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Thursday, 08 December 2005 08:47

It is one of those works that will help fill the room when cocktails and smoke fill the air and you need to put a little action into the hips of the partygoers.

Once again, a good record has been taken and turned into nothing more than a cheap ploy to sell more records. When the Philadelphia ExperimentRemixed, which does nothing to expand on what the Philadelphia Experiment accomplished with its initial release. The Philadelphia Experiment consists of Ahmir Thompson, Christian McBride, and Uri Caine. Individually, they have worked with the likes of the Roots, Macy Gray, Erykah Badu, Don Byron, and McCoy Turner. was released in 2001, you had a solid freewheeling and funky jazz album. In 2002, you have the Philadelphia Experiment CD,

Remixed is not a complete waste. It is one of those works that will help fill the room when cocktails and smoke fill the air and you need to put a little action into the hips of the partygoers. The problem, though, is that the original release does it so much better. Before you run out and buy the new CD, take some time and get a copy of the initial release and get a feel for what a freewheeling, soul-filled, funky jazz album can do for you. Sometimes you should not fool around with Mother Nature.