Butter (1998 film)

Butter
Directed byPeter Gathings Bunche
Written byPeter Gathings Bunche
Produced byPaul Hertzberg
Julian Fowles
StarringErnie Hudson
Nia Long
Donnie Wahlberg
Tony Todd
CinematographyNancy Schreiber
Edited byDaniel Duncan
Music byJoseph Stanley Williams
Production
companies
CineTel Pictures
Butter Films
World International Network (WIN)
Distributed byHBO Films
Artisan Entertainment
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Butter (known as Never 2 Big in the United States) is a 1998 action-thriller 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
ReleasedMarch 31, 1998
Recorded1997–1998
GenreHip hop, R&B
LabelRelativity
ProducerKay 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 (The Undisputed Truth)
  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)