Proyecto Akwid, by contrast, became the genre's runaway success. [In] its first single, “No Hay Manera,” […] the tuba burped along like a nimble elephant, while trumpets and valve trombones punched under hard-edged, tag-team rapping, then blared to introduce a lilting ranchera chorus. Other songs effortlessly fused Mexican regional traditions and the street sound of South Central.