The soundtrack to Ice Cube's directorial debut The Players Club -- a Cube-written drama about a young woman trying to complete college by stripping in a "gentlemen's club" -- was the first release on his Heavyweight Records label, a subsidiary of A&M Records. Appropriately, the album has all the makings of a big deal, featuring a terrific single from Cube, "We Be Clubbin'," plus new tracks from Brownstone, Mia X, K-Ci & Jo-Jo, Changing Faces, Kurupt, Rufus Blaq featuring Spinderella and a duet between Master P & Ice Cube, ...
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The soundtrack to Ice Cube's directorial debut The Players Club -- a Cube-written drama about a young woman trying to complete college by stripping in a "gentlemen's club" -- was the first release on his Heavyweight Records label, a subsidiary of A&M Records. Appropriately, the album has all the makings of a big deal, featuring a terrific single from Cube, "We Be Clubbin'," plus new tracks from Brownstone, Mia X, K-Ci & Jo-Jo, Changing Faces, Kurupt, Rufus Blaq featuring Spinderella and a duet between Master P & Ice Cube, as well as Cube working with Scarface and Mack 10. If you're familiar with the names, you'll realize that many of the cuts on the album were made in collaboration with soldiers of Master P's No Limit army, and all of The Players Club has a bass-heavy, deep groove, which works appropriately for a movie about strippers, after all. There are a few weak moments on the album, but overall, it sets a mood and sustains it, resulting in a thick, funky contemporary hip-hop record that's thoroughly enjoyable. [The Players Club was also issued in an edited, "clean" version that removed all of the spoken profanities and obscenities on the original version of the album. Serious Cube and hip-hop fans will want the original, unedited album, while parents and conservative listeners will prefer the clean version.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Add this copy of The Players Club: Music From and Inspired By the Motion to cart. $2.50, fair condition, Sold by Goodwill of Greater Milwaukee rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Milwaukee, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by A&M.
Add this copy of The Players Club: Music From and Inspired By the Motion to cart. $3.50, good condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1998 by A&M.