How High (soundtrack) explained

How High The Soundtrack
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	Various artists
Cover:	How High soundtrack album.jpg
Recorded:	2000–2001
Genre:	Hip hop
Prev Title:	Blackout!
Prev Year:	1999
Next Title:	Blackout! 2
Next Year:	2009
Chronology:	Method Man & Redman

How High The Soundtrack is a soundtrack to Jesse Dylan's 2001 stoner film How High. It was released on December 11, 2001 through Def Jam Recordings and consists of hip hop music. The album contains twenty tracks featuring interpolations taken from the movie and songs performed by film stars Method Man & Redman, along with Cypress Hill, DMX, Jonell, Limp Bizkit, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Saukrates, Shawnna, Streetlife, and War.

The album peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200 and at number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.

Several songs heard both in the movie and in the closing credits, such as "Hits from the Bong" and "I Wanna Get High" by Cypress Hill, "Wu Wear" by RZA, "Fire" by Ohio Players, "Jammin" by Bob Marley, "Du hast" by Rammstein, "Chin Check" by N.W.A, "Would You Mind" by Janet Jackson, "Sexy Ida" by Ike & Tina Turner, "Good Girls" by DMX, "Sweet Thing" by Mary J. Blige, "One Draw" by Rita Marley, "Flash Light" by Parliament, ''Click Click Boom" by Saliva, "The Payback" by James Brown, "B.O.B (Bombs Over Baghdad)" by Outkast, and "Slam" by Onyx, were not included in the soundtrack album.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.^[1]

Sample credits^[1]

"Part II" contains excerpts from "You're Making Me High", written by Toni Braxton, Kenneth Edmonds, and Bryce Wilson, and performed by Toni Braxton.
"Cisco Kid" contains a sample from "The Cisco Kid", performed by War.
"How to Roll a Blunt" contains a sample from "Keep Rising to the Top" by Kenneth Burke.
"All I Need (Razor Sharp Remix)" contains an interpolation of "You're All I Need to Get By", written by Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.
"Big Dogs" contains a sample from "Tell 'Em", written by Erick Sermon.
"How High Remix" contains a sample from "I Am Woman", performed by The Cover Girls. It also contains an interpolation of "Fly Robin Fly", written by Sylvester Levay and Stephan Prager.

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[2]	38
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[3]	6
US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)^[4]	2

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[5]	49
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[6]	25
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[7]	71

How High The Soundtrack . 2001 . booklet . Def Jam, UMG Soundtracks.
News: Soundtrack How High Chart History. Billboard 200. December 18, 2018.
News: Soundtrack How High Chart History. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. December 18, 2018.
News: Soundtrack How High Chart History. Top Soundtracks. December 18, 2018.
Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20031012032620/http://www.jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2002_r&b.html. October 12, 2003. Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2002. Jam!. March 27, 2022.
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Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. August 30, 2020.