Black and White [Clean]

• Artist: Original Soundtrack
• Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Total Time: 52:55
• Type: Soundtrack
• Genre: Soundtrack

Review

Black and White makes a good argument for rap music's ability to maintain the thread of a film's themes and play less the role of an MC-studded ticket-pusher. That's not to say the big guns featured on the album, like Raekwon, Prodigy, the late Big Pun, and Xzibit, don't command your attention. The record cleverly opens with the hum of a movie projector followed by the deadpan delivery of the line "Black and White? So, we movie-settin'?," which sets the pace for a fangs-bared montage of politically charged manifestoes aimed at jersey-wearing wannabes.

It's the player-haters and fakers that get the brunt of this 13-track beating. Queen Pen's "You'll Never Be Better Than Me" combines fierce rock-tinged guitar riffs with harsh words for those who'd try to accessorize the toughest elements of African-American culture, while the American Cream Team gives the "Middle Finger Attitude," recalling a confrontation in the movie between Italian mobsters moving in on the nightclub turf of rap gangsters. Prodigy of Mobb Deep keeps the peace with the laid-back tempo and swooping violins of "Don't Be a Follower," along with other more temperate tracks, such as the sampled harpsichord and sweet beats of Black and White co-star Raekwon's "Wake Up" and Big Pun's "Dramacide" with Kool G Rap and turntablists the X-ecutioners. [Black and White was also released in a "clean" edition, containing no profanities or vulgarities.] ~ Derrick Mathis, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
It's Not a Game	C. Woods	Raekwon, American Cream Attitude, American Cream Team	(4:57)
Year 2000	Brad Davis	Jonathan Davis, Xzibit	(3:45)
Don't Be a Follower	Albert Johnson	Prodigy	(3:15)
Dramacide	Kool G Rap, A. Williams, Robert Aguilar	Kool G Rap, The X-ecutioners, Big Punisher	(3:41)
Life's a Bitch	Erik Schrody	Everlast	(3:27)
Wake Up	C. Woods	Raekwon	(4:07)
Dem Crazy	Lavonne Alford	Stephen Marley, Dead Prez, Ghetto Youths Crew	(4:55)
Stand for Something		Outlawz, Chip Banks	(4:39)
Middle Finger Attitude		American Cream Attitude	(4:09)
You'll Never Be Better Than Me (I'm That S***)	L. Walters	Queen Pen, Joe Hooker	(4:36)
You [Feel Good Remix]	Dante Smith	Mos Def, Samuel Christian	(3:46)
You're a Big Girl Now	Robert Douglas, Marty Bryant	L.V.	(4:14)
Free	Michael Allen Harrison, Naheem "Pop Holiday" Bowens, Michael Fredo	Michael Fredo	(3:24)

Credits

Steve Russell (Producer), Big Punisher (Performer), Sean Cane (Producer), Abu (Engineer), Mos Def (Performer), Everlast (Performer), Mel Man (Producer), Steve Sola (Mixing), Brian Green (Mixing), Dr. Dre (Mixing), Outlawz (Performer), Dominick Mancuso (Engineer), Prodigy (Producer), Chris Conway (Mixing), E-Swift (Producer), Brian Green (Engineer), Jonathan Davis (Vocals), Del Atkins (Bass), Steve Russell (Mixing), Mike D (Producer), Joe Hooker (Performer), Dead Prez (Performer), Matt Life (Programming), Xzibit (Performer), Richard Huredia (Engineer), Ghetto Youths Crew (Performer), Michael Fredo (Performer), Stephen Marley (Performer), One Eye (Producer), Sergio Garcia (Engineer), Steve Sola (Engineer), E-Swift (Engineer), Raekwon (Assistant Executive Producer), Wrecka (Producer), Richard Huredia (Mixing), Steve Russell (Engineer), E-Swift (Mixing), Jonathan Williams (Mixing), Queen Pen (Arranger), Jonathan Williams (Programming), Brian Stanley (Engineer), Harve Pierre (Arranger), Kool G Rap (Performer), Prodigy (Mixing), Samuel Christian (Performer), Aaron Lasko (Engineer), Fieldy (Bass), Oli Grant (Executive Producer), Brian Green (Producer), Tony Smalios (Mixing), One Eye (Engineer), Hernán Santiago (Engineer), Rasheed Goodlowe (Engineer), Doug Wilson (Mixing), One Eye (Mixing)