{"id":2317,"date":"2020-01-20T18:22:21","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T00:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/read.streamapse.com\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2020-01-20T18:22:21","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T00:22:21","slug":"bad-boys-know-how-to-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/?p=2317","title":{"rendered":"Bad Boys Know How To Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Promotion for the first two iterations of the Bad Boys movie series, 1995\u2019s Bad Boys and 2003\u2019s Bad Boys II, were were bolstered in each instance by an era-defining jam. For Bad Boys, it was the crossover dancehall hit \u201cShy Guy\u201d by Diana King. Bad Boys II had Diddy, Nelly, and Murphy Lee\u2019s beach-party-ready rap anthem \u201cShake Ya Tailfeather.\u201d If the initial marketing efforts for Bad Boys for Life were slow to pair the film with any one song, it might be because the breadth of genres across the soundtrack lends itself to the sounds of Miami, the franchise\u2019s location playing nearly as big a role as Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2318\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2318\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2318\" src=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Various-Artists-Bad-Boys-For-Life-Soundtrack-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Various-Artists-Bad-Boys-For-Life-Soundtrack-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Various-Artists-Bad-Boys-For-Life-Soundtrack-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/streamapse.com\/Magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Various-Artists-Bad-Boys-For-Life-Soundtrack.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2318\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"http:\/\/streamapse.com\/featured\">Stream Bad Boys For Life Soundtrack<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The first single released to the public was the Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin collab \u201cRITMO,\u201d which plays as a modernized update to the Italian Eurodance group Corona\u2019s 1993 club smash \u201cThe Rhythm of the Night.\u201d (The soundtrack also boasts a remix featuring Jaden Smith.) The album skews mostly hip-hop\/urbano, boasting a Nicky Jam and Daddy Yankee collab with a strong nod to Ini Kamoze\u2019s \u201cHere Comes the Hotstepper,\u201d contributions from Quality Control representatives City Girls and DJ Durel (with Quavo and Rich The Kid), and Meek Mill and Farruko\u2019s \u201cUptown II,\u201d a continuation of the genre-melding Meek himself first delivered on his Championships album. Rounding out the moods is \u201cMurda She Wrote,\u201d a stellar contribution from dancehall legend Buju Banton that makes the same case for listeners that the movie does for viewers: Bad Boys know how to party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promotion for the first two iterations of the Bad Boys movie series, 1995\u2019s Bad Boys and 2003\u2019s Bad Boys II, were were bolstered in each instance by an era-defining jam. For Bad Boys, it was the crossover dancehall hit \u201cShy Guy\u201d by Diana King. 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