American Us:Los Mocosos

Title:   American Us

Label: Six Degrees

Genre:  Latin-Whatever

Rating: 5 of 7

Named after El Mariachi’s character El Moco, Los Mocosos are a latin, and any other genre they attempt, band. Not falling too far from the Ozomalti tree, the San Francisco boys turn out an array of Latin songs that are influenced by any number of genres including, but not limited to, ska, Afro-Cuban, urban hip-hop, jazz-funk, etc. The vocals jump from Spanish to English with every other song, some using both, and even get a bit political on occasion. I’m not sure how many Mocosos there actually are, since every picture of them has a different number of members, but I can imagine that they have a full tour bus. This is a decent and fun disc, so play it to mix up your show a little bit.

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