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MTV's Hip Hopera: Carmen is a soundtrack album for the 2001 film Carmen: A Hip Hopera, released by Music World Entertainment and Columbia Records in partnership with MTV on June 12, 2001. The soundtrack is composed of 10 songs recorded exclusively for the film's storyline, written by Sekani Williams, produced by Kip Collins and performed by the film's cast of actors. It also features remixes of two Destiny's Child then-current singles and the single "Boom" by Royce da 5'9", originally released in 1999. The reception of the album was mixed, with Steven Oxman from Variety both celebrating an attempt to "bridge a gap that had seemed impassable" between opera and hip-hop, and remarking that "rhythm and tone... take priority over subtlety" when dissecting the lyrical weight of the musical. In another mixed review, Alona Wartofsky of The Washington Post praised the "star power", but was disappointed with both lyrical and production imperfections. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV's_H...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)