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Today In Hip Hop History: 'Belly' Soundtrack Dropped 23 Years Ago 'Belly' Soundtrack Dropped 23 Years Ago

Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Produced by some of the hottest behind the boards masters of the game including Irv Gotti, Dame Grease, RZA, Tone and Poke, Swizz Beatz and several others, the soundtrack produced four music video singles for Grand Finale, What About, Movin Out and Tommys Theme. DAngelos Devils Pie produced by DJ Premier, is one of the soundtracks stand-out singles, but ironically was a throw-away track given to DAngelo after Canibus rejected it. As one of the greatest Hip Hop movie soundtracks of all time, featuring tracks from Mya, Raekwon, N.O.R.E., Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, Wu-Tang Clan, and the films stars Nas and DMX. The soundtrack peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #2 Top R&B/Hip Hop chart making it one of the highest-charting Hip-Hop film soundtracks to date. The albums sole single Grand Finale featuring Nas, DMX, Method Man, and Ja Rule peaked at #63 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop singles chart. Advertisement Read more