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Keep on Moving-It's Too Funky in Here

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JXL's remix of the Elvis obscurity "A Little Less Conversation" made one thing abundantly clear: in the world of rock and roll, nothing is sacred. If a DJ can get his hands on it, he can--and WILL--give it a dance remix, prompting cries of blasphemy. Rock purists will certainly pull out their hair after three minutes of "Keep it Movin'" from DJ Funkstar de Luxe. I don't think there's been a huge demand for dance remixes of old nuggets from the likes of Bob Marley or Bob Dylan, but they do surface here anyway. Marley's "The Sun is Shining" is set to a thumping house beat, and the groove is so infectious, you can't help but bob your head. Dylan's "All Along the Watchtower" gets a discocentric treatment as well. Bob Dylan: from 60's folk icon to disco king? Who knew? Other remixes include "Give Me You" from Mary J. Blige, and an energetic facelift of "She's a Lady" by Tom Jones. But not everything here clicks, and some of the mixes come across as clumsy. "White Horse" by Laidback is fine as it is, and the remix that surfaces here is wholy unnecessary. Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell" could have benefited from a tighter remix, but Funkstar's is too generic and adds little to the original. But "It's Too Funky in Here" by James Brown works impressively. Overall, this CD is okay, but it comes across as a bit gimmicky at times. But as remix albums go, you can do far worse than this.

This CD is quite interesting, I really like the remix of Bob Marley's Sun Is Shining, I Also think the Remix of Grace Jones' Pull Up To The Bumper is well done as well. However, The other remixes on here do not equal the intensity of the first 2 tracks. I enjoy Ring My Bell by Anita Wells but its all pretty much down hill from there. The other songs are average but they lack the ability to grab your attention like Sun Is Shining does. I do recomend this CD, It is a great departure from what we usually hear on the radio but It could be alot better.

I bought this album about a month ago (give or take a few weeks...everythings a blur) and I have to say that if you are in the mood to simply dance, you have to get this CD.

Their are some killer remixes on here. and I love the way 'Funkstar De Luxe' samples, well not only samples, re-does classic hits by Bob Marely, Grace Jones and Tom Jones.

Heed my advice, this is an awesome dance album with some killer grooves. If you want to dance, buy this CD!

Five out of Five

Wow ! Great album, super set of classic songs remixed for the year 2000! Funkstar De Luxe is really reinventing the "disco sound" ! The only low side of the album is that "sand in my shoes" remix of "Sun is shining" included as the last track of the album... The sun is really shining brighter when it's "up tempo" !

Great buy ! (4 stars instead of 5 just because of that last track !)

Funkstar de Luxe picked absolutely amazing songs for his album. Unfortunately, in my opinion, the execution of these great songs into his hard-hitting, funky, house music was a bit short of perfection. Funkstar's style is a bit repetitive and predictible, so, listening to the entire album at once is not as exciting as one may have thought looking at the phenomenal song list. In addition, the songs aren't continuous. I like albums that are seamless/continuous between songs because I want to know the DJ's ability/capability to pick different music and mix them. I guess if you're into mainstream house music for dancing, you will like this album. If you are like me, who likes to pay special attention to the DJ's talent in his mixing abilities, this album will be a disspointment. Did I already say this album is very repetitive in its style?

I can't believe that everyone who lives to shake their bootie doesn't absolutly love this CD. My karate class uses it as back music on spar night. I have it on all the time. It is cross generation music for anyone who wants to smile the second they turn it on. Maybe I am not as cool as the club scene, but I know what gets me going...this is it.

i think this album is great. it's probably not the best to sit and listen to the whole thing all at once, but each song individually is amazing. all the songs are well done and mix in quite well with other stuff.

love it