Various Artists, Topdog Underdog - 35m 51s

Tracks & Durations

1. Mos Def/3-Card	2:55
2. Wayne Shorter/Face Of The Deep	5:29
3. James Brown & The J.B.'s/Papa's Got A Brand New Bag(Part 1)	2:07
4. Jay Z Feat Beanie Sigel & Memphis Bleek & Static/Change The Game	3:10
5. Son House/Grinnin' In Your Face	2:07
6. Muddy Waters/Got My Mojo Workin'	2:51
7. DMX/Bring Your Whole Crew	3:42
8. Howlin' Wolf/Poor Boy	2:34
9. Robert Johnson/Hell Hound On My Trail	2:36
10. John Lee Hooker/Boom Boom	2:40
11. Wu-Tang Clan (Ft. Nas)/Let My Niggas Live	3:51
12. Jeffery Wright/Lincoln's Blues	1:41

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Review

While not a musical, the Broadway production of Suzan-Lori Parks's Pulitzer-winning Topdog/Underdog is drenched in music. Like the card tricks of the two small-time hustlers played by Jeffrey Wright and rapper Mos Def, the songs adeptly mix and match eras. Their year- and style-jumping adds to the play's unspecified time frame, all the while making for a sharp little snapshot of African American music over the past decades. Mos Def trying newly pilfered clothes to the tune of James Brown's "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag (Part 1)" is electrifying, while the juxtaposition of Jay Z, Muddy Waters, Wayne Shorter, Robert Johnson, and Wu-Tang Clan is provocative and exciting. Mos Def himself shows why he's one of the best MCs in contemporary hip-hop on "3-Card," while Jeffrey Wright hauntingly performs "Lincoln's Blues," a song written for the play by Parks (whose husband, Paul Oscher, used to play in Muddy Waters's band). --Elisabeth Vincentelli

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