Artist: Various Artists
Title Of Album: I Like It Like That: Fania Remixed
Year Of Release: 2008
Label: Fania / 07067
Genre: Latin, Funk, Soul, Jazz, Salsa, House
Total Time: 2:13:05
Format: Mp3 / FLAC (tracks)
Quality: CBR 320 kbps / Lossless
Total Size: 319 mb / 898 mb

Review by John Bush
Make no mistake, it's no easy feat to remix styles like soul or salsa that not only existed before digital recording or electronics, but don't even need that extra boost from post-production to gain potency. The mighty Fania catalog is proof positive; its roster of free-wheeling salsa and groove-laden popcorn boogaloo has overtaken many a dancefloor, and not just in the '70s. In fact, Fania commands such respect around the globe's better dancefloors that the remixers heard on I Like It Like That: Fania Remixed are cream of the crop -- Gilles Petersen, Louie Vega, Quantic, 4hero, Joe Claussell, and Bugz in the Attic. The remixers are smart enough to realize that tampering with music this good would be a tragedy, so the vast majority give the tracks a slightly beefier production, although one of the world's best (and least known) turntablists, DJ Format, has some obvious fun with Dave "Baby" Cortez's "Happy Soul with a Hook" (which DJ Premier unearthed for Christina Aguilera). Best of all, however, is Louie Vega's remix of the salsa anthem "Mi Gente" by Hector Lavoe. It's no secret in the dance world that Vega is proud to call himself a nephew of one of the greatest salsa vocalists of all time, and his production here includes mounds of ad libs taken from original outtakes.

TRACKLIST:

Disc 1
01 VA - Intro
02 Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That (Aaron Jerome Remix)
03 Dave Cortez - Happy Soul With A Hook (DJ Format Remix)
04 Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Plastico (Bugz In The Attic Remix)
05 Hector Lavoe - Mi Gente (Louie Vega EOL Remix)
06 Roberto Roena - Take Five (Nicola Conte Remix)
07 Noro Morales - Saona (Gilles Peterson & Simbad Remix)
08 Ray Barretto - O Elefante (SHH Remix)
09 Johnny Pacheco - Boogaloo De Johnny (Quantic Remix)
10 Ralfi Pagan - I Didn't Want To Have To Do It (4 Hero Remix)
11 Fania All Stars - Steady (Fuji) (Andy Smith & Keith Lawrence Remix)
12 Lenni Sesar - Morris Park (Bonde De Role Remix)
13 La Lupe - Fever (Sinden Remix)
14 Ricardo Marrerro - Feel Like Making Love (Ashley Beedle Remix)

Disc 2 - Originals
15 Pete Rodriguez - I Like It Like That
16 Dave Cortez - Happy Soul With A Hook
17 Willie Colon & Ruben Blades - Plastico
18 Hector Lavoe - Mi Gente
19 Roberto Roena - Take Five
20 Noro Morales - Saona
21 Ray Barretto - O Elefante
22 Johnny Pacheco - Boogaloo De Johnny
23 Ralfi Pagan - I Didn't Want To Have To Do It
24 Fania All Stars - Steady (Fuji)
25 Lenni Sesar - Morris Park
26 La Lupe - Fever
27 Ricardo Marrerro - Feel Like Making Love
28 Tito Puente - Watu Wasuri (Gilles Peterson Re-Edit)

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