Editing Los Lobos (section)

===1999–2006: Mammoth Records, subsequent releases===
[[File:LosLobos.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Los Lobos on stage in 2005]]
Los Lobos signed to [[Mammoth Records]] (a music division of The Walt Disney Company) in 1997 and released ''This Time'' in 1999. Mammoth also reissued 1977's ''Del Este de Los Angeles''. In November 2000, [[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino]]/[[Warner Brothers|Warner]] Archives released the boxed set ''Cancionero: Mas y Mas''.

In 2001, Los Lobos was awarded the [[Billboard Latin Music Lifetime Achievement Award|El Premio ''Billboard'']] Award.<ref name="Lobos">{{cite magazine| last = Cobo| first = Leila| date = April 28, 2001| title = El Premio Billboard Award: Los Lobos| magazine = Billboard| volume = 113| issue = 17| page = LM-10| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA60|issn=0006-2510| access-date = April 11, 2014}}</ref>

The band released their [[Mammoth Records]] debut, ''Good Morning Aztlan'' in 2002. They released [[The Ride (Los Lobos album)|''The Ride'']] in 2004 as an unofficial 30th Anniversary album. ''The Ride'' featured [[Tom Waits]], [[Mavis Staples]], [[Bobby Womack]], [[Elvis Costello]] and others covering Los Lobos music with the band. They did a follow-up album in 2005, ''[[Ride This – The Covers EP]]'' featuring Los Lobos covers of songs by [[Dave Alvin]], Waits, Costello and others.

Los Lobos released its first full-length live-show DVD ''[[Live at¨the Fillmore (Los Lobos album)|Live at the Fillmore]]'' in 2004. The DVD captures the band's act over a two-day period in July at the famed San Francisco venue.

In September 2006, Los Lobos released ''[[The Town and the City (album)|The Town and the City]]'' ([[Mammoth Records]]) to much critical acclaim.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/los-lobos-the-town-and-the-city/|title=Los Lobos: The Town and the City|date=September 28, 2006|first=Andrew|last=Gilstrap|work=PopMatters|access-date=September 11, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-town-and-the-city |title=The Town And The City - Los Lobos|website=Metacritic.com|access-date=September 11, 2010}}</ref> The album's lyrics deal with Louis Perez's childhood in [[East Los Angeles, California|East Los Angeles]], while the music provides complex and original soundscapes reminiscent of their previous release ''Kiko''. Cartoonist [[Jaime Hernandez]] did the artwork for the album.<ref>Gale, Dan (2005). [http://loslobos.setlist.com/discography/lpindex.html Los Lobos LP/DVD Discography]. Retrieved February 24, 2006.</ref> The album is told in the first person, with each song serving as an episodic step.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.loslobos.org/site/band.shtml |title=Band |website=Loslobos.org |access-date=July 31, 2010}}</ref>