SOUND CHECK.LUIS FONSI Luis Fonsi (birth name: Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero) born April 15, 1978 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a Puerto Rican-American singer, composer and soap opera actor. Childhood Fonsi and his family moved to Orlando, Florida, during Fonsi's early childhood. ``Fight the Feeling'' (MCA MCA in full Music Corporation of America Entertainment conglomerate. It was founded in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein as a talent agency. In the 1960s it bought Decca Records and Universal Pictures, and today it produces films, music, and television shows. Records/Universal Latino) - Two and one half stars For his English-language debut, the 24-year-old Latin pop-singing sensation Luis Fonsi delivers a catchy amalgam of 'N Syncesque harmonies, funky guitar riffs and hip-hop beats. Ambitious? Well, the songs on ``Fight the Feeling'' do sound like everything else on Hot AC. But not everybody sounds like Fonsi FONSI Finding Of No Significant Impact FONSI Friends Of New and Sustainable Industry (North Bend, Oregon) , who began honing his golden throat in Puerto Rico years before moving to Orlando at the age of 10. Now the classically-trained vocalist who pals around with 'N Sync's Joey Fatone is tackling issues of the heart on storming dance numbers such as ``Turn It Up,'' ``Keep My Cool'' and ``One Night Thing.'' He offers up more of the same in the form of sweet, soulful ballads such as ``Secret,'' ``If Only'' and ``I Wish.'' And while the material comes across as assembly line and the production too polished, you can't fight the fact that behind the piled on vocal harmonies and overlap that dominates this album is America's next crossover star. - Sandra Barrera HAYES CARLL ``Flowers and Liquor'' (Compadre com·pa·dre n. Chiefly Southwestern U.S. A close friend or associate; a companion. [Spanish, joint father, godfather, friend, from Medieval Latin compater, ) - Three stars Like the title of his bluesy, folksy folk·sy adj. folk·si·er, folk·si·est Informal 1. Simple and unpretentious in behavior. 2. Characterized by informality and affability: a friendly, folksy town. 3. , sometimes confessional debut album indicates, dissolute dis·so·lute adj. Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices. [Middle English, from Latin dissol Houston kid Carll thinks a lot about alcoholism, love and the problems they can generate, separately or in tandem. But he's no cry-in-your-beer ol' boy (yet, anyway). Carll has a resilient humor, evident on the title track, ``Live Free or Die'' and the loping laughfest ``Naked Checkers,'' that makes the album a good raucous party. And he's a talented enough singer and songwriter to make us look forward to the morning after. - Bob Strauss CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) no caption (Luis Fonsi) (2) no caption (CD cover) |
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