The Wood (1999 Film)
Laced with nostalgia of the 1980s, the motion pictureThe Woodhit theaters a decade later touted as a feel-good, then-and-now movie. The accompanying soundtrack, however, relies heavily on late-1990s talent and makes only three short trips back to the '80s. Classic tracks such asWhodini's "Freaks Come Out at Night" and 1987's beatbox-heavy "Make the Music with Your Mouth Biz" leaves listeners yearning for additional musical flashbacks.The Wood'smore up-to-date sound is handled byDMX,R. Kelly, theRoots,Outkast, andMystikal. Balanced with both hip-hop and R&B;, the soundtrack is best summed up byAhmad's smooth "Back in the Day (Remix)," which reveals: "Some days I sit and wish I was a kid again."--Celine Wong