Very Nice
My husband loves this disc. I love a few tracks, like, Cafe, Una Mujer en Mi Vida, Pa Mantener Tradicion.

Nice intro to traditional Puerto Rican music.
This CD provides just the right variety of music native to the island. It has a good mix of bembe, plena, slow, and dance music. Even those who are not usually into Latin music like this CD. I play it for children and they like it as well. I also enjoyed the informative information on the roots of Puerto Rican music included on the insert (cover) of the CD.

Don't bother / Ni te molestes.
The only worthwhile items on this CD are numbers 8, 9, and 11. The rest is an amalgamam of depressing songs, mostly "pregones", making it the primal reason this compilation stinks, as Puerto Rican music is usually very upbeat and full of life. I have a feeling that whomever decided on most of these particular songs had a hidden political agenda, as the lyrics have an "independentista" double entendre to them.

I should have suspected, since the album contains two numbers with Andrés "El Jíbaro" Jímenez, a once-promising artist who got too high on his political horse. I guess he must think of himself as the Puerto Rican equivalent of Silvio Rodríguez, "y realmente no le llega ni a los talones".

Don't waste your money, that is, unless you're into the "blame the Yankee for every problem in Puerto Rico" mindset.

Oh, and one more thing: "¡Ni siquiera es bailable!" Now, isn't that proof enough that it's not an album representative of Puerto Rican music?

PUYUMAYO P.R.= STINKER
I may just not like this music i lived in the Dominican Republic and have visited Puerto Rico and love most latino music but i did not care for this cd.The only 2 song's that are worth playing are track's 9/10.
I do have the D.R. cd which is more user friendly then this one ! J.B.

never gets boring
You can almost never get sick of this CD! I have been listening to it in my car for months. It's so varied and upbeat. It's just an excellent CD- thanks Putumayo!