How High (soundtrack)
How High The Soundtrack is a soundtrack to Jesse Dylan's 2001 stoner film How High. It was released on December 11, 2001 through Def Jam Recordings and consists of hip hop music. The album contains twenty tracks featuring interpolations taken from the movie and songs performed by film stars Method Man & Redman, along with Cypress Hill, DMX, Jonell, Limp Bizkit, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Saukrates, Shawnna, Streetlife, and War.
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | December 11, 2001 | |||
| Recorded | 2000–2001 | |||
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| Genre | Hip hop | |||
| Length | 1:02:52 | |||
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| Singles from How High | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| HipHopDX | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
The album peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200 and at number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.
Several songs heard both in the movie and in the closing credits, such as "Hits from the Bong" and "I Wanna Get High" by Cypress Hill, "Wu Wear" by RZA, "Fire" by Ohio Players, "Jammin" by Bob Marley, "Du hast" by Rammstein, "Chin Check" by N.W.A, "Would You Mind" by Janet Jackson, "Sexy Ida" by Ike & Tina Turner, "Good Girls" by DMX, "Sweet Thing" by Mary J. Blige, "One Draw" by Rita Marley, "Flash Light" by Parliament, ''Click Click Boom" by Saliva, "The Payback" by James Brown, "B.O.B (Bombs Over Baghdad)" by Outkast, and "Slam" by Onyx, were not included in the soundtrack album.
Track listing
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" (performed by Method Man & Redman) | 0:16 | ||
| 2. | "Part II" (performed by Method Man & Redman) | Erick Sermon | 4:04 | |
| 3. | "Round and Round (Remix)" (performed by Jonell & Method Man) |
| Hi-Tek | 3:50 |
| 4. | "Cisco Kid" (performed by Method Man, Redman, Cypress Hill & WAR) | Rockwilder | 4:00 | |
| 5. | "America's Most" (performed by Method Man & Redman) |
| DJ Twinz | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Yes Sir, Dean Cain, Sir (Skit)" (performed by Obba Babatundé, Method Man & Redman) | 0:23 | ||
| 7. | "Let's Do It" (performed by Method Man & Redman) |
| Scott Storch | 4:35 |
| 8. | "We Don't No How 2 Act" (performed by Redman) | Noble | Redman | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Who Wanna Rap" (performed by Streetlife) | Allah Mathematics | 2:54 | |
| 10. | "Fine Line" (performed by Saukrates) | Karl Wailoo | Saukrates | 2:32 |
| 11. | "N 2 Gether Now" (performed by Limp Bizkit & Method Man) |
| 3:56 | |
| 12. | "Party Up (Up in Here)" (performed by DMX) | Swizz Beatz | 4:37 | |
| 13. | "What's Your Fantasy" (performed by Ludacris & Shawnna) |
| Shondrae | 4:36 |
| 14. | "Da Rockwilder" (performed by Method Man & Redman) |
| Rockwilder | 2:17 |
| 15. | "I Love NWA (Skit)" (performed by Redman, Justin Urich & Method Man) | 0:13 | ||
| 16. | "Bring the Pain" (performed by Method Man) |
| RZA | 3:06 |
| 17. | "How to Roll a Blunt" (performed by Redman) |
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| 3:21 |
| 18. | "All I Need (Razor Sharp Mix)" (performed by Method Man & Mary J. Blige) |
| RZA | 3:42 |
| 19. | "Big Dogs" (performed by Method Man & Redman) |
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| 3:28 |
| 20. | "How High (Remix)" (performed by Method Man & Redman) |
| Erick Sermon | 3:59 |
| Total length: | 1:02:52 | |||
Sample credits[4]
- "Part II" contains excerpts from "You're Making Me High", written by Toni Braxton, Kenneth Edmonds, and Bryce Wilson, and performed by Toni Braxton.
- "Cisco Kid" contains a sample from "The Cisco Kid", performed by War.
- "How to Roll a Blunt" contains a sample from "Keep Rising to the Top" by Kenneth Burke.
- "All I Need (Razor Sharp Remix)" contains an interpolation of "You're All I Need to Get By", written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.
- "Big Dogs" contains a sample from "Tell 'Em", written by Erick Sermon.
- "How High Remix" contains a sample from "I Am Woman", performed by The Cover Girls. It also contains an interpolation of "Fly Robin Fly", written by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager.
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- Birchmeier, Jason. "How High [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- Q, Wise (January 15, 2002). "Various Artists - How High OST". HipHopDX. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Method Man". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 540. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- How High The Soundtrack (booklet). Def Jam, UMG Soundtracks. 2001.
- "Soundtrack How High Chart History". Billboard 200. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- "Soundtrack How High Chart History". Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- "Soundtrack How High Chart History". Top Soundtracks. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
- "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- "Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
- "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002". Billboard. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
External links
- How High (The Soundtrack) at Discogs (list of releases)
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