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Track Listings
| 1. The Humpty Dance |
| 2. The Way We Swing |
| 3. Rhymin' On The Funk |
| 4. The New Jazz (One) |
| 5. Underwater Rimes (Remix) |
| 6. Gutfest '89 (Edit) |
| 7. The Danger Zone |
| 8. Freaks Of The Industry |
| 9. Doowutchyalike |
| 10. Packet Prelude |
| 11. Packet Prelude |
| 12. Sex Packets |
| 13. Street Scene |
| 14. Packet Man |
Customer Reviews
Excuse me trooper, Will you be needing any packets today? Nah B, don`t be pulling on my jacket ok? Cool, jus` trying to get your attention so you can take a look at this invention. Now peep these, I got some more in my jacket. Man, what are these condoms? Ah ah, Sex Packets - It`s like a pill, you can ever chew it up or like an Alcaseltzer, disolve it in a cup; and check this, see the girl on the cover? You black out, and she becomes your lover. You`re trippin No I`m serious, these are authentic. Yeah, well I don`t take halucinagenics. Wrong again my man, this is way more real but since you know everything, I`ll make someone else a deal.
This album is best known for the hits "The Humpty Dance" and "Doowutchyalike", two of the best hip-hop party jams ever recorded. The lyrics on these tracks are downright hysterical and the break in the latter track advising DJs to end the song and even providing the fade out is priceless. But while these tracks are excellent, many of the remaining tracks are just as strong. "Underwater Rimes (Remix)", "Rhymin' On The Funk", and "Packet Man" are all great tracks relying on grooves from P-Funk. "Gutfest '89" and "The Way We Swing" are killer jams with the latter sampling Jimi Hendrix's "Who Knows." The more laid-back stoned out funk of "Freaks Of The Industry" and "The Danger Zone" are great tracks. The title track is the only slow track here and it's also very good. This is one of the best hip-hop albums ever recorded. Highly recommended.
Another reviewer mentioned that the original casette of Sex Packets had three extra songs and a full version of "Gutfest." Well, if you just want "The Humpty Dance" then this CD is fine. But know that if you're getting this current version of Sex Packets, you aren't getting the real thing. Some of the songs missing are fantastic and superior to some of the tracks which do remain on the CD. Also, the missing complete 8 minute version of "Gutfest" explains more about its concept in fuller scope and allows the groove to set in better - it was a funky highlight on the cassette issue, but here it seems irrelevant and awkward.
If I'd realized the CD was missing the original songs and sequencing, I wouldn't have paid for it, I would have just downloaded the tracks. I advise you to do the same, and wait for someone to acquire Tommy Boy=(now defunt)'s original version to reissue as the whole album in its entirety.
That said, "Humpty Dance" is one of the funniest, wittiest songs ever, as well as extremely funky. "Dowutchalike" is equally funky.
The "Sex Packets" theme of the rest of the album is okay, a kind of juvenile attempt at creating a George Clinton-like concept, but overall it's just sort of silly, unexceptional joke and nothing more. And not until the bouncy "Packet Man," built around a Fred Wesley sample, does the concept really do anything musically entertaining, making it all worthwhile.
Several songs are missing from the mix, as I've said. I remember one called "Hip Hop Doll" and my one of personal favorites "Tribute to the Early Days."
As it stands, 4 stars. But the complete version of the original cassette tape, if you ever can find it, is worth 5.
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