LO FIDELITY ALLSTARS
On The Floor At The Boutique (Skint/Columbia)
Rating: 6 out of 7
By Ken Micallef

       Though Lo Fidelity Allstars’ ‘98 debut album was a certified dud, this remix CD finds the Brighton-based DJ troupe on their home turf doing what they do best. On the Floor... is a party-wrecking force, an all-purpose, all-genre, multi-era, dance-floor hurricane. Though the introductory track--Lo Fi's “You're Never Alone With A Clone”--is more anemic Brit hip-hop, they search far and wide to construct irresistible dancefloor fodder. The styles and eras zip by so fast it's nearly impossible to get bored or even catch your breath.
     Witnesseth: Trouble Funk's 1982 butt-slammin' goofball classic “Pump Me Up,” Wildstyle Bob Nimble's robotically manic “What Is It?,” Jungle Brothers and Q Tip's sayin' it loud anthem “Black Is Black,” Humanoid's breakbeat epic “Stalker Humanoid,” the Feelgood Factor's massively stupid “The Whole Church Should Get Drunk,” and lastly, the Tams' 1960s soul hit, “Be Young Be Foolish Be Happy,” Prodigy and Les Rhythms Digitales thrown in for nasty modern style. Ridiculous!!

Lo Fidelity Allstars: All recordings courtesy of Skint/Columbia Records.  “No Diggity” written by T. Riley, C. Hannibal, L. Walters, W. Stewart and Dr. Dre, courtesy of Donril Music/Zomba Enterprises Inc./Chauncey Black Music For Smokin' Sounds/Queen Pen Music/Sidi Music/Sony/ATV Songs LLC (BMI)/WB Music Corp./Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But F****n Music (ASCAP).  “Out Of Space” written by L. Howlett, C. Miller, K. Thornton, M. Smith, and T. Randolph, courtesy of WB Music Corp./Next Plateau Music, Inc. (ASCAP).  “Many Tentacles Pimping On The Keys,” written by Lo Fidelity Allstars, courtesy of Warner-Chappell Music LTD (PRS), administered by WB Music Corp (ASCAP).