Music Review

Jump Right In

EW's GRADE
B-

Details Lead Performance: The Urge; Genre: Reggae/Ska

Like their occasional tour mates 311, this St. Louis septet specializes in stoney ska-rock juiced up with funky grooves. Jump Right In, the first single from their second album, Master of Styles, is a solid if unspectacular skank-athon featuring the requisite chicken-scratch riff, double-stop drum pattern, and punchy horn accents. In other words, it has ''summer beach anthem'' written all over it. Look for massive radio saturation. B-

Originally posted May 08, 1998 Published in issue #431 May 08, 1998 Order article reprints

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