Notes & Personnel Info |  | Compilation producers: MC Bob Wingo, Dr. Schmoo. | | Digitally remastered by Elliott Federman (SAJE Sound, New York, New York). | | Razor & Tie's TV-marketed Monster Booty collects a generous number of party rap tracks that dominated dance clubs and (especially) meat-market pickup bars from coast to coast during the '90s. Not everything here fits neatly into the Miami-centered bass-music sound that's become more commonly known as booty, but the tracks at least fit the spirit (and anatomical obsession) of the collection, which is jam-packed with incessantly catchy, party-hearty dancefloor anthems. A few genre-defining cuts are missing -- the 69 Boyz' "Tootsee Roll," Quad City DJs' "C'Mon N' Ride It (The Train)," DJ Kool's "Let Me Clear My Throat" -- but Monster Booty does feature 2 Live Crew's "Me So Horny," Tag Team's "Whoomp! There It Is," Freak Nasty's "Da Dip," Duice's "Dazzey Duks," Reel to Real's "I Like to Move It," and the Outhere Brothers' "Boom Boom Boom." Plus, there are great singles by R. Kelly ("Bump N' Grind"), Sir Mix-a-Lot ("Baby Got Back"), Bell Biv DeVoe ("Do Me!"), and Wreckx-N-Effect ("Rump Shaker"), among others. ~ Steve Huey | | The Razor & Tie label began as a respectably hip endeavor specializing in cult artists, but with the release of compilations like this one, they've clearly gone the prurient-interest route. Nevertheless, if there has to be a concept album about the butt, it should at least be done well, which the appropriately titled MONSTER BOOTY is. | | The disc kicks off with the national anthem of "butt" songs, Sir-Mix-A-Lot's hip-hop ode to the rump, "Baby Got Back." From there, things continue apace, with the infectious chanting of Tag Team's "Whoomp! (There it Is)," Reel to Real's shake-your-groove-thang dance number "I Like to Move It" and more. The collection concludes with E.U.'s tried-and-true go-go classic "Da Butt," which promotes booty-watching as a preoccupation of near-transcendent qualities. If you can't bump and grind to MONSTER BOOTY you might need to consult a physician, because something's not working back there. |
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