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.....:. February 12th 2002 : #628
creator . Various
created . New Jack City Soundtrack
on the . 06/29/1993
with . WEA/Warner Bros (W2-24409)
of . Soundtrack
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01 4:44 Ice-T - New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)
02 5:03 Christopher Williams - I'm Dreamin'
03 3:30 Guy - New Jack City
04 3:59 Johnny Gill - I'm Still Waiting
05 5:05 Keith Sweat - (There You Go) Tellin' Me No Again
06 4:14 Danny Madden - Facts of Life
07 5:47 Troop / Levert ft Queen Latifah - For The Love of Money / Living For The City (Medley)
08 4:03 Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
09 4:07 Essence - Lyrics 2 The Rhythm
10 4:25 F.S. Effect - Get It Together (Black Is A Force)
11 3:54 2 Live Crew - In The Dust
48:51 : 67MB
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This soundtrack, from Mario Van Peebles' hit movie New Jack
City, is a fairly good cross-section of rap, house and R&B
styles, in keeping with the attitude of the movie (a violent
cop vs. crack-lords drama). There's no "Theme from 'Shaft'"
for the '90s here, but there are some slammin' sides all the
same -- the album kicks right into high gear with Ice-T's
"New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)," a non-stop barrage of
beats, samples and furious rhymes from Ice-T. F.S. Effect
manage to convey the same sort of energy and fury with "Get
It Together (Black Is a Force)" later in the album. The
disappointment in the rap area is the track from 2 Live
Crew, with a mix of slightly-better-than-routine beats and
samples and some lousy lyrics handled in a lazy throwaway
manner.
--Steven McDonald (www.allmusic.com)
.....:.
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greetings to those who actually know the music they
release and respect the artists creating that music
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like what I'm sayin', fine / But don't close it, always
keep an open mind / A man who fails to listen is blind"
- Ice-T : Freedom of Speech (1989)