Music Capsule Review

Chicago (2003)

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ALL HAIL THE QUEEN ''Chicago'' -- featuring Latifah on a hip-hop update of ''Cell Block Tango'' -- is our kind of soundtrack

Chicago: David James

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Release Date: Jan 14, 2003; Lead Performances: Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Various Artists and Renee Zellweger...; Genre: Soundtracks/Cast Recordings

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By Chris Willman

Chris Willman

Chris Willman is a senior music writer for Entertainment Weekly

The '96 Broadway revival cast album remains the definitive treatment of Kander and Ebb's riotously arch score. But this Chicago is close enough, with Catherine Zeta-Jones acquitting herself best among the novice belters, even sans leggy visual aids. If you found the movie ''Class''-less, the album restores that cut number, and adds some lesser non-film bonuses, too -- like a Queen Latifah/Lil' Kim/Macy Gray hip-hop update of ''Cell Block Tango,'' mercifully left off the end credits but amusing enough here.

Posted Jan 13, 2003

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