Juice (soundtrack)

Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album to Juice by various artists
Released	December 31, 1991 (1991-12-31)
Recorded	1991
Genre	Hip hop R&B New Jack Swing
Length	54:38
Label	SOUL MCA
Producer	Ant Banks Demetrius Shipp DJ Muggs EPMD Gary G-Wiz Hank Shocklee Hurby Luv Bug Keith Shocklee Naughty by Nature Rakim Rough Daddy Smooth & The Players Teddy Riley The Brand New Heavies
Singles from Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
"Uptown Anthem" Released: January 22, 1992 "Juice (Know the Ledge)" Released: February 15, 1992 "Don't Be Afraid" Released: February 1992 "Is It Good to You" Released: 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A [2]
Los Angeles Times	[3]
Orlando Sentinel	[4]
RapReviews	8.5/10 [5]
Robert Christgau	[6]
The Source	4/5 [7]

Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack album to Ernest Dickerson's 1992 crime film Juice . It was released on December 31, 1991, through SOUL/MCA Records and consists mainly of hip-hop and R&B music. ^[8]

The album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard 200 and number 3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States. On March 4, 1992, the soundtrack was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for selling 500,000 units in the US alone.

The soundtrack spawned four charted singles: "Uptown Anthem", "Juice (Know the Ledge)", "Don't Be Afraid" and "Is It Good to You".

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Uptown Anthem" (performed by Naughty by Nature)	Vincent Brown Anthony Criss Keir Gist	Naughty by Nature	3:04
2.	"Juice (Know the Ledge)" (performed by Eric B. & Rakim)	William Griffin	Rakim	4:01
3.	"Is It Good to You" (performed by Teddy Riley & Tammy Lucas)	Teddy Riley Tammy Lucas	Teddy Riley	4:17
4.	"Sex, Money & Murder" (performed by M.C. Pooh)	Lawrence Thomas	Ant Banks	2:50
5.	"Nuff' Respect" (performed by Big Daddy Kane)	Antonio Hardy James Henry Boxley III Gary Rinaldo Ali Dee Theodore	Hank Shocklee Gary G-Wiz	2:58
6.	"So You Want to Be a Gangster" (performed by Too $hort)	Todd Shaw	Ant Banks	4:06
7.	"It's Going Down" (performed by EPMD)	Erick Sermon Parrish J. Smith	EPMD Mr. Bozack (co.)	4:13
8.	"Don't Be Afraid" (performed by Aaron Hall)	Aaron Hall Boxley III Rinaldo Floyd Fisher	Hank Shocklee Gary G-Wiz	5:19
9.	"He's Gamin' On Ya'" (performed by Salt-N-Pepa)	Hurby Azor	Hurby Luv Bug	3:35
10.	"Shoot 'Em Up" (performed by Cypress Hill)	Louis Freese Senen Reyes Lawrence Muggerud	DJ Muggs	3:39
11.	"Flipside" (performed by Juvenile Committee)	Ricky Taylor	Demetrius Shipp	4:24
12.	"What Could Be Better Bitch" (performed by Son of Bazerk)	Tony Allen Boxley III Keith Matthew Boxley Rinaldo	Hank Shocklee Keith Shocklee Gary G-Wiz (co.) Carl Ryder (co.)	3:01
13.	"Does Your Man Know About Me" (performed by Rahiem)	Guy Williams Roosevelt Simmons Michael Bryant	Rough Daddy Smooth & The Players Tony "Champagne" Silvester (co.)	5:11
14.	"People Get Ready (Remix)" (performed by The Brand New Heavies)	Jan Kincaid Andrew Levy Simon Bartholomew Lascelles Gordon James Wellman N'Dea Davenport	The Brand New Heavies	4:00
Total length:				54:38

Other songs

The following songs can be heard in the film, but did not appear in its soundtrack:

• "Pump Me Up" written by James Avery, Robert Reed and Tony Fischer and performed by Trouble Funk and Bobby Torres
• "Word Up" written by Larry Blackmon and Tomi Jenkins and performed by Cameo
• "Bodega Juice" written and performed by Bobby Torres
• "Ooh Aah" written by Richard Walters, Harold Bailey Jr., Alvin Campbell, Ashley Cooper, Franklyn Campbell, Sidonia Thorpe and Louis Marriott and performed by Fabulous Five Inc.
• "How I Could Just Kill a Man" written by Louis Freese, Senen Reyes, Lawrence Muggerud, Lowell Fulson and Jimmy McCracklin and performed by Cypress Hill

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1992) Peak position US Billboard 200 [9] 17 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums ( Billboard ) [10] 3

Year-end charts Chart (1992) Position US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [11] 32

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [12]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Egan, Brian. "Juice - Original Soundtrack | Album | AllMusic". AllMusic . Retrieved September 9, 2024.
2. Bernard, James (February 14, 1992). "Juice". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved September 9, 2024.
3. Oumano, Elena (January 19, 1992). "POP MUSIC : ALBUM REVIEW : *** VARIOUS ARTISTS "Juice" motion picture soundtrack ( MCA )". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved September 9, 2024.
4. "'JUICE' SOUNDTRACK". Orlando Sentinel . February 28, 1992. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
5. Jost, Matt (November 8, 2005). "various artists :: Juice Soundtrack :: Soul/MCA Records". www.rapreviews.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2024. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
6. Christgau, Robert (2000). Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. ISBN   0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved September 9, 2024.
7. Tewlow, Rob "Reef" (February 1992). "Record Report". The Source . No. 29. p. 58.
8. Koelling, Matt (December 29, 2021). "Revisiting the 'Juice' Soundtrack (1991) | Tribute". Albumism. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
9. "Billboard 200". Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. February 22, 1992. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved September 9, 2024.
10. "Top R&B Albums". Billboard . Nielsen Business Media, Inc. March 7, 1992. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved September 9, 2024.
11. "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard . 1992. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
12. "American album certifications – Soundtrack – Juice". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

• Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) at Discogs (list of releases)