What do you get when you take two fantastic contemporary musicians and have them portray two fantastic older musicians in a movie? For one, you get a pretty damn entertaining movie (Cadillac Records, which managed to keep me awake on a plane flight a month ago despite a desperate need for sleep). For two, you get a fantastic soundtrack that's worth revisiting.
Seriously, though, Mos Def as Chuck Berry is one of the coolest things ever. Love that guy. Both of them.
It's pretty great to see Beyonce really slow things down - and not in a I Am...Sasha Fierce kinda way, but in a straight up awesome songs kinda way.
First up, Mos Def playing Berry's "No Particular Place To Go". Who knew that Mos could sing? I'm assuming that's not him playing geetar, but if that is, I'm extremely impressed. Either way, this cover - which stays pretty faithful to the original - is good enough to get a bunch of spins from me in the past few days. I even set my alarm with it yesterday, a spot typically reserved for completely baller tracks (and Lil Mama, duh).
Also for your enjoyment, Beyonce's take on Etta's "All I Could Do Was Cry". She lets some snarl creep into her voice betraying some pretty real emotion. Don't ever let anyone tell you Beyonce can't sing. Or act, for that matter - this track hits pretty hard in one of the movie's most emotional scenes. Add it to the Netflix queueueueueue.
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