Butter (1998 film)

Butter
Directed by Peter Gathings Bunche
Produced by Paul Hertzberg
Written by Peter Gathings Bunche
Starring Ernie Hudson
Nia Long
Donnie Wahlberg
Tony Todd
Music by Joseph Williams
Cinematography Nancy Schreiber
Edited by Daniel Duncan
Production
companies
CineTel Pictures
Butter Films
World International Network (WIN)
Distributed by HBO Films
Artisan Entertainment
Release dates
  • October 13, 1998 (1998-10-13)
Running time
101 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Butter (known as Never 2 Big in the United States) is a 1998 action film starring Ernie Hudson, Nia Long, Tony Todd and Donnie Wahlberg. It originally premiered on HBO as an HBO Original Film. It was later released to video by Artisan Entertainment as Never 2 Big in 1998 and on DVD in 2001.

The film follows corrupt record company executives who kill a singing sensation with a lethal injection rather than letting her leave their label and join another company. They then frame her foster brother for the murder forcing him to go on the run and to try to get the goods on the real killers.

Cast

Soundtrack

Butter
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released March 31, 1998
Recorded 1997-1998
Genre Hip hop, R&B
Label Relativity
Producer Kay Gee, DJ Paul, Juicy J, The Beatnuts, E-A-Ski, CMT

The soundtrack to the film was released on March 31, 1998, through Relativity Records and consisted of hip hop and R&B music.

Track listing

  1. "Work"- 3:21 (Naughty by Nature, Mag & Castro)
  2. "Butta"- 3:48 (E-A-Ski)
  3. "Smiling Faces Sometimes"- 4:47 (Polyester Playaz)
  4. "Triple Six Klubhouse"- 2:44 (Lord Infamous)
  5. "M.O.B."- 4:06 (Hussein Fatal)
  6. "Broken Down"- 4:27 (Vincent Brantley)
  7. "No Ways Tired"- 4:54 (Nancey Jackson)
  8. "Pain"- 6:14 (Ohio Players)
  9. "Big Boy"- 3:31 (Indo G)
  10. "Sorry But It's Over Now"- 4:23 (Michelle Mitchell)
  11. "Hit 'Em"- 3:53 (Three 6 Mafia)
  12. "Off the Books"- 3:03 (The Beatnuts, Cuban Link & Big Punisher)
  13. "Superhero"- 4:22 (Christopher Williams)

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