Review: Destiny’s Child, This Is the Remix

Any new Destiny’s Child material? No. Scam to get your money? Yes. Good fun? Of course.

Destiny’s Child, This Is the RemixJust weeks after the unexpected success of Jennifer Lopez’s J To tha L-O remix album, Destiny’s Child has released This Is the Remix, their third release in less than a year. The collection showcases the R&B trio’s unwavering ability to produce the most contagious of pop hooks and could very well be a premature greatest hits package. We’ve heard these mixes many times before and some are almost identical to their original incarnations; “Independent Women Part II” is, in fact, lifted straight from Survivor. Career highlights like “Bug a Boo,” “Jumpin’, Jumpin’” and last year’s “Emotion” are all here, remixed by Wyclef, Jermaine Dupri and the Neptunes, respectively. But the set doesn’t heat up until halfway through track 10 with a trio of club mixes from Maurice Joshua. The album closes with an even more inappropriate bonus track than J To tha L-O‘s closing ballad, “Alive”: a gospel number from Michelle’s forthcoming My Heart to Yours. Any new Destiny’s Child material? No. Scam to get your money? Yes. Good fun? Of course.

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 Label: Columbia  Release Date: March 12, 2002  Buy: Amazon

Sal Cinquemani

Sal Cinquemani is the co-founder and co-editor of Slant Magazine. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, Billboard, The Village Voice, and others. He is also an award-winning screenwriter/director and festival programmer.

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