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How Will the Wolf Survive?
Los Lobos · 1984
How Will the Wolf Survive? is Los Lobos’s major label debut (October 1984), composed informally at Louie Pérez’s brother-in-law’s home, drawing lyrical inspiration from a National Geographic article about survival and identity; musically, it fuses Mexican traditions with R&B, country, and blues, and centres immigrant experience in songs like 'A Matter of Time' and 'Will the Wolf Survive?'.