Pisteando Con la Regida

Pisteando Con la Regida

When Fuerza Regida unleashed Pisteando Con la Regida at the end of 2019, Mexican fans and critics were quick to dub it a new essential collection of boozy gems. The move to cover classics from mariachi and corrido legends such as Pedro Infante and Chalino Sánchez was a risky left turn for a group whose breakthrough single, “Radicamos En South Central,” released the year prior, leaned into the gangster themes that would cement corridos tumbados as a global phenomenon. But covers aren't unusual in the realm of corridos and banda sinaloense, and most importantly, Fuerza Regida retained a distinctly casual delivery and charming crassness as the road led into the canon of beloved Mexican drinking anthems. Pisteando Con la Regida opens on a reimagining of Pedro Infante's “El Muchacho Alegre,” a song taken from the 1948 film of the same name that helped establish the multifaceted performer as an icon of the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema. Fuerza Regida transmutes the original's baroque mariachi into bouncing, colloquial banda without losing an ounce of cinematic panache, as singer Jesús Ortiz Paz comfortably steps into the role of a braggadocious gambler with a zest for wine. Doubling down on the album's alcohol motifs, “Vida Mafiosa,” which was made famous by Los Canelos de Durango, opens on a thirsty Paz calling for a bottle. He then launches into an accordion-driven norteño about the many outlaws immortalized through corridos. No less intoxicating is the group's reverential approach to Antonio Aguilar's “Mi Gusto Es,” where the drug of choice is love. The album’s runaway success helped solidify Fuerza Regida as one of the leading forces in the crossover mania of música mexicana, even producing two hit-filled sequels in 2020. The album reinforces corridos' long, storied lineage with nods to the prolific ‘80s oeuvre of Chalino Sánchez on “Prenda del Alma” and gone-too-soon sadboi sierreño star Ariel Camacho on “Te Voy a Olvidar.” Of course, no cantina playlist would be complete without a raging torch song, as the group ramps up its horn section for a rendition of Sergio Vega “El Shaka”'s “La Número 20,” shooting straight to the broken heart at the center of every cowboy.

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