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‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ Soundtrack: Live stream, release date, lyrics and all the hype around movie-inspired album

Apart from Jay-Z and Nipsey Hussle showing their rap muscles on the track ‘What It Feels Like,’ the movie-inspired album also features top hip-hop artistes like Hit-Boy, A$AP Rocky, Black Thought and others

The wait for the ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ movie is finally over as the film starring Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield has hit select theatres and is streaming on HBO Max. Apart from this, fans have got another reason to rejoice as the movie-inspired album with the same name has been released on leading streaming platforms.

The buzz around the album started a few days ago when the news of a song where late Nipsey Hussle and hip-hop stalwart Jay-Z collaborated surfaced on the Internet. The film ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ had its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on February 1 at both virtual and in-person screenings. The biographical is being released by Warner Bros.

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Release date

The movie-inspired album is out on the Internet. It was released on February 11.

Concept

Apart from Jay-Z and Nipsey Hussle showing their rap muscles on the track ‘What It Feels Like’, the movie-inspired album also features top hip-hop artistes like Hit-Boy, A$AP Rocky, Black Thought, Lil Durk, G Herbo, Pooh Shiesty, SiR, Polo G, Nas, Chairman Fred Hampton Jr, singer H.E.R and others. The soundtrack for Fred Hampton’s biopic is executively produced by hip-hop icon Hit-Boy who also features on the solo track ‘Broad Day’ and ‘EPMD’ with Nas. 

On the song, ‘What It Feels Like,’ Jay-Z raps, “I'm sellin' weed in the open, bringin' folks home from the feds/ I know that payback's gon' be mean, I'm savin' all my little bread/ Pray for me, y'all, one day I'ma have to pay for these thoughts, Real ni**as is extinct, it ain't safe for me, my dawg.”

The film ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ sheds light on Fred Hampton, who, in 1969, was allegedly assassinated by the FBI after they compelled a petty criminal by the name of William O’Neal to help them silence Hampton and the Black Panther Party.

'Judas And The Black Messiah' is directed and produced by Shaka King. The screenplay is credited to King and Will Berson, with story by King, Berson and Kenny and Keith Lucas. The film has been produced by Ryan Coogler and Charles King. 

Check out the trailers below:

Tracklist

The album is stacked with 22 powerful tracks. Here’s how the list looks:

‘Cointelpro / Dec. 4’ – Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.
‘Fight For You’ – H.E.R.
‘EPMD’ – Nas
‘Welcome to America’ – Black Thought
‘What It Feels Like’ – Nipsey Hussle & Jay-Z
‘Broad Day’ – Hit-Boy
‘Plead the .45th' – Smino & Saba
‘Somethin Ain’t Right’ – Masego ft. JID and Rapsody
‘Letter 2 U’ – BJ The Chicago Kid
‘On Your Mind’ – Lil Durk
‘Appraise’ – White Dave
‘All Black’ – G Herbo
‘I Declare War’ – Nardo Wick
‘No Profanity’ – Pooh Shiesty
‘Last Man Standing’ – Polo G
‘Respect My Mind’ – DOM KENNEDY
‘Revolutionary’ – G Herbo ft. Bump J
‘Teach Me’ – SiR
‘Contagious’ – SAFE & Kiana Ledé
‘Rich N***a Problems’ – A$AP Rocky
‘Outro’
Bonus: ‘Black Messiah’ – Rakim

‘Blackest album I ever listened’

Hip-hop fans did not waste any time to share their reviews on the highly-anticipated biopic album. A majority of the fans gave thumbs up to the hip-hop album and dubbed it as one of blackest albums of all time. One fan said, “THIS JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH ALBUM IS BLACKITY THE F**K BLACK! I love ittttt. Happy Black History Month yall wow!” Another shared, “Dat 'Judas and the black messiah' album got sum fye s**t on it frl.” 

The next one posted, “judas and the black messiah soundtrack is the blackest album i’ve ever listened to. it’s f**king amazing.” One user shared, “inspired albums for films just speak to me. if this judas and the black messiah one is anywhere close to the black panther one....” Another added, “this judas and the black messiah album is so f**king smooth.” One concluded, “This Judas and the Black Messiah album got that Black Panther feel.”

Where to live stream

‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ movie-inspired album can be streamed on leading streaming platforms like Spotify, Tidal, Apple Music and Deezer.