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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 (http://www.shocklee.com)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.

If you are looking for a truly soulful R&B album you will enjoy the Daddy’s Little Girl Soundtrack. The movie arrives in theaters on Valentines Day and the soundtrack is in stores now. The soundtrack opens up with the strong song “Struggle No More [Main Event],” which features three powerhouse male R&B vocalist-Anthony Hamilton, Jaheim and Musiq Soulchild. The song “Struggle No More,” is also featured on the soundtrack with Anthony performing solo. One of the most anticipated songs on the album is the song “Family First.” This is the first new music from Whitney Houston in a really long time. She is joined on the track by family members Cissy Houston, Dionne Warwick and other members of her clan. Beyonce offers up a slow joint with “Daddy.” This song is about a woman’s affection for her father and she sings about wanting her unborn child to be like her father.

The Daddy’s Little Girl’s soundtrack is one for the grown ups. There aren’t a lot of hip-hop beats and featured rappers. It’s a soulful R&B soundtrack. Other artists featured on the soundtrack include R. Kelly, Tamika Scott, Yolanda Adamns, Governor, Charles Moore, Brian McKnight, and Adrian Hood.

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Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girl arrives in theaters on Valentine’s Day 2007. The endearing film is the first Tyler Perry motion picture to not feature the beloved Madea character. Despite the absence of Madea, the buzz for this film is all good. The film stars Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Louis Gossett Jr., and Tracee Ellis Ross.

The film’s soundtrack is almost as anticipated as the film. The soundtrack features the first new music from Whitney Houston in a long time. Whitney teamed up with her mom Cissy Houston, close relative Dionne Warwick and other family members for the song “Family First.” International best selling R&B singer Beyonce brings the song “Daddy” to the soundtrack. Other artists featured on the soundtrack include Anthony Hamilton, Yolanda Adams, R. Kelly, Jaheim, Tamika Scott, and Musiq Soulchild. Brian McKnight is featured on the soundtrack but guess what? The crooner also composed the score for the entire movie. The soundtrack for Daddy’s Little Girls arrives in stores on January 16th.

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The Coach Carter soundtrack is in stores now. The fourteen track disc includes music from established artists as well as showcases several new artists. Missing is the song “In The Air Tonight” by the group Nonpoint. This remake was preformed by the group Nonpoint and is no where on the soundtrack. Although the song was used in commericals and trailers it can only be found on Nonpoints album Recoil. Perhaps the song was omitted from the soundtrack because Nonpoint is a rock group and the remainder of the songs on the soundtrack and hip-hop and R&B.

Like many soundtracks, Coach Carter is one that will probably have you skipping a few tracks to get to your favorite songs. Taking a risk, the soundtracks starts with a song by a relatively unknown artist Red Cafe. This is a okay song with a hot track that was produced by Kwame who is back in the game as one of the hottest producers. Kwame has produced hits for Lloyd Banks, Jin, and Tweet. The Red Cafe track is followed up by “No Need For Conversation,” by Fabolous featuring Mike Shorey. This song is okay. Chingy featuring G.I.B. attempts to get the party started with “Professional.” “Southside” features The Game and Lil Scrappy. This song is okay but it doesn’t get the album crunk.

The Coach Carter soundtrack wakes up with “Roll Wit’ You.” Ciara, the queen of Crunk N’ B music continues her string of hot songs with “Roll Wit’ You,” which is very reminiscent of several Aaliyah songs. This song is hot and should be released as a single. This is one of the best songs on the album. This song is followed by “Wouldn’t You Like To Ride” by Kanye West, Malik Yusef, Common & JV. This song is really a good one. It’s followed by the hot song, “Hope” by Twista featuring Faith Evans.

There are A LOT of newcomers on this album-CzarNok, Ak’Sent, Red Cafe, Trey Songz and Letoya. There are so many newcomers on the CD it might as well be a Capital Records sampler. Of all of the songs by newcomers the song “Your Love” by Van Hunt is the most promising as a potential hit. Ak’Sent is a female rapper and CzarNok is a new male rapper.

Track #13 is by a young singer named Letoya. If the voice sounds slightly familiar it’s no coincidence. Letoya is also known as Letoya Luckett and used to be 1/4th of the group Destiny’s Child. She is back in the music game and has her solo album coming out later this year. Her song on the album “What Love Can Do” is no radio single but a decent album track. This song is good and shows that she has promise as a solo artist.

Ashanti appears in the movie, but she didn’t lend a song to the soundtrack.

Overall, the Coach Carter Soundtrack is a decent soundtrack but it is like too many soundtracks–a few hot songs and a lot of filler. Let’s just say it ain’t no Above The Rim Soundtrack .

1. All Night Long - Red Cafe
2. No Need for Conversation - Fabolous featuring Mike Shorey
3. Professional - Chingy featuring GIB
4. Southside - The Game featuring Lil Scrappy
5. Roll Wit You - Ciara
6. Wouldn’t You Like To Ride - Kanye West, Malik Usef & Common
7. Hope - Twista featuring Faith Evans
8. Your Love - Van Hunt
9. This One - Ak’sent
10. Beauty Queen - Czarnok
11. Balla - Mack 10 featuring Da Hood
12. Time - St. Lunatics
13. What Love Can Do -
14. About The Game - Trey Songz

The Charmed-Book of Shadows CD is now in stores. This is the second CD from the Charmed series.

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This whole CD rocks but in my humble opinion the best song on the CD is the David Garcia and High Spies Remix of Ashlee Simpsons “Pieces of Me.” If you liked this song before, you are sure to like the remix. If you didn’t like this song before, you might like the remix because it will really get the party started. Another reason to buy this CD is because it includes the classic song “Take It Off,” by The Donna’s. Even if you aren’t a big fan of The Donna’s you are sure to have heard this song which has been used in commercials and in various televisin programs. The CD is chocked full of songs from women who rock. Dido, Vanessa Carlton and Liz Phair are just a few of the artists featured on this compilation. The CD will remind you of a rocked out Lillith Fair with the all girl line up. There was one thing about this CD that I found a little odd-not many women of other races. “Charmed” is a show that many different women enjoy. So it would have been nice if they would have put “Wicked Wisdom” Jada Pinkett’s rock group, Kelis, Rhian Benson, Res or a few more women of color on the soundtrack.