''Gridlock'd – The Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to

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film ''

Gridlock'd ''Gridlock'd'' is a 1997 American black comedy crime film written and directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and starring Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Lucy Liu, and Thandiwe Newton. It was the directorial debut of Curtis-Hall, who also has a small role in th ...

'' and was released on 28 January 1997 by

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and

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. The track "Off The Hook" was originally recorded for the

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debut album ''Haven't You Heard? (We Givin' Something Bacc To The Street)'', which was later shelved and the songs were cycled through other Death Row releases. The album had two chart running singles. "Lady Heroin" was originally going to be on

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's unreleased album ''Street Scholars''. This is both the second to last Death Row Soundtrack Album and second to last Death Row album to be distributed by Interscope, as later in the year they would drop Death Row from their label. "It's Over Now" was 46th on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, which was

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's second chart single. "Wanted Dead or Alive" was 16th in the UK and was accompanied by a music video with Snoop alone as it was filmed after the death of 2Pac, so he is only present in archive footages from the motion picture. The album itself went to top the R&B album chart also on the first place.

Commercial reception

It sold 150,500 copies in its first week debuting at #1 at the ''Billboard'' 200, slipping onto the second place the next week and still holding ''"US Albums: Biggest drops from the Top 3"'' - Top 20 14th place with its 2 to 14 dropback at the third week. The album was certified Gold by the

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a couple months later, selling over 500,000 copies.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gridlock'd (Soundtrack) 1997 soundtrack albums Albums produced by Daz Dillinger Albums produced by Soopafly Death Row Records soundtracks West Coast hip hop soundtracks G-funk soundtracks Gangsta rap soundtracks Comedy film soundtracks

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