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    07/12/2005 | Atlantic / Wea 

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    All Music Guide Review

    The lineup spread across the soundtrack for Hustle & Flow cannot be denied. T.I., Juvenile, 8 Ball, and MJG, E-40, Trillville, Boyz N da Hood, Mike Jones, and several others make this a timely and fitting companion to the film. More importantly, in keeping the connection between film and soundtrack as tight as possible, a couple tracks performed by actor Terrence Howard -- as Hustle and Flow protagonist DJay, a pimp turned MC -- are included, along with a handful of dialogue bits. Al Kapone, a Memphis-based rapper asked by director Craig Brewer to write DJay's rhymes, also appears, only adding to the authenticity. While the soundtrack complements the film, most of the tracks provided by the big guns aren't top-level. That doesn't mean that the disc is useless for those who don't see the film (altogether, the tracks are more memorable than the average cuts granted to a soundtrack), but it's more New Jersey Drive or Bad Boys II than Juice or Above the Rim. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

    Credits

    • DJ Paul
    • Producer, Mixing, Engineer
    • Anthony Dent
    • Programming, Producer, Engineer, Instrumentation
    • Jason Geter
    • Producer, Executive Producer, Assistant, A&R

    Notes

    Tracklist:
    "I'm A King (The Remix)," P$C featuring T.I. & Lil Scrappy
    "Swerve," Lil' Boosie & Webbie
    "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp," Terrence Howard (DJay) featuring Taraji P. Henson (Shug)
    "Tell Me Why," 8Ball & MJG
    "P***y N***az," E-40 featuring BoHagon & Lil Scrappy
    "Whoop That Trick," Terrence Howard (DJay)
    "Man Up," Trillville
    "Carbon 15's, A.K.'s & Mac 11's," Boyz N Da Hood
    "Lil' Daddy," Chopper
    "Let's Get a Room," Nasty Nardo
    "Booty Language" Juvenile featuring Skip & Wacko
    "Bad B*tch Remix," Webbie featuring Trina
    "Hustle and Flow (It Ain't Ovah)," Terrence Howard (DJay)
    "Still Tippin' (It's a Man's World Remix)," Mike Jones featuring Nicole Wray
    "Murder Game," P$C
    "Get Crunk, Get Buck," Al Kapone

    DJay was a streetwise Memphis hustler trying to find his voice and realize his long-buried dreams. Though DJay had always had a way with words, that gift had long been misused; this philosopher-hustler lived a dead-end life at the fringes of society. Anything more felt out of reach. Still, DJay wondered what happened to all the big dreams he had for his life. A chance encounter with an old friend, Key, a sound engineer who had always wanted to make it in the music business, spurred DJay: if he was ever going to make his mark, it has to happen now. He began to write down his freestyle raps – his flow – and the two teamed up with Shelby, a church musician with a beat machine, to lay down bass-thumping crunk tracks.



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