Down to Earth is a comedy film where it seems everyone is trying to get into heaven; at least those whose time is up. For Lance Barton (Chris Rock), a struggling comedian and bicycle messenger, it's the last thing on his mind. His due date in heaven is fifty years away. In the meantime, he has big dreams to pursue on Earth, such as landing a slot at the final Amateur Night Contest at the famed Apollo Theatre.
Lance's has one little problem though - he isn't that funny. Thanks to an overly cautious emissary from heaven, Mr. Keyes (Eugene Levy), he's going to get hit (literally) with a much bigger problem. Showing that even God has difficulty finding good help these days, the inept minion mistakenly plucks Lance from a traffic accident - before it takes place.
Transporting him to the Pearly Gates, or more accurately, the velvet roped-lines of the hottest club around, the error is finally addressed by Mr. King (Chazz Palminteri), the streetwise, no-nonsense head angel who manages the place from his plush windowed office. Since returning to his own body on Earth is impossible, the urban dwelling Lance reluctantly agrees to a normally unthinkable proposal.
He'll occupy the body of a wealthy old white mogul, Charles Wellington III (Brian Rhodes), until a more suitable body can be found. Strangely enough, in a Park Avenue penthouse, servants and butlers become his new homeys as Lance works on his streetwise comedy routine for the big Apollo showdown.
Living in the body of a callous old white man would be bizarre enough for Lance without falling in love with Sontee Jenkins (Regina King), the beautiful woman publicly battling Wellington's company at the same time. And if that wasn't enough, he has to deal with the love affair between Wellington's wife and his personal assistant, and their plot to have him killed.
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Down to Earth
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Everything Is Everything
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Thug Music Play On
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Lionel Richie:
"all night long"
Jimmy Jam: Courtesy of ruthless records contains interpolation from "human" |
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Murder, Inc.
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That's A Team
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Can You Tell It's Me
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Ginuwine:
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Ruff Ryders' Anthem
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DMX:
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I Think I Like You
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Christopher Stewart:
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With You
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Son By Four:
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Glitches
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What If I Was White
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Sticky Fingaz:
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And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
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All By Myself
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Eric Carmen:
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Never Let Go
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Waffle
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Sevendust:
Writer
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Gin and Juice
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KC & The Sunshine Band:
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Snoop Dogg: Performer Steve Arrington: Courtesy of death row records contains samples from "watching you" |
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Shake Ya Ass
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Mystikal:
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One Time
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Jill Scott:
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Uptight (Everything's Alright)
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Just Another Girl
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The Beginning
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Stephen Warbeck:
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The Dream
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Stephen Warbeck:
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The Masai
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Stephen Warbeck:
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Initiation
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Stephen Warbeck:
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The City
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Stephen Warbeck:
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The Island
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Stephen Warbeck:
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By the Sea
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Stephen Warbeck:
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The Painting
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Stephen Warbeck:
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Masai Brothers
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Stephen Warbeck:
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India
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Stephen Warbeck:
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The Forest
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Stephen Warbeck:
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The Andes
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Stephen Warbeck:
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The Incas
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Stephen Warbeck:
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Transported
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Stephen Warbeck:
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Healing
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Stephen Warbeck:
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Dream of Dying
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Stephen Warbeck:
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What It Is
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Stephen Warbeck:
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People
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Stephen Warbeck:
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The End
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Stephen Warbeck:
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