The production filmed this breathtaking sequence on a building located off the Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica. Li and his stunt double executed the descent using a special harness rig designed to emulate high falls with minimal risk to the stunt performers. “I think this scene shows that Su’s skills enable him to have total control of his body even in the most extreme situations,” Li suggests.
“Originally we wanted to shoot Jet’s rooftop descent with helicopter, but it just wasn’t feasible given the building’s proximity to the beach,” explains executive producer Herb Gains. “We decided to use a giant construction crane instead and we were able to fully capture the awesome scope of this stunt.”
Cradle 2 the Grave not only reflects the creative contributions made by the filmmakers and its diverse cast and crew, but is further enhanced by a cabal of the music industry’s top-selling recording artists, several of whom are signed to DMX’s label, Bloodline Records. “Bloodline and Def Jam worked really hard with us to create a truly organic album that feels like it comes from the movie,” Silver says. “It’s not just a bunch of tracks from nowhere. All the artists who contributed to the soundtrack read the script, saw scenes from the picture and knew what we were trying to do. And they all contributed songs that really help convey the story.”
DMX wrote and recorded three original tracks for Cradle, including “Right Wrong,” a song that underscores a central theme of the film. “Everybody’s got choices to make, and whichever way you go, you’re going to be held accountable for what you do,” DMX muses. “When I wrote the lyrics for ‘Right Wrong,’ it almost brought me to tears. It’s a deep joint.”
“X Gon’ Give It To Ya,” the first single and video from the film, was crafted by DMX in less than two hours at a Chicago recording studio. “The producer put this beat on, and when it dropped I wrote the whole song right then and there,” DMX says.
The Cradle soundtrack also features “Go To Sleep,” DMX’s forceful collaboration with hip-hop impresario/actor Eminem that fuels the film’s dynamic jewelry exchange robbery, as well as tracks from 50 Cent, Clipse, Fat Joe, Foxy Brown, Drag-On and Bloodline recording artists Bazaar Royale, Kashmir and Big Stan.
“Putting the Cradle 2 the Grave soundtrack together has been a very effective and exciting experience,” says Silver, “and the album is off the hook.”
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