From the editor....(uso incorecto de terminos salsa y tropical con musica que no es salsa ni tropical)(TA: Incorrect usage of the terms salsa and tropical with the music that is niether salsa nor tropical)(Editorial)

From: Latin Beat Magazine | Date: November 1, 1996 | Copyright information

Lately I've been a little concerned with the number of recordings being camouflaged as salsa or tropical dance music and fed to the consumers as something they are definitely not. As a music publication, we receive an abundance of promotional material and CDs from near and far every month, most of it unsolicited, all of it claiming to be the answer to Latin music and the salvation of the industry. Self confidence is good, self hypnosis and subliminal tapes o.k., but passing trash off...

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