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Decent Work For Decent Pay
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  • Summary: The Grammy-nominated (for producing M.I.A.'s "Paper Planes") DJ Wesley "Diplo" Pentz releases his latest remix album, featuring works from a variety of indie-rock bands such as Bloc Party, CSS, and Spank Rock.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
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  1. musicOMH.com
    80
    Diplo's original production work is the real joy of this compilation though, and probably the crowning gem is 'Solta O Frango,' from the sublime Bonde Do Role album.
  2. Rolling Stone
    70
    You can quibble with the track list: Some arty blip-and-glitch drags things down a bit, and there's not much favela funk. But Work emphasizes Diplo's huge ears and fondness for warm, open-armed parties.
  3. The A.V. Club
    67
    the title of this collection gets it a little too right: It's decent, but seldom more.
  4. Uncut
    60
    His own production work has been inconsistent. [Feb 2009, p.78]
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  5. Pitchfork
    52
    Like most remix comps, Decent Work is ultimately a grab-bag.
  6. PopMatters
    50
    Decent Work for Decent Pay is choppy and uneven, as many compilation albums are inevitably going to be.
  7. The Guardian
    40
    It has plenty of bracingly dynamic moments--a batucada-enhanced reworking of Samim's Heater, the lurching power of Kano's Reload It, the old-skool exuberance of Spank Rock's Put That Pussy On Me--but moments are all they remain.

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