The Boyz del Barrio (aka Barrio Boyzz) are a popular Latino quintet known for their versatility, as can be heard on their 1995 release How We Roll, an English-language album on which they perform everything from R&B and Hip-Hop to Soul. Since their inception, the New York group have had numerous hits on the Latin charts, two platinum albums in Spanish, and have even appeared in a feature film, I Like It Like That.
The group members are Ángel Ramirez, Jr., David Davilla, Hans Giraldo, and Louie Marrero. All of the Boys are New York natives and are bilingual in English and Spanish. As youths, they were especially influenced by the Soul music of the '70s, R&B of the '80s, Hip-Hop of the '90s and Reggaeton of the new Millennium. Formed in 1991, they were created as a mainstream Latino group. Though they started out making Spanish & English recordings, the band’s ultimate goal have been to crossover into the mainstream market.
The members were also able to grace the stage & recording studio with the ever-popular Tex-Mex superstar Selena to record a duet entitled “Donde Quiera Que Estes.” which remained at #1 on the Billboard Latin charts for more than six strait weeks. The Boyz del Barrio became the first Latin group to perform on the popular music television show The Soul Train. They went on to record numerous albums & perform on stage with such artist like Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, & Michael Bolton to name a few. Now after 10 years, they return to the music scene to concur the world once again with their smooth, romantic & sultry voices. This can all be proven with their new Spanglish album “BARRIOGRAFIA.”
SPANISH:
Ángel, David, Louis y Hans, integrantes originales de Barrio Boyz, se han juntado nuevamente luego de 10 años de separación para conquistar al público en general bajo el nombre de Boyz del Barrio. El talentoso cuarteto de voces de los “barrios” de la Ciudad de Nueva York, los Boyz del Barrio, presentan su nueva propuesta musical titulada “Barriografía” y su sencillo “Quiero estar contigo” presenta las armonías románticas características del famoso grupo.
Barriografía, es un álbum completamente fresco y urbano, fusionando géneros universales como el hip hop, R&B, Balada Pop, Soul, Reggaeton y hasta sonidos electrónicos que le dan un sabor ecléctico diferente. Formado en 1991 con una visión de crear un grupo Latino que pudiera encontrar tanto éxito en la escena musical de Estados Unidos como cualquier mercado hispano. Esto significaba que el grupo tenía que ser versátil en términos de estilos musicales, además de ser bilingüe en Ingles y español.
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