Best of Freestyle Megamix, Vol. 4

• Artist: Bad Boy Joe
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• Release Date: October 21, 2003
• Type: Mix-album
• Genre: Electronica

Review

The Best of Freestyle Megamix, Vol. 4 is a two-disc set, the first disc is a mix of old-school freestyle, the second a mix of contemporary freestyle sounds. Disc One is the better of the two by far. It kicks off with a very cheesy megamix that jams all the tracks on the disc into a five-minute Stars on 45-type song by the compiler and mixer of the disc, Bad Boy Joe. Once you get past that, there are a bunch of excellent songs to be found, including freestyle classics like Shannon's "Let the Music Play," Newcleus' "Jam On It," Afrika Bambaataa's "Looking for the Perfect Beat," Planet Patrol's "Play at Your Own Risk," and Hashim's "Al-Naayafish." The songs flow together nicely, and the mix would work well at any retro dance party. Disc Two is less exciting if only because the tracks will generate no nostalgia, and they just don't sound as good as the older tracks. They sound very similar; the producer's must have spent quite some time trying to recreate the classic freestyle sound, but they are missing that spark of originality. Still, Disc One makes this set worth picking up. ~ Tim Sendra, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Bad Boy Joe in Your Face Megamix		Bad Boy Joe	(5:00)
Set It Off	Steve Standard	Strafe	(3:32)
Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight	Ken Lockie, Stuart Arbright	Dominatrix	(3:01)
One More Shot	John Robie	C-Bank	(3:40)
Walking on Sunshine	Eddy Grant, A. Baker	Rockers Revenge	(3:33)
Crash Goes Love	G. Christopher, A. Baker	Loleatta Holloway	(3:32)
The Harder They Come		Rockers Revenge	(3:33)
White Lines	Melvin Glover, Sylvia Robinson	Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five	(3:53)
Let the Music Play (Lyrics)	Chris Barbosa, Ed Chisolm	Shannon	(4:05)
Jam on It (Lyrics)	Maurice Cenac	Newcleus	(4:05)
Play That Beat (Lyrics)			(3:02)
Looking for the Perfect Beat (Lyrics)	John Robie, Arthur Baker	Soul Sonic Force, Afrika Bambaataa	(4:07)
I. O. U.	A. Baker	The Freeze	(3:39)
You're the One for Me	Hubert Eaves III, James "D-Train" Williams	D Train	(4:09)
Din Daa Daa	George Kranz	George Kranz	(3:04)
Al-Naafiysh (The Soul)	Jerry Calliste, Jr.	Hashim	(2:59)
Play at Your Own Risk	John Robie, Arthur Baker	Planet Patrol	(3:28)
I'll House You (Lyrics)	Jungle Brothers	Jungle Brothers	(4:23)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Bad Boy Joe's New Generation Radio Edit [*]		Bad Boy Joe	(5:48)
She's Got a Way [*]	Shawn Micheal	Shawn Micheal	(3:34)
Release Me [*]	A. Santiago	Adelis	(2:57)
You'll Never Know [*]			(3:16)
Play It Right [*]	A. Santiago	Bibi	(3:13)
Quit All Those Games [*]		Ashley	(2:30)
Surrender [*]			(4:19)
Won't Be There When You Cry [*]		Anthony G.	(3:32)
Knight in Shining Armor [*]	Manny Rivera		(4:32)
Only You [*]		Angel Mena	(3:32)
Show Me Your Love [*]			(3:43)
Give Me [*]	Geraldo Cotton, Wilfredo A. Rivera	The Freeze	(4:03)
Memories [*]		The Freeze	(3:19)
Thank You [*]			(3:37)
My Desire [*]			(6:42)
Come to Me [*]			(3:55)
Memories [Reggaeton Remix][*]		The Freeze	(4:11)
[Untitled Hidden Track]		Bad Boy Joe	(4:04)

Credits

Adelis (Vocals), Nathaniel Lee (Producer), David Hernandez (Keyboards), Nathan (Producer), Frank Vena (Producer), Willie Rivera (Producer), Nathan (Executive Producer), Leo Deleon (Vocals), Vince Reynolds (Engineer), Chris Barbosa (Mixing), Shawn Micheal (Vocals (Background)), Leo Deleon (Executive Producer), Poze (Vocals (Background)), David Hernandez (Piano), Vince Reynolds (Mixing), Ruben Gonzalez (Vocals), Chris Barbosa (Producer), Gene Rombola (Executive Producer), Oscar "Scar" Pabón (Vocals (Background)), Chris Barbosa (Engineer), David Hernandez (Producer), Leo Deleon (Group Member), John Lopez (Executive Producer), Ruben Gonzalez (Executive Producer)