Timing couldn't have been better for
Bomfunk
. The late '90s were good times for both Finnish
electronic
and
hip-hop
music, and when
combines them both, the success is surely on their side. Even that
In Stereo
gained loads of popularity and it stayed long at the Finnish album chart, it cannot be the best shot from this innovative duo.
contains many songs with a vast amount of potential, but as a whole it kind of fails. There are many tracks that could be easily considered as fillings. The first half of
is mostly just what you can expect from
, but listening to the rest of the album, it seems that they've totally run of ideas. Also, producer
Jaakko Salovaara
's effect is too obvious on some tracks;
"1,2,3,4,"
"Stir Up the Bass,"
"Rock, Rocking tha Spot"
resemble way too much of
JS16
's monotone
house
music. That is not, naturally, such a bad thing, but
's music lacks diversity and differs too much of
's fusion. As a result,
both succeeds and fails. It's out of question that
's effect on Finnish dance music wouldn't be considerable; hit songs such as
"B-Boys & Flygirls"
"Freestyler"
prove that
Bomfunk MC's
will have a glorious future, if they just keep on working on their own thing. ~ Antti J. Ravelin