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JennYVarious Artist - Notorious Soundtrack Review
January 27th 2009 03:19
Release date: January 13, 2009
Genre: East Coast hip hop, Gangsta rap
Length: 67:45
Label: Bad Boy
In order to make a great movie, you definitely need a great soundtrack, and thay's what we get with the Notorious Soundtrack - a great mix of Biggie's best jams with some minor new tracks from various rappers.
The classic Notorious Thugs featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony starts things off with a bang. There are no words to describe this song. It is simply beautiful when compared to the rap we have now. Biggie's voice fits well the beat but unfortunately, Bone Thugs doesn't fit with Biggie on this track.
Hypnotize is another classic track from Brooklyn's finest. The bass is dope and the lyricism is just as sick as it was when it first came out. It is followed by Notorious, the kind of song you jam to for years and years without ever getting tired.
HYPNOTIZE MUSIC VIDEO
The song Juicy – an autobiography of B.I.G. - is simply WOW. The beat is classic, the lyrics kill it, I played this song at least ten time non-stop, no joke.
JUICY MUSIC VIDEO
Party & Bullsh** is a new track for me. I loved it in the movie. It's the kind of song you can use to liven up a party. It's a banger, another classic in my opinion. I'm going to play this at every party now.
Warning is CLASSIC BIGGIE, one of his sickest track. The beat sounds gangster and hardcore, and Biggie murders the mic.
One More Chance Remix features Faith Evans and is the kind of song you can just chill and relax too. The rhythm is sweet and smooth. Play this song, it's just... The original version is also on this album as the twelth track.
Brooklyn Go Hard by Jay-Z features Santogold. This track came out at the end of 2008 and could seriously be considered as Brooklyn's anthem. Produced by Kanye West, this song is off the hook, you won't be disappointed. As usual, Jay-Z does his thing, making this track sick as hell.
BROOKLYN WE GO HARD MUSIC VIDEO
Letter To B.I.G is a track by Jadakiss and features Faith Evans. It's the kind of song you listen to because of the lyrics, not the beat. Still, the instrumental is pretty sick, and the song is cool – a nice one from Jada.
The tenth track is Kick In The Door. WOAH. Biggie on the mic, Prem on the beat, what more can you ask for? The way DJ Premier flipped this sample is crazy. Biggie's verse is crazy and the hook is great.
The beat on What's Beef is pretty sick thanks to violin. Unfortunately, the snare was annoying in the sense that it was hitting too much. But other than that, the song is nice.
World Is Filled features Too Short and is pretty average when compared to previous tracks. It has a smooth bass line but nothing makes it special.
Similarly, if you listen to the original version of Microphone Murderer, it's going to sound ugly. But, it was sick in the movie, BIG simply took the mic and ripped it.
Guaranted Raw's beat has those killer big-ass kicks. It's a motherf**** banger but the low quality makes Big's lyrics incomprehensible.
The bass line in Love No Ho starts like the classic “Nuttin' But A G Thing” but gets different as the song advances. I found this track boring. Big didn't sound like he wanted to eat the mic that day. He's simply story-telling, the beat is just kick and snare so...
I couldn't find The Notorious Theme by Danny Elfman which is the thirteenth track of the album.
In the end, I give this album a 8.5/10. 1/3 of the album is classic, the second third did what it had to do, and the last one could've been better but it was really old school; that's why I give it a 8.5. I wouldn't recommend buying it because there's really nothing new if you already have all of Biggie's albums. I say the label don't need more money for not even working hard except making a compilation. Still, it's a nice album.
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