Juice (soundtrack)
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| Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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| Soundtrack album to Juice by various artists | |
| Released | December 31, 1991 |
| Recorded | 1991 |
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| Length | 54:38 |
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| Singles from Juice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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| Review scores | |
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| 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".
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Uptown Anthem" (performed by Naughty by Nature) | 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 | 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) | 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) |
| 4:13 | |
| 8. | "Don't Be Afraid" (performed by Aaron Hall) |
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| 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) | 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) |
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| 3:01 |
| 13. | "Does Your Man Know About Me" (performed by Rahiem) |
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| 5:11 |
| 14. | "People Get Ready (Remix)" (performed by The Brand New Heavies) |
| 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
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