Title: Chi-Raq (Original Soundtrack) Artist: Various Artists Label: RCA Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 888751783027 Genre: Soundtrack Release Date: 2015-12-04 Number of Discs: 1 Additional Details: Explicit Lyrics
Original soundtrack to the 2015 feature film directed by Spike Lee and written by Lee and Kevin Willmott. Set in Chicago, the film is described as a satire and to have as a subject gang violence prevalent in some neighborhoods on the city's south side, particularly, Englewood. The film is based on Lysistrata, a Greek comedy by Aristophanes, but Lee told Chicago magazine that he would not characterize it as a musical. Includes tracks by Nick Cannon, R. Kelly featuring Tink, Jennifer Hudson, The Bruce Hornsby Band featuring Eryn Allen Kane and Sasha Go Hard, Sophia Byrd, and others.
