Entertainment Weekly (3/29/02, p.74) - "...likeably lightweight tunes..." - Rating: B-
Baha Men: Herschel Small (leader, vocals, guitar); Isaiah Taylor (leader, vocals, bass); Patrick Carey (vocals, guitar); Jeffrey Chea (vocals, keyboards); Colyn "Moe" Grant (vocals, drums); Anthony "Monks" Flowers (vocals, percussion); Rick Carey, Omerit Hield (vocals); Marvin Prosper (vocals, rap vocals).
Additional personnel includes: Mark Hudson (vocals, guitar); Boogie & Damon Lee (vocals); Steve Kelly, Amir Bayyan (guitar); Pat Zicari (horns); Donovan Jackson (keyboards); Scott Gordon, Neil Symonette (percussion); Candice Beu, Christine Beu, Jilaine Beu, Danielle Beu, Jay Williams, Jersey Jen, Jersey Lori, Jersey Jess, Jen Hollander (background vocals).
Producers include: Mike Mangini, Steve Greenberg, Mark Hudson, Danny Browne, Kendal Stubbs.
Engineers include: Sheldon Steiger, Steve Mac, The Triangle.
Principally recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas.
Any pop group that has as huge a success as the Baha Men did with the ubiquitous "Who Let the Dogs Out?" is going to be plagued by follow-up issues. Few have come out on top of such a situation, so you have to admire these guys for even trying. Throughout MOVE IT LIKE THIS, the Baha Men wisely stick to their strengths; pure party music adorned by bright, percussive tones and informed by a well developed sense of fun. They modernize the light-hearted Harry Nilsson tune "Coconut" as "Put the Lime in the Coconut" to endearing effect. Most of the Baha Men's fans are unlikely to remember the delightful early '80s tune "The Best Years of Our Lives" by Britfunk outfit Modern Romance, but the version contained on MOVE IT LIKE THIS retains so much of the original's uplift and spunk that the song is carried on its own weight. As usual, Caribbean touches like steel drums and hints of island rhythms add a winning lilt to the Baha Men's sound.