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. 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.