A Low Down Dirty Shame (soundtrack) explained

A Low Down Dirty Shame (soundtrack)
Type:	soundtrack
Artist:	Various artists
Cover:	A Low Down Dirty Shame OST.jpg
Released:	November 8, 1994
Recorded:	1993–1994
Length:	74:45
Label:	Jive Hollywood
Producer:	Barry Hankerson (exec.) Adam "A-Plus" Carter Mike Chapman Cold 187um K. Fingers Fu-Schnickens James "Jimmy Jam" Harris Terry Lewis Robert Kelly Lyvio G. Organized Konfusion Pimp C Erick Sermon Trent Thomas Touré

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 and Hollywood 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 Weekly article graded it a "B−", calling most of the soundtrack "more workmanlike than inspired," like the song "Later On" by Casual. However, Browne praised the Zhané remake 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]

Billboards Larry Flick said the single release of "Get the Girl, Grab the Money, and Run" "stirs up some troublesome soul", but called its B-side, two different versions of "Later On", "the real gem".^[3]

Chart history

Album

Chart (1994)^[4]	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	70
U.S. R&B Albums	14

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions^[5]
		U.S. Billboard Hot 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"	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-	31	—	style="text-align:center;"	-	style="text-align:center;"	-

"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Personnel

Information taken from Allmusic.^[6]

• 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

External links

• • A Low Down Dirty Shame at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Erlewine. Stephen Thomas. [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207153|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((A Low Down Dirty Shame > Review)))]. Allmusic. 2010-05-20.
2. David . Browne . December 16, 1994 . EW takes a look at 1994's movie soundtracks . Entertainment Weekly . December 24, 2017 .
3. Flick . Larry . November 19, 1994 . Souls of Mischief "Get the Girl, Grab the Money, and Run" . . 57.
4. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207153|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((A Low Down Dirty Shame > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))]. Allmusic. 2010-05-20.
5. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207153|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((A Low Down Dirty Shame > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles)))]. Allmusic. 2010-05-24.
6. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r207153|pure_url=yes}} allmusic (((A Low Down Dirty Shame > Credits)))]. Allmusic. 2010-05-25.