Set It Off (soundtrack)
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| Set It Off: Music From the New Line Cinema Motion Picture | |
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | |
| Released | September 24, 1996 |
| Recorded | December 1995–July 1996 |
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| Length | 1:01:23 |
| Label | EastWest |
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| Singles from Set It Off: Music From the New Line Cinema Motion Picture | |
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[2] |
| The Village Voice |  [3] |
The soundtrack for the 1996 American crime action film Set It Off, directed by F. Gary Gray, consists of a compilation of R&B and hip-hop music and an original score composed by Christopher Young.
Set It Off (Music From The New Line Cinema Motion Picture), a soundtrack album composed of R&B/hip-hop music, was released through East West Records on September 24, 1996. It was produced by Organized Noize, 88 X Unit, Barry Eastmond, Darrell "Delite" Allamby, DJ Rectangle, DJ Scratch, DJ U-Neek, Keith Crouch, Swoop & Bright Productions and The 45 King. It features contributions from the film star Queen Latifah, as well as Backbone, Billy Lawrence, Blulight, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Brandy, Busta Rhymes, Chaka Khan, Chocolate, Cool Breeze, Da 5 Footaz, En Vogue, Gladys Knight, H Squad, Lumberjacks, MC Lyte, Ray J, Seal, Simply Red, Tamia and X-Man.
The soundtrack was a huge success, debuting number four on the Billboard 200 and number three on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums charts in the United States. It was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America on November 12, 1996, for selling 1,000,000 copies in the US alone. The album produced seven charted singles: "Set It Off", "Don't Let Go (Love)", "Days of Our Livez", "Angel", "Come On", "Let It Go" and "Missing You", along with accompanying music videos. A music video was also directed doe the song "The Heist", even though it was not released as a single.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Set It Off" (performed by Organized Noize and Queen Latifah) |
| Organized Noize | 5:02 |
| 2. | "Missing You" (performed by Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan) | Barry Eastmond | 4:23 | |
| 3. | "Don't Let Go (Love)" (performed by En Vogue) |
| Organized Noize | 4:51 |
| 4. | "Days of Our Livez" (performed by Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) | DJ U-Neek | 5:49 | |
| 5. | "Sex Is on My Mind" (performed by Blulight) |
| Swoop & Bright Productions | 4:18 |
| 6. | "Live to Regret" (performed by Busta Rhymes and Meka) |
| DJ Scratch | 4:40 |
| 7. | "Angel (U.K. Remix)" (performed by Simply Red) |
| 3:39 | |
| 8. | "Name Callin'" (performed by Queen Latifah) |
| The 45 King | 3:50 |
| 9. | "Angelic Wars" (performed by Goodie Mob, Cool Breeze and Backbone) |
| Organized Noize | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Come On" (performed by Billy Lawrence and MC Lyte) |
| Darrell "Delite" Allamby | 4:09 |
| 11. | "Let It Go" (performed by Ray J) |
| Keith Crouch | 4:53 |
| 12. | "Hey Joe (Live)" (performed by Seal) | Billy Roberts | 4:20 | |
| 13. | "The Heist" (performed by Da 5 Footaz) |
| DJ Rectangle | 4:04 |
| 14. | "From Yo Blind Side" (performed by X-Man, H Squad and Chocolate) |
| 88 X Unit | 4:04 |
| Total length: | 1:01:23 | |||
Personnel
- Dana "Queen Latifah" Owens – vocals (tracks: 1, 8)
- Andrea Martin – vocals (track 1)
- Ivan Matias – vocals (track 1)
- Brandy Norwood – background vocals (track 2)
- Tamia Marilyn Washington Hill – background vocals (track 2)
- Gladys Knight – background vocals (track 2)
- Chaka Khan – background vocals (track 2)
- Cindy Mizelle – background vocals (track 2)
- Gordon Chambers – background vocals (track 2)
- Lajuan Carter – background vocals (track 2)
- En Vogue – vocals (track 3)
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony – vocals (track 4)
- Trevor "Busta Rhymes" Smith – vocals (track 5)
- Meka – vocals (track 5)
- Blulight – vocals (track 6)
- Dee Johnson – background vocals (track 7)
- Lauryn Hill – background vocals (track 7)
- Sarah Brown – background vocals (track 7)
- Wyclef Jean – rap vocals, guitar, producer & mixing (track 7)
- Nichelle "Nikki D" Strong – additional vocals (track 8)
- Robert "T-Mo" Barnett – vocals (track 9)
- Willie "Khujo" Knighton – vocals (track 9)
- Frederick "Cool Breeze" Bell – vocals (track 9)
- Jamahr "Backbone" Williams – vocals (track 9)
- Billy Lawrence – background vocals (track 10)
- Lana "MC Lyte" Moorer – rap vocals (track 10)
- Darrell "Delite" Allamby – background vocals (track 10)
- William Raymond "Ray J" Norwood Jr. – background vocals (track 11)
- Dorian Abney – background vocals & handclaps (track 11)
- Keith Crouch – background vocals, keyboards, drums, handclaps, producer, arrangement & recording (track 11)
- Rahsaan Patterson – background vocals (track 11)
- Sherree Ford-Payne – background vocals (track 11)
- Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel – vocals (track 12)
- Amber "Cobra Red" Hopson – vocals (track 13)
- Danielle "Neb Luv" Hollis – vocals (track 13)
- Ericka "Knee-Hi" Martin – vocals (track 13)
- Jamali "Jah-Skillz" Carthorn – vocals (track 13)
- Kim "K-Bar" Savage – vocals (track 13)
- Cynee' – vocals (track 14)
- Chocolate – rap vocals (track 14)
- Martin Terry – guitar (tracks: 1, 3)
- Marvin "Chanz" Parkman – keyboards (track 1), grand piano (track 3)
- Phil Hamilton – acoustic and electric guitar (track 2)
- Alfred Brown – strings contractor (track 2)
- Barry Eastmond – keyboard and drum programming, producer, arrangement, strings conductor & engineering (track 2)
- Eric Rehl – synth programming (track 2)
- Tomi Martin – guitar (track 3)
- Preston Crump – bass (track 3)
- "Lil' John" Roberts – live drums (track 3)
- Andy Wright – additional guitar (track 7)
- Jerry Duplessis – bass & co-producer (track 7)
- Skinny Miracles – piano & organ (track 9)
- Glenn McKinney – guitar (track 11)
- Roy Pennon – bass (track 11)
- Spyda, Inc. – bass (track 13)
- Organized Noize – producers (tracks: 1, 3, 9), bass and drum programming & mixing (tracks: 1, 9), co-executive producers
- Tim "DJ U-Neek" Middleton – producer, recording & mixing (track 4), A&R direction (tracks: 4, 5)
- Swoop & Bright Productions – producer (track 5)
- George "DJ Scratch" Spivey – producer (track 6)
- Prakazrel "Pras" Michél – co-producer (track 7)
- Simply Red – vocal producers (track 7)
- Mark "The 45 King" James – producer (track 8)
- Scott "DJ Rectangle" Kluesner – producer (track 13)
- Mychal-Kaye Simmons – producer (track 14)
- Victor Nathan Taylor – producer (track 14)
- Blake Eiseman – recording (track 1), engineering (tracks: 3, 9)
- Kevin Parker – recording (track 1)
- Louis Alfred III – recording (track 1)
- Michael Cehelnic – recording assistant (track 1)
- Michael "Mike Fresh" Wilson – recording assistant (track 1), engineering assistant (tracks: 3, 9)
- Dexter Simmons – mixing (tracks: 1, 9)
- James Jay Nicholas – mixing assistant (track 1), engineering assistant (track 9)
- Erik Zobler – mixing (track 2)
- Bill Smith – engineering (track 2)
- Carl Nappa – engineering (track 2), mixing (track 10)
- Manny Marroquin – engineering (track 2)
- Stan Wallace – engineering (track 2)
- Colin Sauer – engineering assistant (track 2)
- Greg Pinto – engineering assistant (track 2)
- Kevin Stone – engineering assistant (track 2)
- Rick Alvarez – engineering assistant (track 2)
- Steve Genewick – engineering assistant (track 2)
- Neal H Pogue – mixing & engineering (track 3)
- Aaron Connor – recording & mixing (tracks: 4, 5)
- Virgil L. Davis Jr. – recording (track 4)
- Rick St. Hilaire – engineering (track 5)
- Warren Riker – engineering (track 7)
- Chris Hilt – engineering (track 8)
- Chris Theis – recording (track 10)
- Rich Travali – mixing (track 10)
- Booker T. Jones III – recording & mixing (track 11)
- Eugene Lo – recording & engineering assistant (track 11)
- Gregg Jackman – mixing & engineering (track 12)
- Justin Vickerman – engineering assistant (track 12)
- Tim Anderson – mixing (track 13)
- Tom Coyne – mastering
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering (tracks: 4, 5)
- Sylvia Rhone – executive producer
- Toby Emmerich – executive producer
- Dana Sano – executive producer
- Lori Silfen – executive producer
- Tomica Wright – executive producer (tracks: 4, 5)
- Trevor Horn – executive producer (track 12)
- Chris "F.U." Tyson – executive producer (track 14)
- Merlin Bobb – co-executive producer
- Pilar McCurry – supervisor
- Kim Spikes – A&R coordinator
- Mark Haddad – A&R coordinator
- Rick Brown – A&R coordinator
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[11] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||