Go Inside the Music of Marvel's Luke Cage

From the moment Luke Cage was introduced getting pelted with bullets and not getting hurt while Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Shimmy Shimmy Ya" played, it was clear that hip-hop would be a pivotal part of Netflix's upcoming Harlem, New York-set superhero series. And to underscore that point, Netflix just released a short featurette detailing how New York hip-hop shapes every single episode of Marvel's Luke Cage.

"From a musical perspective, [music co-supervisor] Ali [Shaheed Muhammed] and I look at this as, we're creating 13 albums," says music co-supervisor Adrian Younge. "It's 13 episodes, like 13 albums."

Each episode is named after a different song by iconic East Coast hip-hop duo Gang Starr.

The soundtrack "creates the world for us," says star Mike Colter.

Younge -- who has produced two collaborative albums with Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah -- says that the series' score is inspired by that roughnecked rap collective, as well as jazzy hip-hop sophisticates A Tribe Called Quest and legendary composer Ennio Morricone.

The featurette is the first of a video series called "Street Level Hero" that explores how Luke Cage strives to reflect an authentic version of Luke Cage's Harlem.

Marvel's Luke Cage premieres Friday, Sept. 30 on Netflix.