Second LP from West Street Mob, the group of Joey Robinson Jr., son of the owners and founders of Sugar Hill Records Joey and Sylvia Robinson. The group is also composed by Sabrina Gillison and Warren Moore, while Bill McGee and Leland Robinson (other son of Joey Sr. and Sylvia) are sometimes credited as part of the West Street Mob.
Not being a fan of electro, I could be biased. But there is something wrong with these seven poorly crafted songs. The electro production doesn't mind nor becomes interesting in some way, the funky electro instrumentals are just decent in their skinny mood ("Simon Says Dance", "Mosquito", where there's some scratches), however, the delivery that the group chooses seems always out of tune with the rhythm: the robotic vocoder partially works in the introductory song, the choice to sing an R&B electro crossover that looks like a ballad ("Rock the Party") is less good, and the chipmunk shots in "Boogie Freak" make you smile and little more. Produced by Joey Jr., Leland and Cheryl Cook of the Sequence, the record is released in France (1983) via Vogue, then in US in 1984 distributed by MCA. Despite two singles in the charts ("Ooh Baby" and the title track, the latter has a sample of "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band), the lukewarm response of the public for this second album leads to the dissolution of the group.
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