Original Soundtrack - Step Up 2: The Streets / O.S.T. (CD)

All Music Guide

Preloaded with a couple wellestablished (meaning played into the ground) hits from 2007 Flo Rida and TPain's "Low," Trey Songz and Plies' "Can't Help But Wait" the soundtrack to Step Up 2: The Streets is, unsurprisingly, a mixed bag of poporiented rap and RB featuring secondrate tracks from wellknown stars (Missy Elliott, Enrique Iglesias, TPain), followups from relative newcomers attempting to maintain and increase momentum (Cherish, Cassie), and a whole bunch of upandcomers with early material (KC, Bayje, Brit Alex, Sophia Fresh). Among the new tracks, there's a handful of highlights: "Is It You" is Cassie's most "pop" song yet, as light as a feather, reliant mostly on a simple combination of handclaps and a fuzzy guitar; with "Killa," Cherish seem OK with continuing to invite Ciara comparisons, though it's their best track yet; "Say Cheese," from inheatbutcollected RB singer KC, is the disc's most pleasant surprise, a Danja production providing several subtle twists and turns (an...d just the right amount of weirdness). - Andy Kellman, All Music Guide Read more Less