''Butter'' (known as ''Never 2 Big'' in the United States) is a 1998 action film starring Ernie Hudson,

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and Donnie Wahlberg. It originally premiered on

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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

* Shemar Moore as Freddy Roland * Ernie Hudson as Curtis "8-Ball" Harris *

as Carmen Jones * Donnie Wahlberg as Rick Darren *

as Benzo Al * Tom "Tiny" Lister as House * Terrence Howard as Dexter Banks * Donald Faison as Khaleed * Salli Richardson as Blusette Ford *

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as Roscoe * Sam Phillips as Dina *

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as Marcus

Soundtrack

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

#"Work"- 3:21 ( Naughty by Nature, Mag & Castro) #"Butta"- 3:48 ( E-A-Ski) #"Smiling Faces Sometimes"- 4:47 (Polyester Playaz) #"Triple Six Klubhouse"- 2:44 ( Lord Infamous) #"M.O.B."- 4:06 (

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) #"Broken Down"- 4:27 (Vincent Brantley) #"No Ways Tired"- 4:54 (Nancey Jackson) #"Pain"- 6:14 (

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) #"Big Boy"- 3:31 (

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) #"Sorry But It's Over Now"- 4:23 (Michelle Mitchell) #"Hit 'Em"- 3:53 (

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) #"Off the Books"- 3:03 ( The Beatnuts, Cuban Link & Big Punisher) #"Superhero"- 4:22 ( Christopher Williams)

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, never_2_big_butter 1998 films 1998 action thriller films HBO Films films American action thriller films American films about revenge Artisan Entertainment films African-American films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films