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A soundtrack containing hip hop and R&B music was released on August 19, 1996, via Big Beat Records. The album peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard 200 and at No. 4 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and was also certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling over 500,000 copies in the United States.
"Man in the Mirror" is a song by the American singer Michael Jackson. It was written by Glen Ballard and Siedah Garrett and produced by Jackson and Quincy Jones . It was released in January 1988 as the fourth single from Jackson's seventh solo album, Bad (1987).
"Money in the Ghetto" is a song by American rapper Too Short from his eighth studio album Get in Where You Fit In (1993). It was released as the album's second single on January 17, 1994. [ 1 ] Produced by the Dangerous Crew , it contains a sample of " Hollywood Swinging " by Kool & the Gang .
Boyz N the Hood: Music From the Motion Picture is the soundtrack to John Singleton's 1991 film Boyz n the Hood. It was released on July 9, 1991, through Qwest Records with distribution via Warner Bros. Records , and contains mostly hip hop music .
"Girls in the Hood" was met with moderate praise from music critics. Pitchfork gave "Girls in the Hood" the title of "Best New Track", with Sheldon Pearce remarking that the song repurposes the misogynoir of "Boyz-n-the-Hood" "for those it disenfranchised", adding, "It feels like Megan is leading a revolt of the women mistreated in rap songs."
This is a list of hood films. These films focus on the culture and life of African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, and, in some cases, Asian-Americans or White Americans who live in segregated, low-income urban communities. This list also includes comparably economically disenfranchised and crime adjacent communities in other countries such as ...
The song's lyrics discuss the narrator, a young man, who meets a woman named Renee while coming back from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The narrator promptly attempts to initiate a relationship. The song describes that Renee is studying to be a lawyer, while the narrator is a writer.
Darktown Strutters is a 1975 blaxploitation musical comedy film from New World Pictures. [1] Despite having mixed reviews at the time of its release, it has gained cult status over the years with praise from film director Quentin Tarantino. [2]