Almost a full year after they issued
Hardcore Traxx, the
Strut label released this follow-up of predominantly later, mid- to late-'90s productions from
Jesse Saunders' Chicago-based Dance Mania label. This tends to focuses on the rawer, more physical, more vulgar side of the label's output, though
DJ Deeon alone exemplifies the label's range between the frenetic battering of "The Freaks" ("Work it, work it!") and the slippery techno-funk of "1112." Additional blunt-force highlights come from
Jammin' Gerald,
Parris Mitchell,
Tyree, and the
Vaughan Mason-sampling
Wax Master Maurice. Among the handful of earlier tracks is
Steve Poindexter's crucial "Computer Madness" (1989), technically a Muzique release. The compilers could have just as easily included "Work That Mutha Fucker" from the same EP.