been trying to collect all the cd's anyways i think you are very simpatico and good luck to you and all the other ones much love, stephanie

pretty eyes

(mission)

5/1/2007

I think pee wee is HOT & SEXY!!!!! I Love Your Puppet And You. I Listen to your songs every Day.!!!!

Olga

10/13/2006

I luv peewee and the kumbia all starz .By the way i luv to listen to the new hit chiquilla.
peewee you are very i mean very cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your like so sexy!!!!

Chiquilla

10/27/2006

YOU GUYS ARE SO CHULO THAT EVERYBODDY WILL FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU OK WELL NOT ALL OF YOU ARE HOT JUST SOME OF YOU OK. SOME OF YOU SUCK AND ARE REALLY REALLY BAD THAT OK

SINCERLY............

Samantha

1/11/2007

I love the kumbia all starz. I think that they are the best ever. They have talented people that are amazing to many young people out there just like me. I love them and hope on day to actually meet them in person. That would be my dream. They are also funny too. I wish I already know them. Mun2 if you ever want to give a perfect gift message me back. thank you

Vanessa

(Las Vegas)

11/17/2007

YOU GUYS ARE ALL CUTE,HOT AND SEXY!
WELL, NOT ALL OF YOU BUT PEEWEE IS THE HOTTEST AND SEXIEST!

U WERE MY INSPIRATION, PEEWEE!

HAVE TO GO, LOVE YOU ALL!

PLEAS WRITE ME BACK

LAREDO,TX / RBTOWN

elsa

1/11/2007

*********************ME GUSTA MUXO COMO SE OLLE
*********************EL TECALDO*********************
*********************ES LO MAXIMO*******************
*******ATT***************************ERIKA************

ERIKA IBET MIRELES VAZQUEZ

3/31/2007

PeeWee is sooooooooooo fine that I linst to his songs every day.

Sandra peewees girl

12/27/2006