kidrockx's Full Review: Hardball by Original Soundtrack
"Hardball" Soundtrack is very decent compilation of Ballads, Rap and Hip-Hop songs produced by So So Def Recordings' hitmaker Jermaine Dupri. The best songs (according to me of course :) are Big Tymers' "You can't break me", Lil' Bow Wow's "Hardball" and the special remix (by Jermaine Dupri) of Jagged Edge's big hit "Where the Party at". Some of the best musicians of the genre (R. Kelly, The Notorious B.I.G., Mobb Deep, Da Brat, Xscape) have contributed to this soundtrack, but expect good songs from newcomers (Fundisha, R.O.C. , Lil' Bow Wow, Lil' Zane, Lil' Wayne) as well.
No explicit lyrics (The songs have been cleaned for this album)
First single out is "Hardball" (the video shot in L.A features all the Lil's, Sammie, footage from the film as well guest appearances by many of the film's actors) , and the second one is the new neo soul singer Fundisha's "Insomnia" You might not know (potentially) the new urban music star's name yet, but probably know her voice who did background vocals for Tyrese and Lauren Hill.
1. Intro (Live The Life) - Fundisha
2. Hardball - Lil Bow Wow/Lil' Wayne/Lil' Zane/Sammie
3. You Can't Break Me - Big Tymers
4. Where The Party At (11-01-01 Dupri Remix) - Jagged Edge
5. Insomnia - Fundisha
6. Big Poppa - The Notorious B.I.G.
7. Ghetto - R.L. featuring Jermaine Dupri
8. The Storm Is Over Now - R. Kelly
9. Ball Game - Da Brat
10. Play - Mobb Deep
11. Who Ya Love - R.O.C.
12. Rest Of My Life - Xscape (bonus track, not contained in the film)
Product DetailsOriginal Title:Hardball - Music from the Motion PictureCondition: NEWFormat: CDArtist: Various ArtistsLanguage: EnglishGenre: Soundtrac...More at iNetVideo.com
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