Various ‎– Loud Rocks ( VINYL 2000 ) 2LP

Loud Rocks is a collection of songs by rap acts on the Loud label -- most prominently the Wu-Tang Clan, but also Tha Alkaholiks, Xzibit, Mobb Deep, Big Punisher, and Dead Prez -- who've been paired up with popular hard rock and heavy metal artists à la the Judgment Night soundtrack. Most of the latter group comes from the alternative-metal world (System of a Down, Incubus, and Sevendust, most notably), but there are a few acts already fusing rap with rock (Shootyz Groove, Everlast), some veterans (Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Sick of It All), and a poppier collaboration between Tha Alkaholiks and Sugar Ray. Like most projects of this nature, not everything hits the mark -- some pairings feel forced and a few lack that spark of collaborative interplay -- but the overall quality of the Loud roster ensures that most of what's here is at least listenable. And a lot of it is much better than that, some tracks offering new interpretations of old songs, others presenting a surprising range of distinctive approaches to the rap-rock form. It isn't without flaws, but overall, Loud Rocks is pretty successful.

CONDITION: NEW! Minor wear on cover.

TRACK LISTING

1 Shame System Of A Down & Wu-Tang Clan 2:40
2 Make Room Sugar Ray & Tha Alkaholiks 3:59
3 Hip Hop Static-X & Dead Prez 3:52
4 Los Angeles Times Endo & Xzibit 4:06
5 Shook Ones, Pt. 2 Mobb Deep & Everlast 4:16
6 Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nothing Ta F**K Wit Wu-Tang Clan 3:52
7 Only When I'm Drunk Crazy Town & Tha Alkaholiks 4:55
8 What U See Is What U Get Sevendust & Xzibit 5:12
9 How Bout Some Hardcore Grunge Is Dead (Butch Vig) & M.O.P. 3:27
10 For Heaven's Sake 2000 Ozzy Osbourne, Wu-Tang Clan & Tony Iommi 4:55
11 Caribbean Connection Shootyz Groove & Big Punisher 3:46
12 Survival of the Fittest Sick Of It All & Mobb Deep 3:46
13 Still Not a Player Incubus & Big Punisher 4:12