This recording is without a doubt the most pleasant surprise of the past year.  Santana's success was somwhat limited since the mid seventies(althoughI personally liked many ofhis work afterwards.  However,  Carlos seems to bring out the best in today's hip hop/alternative artists  and in turn they seem to return the favor.  This album really brings out  the beauty in International Music as the songs are all performed with alot  of passion.  I'm not the biggest fan of hip hop/rap music but on this disc  it just sounds excellent to my ears.  Most likely because it has a rock n  roll instrumental backing as opposed to just a drum machine and a bunch of  annoying electronic special effects. The hip hop stars seem to add some  spunky special effects and the International stars add tones that are more  soul soothing than if Santana merely concoted a pure classic rock album  with heavy percussion beats. Overall, this is one case where a little old  and a little new come turn into something shiny and true.