Jala Jala y Boogaloo

Musically, the album is a synthesis of the musical trends that were popular in 1967. The Boogaloo craze was at its highest^[2] and the Jala-Jala rhythm had begun to be known outside its native Puerto Rico. Also, Rock Music was at its highest with artists such as The Beatles at the top of the charts. All these ended up influencing the composition and recording of the Jala Jala y Boogaloo album.

"Richie's Jala Jala" is a Jala-Jala song in which Richie's Piano riff is an imitation of the cowbell's sound.^[2] The song is notable for the protagonic role of the trumpets, played by Pedro Chaparro and Doc Cheatham, which gave the jala-jala genre a new sound.

"Baby Don't You Cry" is a boogaloo number, with a heavy influence from Afro-American soul music.^[2] The use of English-language lyrics and soul-influenced singing is evidence of the North American influence on the song. "Colombia's Boogaloo", the first of many songs the group will dedicate to the Colombian nation, is a mix of Cuban Son montuno with boogaloo.

"Gentle Rain" is a cover of a bossa nova song by Luiz Bonfá, translated to Spanish by Pancho Cristal and transformed into a bolero. "3 and 1 Mozambique" is an example of Mozambique Rhythm, and the hit single "Bomba Camará" is a salsa song.

Lyrically the album shows both influences from Caribbean folklore as well as from North American culture. For instance, "Stop, Look and Listen" lyrics deal with pacifism, a common theme in the Counterculture of the 1960s; In contrast, "Cabo E" references the deity Changó as well as other gods of the Santería, a syncretic religion of the Afro-Caribbean culture.