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Light It Up | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists - Soundtracks
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music
Buy New: $18.98
New (22) Used (67) from $0.01
Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 175100
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 075596241021
EAN: 0075596241021
ASIN: B000021XRH
Release Date: November 9, 1999
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
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| Tracks:
| • | How Many Wanna - Ja Rule | | • | Catz Don't Know - DMX | | • | That's Real - AZ & Beanie Sigel | | • | First One Hit - Amil & Sole | | • | High Schoolin' - Outkast | | • | Light It Up - Master P | | • | Waiting In Vain - Jon B. | | • | Anything - 112 | | • | Here - Beverly | | • | Burgundy - Shya | | • | If Only In Heaven's Eyes - 'N Sync | | • | Free To Believe - Jack Herrera | | • | Ghetto's A Battlefield - Blaze & Firestarr |
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Amazon.com
Whether a movie starring Judd Nelson can claim to be an authentic tale of survival at an inner-city high school is clearly debatable. Because the soundtrack for the movie features teen heartthrobs 'N Sync harmonizing on a Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds's ballad, poetic license--if not straight-out romanticizing--is clearly being exercised here. The 13 tracks mostly present different dimensions of hip-hop, but none approaches the real menace of gangsta rap. The textures vary from the reflective, somber synthesizer of Ja Rule's "How Many Wanna" to the schoolyard taunt of Master P's title track. Pat Benatar's "Love Is a Battlefield" gets a rewrite as "Ghetto Is a Battlefield" from Blaze and Firestarr (featuring Fredro Starr, a former member of Onyx and now an actor in this film). Bob Marley's "Waiting in Vain" is given the 1999 treatment by Jon B., who went to Kingston, Jamaica, to cut the track at Tuff Gong studios, where Marley recorded many of his classics. Now there's authenticity for you. --Rob O'Connor
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Soundtrack By Committee {3 Stars} December 10, 2006
I'm not sure how I ended up with this CD, but I found it sitting on the shelf, so I pulled it out to be reviewed. Anyway, it's not that bad of an album (it's certainly better than the movie, but that's not saying much). Ja Rule's "How Many Wanna" is one of my favorite songs from him (hmmm...maybe that's why I got this CD) and quite possibly one of his best songs ever. There are other solid cuts like "That's Real" (Beanie Sigel & AZ), "High Schoolin' (Outkast & Slimm Calhoun), and "Light It Up" (Master P & The No Limit All Stars) and 112's "Anything" and Beverly's "Here" are nice little throw ins. After those great tracks, things take a serious nosedive.
As with most soundtracks, there are a fair number of tracks where the artists are simply going through the motions. DMX's "Catz Don't Know" is boring and Amil & Sole' drop one of the most lifeless tracks I've ever heard with the uninspired "First One Hit." And don't even get me started on Jon B's miserable cover of Bob Marley's "Waiting In Vain." The rest of the unmentioned songs, while not totally bad, are pretty forgettable.
The Light It Up soundtrack isn't all bad. Some of the tracks are generic, but that should be expected with most movie soundtracks. The gems on the album make it worth grabbing if you can find it used (I don't think I could justify buying this brand new). I recommend giving this album a listen before actually buying it though.
Standout Tracks: How Many Wanna (My Favorite), High Schoolin', Light It Up, and That's Real
for this movie...no! November 20, 2003
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
THIS MOVIE IS ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TAKING A STAND. SO WHY IS IT THAT MOST OF THE TRACKS ON THIS SOUNDTRACK HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE THEME OF THE MOVIE. THE SONGS, EVEN THOUGH ARE GOOD ARE VERY MUCH OUT OF PLACE. EVEN SO, MY FAVORITES ARE JA RULES, MASTER P'S, EVEN THOUGH I THINK HE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TALENT. 112 SONG IS NICE, EVEN THOUGH SLIMS VOICE IS ANNOYING. THERE ARE A FEW OTHERS THAT I CAN'T REALLY REMEMBER THE TITLES TO BUT ONE SONG THAT STICKS OUT THE MOST AND IS VERY PLEASANT TO LISTEN TO IS NSYNC THROUGH HEAVENS EYES. THOSE BOYS ARE A BIT OUT OF PLACE BUT THEY HAVE THE BEST SONG ON THE SOUNDTRACK. THEIR HARMONIES WERE OFF THE HOOK, NOT SURPRISINGLY. THOSE GUYS HAVE SOME SERIOUS TALENT ON THERE HANDS. BABY-FACE WROTE THE SONG TOO, SO YOU KNOW IT HAS SOME SERIOUS HEART TO IT.
Light it Up Soundtrack July 2, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
"Light it up Soundtrack" (1999) is a nice assortment of thirteen Hiphop and R & B songs. Soundtrack starts off solid with Ja Rule's hardcore banger "How Many Wanna" from "Irv Gotti Presents The Murders" one of my favourite Ja Rule Songs. DMX drops in for the powerfull "Catz Dont Know", a dope track where X weaves a dark story about betrayal and murder. AZ and Beanie Seigel make a rare collab on "That's Real", another nice track. "High Schoolin'" Feat. Slimm Cutta-Calhoun (of Goodie Mobb) and Outkast, is a blazing funkfied track with a memorable chorus. Albums title track comes from more southern artists: Master P and the No Limit All Stars, like P's chorus to this. The next track is a relaxed soulful Jon B. song called "Waiting in Vain", where Jon B. shines. More nice R & B tracks follow: 112 delivers "Anything" a smooth love ballad and NSYNC comes through with the melodic "If Only in Heaven's Eyes" a moving song. Shya's "Burgundy", Beverly's "Here" and Jack Herrera's "Free to Believe" are all decent R & B songs, none of them really standing out for me, at same time none of them bad. I am not really into female mc's Amil's "First One Hit" though the beat keeps your attention and I can see the ladies liking this one more. Onyx's Fredro Starr who also co-stars in the movie collabs with Blaze on "Ghetto's A Battlefield" the albums closer, a deep track which has some very nice female vocals. As a soundtrack "Light it Up" is one of the better ones I have come across, short as it is, the tracks on it are memorable and have good replay value making it a soundtrack worth having in the collection.
 There are some really good songs on here! June 10, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Usually hip-hop soundtracks have one big artist, and then a ton of non talented wannabes. Well, not this one. When you combine some of rap and hip-hop's biggest names such as DMX, Master P, 112, Ja Rule and of course the amazing Outkast, you are bound to get awesome results. Jon B. redid Bob Marley's hit Waiting In Vain for this soundtrack, with very good results. Then newcomer Amil got a chance to shine for her above average track First One Hit. Outkast, which are quite possibly one of my favorite groups ever, performs very well with their track, which features Slim Cutta Calhoun. Master P does the title track. The only song that just seems out of place is 'N Sync's If Only In Heaven's Eyes. Now don't get me wrong, I like 'N Sync, but they just don't sound very good on a rap/hip-hop soundtrack. But this overall is a very good CD that any fan of hip-hop should purchase.
Lightin' it up October 24, 2000
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Buy it for Ja, buy it for the allstars, even buy it for beenie and AZ. But if you buy it for the outkast, you will NOT be dissapointed. It is the best, hyper, upbeat, party song you will ever hear.
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