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Bought this for my daughter who watches the movie over and over and over and Love both movie and music so I surprised her with it, needless to say it was a hit for both daughter and her boyfriend as well as with my 8 year old granddaughter.
Love & Basketball is one of my FAVORITE MOVIES. The soundtack is just a good.
Puschase both the movie and soundtrack.Thank you,Shanell HARRIS Get the movie and see for yourself. This movie is one of the best. Also the soundtrack is off the hook. This is such a love story. Never take a friendship as close as they were for granted. I rate this movie with 5 star's.
An asset to any CD collection. Even if you've never seen the movie (and you really should)., you should still pick this album up if you like good music and ol skool/nu skool jams. In fact, the missing tracks had the effect of introducing me to a couple of new artists, and new music from artists I already knew, since I had to go hunt down the missing tracks. I was about the same age as the characters in the movie when the various songs came out, and experienced many of the same things as Monica and Q. But, the reality is, not every song that plays in a movie can make in onto a sountrack album. I can't help but think of Monica and Q's touching and steamy love scenes when I hear "This Woman's Work" or "I Like" (respectively), and the final one-on-one game between the two when I listen to "Fool of Me." The latter, in particular, seems like it was made for that final scene.
Also, I always remember exactly what I was feeling when those tracks played during the movie, i.e., getting misty-eyed during the 1st love scene and bawling like a baby at the end when Monica and Q embraced after their game ;-) If you liked the movie, you absolutely MUST cop the soundtrack. (I actually remember "It Takes 2" playing at one of my 1st college parties). "This Woman's Work" (Maxwell)--the to-die-for track that played during Monica and Q's poignant "first time" love scene--is not on the L&B soundtrack album :-( Neither is "Making Love in the Rain," which features Janet Jackson (one of my favorite artists of all time). For example, I found out that the inspirational song that plays while Monica is training her heart out and improving at USC is called "Our Destiny," by Hinda Hicks. Pretty much every song on the L&B soundtrack is on point, but my absolute favorites are: "I Like" (Guy); "I Want to Be Your Man" (Roger); "Fool of Me" (Meshell Ndegeocello); and "I'll Go" (Donell Jones). The soundtrack to L&B really enhances the coming-of-age feel of the movie.
The Donell Jones track in particular always brings a smile to my face - I suppose I just associate it the completely uplifting ending of the movie (and that adorable little girl that played Monica and Q's daughter).There is so much good music in the movie that naturally, all of the songs couldn't make it to the CD. To respond to someone who previously asked (I think)., the song is available on a limited-edition EMI archive re-issue of her album "Everything to Me." In many ways, L&B made many of the soundtrack songs iconic for me.
Buy it: You won't be disappointed. The old school tracks are not so hackneyed that you are sick of them, nor so elusive that you don't remember them. I can never get sick of this CD. I feel as though it makes me remember songs I didn't even know I loved. Some of my favorites are "You Made a Fool of Me" and the stunning "This Woman's Work" that I can no longer hear without thinking of the infamous love scene from the movie (which by the way is also quite commendable).
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