Soundtracks From Fighting Temptation

\"Fighting Temptation\" is a song recorded by American singer Beyoncé and American rappers Missy Elliott, MC Lyte, and Free for the film The Fighting Temptations (2003), starring Beyoncé. It was written by Beyoncé, Elliott, Lana Moorer, Marie Wright, Jonathan Burks, LaShaun Owens, Karriem Mack, and Walter Murphy. An R&B-funk song, \"Fighting Temptation\" samples Uncle Louie's \"I Like Funky Music\" (1979). Lyrically, the song makes a reference to fighting against negativity in life as well as waiting for the right person before falling in love. It was released as the lead single from the soundtrack for The Fighting Temptations on August 18, 2003, by Columbia Records.

Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote that the song's lyrics make reference to a \"celebration of ladies' night out and waiting for true love.\"[4] According to Dani Boobyer of the United Kingdom-based website, The Situation, \"Fighting Temptation\" has \"a well worn message about striving for the best and fighting against negativity.\"[5] Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine found that Elliott notices pleasure and joy in sins that make people go to church on Sundays, but in reality, the \"party people\" are no different from the churchgoers, who sin in their song and music.[6]

Heather Phares of AllMusic wrote: \"[...] the seven tracks that feature Beyoncé on her own or with other collaborators are more striking: in particular, the movie's title track, a surprisingly fun and funky celebration.\"[2] Dani Boobyer of The Situation UK commented that the soundtrack album \"jumpstarts with the explosive 'Fighting Temptation' [...] setting R&B princess Beyoncé's sweet vocals against the hard sounds of Missy and MC Lyte's raps.\"[5] Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine wrote that the song's artists are not fighting temptations like the song's title says, but are looking for them.[6]

\"Basically, it's kind of like a ladies' night 'cause it's all us females and the song is about basically all these temptations you have with this guy and you're kind of fighting it. The house came from the movie because it kind of reminds me a lot of the house that we filmed in for the movie.\"[13] 781b155fdc