Hoodlum [Original Soundtrack]

Elmer Bernstein

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Hoodlum [Original Soundtrack] Review

by Leo Stanley

Strictly speaking, the soundtrack to the gangster period piece Hoodlum isn't an official soundtrack. Most of the music on the album didn't appear in the film, not even over the credits, because the gangsta rap by Mobb Deep, the Wu-Tang Clan and Rakim didn't quite fit the Prohibition-era setting of the film. Even if the music on Hoodlum, the soundtrack, doesn't fit with Hoodlum, the movie -- it doesn't even sound like it was inspired by the film, contrary to the cover's claim -- the album remains an entertaining listen, even if there are a handful of weak songs scattered throughout the record.

Track Listing

	Title/Composer	Performer	Stream
1	Hoodlum William Griffin / Kejuan Muchita	Mobb Deep / Big Noyd / Rakim	Spotify Amazon
2	So Good Davina Bussey	Davina	Spotify Amazon
3	Basin Street Blues Spencer Williams	L.V. / Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra	Spotify Amazon
4	I Can't Believe Sean Combs / D. Jones / Michael Keith / Quinnes Parker / Marvin Scandrick	Faith Evans / 112	Spotify Amazon
5	Dirty the Moocher Cab Calloway / Wu-Tang Clan / Clarence Gaskill / Irving Mills	Wu-Tang Clan	Spotify Amazon
6	Lucky Dayz Adriana Evans / Rastine Calhoun III	Adriana Evans	Spotify Amazon
7	Gangsta Partna Organized Noize	Cool Breeze	Spotify Amazon
8	Zoom Ronald LaPread / Lionel Richie	Big Bub	Spotify Amazon
9	Street Life Will Jennings / Joe Sample	Rahsaan Patterson	Spotify Amazon
10	Certainly Erykah Badu / Madukwu Chinwah	Erykah Badu	Spotify Amazon
11	No Guarantee Chico DeBarge	Chico DeBarge	Spotify Amazon
12	Harlem Is Home Tony Rich	Tony Rich	Spotify Amazon