As we noted earlier this week, the biopic about estimable R&B label Chess Records, titled “Cadillac Records” is now coming out December 5 via Sony. The soundtrack. which features many of the actors singing R&B classics, including Beyoncé Knowles, Mos Def and Jeffery Wright, plus appearances by rapper Nas, Raphael Saadiq and Beyonce’s younger sister Solange, hits December 2 (apparently Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest is on it too, we musta missed that).
IMDB a bunch of images of the film including the first look at Mos Def as Chuck Berry, Cedric The Entertainer as Willie Dixon and more shots of Knowles portraying Etta James and Jeffrey Wright as Muddy Waters.
The cast is rounded out by Adrien Brody who plays R&B magnate Leonard Chess , Columbus Short (Little Walter), Emmanuelle Chriqui (Revetta Chess), Tammy Blanchard, and Eamonn Walker (Howlin’ Wolf).
“Cadillac Records” charts the rise and fall of Chess Records or as the mini-synopsis says, “In this tale of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950’s Chicago, “Cadillac Records” follows the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America’s musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Chuck Berry.”
