VA - The Wackness - OST (2008)

The Wackness is a 2008 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film
written and directed by Jonathan Levine and starring Josh Peck, Ben
Kingsley, Mary-Kate Olsen, Famke Janssen, and Olivia Thirlby. The
film is distributed by Sony Pictures Classics.

The soundtrack to The Wackness does a wonderful job representing the
film's setting, 1994 New York City, and the hip-hop soundtrack any
small-time weed dealer of the time might be listening to. If Josh
Peck's character from the film made you a mixtape, this would be it
and you would no doubt give him props for his taste, right before
begging for another one.

Having The Notorious B.I.G.'s "The What", Craig Mack's "Flava in
Your Ear", Nas' "The World Is Yours", and A Tribe Called Quest's
"Can I Kick It?" all in one place is awesome enough, but where The
Wackness completely betrays its title is with the details. Take the
inclusion of "I Can't Wake Up", a forgotten masterpiece where
KRS-One dreams he's a blunt being passed from Kid Capri to Yo-Yo and
on to Chubb Rock plus plenty of other Golden Age names worth
remembering.

Biz Markie's joyful "Just a Friend" plus the reggae chestnut "Long
Shot Kick De Bucket" kick the feel-good vibe into overdrive, and
suddenly you realize you're listening to not just one of the most
fitting but also one of the most uplifting hip-hop soundtracks -
throwback or otherwise - available.