The F9 soundtrack, like all soundtracks of the Fast Saga, offers a healthy allotment of both well-established artists and various newcomers in the hip-hop, R&B, electro, and Latin genres. Starring Vin Diesel as buff family-man Dom Toretto, F9 adds a new family member and nemesis to the long-running Fast series: Dom's brother Jakob, played by John Cena. A Cain-and-Abel revenge plot of sorts, F9 features a selection of music that thematically reflects the signature over-the-top excitement of the series and the seething brotherly rage of Dom and Jakob.
With filming locations ranging from London to Tbilisi and Los Angeles to Thailand, some genre-mixing is to be expected with the F9 soundtrack. Accompanying a score written and composed by Brian Tyler, who also worked on the third, fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth Fast & Furious installments, the soundtrack offers a relentlessly danceable list of songs, while the tender moments of cinematic sweetness (such as Dom's brief time with his son Brian) are interluded by Tyler's score. Overall, the soundscape strongly errs on the side of hip-hop and reggaeton, keeping the series grounded in its East L.A. roots.
The F9 soundtrack consists of 14 tracks, including such recognizable mainstream hip-hop artists as Pop Smoke, A$AP Rocky, Ty Dolla $ign, and RZA, as well as lesser known artists such as Lil Tecca and Jarina De Marco. Here's every song in the F9 soundtrack:
"Fast Lane" - Don Toliver, Lil Durk, Latto
"Lane Switcha" - Skepta and Pop Smoke feat. A$AP Rocky, Juicy J, and Project Pat
"Hit Em Hard" - Offset, Trippie Redd, Kevin Gates, Lil Durk, and King Von
"I Won" - Ty Dolla $ign, Jack Harlow, 24kGoldn
"Rapido" - Amenazzy, Farruko, Myke Towers, Rochy RD
"Breathe (Liam H and René LaVice Re-Amp)" - The Prodigy feat. RZA
"Real" - Justin Quiles, Dalex, Konshens
"Bussin Bussin" - Lil Tecca
"Furiosa" - Anitta
"Ride da Night" - Kevin Gates feat. Polo G and Teejay3k
"Bushido" - Good Gas and JP the Wavy
"Speed It Up" - NLE Choppa feat. Rico Nasty
"Mala" - Jarina De Marco
"Exotic Race" - Murci feat. Sean Paul and Dixson Waz
Like the Fast series' absurd action sequences, the point of F9's selected music – insomuch that there is a distinct "point" – is simply to achieve an effect of flashy showmanship. With the bombastic opening of "Fast Lane" by Don Toliver, Lil Durk, and Latto, which samples 2002's "Still Fly" by Big Tymers, the feel is one of a major sports event with pure entertainment and a promise of action. The same may be said of the remaining tracks, each of which sound appropriate for the bass-heavy speakers of street-racing crew. There's also a greater shift towards Spanish-sung (or -rapped) music, a shift present in American pop music at large.
Surely a nod to Cipher actor Charlize Theron's role in Mad Max: Fury Road, the song "Furiosa" in particular manifests much of F9's colorful tropical aesthetic, as embodied in the film's multi-colored theatrical release poster. So too is this feeling achieved with Amenazzy's "Rapido" and Murci's "Exotic Race," the latter featuring the still-cool Sean Paul over an excitable electro dance beat.
As what could be interpreted as one massive stunt-filled music video itself, F9 also features several musical artists both in prominent and cameo roles, including the series' staples of Chris "Ludacris" Bridges and Tyrese Gibson. There's also the lead star, Diesel, who released two singles in 2020: "Feel Like I Do" and "Days Are Gone." On that note, the music in F9, like the movie itself, isn't intended to be over-analyzed. The music is pure fun entertainment.