*GUEST REVIEW*
Cultura Profetica is a reggae group "en Espanol" from Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico is a Caribbean country with in part African influences, so a reggae connection does not seem all that strange. I note, or suppose, different influences on this album: of late-Bob Marley reggae (think albums like Uprising and Confrontation), and in some songs of Israel Vibration (including vibrating/trembling harmony singing). For some reasons, including a vague similarity in lead vocals, their general style reminds me of Steel Pulse. The reggae type on this album is somewhat too conventional and downplayed, with only the horns and sometimes the vocal harmonies adding an original "flavour". The two lead singers also do not have, to my opinion, the best or most powerful singing voices in the world (one of the two seemed somewhat better to me). The compositions are not that bad, however, and the lyrics, for those who understand Spanish (only one song is in English), are interesting and socially conscious, which deal with imperialism (Puerto Rico still being a sort of "colony" of the US), social injustice, and racism in an insightful, almost literary way. The band's approach to reggae seems to aim at sophistication, which I respect, as it shows they take reggae seriously. Their approach is "jazz-like" in that short vocal parts are interchanged with long, "jamming" instrumental parts, which, personally did not do too much for me, apart from the moving horn lines in some songs. I think the songs would be more "catchy" if they were balanced more towards the sung melody, as some songs, especially " Lucha y Sacrificio," "Pasiones, Guerrillas, y Muertes," "Advertencia," and "Protesto," have catchy sung melodies and nice music, in themselves ingredients to make them great songs. 

- Michel Conci