Belly (soundtrack)
| Belly | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | November 3, 1998 |
| Recorded | 1997-1998 |
| Genre | East Coast hip hop, Hardcore Hip hop, Gangsta Rap, R&B |
| Length | 70:13 |
| Label | Def Jam Recordings |
| Producer | Poke & Tone, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Lil Rob, R. Kelly, Irv Gotti(Exec.), DJ Premier, Guru, Swizz Beatz, Roy "Royalty" Hamilton, Hype Williams(Exec.) |
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| Allmusic |   link |
Belly is the soundtrack to the 1998 film of the same name. It was released on November 3, 1998 through Def Jam Recordings and featured production from the likes of Poke & Tone, Sean Combs and Swizz Beatz. The soundtrack was a success, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned the single "Grand Finale" by rappers DMX, Method Man, Nas and Ja Rule. "Grand Finale" made it to #63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and #18 on the Hot Rap Singles.
In popular culture
The song "Top Shotter" was used as the entrance song for John Howard at UFC 101.
Track listing
- "No Way In, No Way Out" - 4:34 (Lady)
- "Devil's Pie" - 5:20 (D'Angelo)
- "Grand Finale" - 4:37 (DMX, Method Man, Nas & Ja Rule)
- "Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer" - 3:03 (Jerome)
- "What About" - 4:43 (Sparkle)
- "Two Sides" - 3:50 (Hot Totti)
- "Movin' Out" - 5:03 (Mýa featuring Raekwon & Noreaga)
- "Top Shotter" - 3:22 (DMX, Sean Paul & Mr. Vegas)
- "Story to Tell" - 3:48 (Ja Rule)
- "Crew Love" - 3:47 (Jay-Z featuring Beanie Sigel & Memphis Bleek)
- "Sometimes" - 5:04 (Noreaga featuring Maze)
- "We All Can Get It On" - 3:17 (Drag-On)
- "Militia" (Remix) - 3:38 (Gang Starr, WC & Rakim)
- "Windpipe" - 4:48 (Wu-Tang Clan featuring RZA, Ghostface Killah & ODB)
- "Pre-Game" - 1:51 (Sauce Money featuring Jay-Z)
- "Tommy's Theme" - 4:22 (Made Men featuring The LOX)
- "Some Niggaz" - 3:06 (Half-a-Mil)
- "I Wanna Live" - 4:51 (Bravehearts)
- "Hackle you" - 2:43 (Frisco kid)
Credits
7even- Bass
Percy Bady- Keyboards
S. Barnes- Composer
Rick Behrens- Assistant Engineer
Spencer Bellamy- Producer
Bravehearts- Performer
Chris Brickley- Assistant Engineer, Engineer
Dragon Cacinovic Chajch- Engineer
Gordon Chambers- Producer, Vocals (Background)
Lyor Cohen- Executive Producer
Sean "Puffy" Combs- Producer
Chandra Crawford- Vocals (Background)
D'Angelo- Performer
Dame Grease- Engineer, Producer
DJ Premier- Producer
DMX- Performer
Drag-On- Performer
M. Ennis- Composer, Editor
M. Epps- Composer
Gang Starr- Performer
Brian Gardner- Mastering
Stephen George- Engineer, Mixing, Programming
Ghostface Killah- Performer
Irv Gotti- Executive Producer, Producer
Guru- Producer
Half-A-Mill- Performer
Roy "Royalty" Hamilton- Drum Programming, Vocals (Background)
Hangmen 3- Producer
Anthony Harmon- Guitar (Bass)
Troy Hightower- Engineer, Mixing
Jean-Marie Horvat- Mixing
Hot Totti- Performer
Hype Williams- Executive Producer
Ken "Duro" Ifill- Mixing
Ja Rule- Performer, Rap, Vocals
Jay-Z- Composer, Performer
Cynthia Jernigan- Vocals (Background)
Jerome- Performer
J. Jones- Composer
Andy Katz- Vocals
Rich Keller- Engineer, Mixing
R. Kelly- Keyboards, Mixing, Producer, Vocals (Background)
Tony "CD" Kelly- Engineer, Mixing, Multi Instruments, Producer
Anthony Kilhoffer- Engineer, Programming
Knobody- Producer
Mike Koch- Assistant Engineer
Kevin Krause- Editor, Mixing
Lady- Performer
Gregg Landfair- Guitar
Lil Rob- Multi Instruments, Producer
Ron Lowe- Mixing Assistant
The LOX- Performer
Made Men- Performer
Maze- Performer
Memphis Bleek- Performer
Method Man- Performer
Mr. Vegas- Performer
Mýa- Vocals, Vocals (Background)
MYZ -Performer
Nas- Performer
Nastee- Engineer
Kendall D. Nesbitt- Keyboards, Vocals (Background)
Noreaga- Rap
Dave O'Donnell- Assistant Engineer
Ol' Dirty Bastard- Performer
Kenny Ortíz- Engineer
Sean Paul- Performer
Jayson Phillips- Composer
Poke- Producer
Raekwon- Performer, Rap
Ed Raso- Engineer
Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds- Assistant Engineer
Mario Rodriguez- Mixing
RZA- Engineer, Mixing, Performer
Eddie Sancho- Engineer
Sauce Money- Performer
R. Scott- Composer
Beanie Sigel- Performer
Jon Silver- Engineer
Sound Boy- Engineer
Sparkle- Vocals (Background)
Larry Sturm- Engineer, Programming
Swizz Beatz- Producer
Dexter Thibou- Assistant Engineer
Tone- Producer
D. Trotman- Producer
Tommy Uzzo- Engineer, Mixing
Jeff Vereb- Mixing Assistant
Patrick Viala- Engineer, Mixing
Doug Wilson- Mixing
Ted Wohlsen- Mixing
Stan Wood- Engineer, Programming
Wu-Tang Clan- Performer