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Life: Music Inspired By The Motion Picture | 
 enlarge | Artist: Various Artists
Label: Interscope Records
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 32927
Format: Soundtrack
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 90314
UPC: 606949031428
EAN: 0606949031428
ASIN: B00000I8KU
Release Date: March 16, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | 25 to Life - Jean, N | | • | It's Like Everyday | | • | Stimulate Me | | • | Fortunate | | • | Lovin' You - Riperton, Minnie | | • | Every Which Way | | • | It's Gonna Rain | | • | Discovery | | • | Follow the Wind | | • | Why Should I Believe You | | • | What Would You Do? - Pardlo, R. | | • | What Goes Around - Jean, N. | | • | Speechless | | • | Life | | • | New Day - Jean, Natalie |
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Amazon.com
Despite the fact that the two share top billing for the soundtrack's credits, R&B crooner R. Kelly plays a much greater role in shaping the sound of Life than does the Fugees' Wyclef Jean. Kelly's slow and languid style of soul gets slathered all over the album--often with mediocre results (Mya's "Why Should I Believe You?," Trisha Yearwood's "Follow the Rain"), though he does manage a gem or two (especially "Speechless," which features the incredible falsetto voice of Ronald Isley). As for Wyclef, he's up to most of his old tricks, including a simply banal (and wholly unnecessary) remix of Minnie Riperton's maudlin "Lovin' You," but he partially redeems himself with the surprisingly good "25 to Life" (featuring Xzibit, Juvenile, Nature, Ja Rule, and Reptile) as well as his own "New Day," which cameos the syrupy-sweet sax of jazz-popster Kenny G. --Oliver Wang
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| Customer Reviews: Read 32 more reviews...
 Wheres Parchman Farm Blues? October 30, 2008
Could somebody tell me the name of the "Parchman Farm Blues by Bukka White" Remix that appears on the film?
The scene is just after they get their Life sentence and are riding the bus...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
The soundtrack is good, it wouldve been GREAT with that track on it...
 LOVE IT December 14, 2006
The movie is one of my all time favorites, along with the soundtrack, I watch and listen to them both regularly :)
Life soundtrack March 19, 2006
A great album that everybody has forgotten about. Great jams and some emotional songs to . It moves me.
Fortunate!! October 5, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Comprising music that hardly features in the movie (LOL!!) and largely produced by R Kelly and Wyclef (with some help from Darkchild on 1 track), this is a stunning R&B collection from a stellar cast of performers.
`It's like everyday' by DJ Quik (featuring R Kelly) is an outstanding sleek bubbly rap. `Stimulate me' is by the soon-to-explode Destiny's Child. Both are R Kelly compositions/productions. `Every which way' by Talent and Vegas Cats is an R Kelly production with some help from Darkchild.
`It's gonna rain' is an R Kelly ballad featuring the powerful vocals on Kelly Price. Vocally, it starts off delicate and builds up in intensity with Price soaring towards the end.
`Discovery' starts off as a piano/string ballad, with percussion and more instruments filtering in along the way, and featuring an outstanding performance from Brian McKnight. In a similar vein is the ballad `Follow the wind' featuring country singer Trisha Yearwood. Both are R Kelly Compositions/productions.
Next is Mya on the lilting midtempo ballad `Why should I believe you?', followed by the Wyclef composition/production `What would you do' by City High with lyrics about hard living and asking what you would do in her place? This song belatedly became a hit in 2001 hitting #8 on the Billboard hot 100.
'What goes round' by Khadeja, the uptempo reggae-ish `Lovin' you' by Sparkle (the only song I'm not really into on this CD I must confess, cannot compare to Minnie Ripperton's classic original), the rap `25 to life' featuring Xzibit, Juvenile, Ja Rule Nature, and Reptile, and the excellent lilting `New day' with soothing vocals by Wyclef are all Wyclef compositions/productions.
`Speechless' is a tender ballad featuring some dramatic falsetto from Ronald Isley, and the upbeat organ laden `Life' features a fiery vocal performance from K-Ci and Jojo with an almost gospel fervor.
Saving the best for last; Maxwell! `Fortunate' is a tender ballad composed and produced by R Kelly. This song hit #4 on the hot 100, #1 R&B, and was the #1 R&B song of 1999. His biggest hit to date. Multiple vocal layering, a stunning vocal performance meandering from falsetto to full vocals, and moving lyrics about seeing everyday things in a different light because of love.
ONLY TWO October 22, 2004
3 out of 7 found this review helpful
THE TWO BEST SONGS FROM THIS ALBUM ARE:
Maxwell's Fortunate
Kelly Price's Its Gonna Rain
and Maybe Brian MCknight's Discovery
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