| Who's the Man? | |
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | |
| Released | April 20, 1993 |
| Recorded | 1992 |
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| Length | 46:46 |
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| Singles from Who's the Man? | |
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The Who's the Man? Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1993 film Who's the Man? . The album was released in 1993 on Uptown/MCA Records. The soundtrack peaked at 32 on the Billboard 200 chart in 1993.
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Source | 4/5 [2] |
The album reached number thirty-two on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the eighth spot on the R&B albums chart. [3]
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic gave the soundtrack a lowly two-out-of-five rating, stating that the work is "mediocre, formula rap, in the typically boastful, lustful, mock-angry style, and none of it is memorable." [1]
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Party and Bullshit" | The Notorious B.I.G. | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Let's Go Through the Motions" | Jodeci | 5:13 |
| 3. | "What's Next on the Menu?" | Pete Rock & CL Smooth | 5:32 |
| 4. | "You Don't Have to Worry" | Mary J. Blige | 4:55 |
| 5. | "Hittin' Switches" | Erick Sermon | 3:58 |
| 6. | "Hotness" | Heavy D and Buju Banton | 3:56 |
| 7. | "Who's the Man?" | House of Pain | 4:07 |
| 8. | "Lovin' You" | Crystal J. Johnson | 4:04 |
| 9. | "Pimp or Die" | Father MC | 3:56 |
| 10. | "Hello, It's Me" | Spark 950 and Timbo King | 3:45 |
| 11. | "Ease Up" | 3rd Eye and Group Home | 3:28 |
Information taken from AllMusic. [4]
Weekly charts
| Year-end charts
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| Year | Single | Peak chart positions [8] [9] | ||||
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | U.S. Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | U.S. Hot Rap Singles | U.S. Rhythmic Top 40 | ||
| 1993 | "Let's Go Through the Motions" | 65 | 23 | 31 | — | 34 |
| "Hittin' Switches" | — | 20 | — | 14 | — | |
| "Who's the Man?" | 96 | — | 77 | — | — | |
| 1994 | "You Don't Have to Worry" | 63 | 16 | 11 | — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
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