The A Low Down Dirty Shame Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the 1994 film A Low Down Dirty Shame. The album was released in 1994 on Jive Records and Hollywood Records.
| A Low Down Dirty Shame (soundtrack) | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | November 8, 1994 |
| Recorded | 1993–1994 |
| Length | 74:45 |
| Label | Jive Hollywood |
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| Singles from A Low Down Dirty Shame | |
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The soundtrack peaked at 70 on the Billboard 200 chart. By March 1995, it was certified gold in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding 500,000 copies in the United States.
Release and reception edit
The album peaked at number seventy on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the fourteenth spot on the R&B albums chart. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic, while noting that the entire album was well-produced, stated that "there is a noticeable lack of memorable material, leaving the record as nothing but a pleasant genre exercise."[1] Critic David Browne in an Entertainment Weekly article graded it a "B−", calling most of the soundtrack "more workmanlike than inspired," like the song "Later On" by Casual. However, Browne praised the Zhané remake of the 1970s disco song "Shame" (originally sung by Evelyn "Champagne" King) and R. Kelly's contributions to the album as the soundtrack's positives.[2]
Billboard's Larry Flick said the single release of "Get the Girl, Grab the Money, and Run" "stirs up some troublesome soul", but called its B-side, two different versions of "Later On", "the real gem".[3]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
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| 1. | "Down 4 Whateva" | Larry Campbell; Nellee Hooper; Simon Law; Onnie Ponder; Beresford Romeo; LaTeece Wallace; Caron Wheeler | Nuttin' Nyce | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Shame / Zhane's: Shame" | John H. Fitch Jr.; Reuben Cross | Zhané | 4:16 |
| 3. | "I Can Go Deep" | Thomas Evans | Silk | 4:48 |
| 4. | "Homie, Lover, Friend (Lookin' for My Homie Mix)" | Robert Kelly | R. Kelly | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Turn It Up" | James Harris III; Terry Lewis; Raja-Neé; Ronald Isley; Rudolph Isley; Marvin Isley; O'Kelly Isley; Ernie Isley; Chris Jasper | Raja Nee | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Stroke You Up (Remix)" | Robert Kelly | Changing Faces | 4:33 |
| 7. | "The Thing I Like" | Robert Kelly | Aaliyah | 3:24 |
| 8. | "Gotta Get Yo' Groove On" | Tevin Campbell; James Harris III; Terry Lewis | Tevin Campbell | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Birthday Girl" | Larry Campbell | Hi-Five | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Get the Girl, Grab the Money and Run" | Adam Carter; Opio Lindsey; Tajai Massey; Damani Thompson | Souls of Mischief | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Cray-Z-Fu" | Roderick Roachford; Joseph A. Jones; Lennox Maturine; Lyvio R. Gay | Fu-Schnickens | 5:10 |
| 12. | "Later On" | John Owens; Toure Duncan; David Rubinson; Herbie Hancock; Allee Willis | Casual | 3:06 |
| 13. | "How's That" | Keith Murray; Erick Sermon; Reggie Noble | Erick Sermon and Redman | 3:07 |
| 14. | "Let's Organize" (feat. Q-Tip) | Lawrence Baskerville; Troy Donald Jamerson; Patrice Rushen | Organized Konfusion | 4:20 |
| 15. | "Ghetto Style" | Craig Simpkins; Juanita Carter | Smooth | 4:33 |
| 16. | "Front, Back and Side to Side" | Bernard Freeman; Chad Butler; Freddie Southwell; Eric Wright; Andre Young; O'Shea Jackson | UGK | 4:34 |
| 17. | "In Front of the Kids" | Duane Lee | Extra Prolific | 2:42 |
| 18. | "U Rong 4 That" | Gregory Hutchinson; Kevyn Carter | Mz. Kilo | 4:34 |
| Total length: | 74:45 | |||
Chart history edit
Album edit
| Chart (1994)[4] | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard 200 | 70 |
| U.S. R&B Albums | 14 |
Singles edit
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[5] | ||||||
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. Dance Music/Club Play Singles | U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | U.S. Hot Rap Singles | U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 | U.S. Top 40 Mainstream | ||
| 1994 | "Down 4 Whateva" | 92 | — | 38 | 43 | — | — | — |
| "Get the Girl, Grab the Money and Run" | — | — | 23 | — | 50 | — | — | |
| "I Can Go Deep" | 71 | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | |
| "Shame" | 28 | 46 | 6 | 12 | — | 9 | 38 | |
| "Turn It Up" | - | - | - | 31 | — | - | - | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Certifications edit
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[6] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel edit
Information taken from Allmusic.[7]
- arranging – Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
- assistant – Chris Agamanolis, Martin Czembor, Brandon Harris, Steve Hodge, Joshua Shapera, Steve Souder, Jeff Taylor
- assistant engineering – Chris Agamanolis, Lane Craven, Martin Czembor, Brandon Harris, Vaughn Merrick, Joshua Shapera, Steve Souder, Jeff Taylor, Steve Warner
- bass – Terry Lewis
- chanting – McKinley Horton, Jellybean Johnson, Raja Nee, Jeff Taylor
- composing – John Fitch
- drum programming – Lance Alexander, Jeff Taylor
- drums – Mike Chapman
- engineering – Mike Chapman, Bob Fudjinski, Eric Gast, Stephen George, Steve Hodge, Matt Kelley, Adam Kudzin, Lee Mars, Peter Mokran, Mark Paladino, Keith Senior, Jason Shablik, Martin Stebbing, Jeff Taylor, Chris Trevett
- executive production – Barry Hankerson
- guitar – Robert Cunningham, Keith Henderson, Peter Mokran, Joshua Shapera
- horn – Bill Ortiz
- keyboards – Lafayette Carthon Jr., Mike Chapman, Cold 187 um, B-Laid Back Edwards, Jimmy Jam, Trent Thomas
- mastering – Tom Coyne
- mixing – Ron Allaire, Chip Fu, Bob Fudjinski, Steve Hodge, R. Kelly, Tony Maserati, Peter Mokran, Organized Konfusion, David Rideau, Chris Trevett
- mixing engineer – Bob Fudjinski, Chris Trevett
- percussion – Terry Lewis
- performer(s) – Aaliyah, Tevin Campbell, Casual, Changing Faces, Extra Prolific, Hi-Five, R. Kelly, Mz. Kilo, Keith Murray, Nuttin' Nyce, Q-Tip, Raja Nee, Silk, Smooth, Souls of Mischief, Zhané
- piano – Lafayette Carthon Jr., Trent Thomas
- production – A+, Mike Chapman, Cold 187 um, K. Fingers, Fu-Schnickens, Jimmy Jam, R. Kelly, Terry Lewis, Lyvio G., Organized Konfusion, Pimp C, Erick Sermon, Trent Thomas, Touré
- programming – Lance Alexander, Peter Mokran, Martin Stebbing, Jeff Taylor
- project coordination – Pamela Hughes, Stephanie Tudor
- rapping – R. Kelly
- remixing – R. Kelly
- scratching – Touré
- vocals – Tevin Campbell, Changing Faces, Jellybean Johnson, Terry Lewis, Ocee, Q-Tip, Raja Nee, Jeff Taylor
- vocals (background) – Robert "The Professor" Anderson, Cold 187 um, Stephanie Edwards, Steve Gray, Stephanie Huff, Raja Nee, Geraldine Sigler, Daniel Stokes
- vocoder programming – Lance Alexander
Notes edit
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "allmusic ((( A Low Down Dirty Shame > Review )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ Browne, David (December 16, 1994). "EW takes a look at 1994's movie soundtracks". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
- ^ Flick, Larry (November 19, 1994). "Souls of Mischief "Get the Girl, Grab the Money, and Run"". Billboard. p. 57.
- ^ "allmusic ((( A Low Down Dirty Shame > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
- ^ "allmusic ((( A Low Down Dirty Shame > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-05-24.
- ^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – A Low Down Dirty Shame". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ "allmusic ((( A Low Down Dirty Shame > Credits )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-05-25.