![]() Petey Pablo's "Club Banger" and Trick Daddy's "Let's Go" are right out of the Dirty South school of hip-hop, while Syleena Johnson's "Faithful to You" and Alicia Keys' "Butterflyz" have a neo-soul outlook - that is, they combine urban/hip-hop beats with classic pre-'80s soul values. This is a generally decent collection of urban and rap cuts, and it proves to be appealingly diverse listeners are exposed to everything from neo-soul singing to Dirty South rapping. Rap and urban R&B are certainly joined at the hip on the soundtrack for the movie Drumline, which finds producer Dallas Austin receiving the title "executive music producer." Some soundtracks are nothing more than souvenirs of the corresponding film, but under Austin's direction, Drumline has a life of its own. Rappers incorporate R&B singing urban and neo-soul singers incorporate hip-hop. But times have changed, and these days, urban and rap are joined at the hip. When rap was still the new kid on the block in the '80s, some of the older R&B singers refused to take it seriously.
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