DJ Muggs, who has produced countless classics for Cypress Hill and Soul Assassins along with critically-acclaimed albums with the GZA of Wu-Tang Clan and Sick Jacken of Psycho Realm, has scored the upcoming David Ayer-directed movie Street Kings, hitting theaters April 11.

"We began the process of Street Kings by talking to David Ayer about the direction of the sound and how we wanted to convey certain moods in certain scenes," DJ Muggs explains. "Then once the movie was shot, we went to work and brought the sound and movement to life. The main difference from scoring and making records is that in scoring the music can't loop. You gotta build, take away and add changes constantly as each frame changes. And the other difference is that when I make music, I only have to answer to me. This time I had the director and the producers and the studio Fox Searchlight. You have to make sure they get their vision across as well as the energy and emotion they want in the sound of their film. I'm here for that purpose."

Street Kings stars Keanu Reeves playing veteran LAPD Vice Detective Tom Ludlow, who is on the hunt to find the killers of his former partner. Forrest Whitaker plays Captain Wander, Ludlow's supervisor, who tries to keep Ludlow in line and away from Captain Biggs of Internal Affairs (played by Hugh Laurie). Street Kings also stars the Game and Common.

DJ Muggs is also currently working on his highly anticipated compilation album Soul Assassins III as well as DJ Muggs vs. Planet Asia, a concept album that has the super-producer providing his signature dark, head-nodding soundscapes for the prolific MC. DJ Muggs is also working with his Soul Assassins team to launch SoulAssassins.com. The site is currently scheduled to launch in mid-March.

You can also check out the trailer for Street Kings here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgdVGJFsNfE