Amazon.comLos Tucanes are the hot new stars on the norteño scene. They have followed in the footsteps of the Tigres, alternating albums of dances and love songs with collections of corridos (ballads), but have set themselves apart by singing all original material by lead singer Mario Quintero Lara, and by having upped the ante of the narcocorrido (drug ballad). This album is their breakthrough disc, with the massive hit "Mis Tres Animales," a metaphoric celebration of narcotics set to a perky polka beat. While moralists attack the Tucanes for their lyrics, the fans buy their records for the infectious dance beat, sure musicianship, and Quintero's dangerous appeal. --Elijah Wald