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, and consists of hip hop music. Composed of seventeen songs, the album features performances by Blak Panta,

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, Heavy D,

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, Mac Mall,

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, MC Eiht, Lords of the Underground,

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, Redman, Sabelle, Smooth,

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. Production was handled by several hip hop's top producers, including

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, Erick Sermon, Easy Mo Bee and Marley Marl. The album found a great deal of success, making it to #22 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #3 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned the certified gold single " Can't You See" which launched the career of popular 90's girl group Total. On June 6, 1995 the soundtrack was certified gold by the

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. '' New Jersey Drive, Vol. 2'' was released on April 11, 1995.

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