"SHEEEEEE'S YOUUUUUUR QUEEEEEN TO BEEEEE!" Any mix with a Coming To America theme is pretty much guaranteed to get the Lab seal of approval, but Scott Melker goes in especially hard on this one. Melker (a Rub associate and tourmate of G.Love & Special Sauce) mixes through a whole slew of 80s tracks here, some cheeseball (yet entertaining) and some surprisingly ripe for revisiting. Sandwiched between the Sexual Chocolate intro and the "She's your queen to be…" outro are acts like: Mark Morrison, Hall & Oates, Toto, Terence Trent D'Arby, Pebbles, Bell Biv Devoe, INXS and even a whole section dedicated to the kings of 80s open-shirt R&B, Bobby Brown & New Edition. (It's appropriately titled "Zamunda.") 74 minutes total.

reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red