Boogie Friday

Wally Jump Jr. and The Criminal Element Orchestra were aliases of producer Arthur Baker which first made an appearance with the rollocking club classic "Put The Needle On The Record" in 1986 which stitched together samples from Prince and Jody Watley over a massive live drum workout by Keith LeBlanc. For "Tighten Up (I Just Can't Stop Dancing)" the following year he was joined by singer Will Downing and Donny Calvin from Rocker's Revenge. This is another sample-happy dancefloor burner which uses Archie Bell & The Drell's soul classics together with a tiny pinch of Janet Jackson's "When I Think Of You" and another piledriving drum beat (LeBlanc again?) that charges along like a herd of stampeding elephants.

I've featured more sophisticated records on Boogie Friday before, but not many that are this enjoyable. It sounds to me like Baker just wanted have some fun in the studio mixing old and new shit up. And you should have some big fun dancing to it. Get The Best Of Wally Jump Jr. if you feel like it.


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Tighten Up (I Just Can't Stop Dancing) - Wally Jump Jr. & The Criminal Element