Blade II [EXPLICIT LYRICS] [SOUNDTRACK]

Various Artists (Composer), Marco Beltrami (Composer)

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 19, 2002)
• Original Release Date: March 22, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
• Label: Immortal
• ASIN: B000062RB9
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,493 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The rap-rock-electronic collaboration has become a mainstay of the industry. Yet as cool as it is to hook up artists from disparate genres, sometimes these fusions look better on paper than they actually sound. Not so this project, which finds A-list rappers (Busta Rhymes, Bubba Sparxx, Rah-Digga, et al.) joining forces with topnotch electronica heavyweights like Crystal Method and Roni Size. There's much to dig here, but there are a few glaring missteps. Witness "Cowboy," in which the flamboyance of Fat Boy Slim's rubbery funk only underscores Eve's lyrical weaknesses. Also iffy is "Getting Aggressive," which reduces Mystikal to background noise underneath Moby's intrusive onslaught of rhythm. Better balance is found on Mos Def and Massive Attack's intense cover of Bad Brains' "I Against I"; a ghetto-fab but gritty partnership between Jadakiss, Fabolous, and Danny Saber; and Gorillaz and Redman's giddy "Gorillaz on My Mind." Credit everyone involved for delivering a soundtrack album that is much more than tie-in product. --Amy Linden

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very apt, and good quality (despite the exclusions)., April 9, 2002

By	Anbori the Ambivalent (San Jose, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This soundtrack fits Blade 2 quite well. Some of these songs are so well integrated into the movie that it's easy to think the song was designed around the scene.

I definitely esteem this album as a higher quality and better value than the soundtrack to "Queen of the Damned," "Swordfish," "The One," et al.

I was tempted to give this album 3 of 5 stars, for two reasons:
1) I would rather not have "Cowboy" or "Gettin' Aggressive" on the album. I don't feel they contribute toward a better album, but rather work against it.
2) There are two songs that never made it into the soundtrack, songs that I feel were better than the two aforementioned songs. The consensus that these songs were good and should be included combined with the consensus that they are better than a couple of songs that did make their way into the album only goes to show you how much better this album could have been.

Songs from Blade 2 that were not in the soundtrack:
"Cold Blood" (Voodoo & Serano meet CJ Stone) -- From the vampire rave / club scene.
"Name of the Game" (The Crystal Method) -- From the Blade vs. prod-wielders scene.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where is Blood is Pumpin??, September 1, 2002

By A Customer

The best part of this movie is the dance club shootout, and before the actual shootout they play the song Blood is Pumpin(Cold Blood Remix) which is one of the best techno songs ever, and it's not even on this CD!! Disapointment!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars TECHNO SONG PLAYED IN CLUB, April 7, 2002

By	Josh Marcy (SC) - See all my reviews

The only songs I like on the whole CD where 1, 4, and 5. As for the CLUB SONG everyone is looking for it is "Blood Is Pumpin" by Voodoo & Serano. The version that is played in Blade 2 is the FUTURE MIX.