Disneyremixmania
It's not that Disney's bright-smiling team of kid whisperers hasn't done this sort of thing before, it's that they do it so well this time.RemixManiais a room-rattling, Skechers-shaking affair wherein the once-mild and vaguely medicinal "Bare Necessities" undergoes a funk-fortified "jungle boogie" remix, the ever-creepy "Siamese Cat" song comes out with its claws bared courtesy of a "cat-scratch" remix, and a medley including snatches of "Under the Sea," "I Won't Say (I'm in Love)," and "Cruella De Vil" is subjected to the braid-bobbing turntable stylings of DJ Skribble. Credit the producers for so skillfully tarting up these long-loved classics, but don't forget to give it to the artists, too: Hilary Duff and sister Haylie appear, as do Ashanti, Jesse McCartney (the swoon-inducing "Second Star to the Right") and Skye Sweetnam.--Tammy La Gorce