- Audio CD (Mar 19 2002)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
- Label: EMI Music Canada
- Run Time: 117 minutes
- ASIN: B000062RB9
- Other Editions: Audio CD | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #62,699 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Blade (theme from Blade) - Marco Beltrami & Danny Saber |
| 2. Cowboy - Eve & Fatboy Slim |
| 3. I Against I - Mos Def & Massive Attack |
| 4. Right Here, Right Now - Ice Cube & Paul Oakenfold |
| 5. Tao of the Machine - The Roots & BT |
| 6. Child of the Wild West - Cypress Hill & Roni Size |
| 7. The One - Busta Rhymes / Silkk The Shocker & Dub Pistols |
| 8. We Be Like This - Fabolous / Jadakiss & Danny Saber |
| 9. Gorillaz On My Mind - Redman & Gorillaz |
| 10. Gangsta Queens - Trina / Rah-Digga & Groove Armada |
| 11. PHDream - Bubba Sparxxx & The Crystal Method |
| 12. Raised in the Hood - Volume 10 & Roni Size |
| 13. Gettin' Aggressive - Mystikal & Moby |
| 14. Mind What You Say - Buppy (Bonus Track) |
Product Description
From Amazon.co.uk
The rap-rock-electronic collaboration has become a mainstay of the industry. Yet as cool as it is to hook up artists from disparate genres, sometimes these fusions look better on paper than they actually sound. Not so with this project, which finds A-list rappers (Busta Rhymes, Bubba Sparxx, Rah-Digga et al) joining forces with top-notch electronica heavyweights like Crystal Method and Roni Size. There's much to dig here, but there are a few glaring missteps: witness "Cowboy", in which the flamboyance of Fatboy Slim's rubbery funk only underscores Eve's lyrical weaknesses. Also iffy is "Getting Aggressive", which reduces Mystikal to background noise underneath Moby's intrusive onslaught of rhythm. Better balance is found on Mos Def and Massive Attack's intense cover of Bad Brains' "I Against I"; a ghetto-fab but gritty partnership between Jadakiss, Fabolous and Danny Saber; and Gorillaz and Redman's giddy "Gorillaz on My Mind". Credit everyone involved for delivering a soundtrack album that is much more than a tie-in product.--Amy Linden
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Total crap.,
By Kent (Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blade II (Audio CD)
I bought this thinking I would get some rock/alternative music. Instead, like the Blade soundtrack, I got a bunch of rap with swear word this and swear word that. This is total crap! Get the actual composition of this movie. You are just wasting money with this one!
1.0 out of 5 stars
Wish I could do less than 1 star for this one.,
By Nate Vegas "tc2037" (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blade II (Audio CD)
Quoting Peter Downing: "Tao of the Machine by BT and the Roots is a fantastic song." I completely agree! Wish there were more out there like it, but I see more and more of the crap drowning out the better artists when they team up to get their names on the records and soundtracks as unfortunate as it is. >THIS< is why people choose to choose what songs they want *wink-wink's at the RIAA*
4.0 out of 5 stars
A nice change from normal hip-hop soundtracks.,
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This review is from: Blade II (Audio CD)
The concept behind the soundtrack to BLADE II is simple: take some high-profile hip-hop artists and some equally high-profile electronica artists, and have them make music. This idea is nothing groundbreaking, since the two genres frequently mixed in their early days (listen to Afrika Bambaataa if you don't believe me). However, if you think about it, the intricacies of their genre mean that electronica artists are probably better viewed as bands than merely producers, which is something most hip-hop artists aren't used to dealing with.I say "most" because that description obviously doesn't apply to the Roots, whose lead rapper Black Thought knows how to divide the listener's attention between his rapping and the music of the rest of his band. It should come as no surprise, then, that his collaboration with BT, "Tao Of The Machine," is far and away the best song on the soundtrack. Similarly, all of the songs that succeed do so because there is a sense that the rappers realize that they are working with fellow artists who have talents that at times deserves the full attention of the listener. Redman does a great job with "Gorillaz On My Mind," which is the best remix of Gorillaz' "19-2000" out there, and Bubba Sparxxx & The Crystal Method's "PHDream" is a pretty interesting take on a track from TCM's 2001 album, TWEEKEND. Unfortunately, the flaws that do exist on this album are rather obvious. None of the tracks are bad, mind you, but some of them sound no different from ordinary hip-hop tracks (most notably "The One"). For someone who expects a departure from standard hip-hop soundtracks, this is a dissappointment. Still it's a reasonably good deal, since only one track is taken directly from an album ("Right Here, Right Now" is available on Oakenfold's BUNKKA), and the good tracks are really, REALLY good.
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