Steel on a Mission

Track Listings

1. Steel on a Mission '96

2. Low Down

3. Southern Girl

4. Back in the Day

5. Givin' It Up

6. Young HD

7. If You Don't Know

8. Still Rollin'

9. Gotta Git Cha

10. Cavvy Sounds

Steel on a Mission,Lil ½ Dead,Priority Records,Gangsta Rap,Hardcore Rap,Hip-Hop,Pop,Rap,Rap & Hip-Hop,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

Steel on a Mission

Tracks:

The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
Witness (Maurice Jarre)
Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
Halloween (John Carpenter)
A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
The Fly (Howard Shore)
RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
Brainstorm (James Horner)
Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
The Dead (Alex North)
Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
Babe (Nigel Westlake)
The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

To Die For (Danny Elfman)
The Player (Thomas Newman)
Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
2001 (Alex North)
Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
The Crow (Graeme Revell)
Blade (Mark Isham)
The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
Scream (Marco Beltrami)
The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
The Matrix (Don Davis)
The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
Rounders (Christopher Young)
The Score (Howard Shore)
The Replacements (John Debney)
Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
XXX (Randy Edelman)
Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
Cleopatra (Alex North)
Life As A House (Mark Isham)
Emma (Rachel Portman)
In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
Ice Age (David Newman)
Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up

Average customer rating:

Lil 1/2 Dead's Second Album Shows The Versatility of LBC Rap
Phenomenal sophomore effort
G-Funk's finest! A Rare and Classic cd!
A good 2nd CD
southern girl

Steel on a Mission
Lil ½ Dead
Manufacturer: Priority Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003B5R
Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

Steel on a Mission '96
Low Down
Southern Girl
Back in the Day
Givin' It Up
Young HD
If You Don't Know
Still Rollin'
Gotta Git Cha
Cavvy Sounds

Customer Reviews:

Lil 1/2 Dead's Second Album Shows The Versatility of LBC Rap.......2007-04-25

Long Beach has a history of being the breeding ground of top-notch rap and hip hop. Rappers from Snoop, Warren G, Nate Dogg, Twinz, Domino, Foesum, Dove Shack, and many many more have made big strides in underground and mainstream rap. The Long Beach scene helped make G-Funk popular in the mid '90's with Warren G's regulate. 1996 has had its moments, like with "Steel On A Mission." Lil Half Dead kills the tracks with killa flows over dope beats. Using many of the same producers (K Phix, Tracy Kendrick, Courtney Branch, etc) from his 1st album, 1994's The Dead Has Arisen (check that review too), one of the best rap albums of all time, Half Dead comes correct with some nice, heavy G-Funk beats. The album is only 10 songs deep, but it holds its own. "Steel On A Mission '96" is a dope follow up to 1994's "Still On A Mission" with a melodic, twangy, bouncy beat. "Southern Girl" is tight; Hald Dead gets sexual in the song, but he also shows respect for her, and that is refreshing. The beat is hard and bouncy with a nice whiny synth. "Back In The Day" takes a step back to younger days with a whiny synth. "Gotta Git Cha" took a bit of time to grow on me, but now I like to rock it. It steps up the hard core factor with a hard mobbin' beat. "Cavvy Sounds" is a prime example of Long Beach rap, with a dope party style LBC beat, a nice bit of flava for a house party. Lil HD also lets it be known in "If You Don't Know" with arguably, the best beat on the record. "Still Rollin" is a hot one with an eerie keyboard riff in the beat and an airy whiny synth. This album is a dope example of how good G-Funk production can be, and HD's laconic but versatile flow fits the beats well. However, 1994's Dead Has Arisen is a much better album, and that says a lot because this album deserves possible classic status. This one now goes for more than 100 bucks (as of 4/24/07); it's that rare!!

Phenomenal sophomore effort.......2006-12-20

Lil 1/2 Dead's sophomore LP (following his similarly excellent debut "The Dead Has Arisen") was 1996's "Steel on a Mission." Just like his first, this album is an amazing piece of 90s west coast g-funk and is and always has been embarrassingly slept-on. This album is quite similar to his debut, but overall I think I like this one a little better. At only ten tracks, it is a little more consistent with no skits and sounds a little more focused. No longer claiming Tha Dogg Pound, Half Dead has advanced two years lyrically, and his rapping is a little more varied and interesting. The cover, while really cool looking if you ask me, is a little misleading, kind of suggesting some sort of horrorcore. Half Dead is a smooth, laidback g-funk rapper in the vein of DJ Quik or Daz Dillinger. He raps of his experiences in Long Beach and is fun to listen to, he has a youthful flow and voice. The production is the real treat in Half Dead's music, though. The multiple producers who contribute to "Steel on a Mission" make simply phenomenal beats. The beats are upbeat but very laidback, always thick with thumping, catchy basslines, woozy synthesizer lines, and funky guitars and instrumentals. Half Dead usually has catchy hooks in his songs and is just really fun to listen to. "Steel on a Mission" is one of the lost gems of the g-funk era, a really great and underrated album.

The album begins with "Steel on a Mission '96," an update to the song "Still on a Mission" from his debut. This version is a remarkable improvement from the already great original. It has really catchy bass and beats, and the chorus allows you to ease into the album perfectly. The vibes keyboard heavy woozy song "Low Down" follows, featuring Quick ta Mac. The happy "Southern Girl" speaks joyfully of a woman, another enjoyable song, this one with a little R&B influence. I love "Back in the Day," a funky ode to Half Dead's childhood in Long Beach. "Givin' It Up" has harder sounding production but a catchy chorus and fun lyrics. "Young HD" is great g-funk, using soulful instrumentals, the MC chronicles his career in the song. "If You Don't Know" follows in the pattern of consistency, and the anthemic "Still Rollin'" does as well. "Gotta Git Cha" is reminiscent of some material off "The Chronic," and the album ends with the excellent "Cavvy Sounds," maybe the best on the album. This song makes my head bob every time, HD drops some hard-hitting lyrics and it ends the album on a great party joint.

"Steel on a Mission" is a forgotten g-funk standard, showcasing the best of the mid-90s west coast style. I highly recommend this album to anyone who likes g-funk, this album is enjoyable on multiple levels and has tons of replay value. I understand that this album is nearly impossible to find today and very expensive, but should this come your way, let nothing stop you from picking it up. It's just a great, fun album all around.

G-Funk's finest! A Rare and Classic cd!.......2005-10-13

This is truly G-funk's best. This is one of my all-time favorite cds. You will feel privileged just to have listened to it since few people have. I think that its better than his first cd because its more jammin. This is classic G-funk to the fullest.

A good 2nd CD.......2005-03-06

In 96' things were off the hook, everyone knew about the LBC. And there were thousands and thousands of rappers coming out from the westcoast, and lots were from the LBC which was flooded with new rappers everyday. Some people had good beats, some bad beats. Some good rappers but wack beats blah blah blah, and you would never get anyone that was really that good at holding it tight with beats and lyrics. Mostly there would be some nice beats coming from LBC at this time. HD's voice was not that aggresive, but he kept it real and stayed on track with his first album which is a classic to me. His style was a bit like chilled LBC, smoking dojah, riding and still being a straight G without too much chit chat. He is real, and this album has moved on from dead has arisen, but not in a too bad direction. Its still heavy, even though it could have been longer. And the beats were mind blowing on the dead has arisen, i think i was expecting too much on here. But its still nicer than other stuff out in 96. These were the days!. But anyways, I gave this a 4 just because it was a bit too short, and i think the beats had a bit more flavour to them in the first one with a lot of variation. On this its still G funk, but only the overall sound sounds the same and a bit rushed on the whole. But make sure you check it out though, it's cool. And make sure you get the dead has arisen, you can't miss that unless you crazy and you did'nt like the early/mid 90's flavour thats died out to marketed, flavourless and talentless BS thats out now. Peace!

southern girl.......2005-02-15

I love the song southern girl. I remember that video. i havent heard the rest of the album though. I you like snoop dog, or warren g. I would like this type of g funk style.

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