Gridlock'd (soundtrack)
| Gridlock'd – The Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | ||||
| Released | January 28, 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Length | 1:09:35 | |||
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| Death Row Records chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Gridlock'd | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| USA Today |  [2] |
| Los Angeles Times | [3] |
Gridlock'd – The Soundtrack is the soundtrack to Vondie Curtis-Hall film Gridlock'd and was released on 28 January 1997 by Death Row Records and Interscope Records.
The track "Out the Moon (Boom, Boom, Boom)" was originally recorded for the LBC Crew debut album Haven't You Heard? (We Givin' Something Bacc To The Street), which was later shelved and the songs were cycled through other Death Row releases. The album had two chart running singles. "Lady Heroin" was originally going to be on Sam Sneed's unreleased album Street Scholars. This is both the second to last Death Row Soundtrack Album and second to last Death Row album to be distributed by Interscope, as later in the year they would drop Death Row from their label.
"It's Over Now" was 46th on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, which was Danny Boy's second chart single. "Wanted Dead or Alive" was 16th in the UK and was accompanied by a music video with Snoop alone as it was filmed after the death of 2Pac, so he is only present in archive footages from the motion picture. The album itself went to top the R&B album chart also on the first place.
Commercial performance
[edit]Gridlock'd debuted at number one on both the US Billboard 200 and the US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts, selling 150,500 copies in its first week.[4] The album was certified Gold on April 16, 1997.
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Wanted Dead or Alive" (2Pac and Snoop Doggy Dogg featuring Val Young) | 2Pac, Snoop Doggy Dogg | Dat Nigga Daz | 4:39 |
| 2. | "Sho Shot" (The Lady of Rage) | The Lady of Rage | Sean "Barney" Thomas | 4:26 |
| 3. | "It's Over Now" (Danny Boy) | Babyface | Keith Andes | 4:05 |
| 4. | "Don't Try to Play Me Homey" (Dat Niggaz Daz) | Dat Nigga Daz | Dat Nigga Daz | 4:38 |
| 5. | "Never Had a Friend Like Me" (2Pac) | Shakur | Johnny "J" | 4:26 |
| 6. | "Why" (Nate Dogg) | Nate Dogg | Dat Nigga Daz | 5:13 |
| 7. | "Out the Moon (Boom, Boom, Boom)" (Snoop Doggy Dogg featuring LBC Crew, Soopafly, Tray Deee, 2Pac) | Broadus Jr., Shakur | Snoop Doggy Dogg, L.T. Hutton, Soopafly | 5:09 |
| 8. | "I Can't Get Enough" (Danny Boy) | Damon Thomas | Damon Thomas | 5:10 |
| 9. | "Tonight It's On" (B.G.O.T.I.) | Char Jones | 3:14 | |
| 10. | "Off the Hook" (Snoop Doggy Dogg featuring Charlie Wilson, Val Young, James DeBarge) | Broadus Jr. | Dat Nigga Daz | 5:37 |
| 11. | "Lady Heroin" (J-Flexx, The Lady of Rage) | J-Flexx, The Lady of Rage | Sean "Barney" Thomas | 4:12 |
| 12. | "Will I Rize" (Storm featuring Val Young) | T. Shakur, Storm | Char Jones | 5:16 |
| 13. | "Body and Soul" (O.F.T.B. featuring Jewell) | T. Shakur | Brian G. | 4:54 |
| 14. | "Life Is a Traffic Jam" (2Pac featuring Eight Mile Road) | T. Shakur | Medusa | 4:24 |
| 15. | "Deliberation" (Anonymous featuring Cody Chesnutt) | Cody Chesnutt | Cody Chesnutt | 4:12 |
| Total length: | 1:09:35 | |||
Charts
[edit]Weekly charts
[edit]| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| US Billboard 200[5] | 1 |
| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[6] | 1 |
Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[7] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "USA Today review". Archived from the original on 2013-07-20. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
- ^ Hodari Coker, Cheo (25 January 1997). "Various Artists "GRIDLOCK'd: The Soundtrack"*** Death Row/Interscope". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 11, 2017.
- ^ "Tupac's "Gridlock'd" Tops No Doubt". MTV News. February 6, 1997. Archived from the original on January 15, 2024. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
- ^ "Various Artists Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ "Various Artists Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2023.
- ^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Gridlock'd". Recording Industry Association of America.
