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Boiler Room: Original Motion Picture Score (2000 Film)

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So you liked the movie and found the hip-hop throughout compelling, bought the score and are wondering 'what the hell? where's the hip-hop?' There's a list in the end credits of the artists and tracks, but to save you some time, here's the list of track/artist/album, in case you want to find the MP3s or grab the CDs (pick up Tribe Called Quest - Anthology, definitely). Enjoy =)

Format is Track Name - Artist (Album)

1) New York (Ya Out There) - Rakim (18th Letter/Book Of Life)
2) Things Done Changed - Notorious B.I.G. (Ready to Die)
3) Area - De La Soul (Buhloone Mind State)
4) Get On This - Ugly Duckling (Fresh Mode)
5) Ma Dukes - O.C. (Word...Life)
6) Keepin The Faith - De La Soul (De La Soul Is Dead)
7) Award Tour - Tribe Called Quest (Anthology)
8) Funky Child - Lords of the Underground (Here Come The Lords)
9) Supa Star - Group Home (Livin' Proof)
10) Anywayz - Esthero (Breath From Another)
11) You Don't - Tricky (Maxinquae)
12) Rock the Set - Brand Nubian (In God We Trust)
13) Right Here - Pharoahe Monch (Internal Affairs)
14) Impress the Kid - Slick Rick (Art of Storytelling)
15) What a Thug About - Beannie Sigel (Truth)
16) That Aint Gangsta - 50 Cent (Power of the Dollar)
17) Simon Says - Pharoahe Monch (Internal Affairs)
18) Money or Love - Saukrates (Vol. 1-Underground Tapes)

"New York (Ya Out There)" by Rakim -- "Keepin' The Faith" by De La Soul -- "Funky Child" by "Lords of the Underground" -- "Segue to Work" by The Angel --"Sunset Eyes" by Ernie Andrews "Things Done Changed" by Notorious B.I.G. -- "Area" by De La Soul -- "Get On This" by Ugly Duckling -- "Ma Dukes" by O.C. "Award Tour" by Tribe Called Quest -- "Supa Star" by Group Home "Wait Gekko" and "I Just Know" from Wall Street by Stewart Copeland -- "Anywayz" by Esthero -- "Destiny Complete" by The Angel -- "You Don't" by Tricky -- "Right Here" by Pharoahe Monch "What a Thug About" by Beannie Sigel -- "That Ain't Gangsta" by 50 Cents -- "Brand Nubian Rock The Set" by Brand Nubian "Impress the Kid" by Slick Rick -- "Simon Says" by Pharoahe Monch -- "Money or Love" by Saukrates

I went out and bought this CD today. The music is good and some of the best cutting edge hip hop, but it ends WAY too soon. The majority of the songs on here (if you can call them songs) are less then a minute long. Some are even a whole 17 sec long. This wouldn't be bad, but the music pauses in between each song, so it is disgustily obvious that the song is short. I think this would be a great CD if the songs were longer. You get into a song and then it just stops, then an new one starts, with the same bass cord as the last. A non-stop mix and this would be a great CD. Worth copying off the internet, not worth buying.

I, too, expected to hear some of the great tunes from the movie, and was disappointed to find them conspicuously absent from the soundtrack. While the first twenty-four tracks are not entirely unenjoyable, those tracks are short, usually no more than a minute in length. Additionally, the two complete songs tacked on to the end are hardly the best tracks from the movie, and don't add much value. Couple this with the fact that the entire soundtrack is only 35 minutes long and it is clear that I did not get my money's worth with this one.

this is by far the worst soundtrack i have ever heard. DO NOT BUY IT! i saw the movie and there were so many good songs in the movie. i thought that the soundtrack was going to be amazing. first of all, there are only two real songs on the entire cd. the other 23 or so tracks are about 1-2 minute musical background pieces that corespond to the different scenes in the movie. and about half of them sound the same. its a cd of background music. trust me. don't buy it.

The contents of this CD is NOT what is actually played in the movie.

I loved the movie and seeing the movie and the killer hip hop music put to it, I immediately went out and purchased the CD. This is some of the greatest hip hop in the world but the songs are cut too short. With almost each song being limited to under two minutes, the CD leaves you hangin' big time. It is great driving music simply because it gives your drive a chilled-to-the-bone soundtrack. I would [like]to find a CD by The Angel.

i, like lots of other people, thought i would get the songs from the movie. they arent on it. dont get duped like i did.

what a waste of money, it seems i was duped like a few other reviewers into buying this soundtrack thinking it had the songs from the movie, instead its the same background music track remixed 25 different times. very dissapointing!!

A couple of reviews ahead of mine complained about many the songs being too short. Maybe so, but they rule anyway. This CD is worth buying rather than trying to scrounge up most of the tracks off the net. The Angel (the artist who created this score) passed up a major label in order to be able to maintain creative freedom and produce such excellent music; ...