This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Do Freestylers rock? Does the Pope poop in the woods?
Make no mistake, though; this U.K. dance-floor collective — 10 members including musicians, DJs, break dancers and so on — are a long way from, say, Metallica. But I can guarantee they’ll have you banging your head, tapping your foot and shaking your booty within seconds of sampling the relentless, beat-crazy electro-groove frenzy of the 70-minute dance party that is their debut CD. Living up to their name as well, the ’Stylers pitch everyone from PE to the JBs into a funky stew of canyon-wide grooves, hard-driving hip-hop, dancehall reggae and breakbeats that teach the old school a few new tricks. It’s elastic, it’s boombastic, it’s totally fantastic — and did I mention it rocks?
