Daily Arts Writer

Anslem Douglas did it. He is the man to blame. He let the dogs out. Damn him. And damned as well is the first release from fledging record label Victory World. Hot Carribean Hits, a compilation that is sure to shake your rump right over to the stop button on the CD player atop the dresser.

Opening with "Who Let the Dogs Out" is clearly a label ploy to generate interest. Victory Records scored big time, landing the song's original performer Anslem Douglas.

One would think it gets no worse than "Who Let the Dog's Out," except it does. What follows is a sporadic collection of artists like Super Blue and the Roy Cape All Stars.

The sampling of Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" by Gailann & Rocky for "On D'Road" is the battery that burns out in the grocery store parking lot. Sadly, the royalties Soft Cell is going to see from the sample on Hot Caribbean Hits is going to be less than an hour's pay flipping burgers (the ad-wizards who devised this release at Victory Records obviously didn't consult Miss Cleo before slapping this piece together).

Hot Caribbean Hits proves over and over (12 times over in fact) that the only thing true in the title is that the songs are Caribbean (maybe). The 53 minutes this record lasts would be better spent watching Ron Popeil infomercials.

Grade: F