The list continues with two very different albums — ecstatic R&B and disco-based dance music and folkie Christian country:
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Album: Rooty — Basement Jaxx (Astralwerks, 2001)
From my original review:
The lead cut/single “Romeo” is as thrilling in its own way as the London duo’s great 1999 single “Red Alert.” With guest vocalist Kele Le Roc providing a vocal filled with more personality than the typical diva-for-hire club vocals, the song is the catchiest romantic kiss-off in memory. After that stunner, Rooty reveals its true mission: to be the new decade’s best Prince album, a feat that, sadly, it is likely to attain. “Breakaway” sounds like one of the Prince songs he recorded under altered-voice pseudonym Camille. The over-sexed “Get Me Off” is more salacious than anything Prince has done since the similarly titled “Gett Off” almost a decade ago. Anyone with a pop sensibility who wants to sample some modern club music would be well advised to start here.
Song Sample: “Romeo”
