VA - Blade - OST (1998)

Blade is a 1998 American superhero horror film directed by Stephen
Norrington and written by David S. Goyer. Based on the Marvel Comics
superhero of the same name,[4] it is the first installment of the Blade
franchise. The film stars Wesley Snipes as the titular character with
Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson and N'Bushe Wright in supporting roles.
In the film, Blade is a Dhampir, a human with vampire strengths but not
their weaknesses, who together with his mentor Abraham Whistler and
hematologist Karen Jenson, fights against vampires, namely the
exceptionally vicious Deacon Frost.

The album is basically a lot of rap, with a good deal of New York-based
work (obvious exception to the New York part: Mystikal; obvious exception
to the rap part: New Order). It's not too bad, thanks to the fact that it
stays within a single genre almost exclusively. Darker rhythms and beats
predominate here, as they ought to for such a movie. There are actually
quite a few masterful MCs here - Mystikal is able to produce some high
speed deliveries, and KRS-One is, of course, one of the accepted masters of
the New York scene.

Newcomers such as P.A. and Kasino are also able artists. On a related note,
however, other newcomers, such as Wolfpak, provide rather inferior material
('this the gangsta bou-ou-nce, get off your ass and bounce - bounce bounce
bounce bounce bounce'). Dancehall master Bounty Killer also makes an
appearance, which essentially adds a different flavor to the rap that's
being presented. He still raps, but with a nice thick accent and a
noticeably reggae-tinged delivery.

Also, a few club worthy tracks appear in the latter half of the album:
Mantronik's remix of an EPMD piece, New Order's new wave/club "Confusion,"
and Expansion Union's "Playing With Lightning." It's a nice album, overall,
for the ability to stick more or less within a genre, and at least within a
mood. This is a soundtrack album that could potentially stand alone,
without simply backing a movie.