Romeo Must Die

by Romeo Must Die / O.S.T.

Overview

On "I Don't Wanna," Aaliyah (who's also the film's star) pillow-talks her way through the new jack ballad as if she were snuggled in the soothing splendors of a hot bubble bath. Declaring her unwillingness to live without her man, she croons the words of the song, alternating between a breathless daddy's-girl naivete and the throaty vibrato of a grown woman's heartache. The disc has much of what you'd expect from a hip-hop-driven movie soundtrack -- fairly good production, with a beats-du-jour tunesmith like Missy Elliott's Tim "Timbaland" Mosley at the helm, and a crew of hit-hungry young rappers for him to play with, such as Mack 10, B.G. from Cash Money, Dave Hollister, Confidential, and Blade. Problem is, when paired up with Mosley's hip-hop-as-pop recipe of bouncy arrangements, halting beats, and quirky synth effects, most of these C+ rhyme-droppers come off uninspired, lacking the alpha-dog charisma of DMX, who takes control of things in his duet with Aaliyah on "Come Back in One Piece." Mosley does manage to do himself a decent turn, trading words with partner Magoo on "We at It Again." But the rest of the tracks, with the exception of Aaliyah's "Try Again" and "Are You Feelin' Me," could easily be mistaken for anything concurrently found on urban radio. ~ Derrick Mathis

Product Details

Release Date:	09/03/2021
Label:	Blackground / Empire
UPC:	0194690430701
Rank:	44983

Tracks

1. Try Again
2. Come Back in One Piece
3. Rose in a Concrete World [J Dub Remix]
4. Rollin' Raw
5. We at It Again
6. Are You Feelin' Me?
7. Perfect Man
8. Simply Irresistible
9. It Really Don't Matter
10. Thugz
11. I Don't Wanna
12. Somebody Gonna Die Tonight
13. Woozy
14. Pump the Brakes
15. This Is a Test
16. Revival
17. Come On
18. Swung On

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Magoo   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Politix   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
DMX   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Comrades   Primary Artist
Lil' Mo   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Stanley Clarke   Primary Artist
Dave Hollister   Primary Artist
Dave Bing   Primary Artist
Ginuwine   Primary Artist
Timbaland   Primary Artist
Aaliyah   Primary Artist
Blade   Primary Artist,Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Playa   Primary Artist
Destiny's Child   Primary Artist
Mack 10   Primary Artist
Chante Moore   Primary Artist
Confidential   Primary Artist
Non A Miss   Primary Artist
BG From Cash Money   Primary Artist
Joe   Primary Artist
BG   Primary Artist
B.G.   Primary Artist
Timbaland & Magoo   Primary Artist
The Comrades   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Rapture Stewart   Composer,Producer
Anthony Moody   Composer
George Clinton   Composer
Timothy Mosley   Composer
Timbaland   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Myron McKinley   Composer
DMX   Composer
Mannie Fresh   Producer
Kevin Hicks   Composer,Producer
J-Dub   Producer,Producer
S. Garrett   Composer
W.O. Collins   Composer
Christopher Dorsey   Composer
Garland Mosley   Composer
Byron Thomas   Composer
Anthony Banks   Composer,Producer
Joshua Paul Thompson   Composer
Cynthia Loving   Composer
Joshua P. Thompson   Producer
Benjamin Bush   Composer
Dave Bing   Composer
Bryan Kidd   Composer,Producer
Jawann Peacock   Composer
Jawaan Peacock   Composer
Terrell Anderson   Composer
Kelly Garmon   Composer
Stephen Garrett   Composer
Melissa Elliott   Composer
Louis M. Vizzo II   Composer
Juan Enrique Figueroa   Composer
Robert Scalere, Jr.   Composer
Franchesco Ferraro   Composer
Edward Ruiz   Composer
Sonja Holder   Composer
T. Anderson   Composer
Stanley Clarke   Composer,Producer
B12   Producer
Beyonce   Composer
B. Thomas   Composer
Irv Gotti   Composer,Producer
Earl Simmons   Composer
M. Brown   Composer
Jazze Pha   Composer
Jimmy Douglass   Mixing
Brian Kidd   Composer
Donnie Scantz   Composer,Producer
Moody   Composer
D'Mon Dedrick Rolison   Composer
Robert Mays   Composer
Michael Conrader   Mixing,Engineer
Matthew Brown   Composer
Melvin Barcliff   Composer
Jeffrey Walker   Composer
Eric Seats   Composer,Producer
D-Moet   Producer
Senator Jimmy D   Engineer
Steve Penny   Assistant Engineer
Beyonce Knowles   Composer
Bernie Worrell   Composer
Lil' Robb   Producer
Joe   Producer
Bootsy Collins   Composer
Chante Moore   Composer
Melody Calaguas   Composer
Kyme Dang   Composer
Mack 10   Composer
Joshua Thompson   Composer,Producer
Johnta Austin   Composer
Lil Rob   Producer
Joseph Thomas   Composer
Playa   Producer
Robin Mays   Composer