Trama:
Ambientato nell'universo musicale della Chicago degli anni 50, il film segue l'ascesa e il declino dell'etichetta musicale Chess Records e ci fa rivivere l'epopea di personaggi leggendari come Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James e Chuck Berry.
Colonna Sonora / Soundtrack:
Tracce CD1:
1-I’m man (Jeffrey Wright) 2-At last (Beyonce) 3-No particular place to go (Mos Def) 4-I’m your hoochie coochie man (Jeffrey Wright) 5-once in a lifetime (Beyonce) 6-Let’s take a walk (Raphael Saadik) 7-6 o’clock blues (Solange) 8-Nadine (Mos Def) 9-The sound (Mary Mary) 10-Last night (Little Walter) 11-I’d rather go blind (Beyonce) 12-my babe (Columbus Short) 13-Bridging the gap (Nas featuring Olu Dara)
Tracce CD2:
1-Maybellene (Mos Def) 2-Forty days and forty nights (Buddy Guy) 3-Trust in me (Beyonce) 4-Juke (Soul Seven-Kim Wilson) 5-Smokestack lightinin‘ (Eamon Walker) 6-Promised land (Mos Def) 7-All i could do was cry (Beyonce) 8-My babe (Elvis Presley) 9-I can’t be satisfied (Jeffrey Wright) 10-Come on (Mos def) 11-Country blues (Jeffrey Wright/Bill Sims Jr.) 12-Evolution of a man (Q-Tip/Al Kapone) 13-Radio station (Terrence Blanchard)