The movie of "Idlewild" itself had over 25 songs in it. So I didn't expect the soundtrack to have all the songs from the movie. But the weird thing is that there are actually 25 tracks on the CD, but only 7 of the songs are from the film! The soundtrack is still well worth the purchase. Listed below are the consistencies and the missing songs from the film.

The only tracks that are included on the CD
which are also in the movie are:

1. Morris Brown (Big Boi, with Sleepy Brown & Scar)
2. Chronomentrophobia (Outkast)
3. Makes No Sense (Outkast)
4. PJ & Rooster (Outkast)
5. Mutron Angel (Whild Peach)
6. Greatest Show on Earth (Macy Gray and Outkast)
7. When I Look in Your Eyes (Outkast)

The following songs are from the film, but are not included on this soundtrack and are available on other albums (as indicated).

Bessie Smith: The Essential
The Essential Bessie Smith
1. Do Your Duty

Cab Calloway The Early Years: 1930-34 [BOX SET]
The Early Years: 1930-34
1. The Nightmare
2. Moonglow
3. Kickin' the Gong Around

Outkast: Big Boi and Dre Present...
Big Boi and Dre Present...Outkast
1. Movin' Cool (The After Party)

Outkast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below
1. Bowtie
2. Church
3. She Lives in My Lap
4. Vibrate
5. Take Off Your Cool
6. The Rooster

Songs from the film that are unavailable:
1. Happy Days Are Here Again (Leo Reisman & His Orchestra)
2. Baptized (Angelic Voices)
3. Holy Holy (Angelic Voices)
4. Slum Swing (The Decon Band)
5. Drunken Rooster (Paul Rabjohns & Larry Lunetta)
6. The Bridge (Paul Rabjohns & Larry Lunetta)
7. On the Way to Heaven (André 3000)

Wow did this album get panned in a hurry. I almost feel like I'm listening to something different from all these other negative and mediocre-reviewers. It's untraditional and it's funky. 3000 doesn't sound forced - like some of the "different for difference's sake" which oozed thorugh so many of the Love Below tracks. Idlewild flows, it's complete, it's a cohesive story, it's well produced, and Big Boi is smooth and deep as ever. Put down that hatorade and pick up the love.

Followers of Outkast know that Big Boi and Andre 3000 always push the envelope of what people expect of them, and Idlewild is no different. It's a dizzying, hypnotic and wild ride, taking listeners far outside the boundaries of what might be called traditional hip-hop. If anything, this is what makes Outkast so great. They can hardly be called a traditional hip-hop group as they consisently take their music to places no one in the industry has gone before.

If you're looking for more of the same, you may not like Idlewild. Most of the Outkast faithful already know better than to look for more of the same from one of the most eclectic, surprising music groups in the last twenty years.

Some tracks have the distinct "Outkast" flavor that makes them so popular: take 'Mighty O' or 'Morris Brown' but on the other hand, take a single like 'Idlewild Blue' which features both guitar and a little harmonica or the deep, soulful piano on 'A Bad Note'... how many hip hop songs do you know feature any of those instruments? Not many.

Rather than sell out and give us remixes of the same single or melody or rhyme or style over and over, Outkast makes enjoyable, original MUSIC. If only more hip-hop and rock and pop artists would do the same.

As usual, Outkast combines to join funk, soul, and lyricism in one pretty good album and top it off with what looks like a predominantly black musical coming out Friday. How do you get any better than that?

Cons: Parents always think it's cute to let their children leave messages on machines and answer the phone, but on a hip-hop album, I'm not feeling it. "Bamboo and Cross" slowed down the album tremendously for me and should have been kept in the family instead of for the public, because most folks are going to skip right over that. But at least the kids aren't cursing like they were on "Speakerboxx." "Makes No Sense" did just that...made absolutely no sense and after hearing it once, I never want to hear it again. With so many STDs going around, I was NOT feeling "N2U" at first--respect your body as much as you do intimacy. The interlude for "No Bootleg DVDs" was as dumb as that farting one they made back in the day--y'all could've kept that.

Pros: I love the funk in Andre 3000's voice and the swagger in Big Boi's. Some pretty good songs such as "Don'tchu Worry 'Bout Me," "The Train" (got that head bobbing thing going on for it), "Hollywood Divorce" was cool (I'm still trying to figure out how Lil' Wayne improved so dramatically and so quickly--a little suspect but I love the change regardless), and "Greatest Show on Earth" (although I saw Macy Gray in concert and think she's drunk or something). My favorite cut off this whole album though is "Morris Brown," I could bump that all day and I love the making of the video. Even their interludes are funny sometimes, like "Infatuation" from the brotha who will meet the girl "outside the church" but he won't come in. Even though I wasn't feeling the morals of "N2U," the more I listen to it, the funnier it gets, plus the beat is tight--so I'm struggling with that one. Overall, a pretty good album but only one song really stuck out to me. The album cover is COLD as hell though!

As a die hard outkast fan..i found it quite hard that the cd could be on the scale that speakerboxx/the love below was...well..kast proved me wrong.
I have been listening to this cd hours upon countless hours..listening and breaking down and boy..real music has returned. To me, this cd is like the love below, with more big boi to it. Not only are these tracks well produced but they have meaning. Makes no Sense at all is a track that i and my friend believe talks about certain rap songs today and how they simply..make no sense at all. Outkasts hits hit real hard with the metaphors on this cd, well produced tracks, and a party feel music masterpiece which goes well with the movie that will be coming out soon
My favorite tracks include:
PJ & Rooster
Peaches
Hollywood Divorce
Buggface
Life is like a musical
Makes no sense at all
and Greatest show on earth..these are all songs that stuck out to me and this cd is a definate pick up! go grab your copy now!