Various Artists - Brown Sugar [Vinyl] Original recording, Soundtrack 11-24-2002

The soundtrack album to the 2002 film about a hip-hop-centered romance has 15 songs by a wide variety of the music's veterans and more recently emerged talents. Mary J. Blige, Erykah Badu, and Eric B. & Rakim are some of the better-known contributors on a compilation that mixes neo-soul and harder hip-hop styles. In the neo-soul bag, there's Jill Scott, whose romantic "Easy Conversation" is one of the better selections. Jazz/R&B crossover singer Cassandra Wilson covers Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time," while the Roots offer some of the harder beats and scratching on the remix of "Act Too (Love of My Life)." On the whole it's an adequate sampler of some early 21st century hip-hop sounds, leaning toward the more pop-accessible segment of the genre.

Condition: NEW top right corner cover slightly bent.

TRACK LISTING

SIDE A

A1 Brown Sugar (Extra Sweet) – Mos Def Featuring – Faith Evans
A2 Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip Hop – Erykah Badu
A3 Bring Your Heart – Angie Stone Featuring Diamond Stone

SIDE B

B1 Brown Sugar (Raw) – Black Star
B2 Easy Conversation – Jill Scott
B3 It's Going Down – Blackalicious Featuring Keke Wyatt, Lateef The Truth Speaker
B4 Breakdown – Mos Def

SIDE C

C1 You Make Life So Good – Rahsaan Patterson
C2 Time After Time – Cassandra Wilson
C3 Paid In Full (7 Minutes Of Madness-The Coldcut Remix) – Eric B. & Rakim
C4 No One Knows Her Name – Hi-Tek Featuring – Big D

SIDE D

D1 Act Too (Love of my Life) Remix – The Roots
D2 Never Been – Mary J. Blige
D3 Brown Sugar (Fine) –Mos Def
D4 You Changed – Jully Black