I am sorry, but if you think you're too high-class to drop an Assault joint from time to time, then you need to check yourself, 'cause there ain't nobody too good for this shit. The Club Hoppin' EP has class. Sure, you can always expect an Assault record to be nasty, but this is no crowd-pleasing ass-n-titties shite that'll give you a soul hangover the next day. That's not to say that this plate isn't all booty: but this here is some incredible, positive, techno music which has been greatly enhanced, in my opinion, by the addition of some proper adult language. Listen to "Drip Drop(1)," and before you start wishing that the words were different (something about holes all over my dick), take a deep breath and appreciate. Check the compression on the low end; check how the man rides the 909; check the trippy-ass filter on the vocal and then check how you can turn this record WAY up, cause a full-on earthquake, and not distort. Production, production, production. And if you find yourself playing a bar-mitzva, drop "Turn Up the Bass(2)" and even the grandmas will get up and do the hora with you. The other three on this plate are definitely more club and Assault-like (as in, "Tear Up The Club"), but "Heffas(3)" and "Grind On That Booty(4)" will do for the floor what ketchup does for french fries - make it all taste really fecking good.

reviewed by Carlisle McQueen