VA - Colors Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - OST (1988)

On April 15, 1988, America would be introduced to the gang culture running
rampant in Los Angeles, California through rap acts like Ice-T and NWA, who
chronicled the lifestyle in song and in music videos. Many may credit
gangsta rap with ushering Bloods and Crips into the mainstream and movies
for playing a part, particularly the film Colors.

Classics like New Jack City, Boyz N The Hood, and Menace II Society may be
the first to come to mind when listing the pivotal films that spoke to the
gangster aesthetic, but Colors played a pivotal role in shedding light on
the ills of the inner-city and the strained relationship between law
enforcement and urban communities. Directed by Dennis Hopper and starring
Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, Colors became a box-office success, with a cast
that included Don Cheadle, Damon Wayans, Leon Robinson and Mario Lopez, all
of whom would go on to become future stars and major players in Hollywood.