It had to honour the classically romantic roots of its source – this was a riff on Romeo and Juliet, after all – while Saying Something Significant about modern youth and urban society. The film had to be as propulsively dance-oriented as the stage show, yet expansive and kinetic as cinema. Hopes were high for West Side Story to put the gloss back on to the prestige musical – the 1957 Broadway musical had been a hit with critics and audiences alike – but the studio knew the usual style of overstuffed Technicolor spectacle wouldn’t cut it. In 1958, South Pacific may have topped the annual box office while Gigi swept the Oscars, but since then, the only Hollywood song-and-dance films to prove even mild hits had been minor comedies, Disney cartoons or Elvis Presley vehicles. The previous two years had been rough ones for the genre. That was no accident: in 1961, United Artists set out for the film to be something bracing and new in the movie musical, an industry staple that was looking increasingly out of step with a youth culture turning toward rock’n’roll. It still seems, perhaps even more than anything that follows in West Side Story, sleekly and breath-catchingly modern: a coup of expensive minimalism at the outset of a splashy Hollywood production. "Get Your Money Right" (featuring Dr.This whole title sequence – from the graphics to the aerial photography – was visualised by Saul Bass, the distinctive graphic designer then favoured by such aggressive stylists as Alfred Hitchcock and Otto Preminger. "Certified Gangstas (Remix)" (featuring Jim Jones and Lil Eazy-E) "I Got That Feeling" (featuring Sky Balla) " 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" by 2Pac featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" (featuring Fabolous) " Stomp" by Young Buck featuring the Game and Ludacris "Make 'Em Stomp" ( Young Buck featuring the Game and Ludacris) "The Whole City Behind Us" (featuring Kanye West and Ludacris) "A Million and One Bad Habits" (featuring Savage) "My Confession (Remix)" (featuring Lil Eazy-E) "Street Dreams" (featuring Fabolous and J-Hood)
"Black Wall Street Gangsta" (featuring Billboard) " Gangsta Nation" by Westside Connection featuring Nate Dogg "Westside Connection" (featuring Stack Bundles and Joe Budden) "State Your Name, Gangsta" (featuring Lil Flip and Cassidy) "The Games" (featuring Juelz Santana and Jim Jones)
" Westside Story" by the Game featuring 50 Cent "Westside Story (Remix)" (featuring 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg) It is available for free download at DatPiff. It was released on September 28, 2004, through Aftermath Entertainment and was used to promote his forthcoming debut album, The Documentary. Westside Story is the second mixtape by the Game.
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