Released July 11, 1995 Length 53:53 | Recorded 1994–1995 Release date 11 July 1995 | |
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer (exec.), DeVante Swing (exec.), Don Simpson (exec.), Bass Mechanics, Claudio Cueni, Dalvin DeGrate, Cyrus Esteban, Evil Dee, Trevor Horn, Pimp C, Michael J. Powell, Doug Rasheed, Chris Stokes, Timbaland Nominations Juno Award for International Album of the Year Similar Gangsta's Paradise, I Am LV, Ragga Killa Show, The Return of the Gangsta, It Takes a Thief | ||
Dangerous Minds: Music from the Motion Picture is the official soundtrack to the 1995 film Dangerous Minds. The album was released in 1995 on MCA Records.
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The soundtrack topped the Billboard 200 chart in 1995. By December 1995, it was certified triple platinum in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding 3,000,000 copies in the United States.
Release and reception
The album reached number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the second spot on the R&B albums chart. The album was certified platinum in September 1995 and triple platinum by December of the same year.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic called the soundtrack "an expertly-crafted urban R&B/hip-hop collection, featuring stellar production and songwriting from a number of the best and most popular artists of 1995."
Personnel
Information taken from Allmusic.
Songs
Gangsta's ParadiseCoolio - LV4:01
CuriosityAaron Hall4:03
Havin' ThangsBig Mike4:45