By taking rap acts that already lean toward rock, like House of Pain and Ice-T, and rock acts that dabble in rap, like Faith No More, there aren't many surprises. Every track is exceedingly well constructed and produced, though it's debatable if new ground is being covered. Rather than cover existing songs, the bands collaborated on the frequently shared themes of injustice, violence, prowess at the mike, and love of the herb. The soundtrack to the film Judgment Night takes the racial themes of the movie to the soundtrack, pulling together some of the best acts in both genres. Would this song have been made two years later in the Vitalogy era? No, probably not.Music genres separated along racial divides, like rock and rap, have always borrowed from each other, even if it's bands on the edges of either camp. The Scottie Pippen of the group, Sen Dog always slays backing vox on all Cypress Hill choruses. Real Thing dropped two months after Black Sunday and a month before Vs., each artist's second album, so you could say that Cypress Hill and Pearl Jam were unequivocally on top of their game in the fall of 1993. Matt Cameron is awesome, but a part of me always loved Dave on the kit. Has any rapper ever run out of bullets? To be researched!ĭave Abbruzzese hits hard. What is wild to me about Real Thing is that B-Real runs out of ammo. B-Real met Stone and Jeff at Lollapalooza. Even Pearl Jam haters have to admit that early PJ, the music that was written by Stone and Jeff, and then augmented by the pure majesty that is Mike McCready, was excellent, blues-driven rock. Whatcha gonna do, PL? Real Thing - Pearl Jam / Cypress Hillīest song on the entire Judgment Night soundtrack. I'm gonna hide in the bushes and shoot you when you walk by! AMBUSH! This was the original Sounds of SWC as far as I'm concerned. Angry, aggressive, and perfect for this soundtrack. Is that Mike D on drums?! Come and Die - Therapy? / FatalĬome and Die was co-written by a band named Fatal. drops their best 90s Alt-Rock groove riff, one that unsubtly approaches Rage Against the Machine territory. This one goes out to all the Freak Momma's at Alki Beach. Sir Mix-A-Lot does what his knighthood is known for over a heaping plate of Mudhoney's musical grunge-surf. Seattle! Macklemore was probably struttin' around in his underroos listening to this one. I Love You Mary Jane sounds like Cypress Hill just asked Sonic Youth to provide the backing music to a Black Sunday B-Side. Only one person loved Mary Jane more than Cypress Hill, and that was Peter Parker. I Love You Mary Jane - Sonic Youth / Cypress Hill He was fired from FNM a months after the Judgment Night soundtrack was released. vocalist has a bit of a Chuck D timbre.įun fact: Sir James Martin, founder of the Faith No More Spiritual and Theological Center, did not appear on Another Body Murdered. Fallin' is the lightest fare on the entire menu.īoo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. The song pairings were intelligent, and Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul's Fallin' is no different. Way to blend that rap/rock thing, eh?Īlso, if you're in the movie, they pretty much have to put you on the soundtrack if you're a recording artist, right? Props to you, Everlast! Fallin' - Teenage Fanclub / De La Soul Just Another Victim - Helmet / House of Pain Labels needed the bands on the front of the album cover for that very reason. Judgment Night is a film best known for its soundtrack. Walters managed Cypress Hill, House of Pain, Judgment Night Soundtrack notes Judgment Night (the soundtrack) owes a lot of its success to producer Happy Walters. The Judgment Night soundtrack was years in the making, from Run DMC & Aerosmith's Walk This Way, to Anthrax and Public Enemy's Bring the Noise. Tool and Rage had a collaboration that didn't make it onto the album - Can't Kill the Revolution. What is amazing is that Real Thing, by Pearl Jam and Cypress Hill, wasn't one of them. This soundtrack actually produced singles, four of them. JUDGMENT NIGHT! Pearl Jam, House of Pain, Cypress Hill, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Faith No More, and more 90s all-stars. I Love You Mary Jane - Sonic Youth / Cypress Hill.Another Body Murdered - Faith No More / Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.My, Myself, & My Microphone - Living Colour / Run DMC.Just Another Victim - Helmet / House of Pain.
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