Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ EarthTones) Social entrepreneur and multi-platinum music producer Frank Fitzpatrick had a bigger plan in mind when he created the music for the international dance film Beat the World. More than just another film soundtrack, Beat the World brings together some of the world's most prominent conscious Hip Hop artists as part of Fitzpatrick's growing vision to build new social paradigms through music and film.
When Somalian born, new-school rapper and World Cup ambassador K'NAAN joined forces with one of Hip Hop's most respected founding fathers, KRS-One, to record the film's title track, "Hip Hop Nation", they too were on a mission: to represent the positive voice and power of the world's largest music-based cultural movement - Hip Hop. In addition to helping Fitzpatrick bring an original voice to the film, they created an anthem for the evolution of the global Hip Hop movement.
In "Express Yourself", reggae Icon Ziggy Marley and Nigerian-born powerhouse Nneka join forces to unveil another simple but crucial theme both for the film and Hip Hop culture: our need for self-expression, whether through music, dance, art, film or freedom of speech.
Other notable collaborations include the heroic "Infinite Love," featuring top British rapper Sway together with the renowned lyrical wordsmith Talib Kweli, and the multilingual world-beat dance track "Must Be the Music" performed by Les Nubians (France), Lina (US) and MV Bill (Brazil). The soundtrack also includes the end title "Keep Shining" by Kenya-born, Canadian Hip Hop artist Shad, and is guaranteed to rock and inspire as deeply as the best of Nas or Kanye West.
Beat The World the Original Soundtrack is the first international Hip Hop soundtrack featuring cross-cultural collaborations between such highly prominent and socially conscious artists. Grammy nominated songwriter/producer Frank Fitzpatrick traveled the globe to write and record original songs with these innovative masters to show how the powerful influence of global Hip Hop culture can inspire, empower and connect the world's youth.
Beat The World the Original Soundtrack is part of EarthTones' Music with a Heart series, and is available June 21st exclusively on iTunes. A portion of the proceeds will go to a scholarship program for under-privileged kids to study at Debbie Allen's Dance Academy in Los Angeles. The film (coming out in the United States as You Got Served: Beat the World) and soundtrack will be released in over 20 countries this summer.
