Biochemically Compacted Sexual Affection

"Chinese girl ... Age 17 ... Waist 24 ... Hips 33 ... Hmmm ... This one here says young black virgin ..." You all know what I'm talking about ... I know you do ... These two lines alone bring all the memories flooding back of one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time - the debut release by Digital Underground entitled "Sex Packets" ... This is such a work of art it is hard to even know where to begin when writing about it but 16 years after its release every single damn tune sounds just as phenomenal as it did when it was first released in 1990 ... I'd love to speak to Shock G one day to find out where the hell he came up with the whole concept of shaping a record around an imaginary drug intended to simulate sexual fantasies and why he even went so far as to say that this was something actually being tested by astronauts for use in outer space because I am sure his answer would be as fascinating as the original idea itself but either way it worked ... From the madness of the Humpty Dance and the jazz interludes to Underwater Rimes, Freaks Of The Industry and of course Packet Man this is pretty much a flawless record and I haven't even mentioned Doowutchyalike whose 12" artwork alone is worth an article in itself ... Oozing with P Funk samples and boundless imagination, every time I listen to this record I find something new hidden somewhere in it to make me smile and - to be completely honest - I have to confess that it was only last week when I was in the car with a Chinese girl who probably was 17 when Sex Packets was released that I fully came to terms with The Way We Swing and how incredible it is ...