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How to Be a Player (soundtrack)

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Released
  
August 5, 1997

Release date
  
5 August 1997

Recorded
  
1996-1997

Label
  
Def Jam Recordings

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Producer
  
Poke & Tone, Prestige, Shorty B, DJ Quik, T-Mix, Erick Sermon, KLC, Havoc, E-A-Ski, CMT, Ralph Leverston

Movie
  
Def Jam's How to Be a Player

Genres
  
Hip hop music, Contemporary R&B, Gangsta rap, West Coast hip hop, East Coast hip hop

Similar
  
Legal Hustle, The True Meaning, The Testament, Gridlock'd, Born and Raised

Def Jam's How to Be a Player soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1997 comedy film, Def Jam's How to Be a Player. It was released on August 5, 1997 through Def Jam Recordings.

Contents

The soundtrack, which consisted of a blend of hip hop and contemporary R&B, did well on the Billboard charts, peaking at 7 on the Billboard 200 and 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. A little over a month after its release on September 16, the album was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Foxy Brown and Dru Hill's single "Big Bad Mamma" was the soundtrack's most successful single, peaking at 53 on the Billboard 200. Absolute's "Never Wanna Let You Go" also made it the Billboard charts, reaching the R&B chart.

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Track listing

  1. "Intro-"- :41 (Max Julien)
  2. "Big Bad Mamma"- 3:53 (Foxy Brown and Dru Hill)
  3. "Hard to Get"- 5:10 (Richie Rich and Rick James)
  4. "I Gotta Know"- 3:57 (Playa and Foxy Brown)
  5. "Young Casanovas"- 4:22 (Junior M.A.F.I.A., Mase, Cam'ron and LeVert)
  6. "Down Wit Us"- 3:18 (Redman)
  7. "Usual Suspects"- 4:41 (Mic Geronimo, DMX, Cormega, Ja Rule, and Tragedy Khadafi)
  8. "How to Be a Playa"- 5:15 (Master P, Fiend and Silkk the Shocker)
  9. "It's a Cold Day"- 4:53 (Too Short, George Clinton and Belita Woods)
  10. "Interlude"- :53 (Max Julien)
  11. "Street 2 Street"- 3:43 (Jayo Felony)
  12. "In the Wind"- 4:40 (8Ball & MJG)
  13. "Never Seen Before"- 2:53 (EPMD)
  14. "Never Wanna Let You Go"- 4:23 (Absoulute)
  15. "When the Playas Live"- 4:57 (Crucial Conflict)
  16. "Troublesome"- 3:50 (2Pac)
  17. "Say What"- 4:00 (Dymon)
  18. "If U Stay Ready"- 5:00 (Suga Free)
  19. "Don't Ever"- 3:48 (Black Azz Chill)
  20. "Outro"- 1:07 (Max Julien)

Songs

1IntroGoldie0:41
2Big Bad MammaFoxy Brown - Dru Hill3:52
3Hard to Get (Revisited)Rick James3:37

References

How to Be a Player (soundtrack) Wikipedia
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