[1] It includes the islands of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and the Caribbean coastal regions of Colombia, Mexico, Central America and Venezuela.
[1] Due to its geographical roots, tropical music generally combines elements from European and African traditions.
An example of this is the process of binarization of ternary rhythms brought from Africa, which took place originally in Cuba, later spreading throughout the rest of the Caribbean and Latin America.
For example, in Chile, tropical music genres were progressively introduced depending on their popularity in the Caribbean and North America.
Modern artists such as Will Holland (AKA Quantic) derive significant influence from music styles within the tropical genre.