The
Blade II soundtrack to the relatively large-budgeted, B-movie sequel starring
Wesley Snipes is the third in a series of soundtrack records that
Happy Walters of Immortal Records assembled. The first, for the movie Judgment Night, included hip-hop and rock acts pairing up for new songs, and the second was for Spawn and featured electronica and hard rock acts. For
Blade II, it's hip-hop and electronica acts, and
Walters has assembled many of the biggest names in both genres. Electronica can work perfectly with hip-hop, adding a lot of fancier beats and grooves and making the songs distinctive from the usual hip-hop soundtrack. Among the best tracks are
Eve and
Fatboy Slim teaming up on "Cowboy," and even better is
Ice Cube and
Paul Oakenfold on "Right Here, Right Now," a song that's reminiscent of
Cube's over-the-top performance on the huge single "We Be Clubbin'." Both of these tracks are catchy enough to be huge rap radio hits.
Redman also adds plenty of character to his teaming with the
Gorillaz, "Gorillaz on My Mind," a silly tune backed by some super funky music and some smooth background vocals. ~ Adam Bregman, All Music Guide