Much like The Show, this documentary centered on the origins and the various lifestyles within Hip Hop culture. This particular soundtrack from Priority Records wasn’t as highly talked about as many other soundtracks during ’97, but it should’ve been. Nevertheless, performances from Tha Dogg Pound, Sam Sneed, and DJ Quik among others were stellar and counts as one of the most gangsta-filled masterpieces during this or any time. This was not known for a reworking of “Murder Was The Case”, but also for the reunion of Dre and Cube for the ominous “Natural Born Killaz”, complete with his highly controversial video depicting their own version of the OJ Simpson murder case. From the first time you hit play, Dre had you hooked, and these also showed off the production abilities of the likes of Daz Dillinger (known as Dat Nigga Daz at the time), Sam Sneed, and Soopafly. The soundtrack to this short film has to be considered as much of a classic as The Chronic and Doggystyle. This was also during a true-to-life situation, in which Snoop was fighting a first-degree murder case. In ’94, Snoop dropped a short film named after a cut from his landmark Doggystyle album called “Murder Was The Case”. Dre and his then prodege Snoop Dogg, everything the “Row” dropped was considered a new level in hotness for Hip Hop. They completely brought the west coast to prominence in a way like never before.Ĭaptained by Dr.
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Yes the east had Nas, Biggie, Wu-Tang, Tribe, and Boot Camp Click, plus the south was emerging with Outkast and Organized Noize, but the west was clearly running things. In any case, NJD was one of Tommy Boy’s craziest releases ever.Īround ’93 and ’94, NOBODY was touching Death Row Records. The other volume of the soundtrack dropped about three weeks later, but wasn’t as hard-hitting as this one, although one could argue Jeru The Damaja‘s Premo-powered cut “Invasion” could hold the entire album up by itself. The interesting thing was this was a split series. Other notables include cuts from Lords Of The Underground, Keith Murray, Young Lay, Heavy D, and of course Maze & Frankie Beverly for their legendary hit “Before I Let Go”. This soundtrack was known for dropping two breakout singles: Outkasts‘ “Benz Or Beamer” (which introduced the much adored Bankhead Bounce dance) and the debut of Total, with their breakout hit with Biggie, “Can’t You See”. This soundtrack mixed everything from R&B, southern Hip Hop, west coast and of course a strong east coast influence.
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Man!! This was a hard-hitter from Tommy Boy Records, which was the home of acts like De La Soul and Penalty Records (CNN, Crooked Lettaz, Half A Mil) dropped a monster of a soundtrack for a movie that almost matched the strength of the soundtrack.