Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Mack 10 (background vocals). | | Additional personnel: Dr. Dre, Ice-T, K-Dee, Mack 10, Master P, Mr. Short Khop, Ms. Toi, Paul Oakenfold (rap vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Paul Oakenfold ; Steve Osborne; Lamont Hyde. | | Liner Note Author: Soren Baker. | | Recording information: The Enterprise, Burbank, CA. | | Photographer: Eric Williams. | | As a founding member of N.W.A., Ice Cube earned his rep as one of the most controversial hip-hop artists of the late 1980s and early '90s. As such, it was hard to imagine that after a string of grimly titled solo albums (AMERIKKKA'S MOST WANTED, DEATH CERTIFICATE, THE PREDATOR, LETHAL INJECTION), Cube would successfully cross over into Hollywood as an actor, screenwriter, and director. IN THE MOVIES brings together Ice Cube's finest contributions to motion picture soundtracks over the years. Across 17 cuts, IN THE MOVIES features collaborations with Dr. Dre, Mack 10, Master P, Ice T, and Paul Oakenfold. | | Since Priority's 2003 compilation Greatest Hits grabbed some of the most important tracks this West Coast G gave to soundtracks, their 2007 Ice Cube collection In the Movies isn't the grand discography helper it could have been. It's best for the faithful fans who bought all the albums but not all the soundtracks Cube landed on or those who don't mind a little redundancy as long as they get to take a nostalgic ride back to the '90s when the hip-hop soundtrack was king. Tracks from Murder Was the Case ("Natural Born Killaz"), Boyz N the Hood ("How to Survive in South Central"), I Got the Hook Up ("Ghetto Vet"), The Players Club ("'We Be Clubbin'"), and Friday ("Friday") prove Cube was on the best of them, often with the soundtrack's key cut. The rest of the set is more archival than vital, but there's nothing here that suggests the rapper was taking the Hollywood money and running. Even the low point -- "Right Here, Right Now," the collaboration with dance producer Paul Oakenfold for the Blade 2 soundtrack -- deserves a C, and while including the 1991 track "The Wrong N**** to F**k Wit" on the collection because it landed in the 2001 film Scary Movie 2 seems like cheating, it is an amazing cut. [A clean version was issued simultaneously.] ~ David Jeffries |
Producer: Dr. Dre; Sam Sneed; Rockwilder; Paul Oakenfold; Steve Osborne; Dee 'Underdue'; Sir Jinx; Teak "The Beatsmith"; Dr. Dre; Bud'da; Sam Sneed; Ice Cube; Rockwilder; One Eye; Paul Oakenfold; Steve Osborne; Dee 'Underdue'; New Dutch Academy; Teak; Sir Jinx; Fra |
Musical Guests | | Mack 10 | | Ms. Toi | | Dr. Dre | | Master P | | Mr. Short Khop | | Ice-T | | Paul Oakenfold |
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