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5.0 out of 5 stars
Metroweekly Magazine Review by Doug Rule, June 13, 2007
This review is from: Out Anthems 2 (DJ Ricardo) (Audio CD)
DJ Ricardo! is back, and better than ever. But the main reason this compilation this time is so notable: there's a mostly unobtrusive host added to the mix. Yes, a host, ''[...] pimp daddy'' Jonny McGovern. And yes, we said mostly unobtrusive. McGovern has been inconsistently funny in other venues, but he's a riot here, commenting on and guiding us through the songs in a way that shouldn't work, but does. It helps that he only interrupts the flow three times, including once by welcoming ''a big black lady to start screaming about Pride'' (a decent remake of Aretha Franklin's ''A Deeper Love''), and then later, he orders twinks to bed, to let the harder after-hours set begin.
This time out, Ricardo! features some of the hottest, most durable tracks around, whether they have been around for months already (''Elektro'', ''The World Is Mine'') or are cued up to be summertime dance hits. The latter includes ''Yeah Yeah'' by Bodyrox featuring Luciana. This track's drip-drip D. Ramirez instrumental remix has actually been around for a year now, but the full vocal version is only starting to impact in America. Let's hope it continues; Luciana's feminine hip-hop-styled swagger is something to behold, again and again....
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