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American Gangster | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Def Jam
Category: Music
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 2821
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 001020002
UPC: 602517496828
EAN: 0602517496828
ASIN: B000WCDI5U
Release Date: November 6, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Do You Feel Me - Anthony Hamilton | | • | Why Don't We Do It In The Road? - Lowell Fulson | | • | No Shoes - John Lee Hooker | | • | Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack | | • | Stone Cold - Anthony Hamilton | | • | Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam & Dave | | • | I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers | | • | Can't Truss It - Public Enemy | | • | Checkin' Up On My Baby - Hank Shocklee | | • | Club Jam - Hank Shocklee | | • | Railroad - Hank Shocklee | | • | Nicky Barnes - Hank Shocklee | | • | Hundred Percent Pure - Marc Streitenfeld | | • | Frank Lucas - Marc Streitenfeld |
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Album Description
American Gangster: the story of Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, played by Denzel Washington, highlights the heroin drug trade of the 70's. Russell Crowe plays an ambitious detective who exposes the US government's plans to transport drugs. The film also stars Josh Brolin, Chiwetel Djofor, Carla Gugino, Ted Levine, John Ortiz, Yul Vazquez, Roger Bart, Common, TI, and RZA. The soundtrack album gives you a diverse introspect on the film featuring artist such as Hank Shocklee, The Staple Singers, Public Enemy and Bobby Womack. The focus single (Do You Feel Me) on the album features platinum recording artist Anthony Hamilton. The song is also written by Diane Warren, one of the most successful and prolific songwriters to ever work in the music industry.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Terrfic! February 8, 2008
LOVE IT! Have been listening to it non-stop. From the opening "New" Song to some great "OLD" songs to the amazing instrumental songs-it is a refreshing and throughly enjoyable cd too listen too! Recommend!
 Good music! December 13, 2007
I mostly bought this cd for the Anthony Hamilton joints but the throwback cuts are an added bonus. The cd met my expectation.
Old School Hits and New Classics December 2, 2007
The movie American Gangster debuted at #1 at the box office. If you enjoyed the movie you may want to pick up the American Gangster soundtrack. The soundtrack is a compilation of the music featured in the movie. The disc opens up with the first single "Do You Feel Me," performed by Anthony Hamilton. Anthony Hamilton offers two songs on the disc. He is also featured on the song "Stone Cold."
If you've seen the movie, you know that it takes place primarily in the 1970's. Expect a soundtrack that evokes that era.
Hank Shocklee of The Bomb Squad production team (Public Enemy, Slick Rick), has three songs on the American Gangster soundtrack. The Public Enemy classic song "Can't Trust It," is also featured on the soundtrack.
The American Gangster Soundtrack features old school classics from Sam & Dave, John Lee Hooker, and the classic Staples Sisters song "I'll Take You There."
The American Gangster Soundtrack is a perfect companion to the film. The soundtrack is not to be confused with the Jay-Z album American Gangster, which isn't related to the film or the soundtrack.
It's a decent enough soundtrack... December 2, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
... but as anyone who's watched the movie will know (or anyone who knows anything about it would probably have already guessed) it's a soundtrack full of oldies and oldie-inspired new material. Nothing 21st century here, I'm afraid, so if you're not a friend of the oldies like I am, this one will probably not be for you.
But more relevantly, as many previous reviewers have already pointed out, there are some songs from the movie that do not appear on this CD. Most notable (for me) is the Bobby Bland song "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" but luckily, I already had it somewhere else. (Specifically on Gold Digging- As, which I highly recommend, especially to any Jay-Z fans interested in where he got some of his samples from).
So I went ahead and bought it anyway, primarily for the Anthony Hamilton tunes. "Do You Feel Me" is a beautiful 70s groove by Hamilton, produced by the legendary Hank Shocklee and written by the great Diane Warren. I've always believed that Hamilton was from the wrong era and that if he had been born a couple of decades earlier, would've been absolutely huge. Or at least a lot bigger than he is now. Compliments too to Warren, who proves why she's the songwriter to go to. She captures the essence of 70s soul perfectly and Shocklee's production is the icing on the cake.
"Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" & "No Shoes" are two blues tracks by Lowell Fulson and John Lee Hooker respectively and surely Bobby Womack's "Across 110th Street" needs no introduction.
Hamilton's second contribution, "Stone Cold" is a funky little James Brown-inspired number. I Can't get enough of it at the moment. "Hold On I'm Coming" by Sam & Dave, "I'll Take You There" by The Staple Singers and "Can't Truss It" by Public Enemy also ought to need no introduction.
"Checking Up On My Baby", "Club Jam", "Railroad" and "Nicky Barnes" are all by Hank Shocklee and they range from folksy to funky but are all rooted in the blues and are all instrumental. The final two tracks "Hundred Percent Pure" and "Frank Lucas" are by Marc Streitenfeld and are typical moody atmospheric soundtrack pieces with lots of horns, strings and eerie sound effects. They round off the album nicely.
Sometimes I watch a movie and the music in it is so good, I just have to have the soundtrack. I'm not sure that's what happened here and would probably have bought this CD whether I'd seen the movie or not. To be honest, the movie wasn't really my kind of movie at the end of the day. This is definitely my kind of music though. How weird is that?
The Heart and Soul of Harlem November 23, 2007
This soundtrack, while missing several key songs from the film and trailer, is still a wonderful soul collection. Classics from the Staple Singers, Bobby Womack, and John Lee Hooker fit side-by-side with new tracks from Anthony Hamilton and composer Marc Streitenfeld
Two of the "missing" songs are Jay-Z's "Heart of the City (Ain't No Love)" from the trailer and the gospel version of "Amazing Grace." Also, don't confuse this soundtrack with the Jay-Z album of the same name!
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