This soundtrack has almost as much hype as the movie. It was executive produced Jay-Z, and as much as it pains me to say this, I think he might have over-thought this one. This whole thing smells like Jigga's best Kanye impersonation.
His song 100$ Bill falls flat in my opinion, there's just too much going on for my taste. As a matter of fact, that seems to be the theme of the entire soundtrack...too much going on. Emile Sande has a remake of Beyonce's Crazy In Love, and Beyonce has a cover of Amy Winehouse's Back To Black featuring Andre 3000. Both are over-experimental and evaporated all the soul that existed in each original.
Don't get me wrong, there are a few nice tracks on the LP, but all of the ones I was looking forward to left me disappointed. Check it out for yourself, the NPR link for the full album stream is below. You're welcome.
