| Product Summary | | Label: Death Row Records | | UPC: 00728706300421 | | Release Date: 5/22/2001 | | Buy.com Sku: 60468961 | | Item#: M6QDNX | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Anything - SWV ~ Original Soundtrack |  | | 2. Old Time's Sake - Sweet Sable ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 3. Part Time Lover - H-Town ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 4. Big Pimpin' - The Dogg Pound Gangstas ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 5. Didn't Mean To Turn You On - 2nd II None ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 6. Doggie Style - D.J. Rogers ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 7. Regulate - Nate Dogg/Warren G ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 8. Pour Out A Little Liquor - Thug Life/2Pac ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 9. Gonna Give It To Ya - Jewell/Aaron Hall ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 10. Afro Puffs - The Lady Of Rage ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 11. Jus So Ya No - C.P.O./Boss Hogg ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 12. Hoochies Need Love Too - Paradise ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 13. I'm Still In Love With You - Al B. Sure! ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 14. Crack 'Em - O.F.T.B. ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 15. U Bring Da Dog Out - Rhythm & Knowledge ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 16. Blowed Away - B. Rezell ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 17. It's Not Deep Enough - Jewell ~ Original Soundtrack | | | 18. Dogg Pound 4 Life - The Dogg Pound Gangstas ~ Original Soundtrack | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Producers include: Brian Alexander Morgan, Nikke Nikole, Devante Swing, Dat Nigga Daz, DJ Quik. | | Engineers include: Greg Geitzenauer, Tommy Daugherty, Rob Paustian. | | All tracks have been digitally remastered. | | The soundtrack Above the Rim is an example of how all soundtracks should sound. Coordinated by Dr. Dre, the record is a virtual catalog of the cutting edge of hip-hop and urban R&B in 1994, featuring stars as well as unknowns that wind up making a big impression. Every artist turns in a first-rate song, but the real attraction of the record is Warren G.'s hit single, "Regulate," which straddles the line between rap and soul with grace and style. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine | | This phenomenal soundtrack is a microcosm of the black pop experience as it exists in 1994. ABOVE THE RIM chronicles the street life of the inner city through the prism of basketball, a game that symbolizes the character and aspirations of today's urban youth. Functioning like a succession of hip hop motifs, the music on ABOVE THE RIM charts many of the bittersweet variations connected with escaping these mean streets...quite literally by soaring above the rim. | | Supervising producer Dr. Dre has arranged a vivid selection of tracks to illustrate the sound that's happening right now: a mix of hip-hop, hardcore, old school, new jack swing and contemporary R&B in various pure strains and new compounds. "Anything" (by SWV) and "Regulate" (by Nate Dogg & Warren G) are the first two big singles off of ABOVE THE RIM, the latter a story of the inner city street tariffs done up in a mix of R&B and rap styles (in which "rhythm is life and life is rhythm") over a smooth keyboard vamp, the former a dance groove that combines traditional girl group styles and scratch-styled backgrounds. "Pour Out A Little Liquor" by Thug Life seeks escape from gritty everyday realities in gangsta style rhymes and fourty ouncer good times, while the subterranean funk of "Afro Puffs" features Lady Of Rage's feminine machisma ("I am the roughest roughest roughest, I am the toughest toughest toughest") over a classic Dr. Dre grab bag mix, a nasty collage of funny samples and deep bass. |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 05/22/2001 | | Original Release Date : 1994 | | Catalog ID : 63004 | | Label : Death Row (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 77m : 55s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00728706300421 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (6/2/94, p.72)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Dr. Dre blueprints, with his usual brilliance, the range of black pop to come..."Entertainment Weekly (10/12/01, p.86)
- Ranked #96 in EW's "100 Best Movie Soundtracks" Entertainment Weekly (4/15/94, p.62)
- "...More than a collection of destined-to-be-hit singles, this soundtrack is a musical event..." - Rating: A |
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