The A Low Down Dirty Shame Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the 1994 film A Low Down Dirty Shame. The album was released in 1994 on Jive Records.
The soundtrack peaked at 70 on the Billboard 200 chart. By March 1995, it was certified gold in sales by the RIAA, after sales exceeding 500,000 copies in the United States.
Release and reception[]
The album peaked at number seventy on the U.S. Billboard 200 and reached the fourteenth spot on the R&B albums chart. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic, while noting that the entire album was well-produced, stated that "there is a noticeable lack of memorable material, leaving the record as nothing but a pleasant genre exercise."[1] Critic David Browne in an Entertainment Weeklyarticle graded it a "B-", calling most of the soundtrack "more workmanlike than inspired," like the song "Later On" by Casual. However, Browne praised the Zhanéremake of the 1970s disco song "Shame" (originally sung by Evelyn "Champagne" King) and R. Kelly's contributions to the album as the soundtrack's positives.[2]
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Music | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Down 4 Whateva" | Nuttin' Nyce | 4:52 / 4:21 |
| 2. | "Shame / Zhane's: Shame" | Zhané | 4:16 |
| 3. | "I Can Go Deep" | Silk | 4:48 |
| 4. | "Homie, Lover, Friend (Lookin' for My Homie Mix)" | R. Kelly | 4:43 |
| 5. | "Turn It Up" | Raja Nee | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Stroke You Up (Remix)" | Changing Faces | 4:33 |
| 7. | "The Thing I Like" | Aaliyah | 3:24 |
| 8. | "Gotta Get Yo' Groove On" | Tevin Campbell | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Birthday Girl" | Hi-Five | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Get the Girl, Grab the Money and Run" | Souls of Mischief | 3:54 |
| 11. | "Cray-Z-Fu" | Fu-Schnickens | 5:10 |
| 12. | "Later On" | Casual | 3:06 |
| 13. | "How's That" | Erick Sermon and Redman | 3:07 |
| 14. | "Let's Organize" (feat. Q-Tip) | Organized Konfusion | 4:20 |
| 15. | "Ghetto Style" | Smooth | 4:33 |
| 16. | "Front, Back and Side to Side" | UGK | 4:34 |
| 17. | "In Front of the Kids" | Extra Prolific | 2:42 |
| 18. | "U Rong 4 That" | Mz. Kilo | 4:34 |
Chart history[]
Album[]
| Chart (1994)[3] | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 70 |
| U.S. R&B Albums | 14 |
Singles[]
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. BillboardHot 100 | U.S. Dance Music/Club Play Singles | 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 | U.S. Top 40 Mainstream | ||
| 1994 | "Down 4 Whateva" | 92 | — | 38 | 43 | — | — | — |
| "Get the Girl, Grab the Money and Run" | — | — | 23 | — | 50 | — | — | |
| "I Can Go Deep" | 71 | — | — | 22 | — | — | — | |
| "Shame" | 28 | 46 | 6 | 12 | — | 9 | 38 | |
| "Turn It Up" | - | - | - | 31 | — | - | - | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
Personnel[]
Information taken from Allmusic.[5]
- arranging – Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
- assistant – Chris Agamanolis, Martin Czembor, Brandon Harris, Steve Hodge, Joshua Shapera, Steve Souder, Jeff Taylor
- assistant engineering – Chris Agamanolis, Lane Craven, Martin Czembor, Brandon Harris, Vaughn Merrick, Joshua Shapera, Steve Souder, Jeff Taylor, Steve Warner
- bass – Terry Lewis
- chanting – McKinley Horton, Jellybean Johnson, Raja Nee, Jeff Taylor
- composing – John Fitch
- drum programming – Lance Alexander, Jeff Taylor
- drums – Mike Chapman
- engineering – Mike Chapman, Bob Fudjinski, Eric Gast, Stephen George, Steve Hodge, Matt Kelley, Adam Kudzin, Lee Mars, Peter Mokran, Mark Paladino, Keith Senior, Jason Shablik, Martin Stebbing, Jeff Taylor, Chris Trevett
- executive production – Barry Hankerson
- guitar – Robert Cunningham, Keith Henderson, Peter Mokran, Joshua Shapera
- horn – Bill Ortiz
- keyboards – Lafayette Carthon, Jr., Mike Chapman, Cold 187 um, B-Laid Back Edwards, Jimmy Jam, Trent Thomas
- mastering – Tom Coyne
- mixing – Ron Allaire, Chip Fu, Bob Fudjinski, Steve Hodge, R. Kelly, Tony Maserati, Peter Mokran, Organized Konfusion, David Rideau, Chris Trevett
- mixing engineer – Bob Fudjinski, Chris Trevett
- percussion – Terry Lewis
- performer(s) – Aaliyah, Tevin Campbell, Casual, Changing Faces, Extra Prolific, Hi-Five, R. Kelly, Mz. Kilo, Keith Murray, Nuttin' Nyce, Q-Tip, Raja Nee, Silk, Smooth, Souls of Mischief, Zhané
- piano – Lafayette Carthon, Jr., Trent Thomas
- production – A+, Mike Chapman, Cold 187 um, K. Fingers, Fu-Schnickens, Jimmy Jam, R. Kelly, Terry Lewis, Lyvio G., Organized Konfusion, Pimp C, Erick Sermon, Trent Thomas, Touré
- programming – Lance Alexander, Peter Mokran, Martin Stebbing, Jeff Taylor
- project coordination – Pamela Hughes, Stephanie Tudor
- rapping – R. Kelly
- remixing – R. Kelly
- scratching – Touré
- vocals – Tevin Campbell, Changing Faces, Jellybean Johnson, Terry Lewis, Ocee, Q-Tip, Raja Nee, Jeff Taylor
- vocals (background) – Robert "The Professor" Anderson, Cold 187 um, Stephanie Edwards, Steve Gray, Stephanie Huff, Raja Nee, Geraldine Sigler, Daniel Stokes
- vocoder programming – Lance Alexander