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Music Inspired By the Movie Scarface

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Scarface is without a doubt one of my all time favourite gangster movies so I was looking forward to Def Jams release of "Music Inspired by the Movie Scarface". Most of the cuts on this release are old, several of them make reference/are related to the movie Scarface which show how this one movie had a fair amount of influence on many different rappers from different places whether it be East, West or South. My favourite tracks on this one:

It's Mine- Nas & Mobb Deep collabo, this cut appeared on Mobb Deep's 1999 album "Murda Musik", great collabration track.

Ten Crack Commandments.- The late great Notorious B.I.G., I remember when he first laid down this track enjoyed it then, still enjoyed it today theres alot of truth and knowledge in this one.

Mr. Scarface- By Scarface, Southern rap legend delivers on a track directly inspired by movie.

Streets is Watching- One of Jay-Z older cuts another standout.

Dope Man- One of my fav tracks by N.W.A., brings thing back.

Money, Power, Respect - This is one of the best songs from he Lox's first album.

A Bird In The Hand - Ice Cube- Sick Ice Cube track.

Bad Boyz - Shyne feat. Barrington Levy- Lead single from Shynes debut album an excellent track. I am happy that they put this one on. Hopefully shyne will be out soon.

G.O.D. Pt.III- Mobb Deep- The albums closer is a great track by Prodigy and Havoc, even if it may be based on Pacinos other great movie Godfather series.

There are several more good tracks that I enjoyed on this. The only ones I did not really like were the two new tracks "Yeo" by Camron, and "Pusha Man" by Joe Budden, both artists having far nicer tracks than these ones, even if less related. I also felt that this album should have at least had some latin hip hop on it, but unfortantely there was none. No Big Pun, No Tony Touch, No Norega, No Cuban Link, No Fat Joe, many of these artists have made references to this movie over the years on some very memorable tracks. Dont get me wrong, this is a highly enjoyable release, I just think it could of been better if Def Jam had taken some music other then there own for this recording by doing that they would have introduced some older tracks that alot of people have yet to hear (I have alot of the tracks on this release on different cds that I have bought over the years). With that said this is a good release that I would recommend for the collection if you like the movie and enjoy Hip Hop.

Students of popular culture know very well that Brian De Palma's "Scarface" remains an iconic work in the rap, thug culture. The look, style and dialogue of the movie and Al Pacino's immortal performance as Cuban gangster Tony Montana have influenced everything from how rappers dress to how they speak (weather this is a good thing is up for debate). So it comes as no surprise that with the re-release of the classic 80's movie on DVD comes this semi-tribute album from Def Jam records. But it is a disappointing recycling of old tracks. You would think that these guys who idolize the movie so much would take the time to write some new material. One of the pluses would be the inclusion of dialogue from the movie, this is inventive, but feels cheated because it's surrounded by songs you can get on other albums, in fact, a lot of the songs seem to have no connection at all to the movie. How are we supposed to literally take some of these songs such as "Ten Crack Commandments" as material inspired directly by "Scarface?" "It's Mine" by Mobb Deep only makes sense since it samples the film's opening title music. Some could argue this music is uneeded, since "Scarface" as a movie doesn't even deal with rap culture themes. But still, the movie's influence cannot be denied, and it indeed would be fitting to see a good tribute album from the culture which glorifies it, but this is not it. Fans should go purchase the newly re-released and re-mastered original soundtrack which features Giorgio Moroder's score. This album has good intentions, but they rarely show.

What is this? Some tracks taken from old records! They should put here some exclusives, all this tracks are available on records of those artist.

This CD is amazing...It's just in time for the DVD Release of one of the greatest cult films of all time...The soundtrack is filled with great classics..From Grandmaster Flash to NWA to Biggie To Jay-Z and Nas...Really, it's only missing Eminem for it to be a "greatest rappers of all time" cd...And with skits from the movie edited in the CD, it just makes it more awesome for all Scarface fans...The movie has inspired all hip-hop artists and it's only right that DefJam made a tribute CD as good as this.

"Music Inspired by Scarface" is a mix of classical joints from the hood. Alot of songs talking about mostly the same thing as the theme of the Movie Scarface. Songs about drugs, hustling, and all that stuff. This is a definitely good mix, with a lot of famous artists like Cam'ron, Jewelz Santana, Mobb Deep, Ice Cube, DMX, NWA, Jay-z, and of course the C.E.O of Def Jam, Scarface himself. This album also has interludes from the movie. Don't get me wrong, I bought this album already and it is good, take my word. If you are a Scarface collector or Scarface lover then this is a definite album to buy.

best music for the best movie ever made...
some tracks missin but overrall is very satisfying

Sucks!!!!!!!! The hole thing sucks it was a 1983 movie. There was no djdef back in 1983. Not even rap songs were broght up to the movie. Its scarface not green mile or so other rap movie.You cant rerite scarface with rap.

AN ALBUM OF SCARFACE INSPIRED CUTZ...AND NOT ONE THREE-6-MAFIA OR SKIINY PIMP SONG IN SIGHT. FOLLOW MC RENS ADVICE, AND DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS DEF~JAM FLOP

yo for real this cd captures the spirit of scarface. although some tracks are questionable on how they made the list. overall though the tracks are classics by virtue of the fact that they embody the philosophy of Tony Montana . from "10 crack commnadments" we get the development of the rules of hustlin that was intially given in scarface "never get high off your own supply" to 1900-hustler by Jay-z. this album incorporates the best of music that was directly concived from this generation defining movie. not to mention how ill the interludes of tony monatan are. even if you have these songs individually it is worth the purchase to have this compliation.

man every rapper and their mama think that scarface is the only gangster flick out there they should make music inspired by soundtracks like dolemite, foxy brown, coffy, superfly, shaft, hell long live the blaxcploitation era and the p funk.