Track Listing

1. Find Myself in You - Brian McKnight
2. We're Gonna Make It - LL Cool J,
3. Keep Your Head Up - Chaka Khan
4. Tonight - Kem
5. Everyday (Family Reunion) - Yolanda Adams, Chaka Khan, Gerald LeVert, Carl Thomas
6. Love and Happiness - Al Green
7. You for Me (The Wedding Song) - Johnny Gill
8. Family Reunion - The O'Jays
9. I'll Be - Will Downing
10. Wounds in the Way - Rachelle Ferrell

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10891 in Music
• Released on: 2006-02-21
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: English, Spanish
• Dimensions: .21 pounds

Customer Reviews

Exceptional Soundtrack
For the most part, I am a music fan who tends to disregard or ignore soundtrack releases. Soundtracks tend to be merely average in a number of cases and are easy to disregard. However, occasionally there is that soundtrack that is better than average. Tyler Perry's MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION soundtrack is a cut above the rest providing a brief but great mix of jazz, hip-hop, gospel, and smooth silky R&B.

Brian McKnight brings his smooth soul power on the opening track "Find Myself In You". It is the usual Brian McKnight performance that shows off the greatness of the unfairly fading McKnight (his last two albums have missed the 500,000 mark where album sales are concerned which is unfortunate). One can't help but to feel the groove of the beautiful mid-tempo R&B tune.

In a surprise hit, LL Cool J raps over a sample with the help of the powerhouse gospel duo Mary Mary. An initial listen may say to the listener that this is just an average track, but upon continual listen, you begin to feel the groove and begin to feel that passion of LL's rhymes and the soulfulness of sisters Mary Mary.

"Everyday (Family Reunion)" is a nice ensemble track featuring contributed vocals by Yolanda Adams, Chaka Khan, Gerald LeVert, and Carl Thomas. Perhaps the highlight track and the instant attention getter is the contribution by long lost R&B vocalist Johnny Gill who provides perhaps the star performance on the smooth, soulful "You For Me (The Wedding Song)". Gill shows that it is time for the Luther Vandross motivated singers to return with the quiet-storm approach of R&B. True, it isn't the best or most memorable R&B performance of the year, but it is definitely a great performance.

Kem shows off his smooth, throwback vocals on "Tonight", while Chaka Khan shows her sultry nature on "Keep Your Head Up". The vintage soul classic "Love and Happiness" is include here and adds a nice soulful touch to the album. Will Downing and Rachelle Ferrell also contribute smooth, soulful, if not truly extroardinary performances.

While in no ways is this soundtrack "the second coming" or the perfect album, it is definitely one of the best soundtracks released this year accompanying one of the best movie releases of the year. 4 stars.

Nice Mix of Artists
If you enjoyed the movie Madea's Family Reunion you may want to go out and pick up the album's soundtrack. The soundtrack is a nice blend of old and new. The 10 track compilation brings together old school and new school. New R&B singer Kem brings the track "Tonight," to the set. Brian McKnight opens up the album with the song "Find Myself In You." The classic Al Green song "Love and Happiness" is featured on the soundtrack as is the super group song "Everyday (Family Reunion)." This song brings together Chaka Kahn, Carl Thomas, Gerald Levert, and Yolanda Adams. Gerald's father is also included on the set as The O'Jays song "Family Reunion" is featured on the set. The Madea's Family Reunion Soundtrack didn't get too deep into hip-hop, or as my son says, "they didn't rap it up." The only hip-hop star featured on the set is LL Cool J who is featured on the song "We're Gonna Make It," along with gospel duo Mary Mary. Overall, it's a nice compilation of songs that you could play at your own family reunion or anytime you want to listen to some nice music.

Great soundtrack, but...
...I'm pretty disappointed that the song that the lady in the restaurant was singing. Given she only had a small part, but her voice was beautiful and the song she was sing was too smooth. After doing a little research, I was able to pull up very little information on her. Her name is Philipa Williams and the song she was perfoming was 'Look In the Mirror'. Had this song been on the soundtrack, I would have definitely given it 5 stars.