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| Just as the movie "Rush Hour" offers one of the year's best action-comedy tandems in Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, the accompanying soundtrack features some of today's best artists from the hip hop world, including Wu- Tang, Joe and Dru Hill, all of whom contribute strong showings in one of the better hip hop movie soundtracks of the year.
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Dru Hill leads off with "How Deep Is Your Love." This up-tempo track, featuring Redman, is a bold yet successful departure from the old-school croons that attracted listeners to its first album.
Jon B. stays true to form with the sensual "Glad That We Loved," an acoustic-sounding ballad that quickly melts in your mind. Montell Jordan's slow jam "If I Die Tonight" is another quality track, although Flesh-N-Bone's appearance seems strangely out of place.
The album's best effort belongs to the Case and Joe collaboration "Faded Pictures." This is definitely a top-notch groove, displaying the lyrical and vocal abilities that are finally making Joe a household name.
While it appears to lack chart-topping tracks, the "Rush Hour" soundtrack features a star-studded cast of contributors responsible for a number of strong songs. Despite the inclusion of eight Chris Tucker skits which invite skipping and disrupt the disc's continuity, the efforts of the aforementioned artists hold sufficient weight so that this soundtrack should not be overlooked.
09-29-98
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