Wild Style Original Soundtrack


Wild Style Original Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the 1983 hip hop film Wild Style. It was originally released in 1983 via Animal Records, and re-released twice: in 1997 via Rhino Entertainment, and in 2007 as 25th anniversary edition via Mr Bongo Records. The album was produced by Charlie Ahearn and Chris Stein with Fab 5 Freddy, who served as musical director of the project. It featured appearances from Busy Bee, Cold Crush Brothers, DJ Charlie Chase, Grandmaster Caz, Grand Mixer DXT, Grand Wizzard Theodore & the Fantastic Five, Double Trouble, Prince Whipper Whip, Rammellzee, AJ Scratch, D.J. Stieve Steve and Shockdell.
The album has been described by Leo Stanley from Allmusic as "one of the key records of early-'80s hip-hop". Thomas Golianopoulos and Mosi Reeves from Rolling Stone stated: "The soundtrack, which features beats produced by Chris Stein of Blondie and Fab 5 Freddy and live performances by Double Trouble and other old-school legends, is arguably the first great hip-hop album".

Track listing

Disc 2:
  1. Wildstyle Lesson - Kev Luckhurst aka Phat Kev
  2. Limousine Rap - Wild Style Allstars
  3. Basketball Throwdown Cold Crush Brothers vs. Fantastic Freaks
  4. Stoop Rap - Double Trouble
  5. Street Rap - Busy Bee
  6. Stoop Rap Double Trouble
  7. B Boy Beat - Wild Style Allstars
  8. Yawning Beat - Wild Style Allstars
  9. Crime Cut - Wild Style Allstars
  10. Gangbusters - DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
  11. Cuckoo Clocking - Fab 5 Freddy
  12. Meetings - Wild Style Allstars
  13. Military Cut - DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
  14. Razor Cut - Wild Style Allstars
  15. Subway Theme - DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, Chris Stein
  16. Busy Bees - Busy Bee
  17. Down By Law - Fab 5 Freddy
  18. Baby Beat - Wild Style Allstars
  19. Jungle Beat - Wild Style Allstars
  20. Wild Style Scratch Tool - Kev Luckhurst aka Phat Kev
NOTE: "Pretty Baby" and "Rapture" by Blondie and "Good Times" by Chic also feature in the film, but not on any edition of the soundtrack albums.