Above the Rim – The Soundtrack is the official soundtrack to the 1994 film of the
same name. The soundtrack, released by
Death Row and
Interscope Records on March 22, 1994, was executive produced by
Suge Knight.
Dr. Dre acted as supervising producer on the project.[3]
The album shipped over two million copies and won the Soundtrack of the Year award at the
1995 Source Awards.[4] The cassette version of the soundtrack contained three extra tracks that could not fit on the CD due to time constraints: "Pain" by
2Pac (with
Stretch), "Mi Monie Rite!" by Lord G, and "Loyal to the Game" by 2Pac,
Treach from
Naughty By Nature, and Riddler. "Pain" was initially rejected for use in the film by Dr. Dre, but at the request of recording engineer Norman Whitfield Jr., the track was recut and remixed for the film by record producer
Isaias Gamboa. Under Death Row, Above the Rim soundtrack was the third album under the label to reach number-one on the R&B Albums chart where it stayed for ten nonconsecutive weeks (
Heavy D & the Boyz's Nuttin' But Love interrupted that streak for one week), while it went to second place on the Billboard 200 chart. Track 13 is a sensual remake of Rev. Al Green's classic "
I'm Still In Love With You" by R&B recording artist
Al B. Sure!
Mixers: Courtney Branch, Craig Burbidge, Rob Chiarelli, Dat Nigga Daz,
DJ Quik,
Dr. Dre, Greg Geitzenauer, Tracy Kendrick, Nikke Nikole, Chris Puran, Norman Whitfield Jr.