2005 came the release of ‘All That I Am’, a collaboration of popular artists featuring on almost every track of Santana’s new album. With the well-praised release of Santana ft. Rob Thomas ‘Smooth’ in 1999/2000, maybe Carlos Santana thought that he could sustain this collaborative success in his latest album.

Throughout the years, you may have recognised Santana shredding it up on songs like ‘All the Love in the Universe’ or just cooking some spicy luscious latin ballads like ‘Black Magic Woman’, and think, “Damn, Santana’s a pretty rad dude”.

Well, not anymore. The colloboration effort success didn’t sustain, and the new album flatout stinks. Carlos Santana is one of those lads you’d think is ‘all about the music, man’. He gives off that native latin vibe … plus, he’s old and mexican.
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