Being a huge old school rap/rock fan, I stumbled across this one just this year, not even being aware it was even around. It's like the missing piece of the puzzle of those early years of the genre, perfect last piece I guess....perhaps there are more out there to find?

I agree with many that these were the great days to rap rock/metal, it had gotten beyond the "rap and metal can never mix" of the late 80's and started to hit it's stride. Pick this one up for the glory days of it all, at first glance this looks like some rather silly over-saturate the market collaborations perhaps, like a bunch of strange bands jumping on the rap rock bandwagon, but this was 1993 and it was nowhere near as loaded with lackluster rap rocks bands as there would be in the late 90's and into 2000. In '93 I think Rage Against the Machine were just starting out, Body Count was just starting out...this was the early days, the glory days of rap rock, rap metal, whatever you wanna call it, this is essential for the completist of the genre in my book anyway.

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Paul A. Vincent

What a soundtrack!!!!!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2008

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This one of the best soundtracks out there. At the time this soundtrack came out it was one of the earliest albums to bring to together rock and rap music. Everyone of these songs is great to listen too. Get it you will not regret it.

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Jeremy Charlton

Among the best soundtracks out there...

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2015

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I'm usually not into soundtracks, but this one is exceptional. There's only two tracks on here that I'm indifferent to (the song "Me, Myself & My Microphone", by Living Colour & Run DMC and the song "Freak Momma", by Mudhoney & Sir Mix-A-Lot). They're not bad by any means, they just don't do anything for me. The rest of the songs are awesome. Definitely a must own!

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bonbar56

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2016

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Wanted the movie but order wrong but like music

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stefan

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2014

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Good read

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warped

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on November 16, 2015

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Very good condition, almost new

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David Sheetz

Judgment night soundtrack

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2012

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I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH WHAT I RECEIVED. I FELT THEY ADVERTISED FALSE INFO OF PRODUCT. I RCEIVED A CENSORED DEMO CD AND NOT OF THE CD THAT WAS ON WHAT THEY WERE SELLING. IN MY REVIEW I WOULD NOT BUY FROM THE BARGAIN BARON AGAIN.

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Hype Currie

Pioneering, Excellent Concept Album of Hip Hop & Rock!

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2009

The Judgment Night soundtrack accompanied the 1993 action film of the same name that starred Emilio Estevez and Cuba Gooding, Jr. Each song on the 11-track release featured an original collaboration between a rock band and a hip-hop artist or group. Circa 1993, alternative-rock was the latest trend in modern rock, while hip-hop had recently become a regular fixture on the crossover charts. The pairings mesh better than listeners might assume, especially if they are exclusively fans of one genre or the other.
House of Pain & Helmet open the album with "Just Another Victim": At first featuring rockers' vocals the song changes into an extended rap from House of Pain's Everlast, where he apparently identifies with Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle. The title track features the hyper-aggressive Onyx and thrash outfit Biohazard, where Sticky Fingaz is bold enough to make provocative statements like "I swear to God I'll raise hell and make the white man call me master..."
Cypress Hill pulls double duty here- first with Sonic Youth on "I Love You Mary Jane", a tribute to--what else--cannabis: Card-carrying smoker B-real raps over a slow, droning groove while Kim Gordon provides assistance on the hook. Cypress also figures on the album's closer with members of Pearl Jam on "Real Thing" (however, Eddie Vedder apparently skips the session).
De La Soul and Teenage Fanclub easily take the nod for weirdest song, "Fallin'": MCs Posdnous and Trugoy lament the choices of a self-indulgent rapper who falls on hard times; ad-libs by the guys make reprise the chorus to Duice's "Dazzy Duks". Del and Dinosaur Jr. have one of the best songs here in Missing Link; Del happily name-checks comic-book characters in his stream-of-thought freestyle.
Sir Mix-A-Lot retains his humor on "Freak Momma" with Mudhoney; over some surf-rock inspired guitar riffs, Sir Mix continues his horny-come-ons from "Baby Got Back" and in a self-aware moment acknowledges "I just lost my street credibility, y'all!" Genre-bending pioneers Run-DMC sound as if they're having great fun jamming with Living Colour on "Me, Myself & My Microphone."; this should have been a single.
Ice-T trades his Body Count band for the death-metal of Slayer, on the anti-war rant "Disorder". West coast underground gangsta crew Boo-Yaa TRIBE find common ground with Faith No More "Another Body Murdered", and Fatal & Thearapy continue the theme on "Come and Die".
Creative listeners may fantasize about what other combos could have happened (Public Enemy and Nirvana? Red Hot Chili Peppers and Ice Cube? We'll never know.) In years soon to come a wave of rap-rock fusion bands came to prominence like Rage Against the Machine, Limp Bizkit and Korn. That this compilation is more memorable than the film speaks to the impressive results from what could have been a disastrously executed concept.

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Robert

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2015

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Very GooD!!!!!!!!

K. Staddon

Great Crossover

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 11, 2009

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I started playing this when I was a DJ in the 90s ( Vinyl Then) and felt it was the most important crossover of the time. After all these years I havn't changed my mind.. This is a great tribute to all the music genres involved. It proved that whatever the band, Musicians are into, they could combine and create music that spanned the generations and forge forward into pastures new. Sorry if I'm waxing lyrical, but I do feel that this opus has been undervalued for too long. Buy It!! You will see how this changed music for the better!!!!!

Stacee J

Best rock/rap mash up of all time!!!

Reviewed in Canada on April 6, 2020

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Most underrated rock/rap mash up album of all time!!!

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