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Although the soundtrack to John Singleton's 2000 remake of the classic blaxploitation flick SHAFT won't overshadow Isaac Hayes's phenomenal score to the 1971 original (for good measure, the original film's bad-ass theme is included), it does provide a butt-kicking mix of contemporary soul and hip-hop tracks. Drawing inspiration from the film's rule-breaking antihero John Shaft, who is played by Samuel L. Jackson in the remake, many of the tracks have a retro feel -- particularly R. Kelly's two cuts, the bluesy "Bad Man" and the gospel-tinged "Up and Outta Here." Other soul highlights include Angie Stone's Donna Summer-inspired "My Lovin' Will Give You Something" and Donell Jones's mellow "Do What I Gotta Do," which cleverly incorporates lyrics from his hit single "Where I Wanna Be" and a bass line from Hayes's rendition of "The Look of Love." On the hip-hop side, Mystikal speaks out against black-on-black crime on the prophetic "Ain't Gonna See Tomorrow," while Organized Noize's Sleepy Brown waxes poetic on the blaxploitation-flavored (with its wah wah guitar and clarinet) "Automatic," and Too $hort slips into his usual mack mode on the funk-drenched "Pimp Sh*t." All of this in honor of one bad mutha. That's right, we're just talkin' bout Shaft. Tony Green Barnes & Noble

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