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):
All-stars? Try two stars. Well, two semi-stars.
Sublime’s surviving rhythm section, Eric Wilson and Bud Gaugh, anchor this horn-driven surfer-skank septet. And while the laid-back lads have adopted the subatomic bass and rastaman vibrations of reggae down pat, calling them a dub outfit is also a bit of a stretch. Sure, some of these 12 tracks flirt with the echoey deconstructionism of the experimental Jamaican sound, but the Allstars aren’t Lee Perry by a long shot. After all, I don’t recall Lee ever launching into a D.C. punk passage after a grassy groove. But let’s not quibble: At heart, all these boys want to do is get mellow and jam with friends like Bad Brains’ H.R. or Barrington Levy — and there’s nothing wrong with that.
