Light It Up [ENHANCED] [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists - Soundtracks - 1999

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 9, 1999)
• Original Release Date: November 9, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
• Label: Elektra / Wea
• ASIN: B000021XRH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #218,297 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Whether a movie starring Judd Nelson can claim to be an authentic tale of survival at an inner-city high school is clearly debatable. Because the soundtrack for the movie features teen heartthrobs 'N Sync harmonizing on a Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds's ballad, poetic license--if not straight-out romanticizing--is clearly being exercised here. The 13 tracks mostly present different dimensions of hip-hop, but none approaches the real menace of gangsta rap. The textures vary from the reflective, somber synthesizer of Ja Rule's "How Many Wanna" to the schoolyard taunt of Master P's title track. Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" gets a rewrite as "Ghetto Is a Battlefield" from Blaze and Firestarr (featuring Fredro Starr, a former member of Onyx and now an actor in this film). Bob Marley's "Waiting in Vain" is given the 1999 treatment by Jon B., who went to Kingston, Jamaica, to cut the track at Tuff Gong studios, where Marley recorded many of his classics. Now there's authenticity for you. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best all around soundtrack in 1999!, December 13, 1999

By	"calhi31" (Southside, California) - See all my reviews

This is the bomb soundtrack. Master P and his crew lights it up with the title track. The best song in this soundtrack in my opinion. Ja Rule does his thang with his radio hit to kick off this soundtrack. 112 has a quality track. If you want the rap-slowjam mix in one album, this is the CD to buy. 'N Sync also enhances this LP with the pretty Ballad written by Babyface. Get this CD. This is the best soundtrack that i own.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Light it up sound track is off the hook., November 10, 1999

By A Customer

Hey this CD has it all slow jams, ruff jams, and jams that just kick knowlegde. Just because it has DMX and Ja Rule makes it reason enough to buy it. This isn't the normal CD with 2 or 3 tracks that jam but 8-10 tracks that jam. Any time the first track on a CD jams then usauly mot of them jam. Oh yeah and for all us down south ***** who don't like that east coast **** this is a lttle bit of both. Oh yeah and if you like this type CD check out Eve's new album cause in my opion she's on the rise.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Em' Up, Hit Em' Up, Light Em' Up, Light Em' Up, March 9, 2000

By	Mike [[\] [[] [[_ [[ [[\/] [[ "[" (Southern Cali) - See all my reviews

I gave this cd 5 stars because it is definately worth buying. I only listen to 6 of the 13 songs, and sometimes track 13. "Light It Up" by TRU (Master P, Silkk, and C-Murder) and Mystikal is really good. I am a big no limit fan [[\] [[] [[_ [[ [[\/] [[ "[". Track 1 most people know, is done by Ja Rule "How Many Wanna". Track 2 is by DMX, "Catz Don't Know", and it is just as good as the songs on his albums, it has a really good beat. Track 3 by Az and Beanie Sigel called "That's Real" also has a good beat, and is really good. "First One Hit" by Sole' and Amil. Sole' is one of the best lady rappers out. Outkast with a guy from Goodie Mobb, is next with "High Schoolin", which has a nice beat, and chorus. I don't have a favorite song, but I like the first six songs almost equally. "Light It Up" from No Limit has the same type of set up as "Hoody Hoo". If you don't have this, it is definately worth buying. Buy some No Limit cd's too.