Willie Hutch - Mark of the Beast

All Music Guide

With The Mark of the Beast Willie Hutch began shifting away from the deeply soulful funk of his classic blaxploitation soundtracks towards the slick, danceoriented production of his subsequent workthe title cut even features a drum machine (talk about signs of the apocalypse). What may have seemed fresh at the time has not aged well, howeverthe silkysmooth production steampresses the wrinkles that made Hutch's earlier records so appealing. Only "Try It You'll Like It" captures the Willie Hutch of oldthe remainder of The Mark of the Beast stumbles under the burden of overproduction.

- Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide