The Blade II soundtrack to the relatively large-budgeted, B-movie sequel starring Wesley Snipes is the third in a series of soundtrack records that Happy Walters of Immortal Records assembled. The first, for the movie Judgment Night, included hip-hop and rock acts pairing up for new songs, and the second was for Spawn and featured electronica and hard rock acts. For Blade II, it's hip-hop and electronica acts, and Walters has assembled many of the biggest names in both genres. Electronica can work perfectly with hip-hop, adding a lot of fancier beats and grooves and making the songs distinctive from the usual hip-hop soundtrack. Among the best tracks are Eve and Fatboy Slim teaming up on "Cowboy," and even better is Ice Cube and Paul Oakenfold on "Right Here, Right Now," a song that's reminiscent of Cube's over-the-top performance on the huge single "We Be Clubbin'." Both of these tracks are catchy enough to be huge rap radio hits. Redman also adds plenty of character to his teaming with the Gorillaz, "Gorillaz on My Mind," a silly tune backed by some super funky music and some smooth background vocals. ~ Adam Bregman, All Music Guide
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Track Listing
Credits
- Tom Morello
- Producer
- Muggs
- Producer
- Steve Osborne
- Producer, Mixing
- Danny Saber
- Bass, Guitar, Producer, Programming, Mixing
- Mystikal
- Performer
- Robert "3D" del Naja
- Arranger, Mixing, Producer
- BT
- Programming, Producer, Engineer
- Roni Size
- Producer
- Fatboy Slim
- Performer
- The Crystal Method
- Producer
- Dan the Automator
- Producer
- Dave Parker
- Music Coordinator
- Kid Koala
- Scratching
- Peter Frankfurt
- Soundtrack Executive Producer
- Frank Gryner
- Mixing
- Wesley Snipes
- Soundtrack Executive Producer
- Alex Swift
- Programming
- Happy Walters
- Soundtrack Producer
- Groove Armada
- Producer
- Silkk the Shocker
- Performer
- Simon Thornton
- Engineer, Mix Down
- Trina
- Performer
- Mos Def
- Performer
- Mocean Worker
- Producer, Remixing
- Dub Pistols
- Producer
- Marco Beltrami
- Producer, Orchestration
- Volume 10
- Producer, Performer
- Bob Bowen
- Music Executive
- Jadakiss
- Performer
- Mitch Rotter
- Soundtrack Executive Producer
- Matthew Lindauer
- Art Direction, Design
- Cynthia Sexton
- Executive in Charge of Music
- Bubba Sparxxx
- Performer
- John Richard Lewis
- Trumpet
- Gorillaz
- Producer
- Fabolous
- Performer
- Guillermo del Toro
- Soundtrack Executive Producer
- Jeff Farley
- Soundtrack Producer
- Massive Attack
- Performer
- Moby
- Producer
- Redman
- Performer
- Paul Oakenfold
- Producer, Mixing
- Martin Brumbach
- Remixing
- Busta Rhymes
- Performer
- Norman Cook
- Producer
- Stephen Erdody
- Cello
- Eve
- Performer
- Brian Gardner
- Mastering
- Endre Granat
- Violin
- Scott Humphrey
- Mixing
- Alan Kaplan
- Trombone
- Cypress Hill
- Performer
- Ice Cube
- Performer











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