''Thicker than Water'' is a soundtrack to

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's 1999 film '' Thicker than Water''. It was released on October 5, 1999 via

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and consisted of two discs of hip hop music. The soundtrack found success on the ''

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, peaking at number 64 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and at number 8 on the

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, and spawned one single "Let It Reign" by the

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Track listing

Personnel

* Damon Garrett Riddick –

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(track 1),

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(track 21) *Barbara Wilson –

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(track 19) * Kevin Gilliam – mixing (track 1) *

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– mixing (track 6) * Mark Jordan – mixing (track 8) *Joe Quinde – mixing (track 22) *

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– mastering *Eddy Schreyer – mastering (track 4) * Dedrick D'Mon Rolison – executive producer *Art Shoji – art direction *Michael Miller – photography

Charts

References

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