Digital Underground

Released in 1990 shortly after their classic debut Sex Packets, this seven-track EP continues the same Funk-driven party antics that brought them global fame with "The Humpty Dance." Thick grooves and high-energy flows abound, urging all listeners to get in touch with their inner freak. Standouts include "Packet Man" and "Same Song."

There's no "Doowutchyalike" or "Humpty Dance" here, but those aren't true album cuts anyway; there's also no "Gutfest '89," the frat-boy fantasy about girls in cages that put the rest of Sex Packets beyond my ken until these remixes sent me back to compare and contrast. The hectic dissonances underneath the original "Sex Packets" jar the senses nicely, but I'll take the slick byplay of this laid-back in-your-face, which sets out to prove that funky dooesn't mean hard. Nor is "Same Song" a novelty, baby brutha. And in case you're worried they're going quiet storm on you, Humpty Hump gets chicken grease on a young thing's pantyhose. (Grade - A-)