Beat'em Up

Rolling Stone (7/19/01, p.49) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...His loudest, most adolescent and downright unwholesome album since the Stooges imploded..."
Q Magazine (8/01, p.136) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A return to blitzkrieg riffing...closer to nu-metal than old Stooges....No fool, Iggy knows his appeal is as much iconic as musical these days, and milks it - mockingly - to the max on 'VIP'..."
Mojo (7/01, p.98) - "...A violent, uncompromising record....it starts at the highest velocity of anything he's done... "
CMJ (7/16/01, p.5) - "...Delivers a swift kick to the nuts just when it was needed..."