NFL Jams pairs professional football players with in-the-moment acts from the worlds of contemporary R&B, hip-hop, and their variants. It's mostly promotional, as guys like Ray Nealy, Andre Rison, and Michael Strahan wisely let their collaborators handle most of the music. That makes sense -- you don't see DJ Hurricane sitting in at middle linebacker, or Destiny's Child coming in on a nickel package. Highlights include GZA's "Chasing Dreams," "Burning Down the House" from Foxy Brown, and the smooth Dirty South flow of Eightball's "Do What a Playa Do" (featuring Andre Rison). The Quad City DJ's also stop by, trying to get a sweat going with the booty bass cut "Uh-Oh." Overall, NFL Jams is a pleasant enough ride. But there's really no excuse for the album-ending "We Are the World" ripoff "We're All in This Together," where everyone from Brownstone and 98° to Montell Jordan and tight end Frank Wycheck gang up on the cloying choruses.
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AllMusic Review by Johnny Loftus
Track Listing
Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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1 | Curtis Conway / Michael Jackson / Next | 04:23 | Amazon | ||||
2 | AZ / Ray Buchanan / LaTocha Scott | 03:31 | Amazon | ||||
3 | 8Ball / Andre Rison | 04:38 | Amazon | ||||
4 | Destiny's Child / William Floyd | 03:23 | Amazon | ||||
5 | Foxy Brown / Andre Rison | 03:58 | Amazon | ||||
6 | Garrison Hearst / Boyz II Men | 04:23 | Amazon | ||||
7 | Dunstan Anderson / Quad City DJ's / Daryl Gardener / Anthony Harris / Ray Nealy / Ed Perry | 03:54 | Amazon | ||||
8 | Kerry Collins / DJ Hurricane / Danny Kanell | 03:32 | Amazon | ||||
9 | Tamar Braxton / Scott Galbraith / Nicci Gilbert / Sam Salter | 04:08 | Amazon | ||||
10 | Jeff Blake / Faith Evans | 04:44 | Amazon | ||||
11 | GZA / The Genius / Rob Report / Esera Tuaolo | 04:08 | Amazon | ||||
12 | Ashley Ambrose / Chuck Smith / Michael Strahan / Esera Tuaolo / Xscape | 03:41 | Amazon | ||||
13 | Johnny Gill / Corey Harris | 04:36 | Amazon | ||||
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Dave Alexander / Ashley Ambrose / Jamie Asher / Roy Barker / David Binn / Jeff Blake / Tamar Braxton / Foxy Brown | 02:54 | Amazon |