''The Wash (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the soundtrack to

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's 2001

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''. It was released on November 6, 2001 by

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, Doggy Style Records, and Interscope Records. Composed of seventeen tracks, the album featured performances from film stars

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and Snoop Dogg, among other hip hop and R&B artists, such as Bilal,

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, Busta Rhymes,

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, Joe Beast, Knoc-turn'al,

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, Truth Hurts and

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was handled by several

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s, including

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, Focus...,

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, Megahertz, Mel-Man,

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and Vikter Duplaix. The album peaked at number 19 in the ''Billboard'' 200 and moved 785,000 units, achieving gold status by the Recording Industry Association of America on February 28, 2002. The recording won the 2002 Stony Award for Best Soundtrack. Two singles were released from the album: " Bad Intentions" on January 7, 2002, and "

", on March 18, 2002.

Track listing

;Notes *Track 5 contains an interpolation from "Hollywood Hot" as recorded by Bob Crewe & Cinou Bullens *Track 10 contains samples from "

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" and " God Is Love" as recorded by Marvin Gaye *Track 14 contains a sample from "Get This Money" as recorded by Slum Village (originally a Herbie Hancock sample)

Tracks from the original motion picture

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" -

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* "Climax" - Ohio Players * " Rapture" - Blondie * "Take a Little Time" - Terrell C. Moses * "No Other Love" -

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* " I Ain't No Joke" - Eric Barrier and William Griffin * "Encore Work Slow Evil" -

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(incidental music) * "Yo Ho" - Dr. Dre & Camara Kambon (Instrumental) * "2080 Guitar Beat" - Dr. Dre (incidental music) * "Track 7" - Dr. Dre, Camara Kambon, Scott Storch & Mike Elizondo (incidental music)

Personnel

* Andre Romelle Young – performer (tracks: 1, 5, 17), keyboards (track 15), producer (tracks: 8, 15, 17), co-producer (track 5), mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 15, 17) * Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. – performer (tracks: 1, 17) *Shaunta Montgomery – performer (tracks: 2, 10) *

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– performer (track 2), additional vocals (track 8) *

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– performer & drum programming (track 3) * Marshall Bruce Mathers III – performer & producer (track 3) * DeShaun Dupree Holton – performer (track 3) * Ondre Moore – performer (track 3) * Rufus Arthur Johnson – performer (track 3) *Von Carlisle – performer (track 3) * Bilal Sayeed Oliver – performer (track 4) * Royal Rosheam Harbor – performer (tracks: 5, 15) * Alvin Nathaniel Joiner – performer (track 6) *Yero Brock – performer (track 7) * Trevor Tahiem Smith – performer (track 8) * Warren Anderson Mathis – performer (track 9) *Ruben Cruz Monge – performer (track 11) * Priest Joseph Brooks – performer & keyboards (track 12), engineering & producer (tracks: 12, 14) * La'Toiya Ra'Shonne Williams – performer (track 14) * Joseph Leynard Smith – performer (track 16) *Saundralin Lee Green – additional vocals (track 1) *Barbara Wilson – additional vocals (track 5) *Diane Gordon – additional vocals (track 5) *Kathy Merrick – additional vocals (track 5) *Traci Nelson – additional vocals (tracks: 5, 17) *David Lynn Young – additional vocals (track 7) * Timothy Zachery Mosley – additional vocals, mixing & producer (track 9) * Charlene "Tweet" Keys – additional vocals (track 9) *Philip De Marks Jr. – additional vocals (track 11) *Deana Evans – additional vocals (track 15) *Kevin "Kirv" Irving – piano (track 2) * Melvin Bradford – producer (tracks: 2, 16), keyboards (track 16) * Jeffrey Irwin Bass – bass, keyboards, guitar, co-producer (track 3) *

– keyboards, mixing & producer (track 4) * Vikter Duplaix – drum programming, engineering, mixing & producer (track 4) * Michael A. Elizondo Jr. – bass (tracks: 2, 5, 8, 17), keyboards (tracks: 2, 8, 15, 16), guitar (tracks: 5, 15) *Timothy "Izo" Orindgreff – flute (track 5) *Camara Kambon – keyboards (tracks: 5, 8) *William Ed Pettaway Jr. – guitar (track 9) *Charlie Bereal – additional guitar (track 9) * Scott Spencer Storch – keyboards (tracks: 9, 13) * Tony Louis Cottrell – bass, keyboards & producer (track 10) * Bernard Edwards Jr. – bass, keyboards & producer (track 11) * Dave Aron – engineering & mixing (tracks: 12, 14), keyboards (track 14) *Don "Big June" Harris – bass (track 16) *Sean Cruse – guitar (track 17) *David L. Drew – producer (track 1) *Imsomie Leeper – producer (track 5) *Jeremy "Jay-Z" Jackson – producer (track 6) * Bryan Michael Paul Cox – producer & assistant engineering (track 7) *Jason Rome – producer (track 7) * Dorsey Wesley – producer (track 13) * Mark S. Jordan – producer (track 17) *Mauricio Iragorri – engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 15, 17) *Richard "Segal" Huredia – engineering (tracks: 2, 6, 17), mixing (tracks: 3, 6) *Steve Baughman – engineering (tracks: 2, 10, 16), mixing (tracks: 7, 10, 16) *Claudio Cueni – engineering (track 2) *Steve King – engineering (track 3) *Tony Prendatt-Carter – engineering & mixing (track 4) *Samuel Thomas – engineering (track 7) *Steve Penny – engineering (track 9) *Joe Warlick – engineering (tracks: 10, 11), mixing (track 11) *

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– engineering & mixing (track 9) *Carlos Warlick – mixing (track 10) *Duke Wagner – engineering (track 13) *Kieran Wagner – engineering (track 13) *Pop Wagner – engineering (track 13) *Jason Goldstein – mixing (track 13) *Tom Sweeney – engineering (track 15), assistant engineering (tracks: 2, 6, 17) *Keith Cohen – engineering (track 16) * Greg Burns – assistant engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10) *Ted Regier – assistant engineering (tracks: 1, 10) *Urban Kris – assistant engineering (track 3) * Darrell Thorp – assistant engineering (tracks: 8, 15, 16) *Thomas Rounds – assistant engineering (tracks: 8, 17) *Jeff Kanan – assistant engineering (track 9) *Adam "Herb" Williams – assistant engineering (track 10) *Drew Thomas – assistant engineering (track 11) *Scott Whiting – assistant engineering (track 11) *John Tyree – assistant engineering (track 15) * Jeff Burns – assistant engineering (tracks: 16, 17) *

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– mastering (track 9) * Brian Knapp Gardner – mastering (tracks: 1–8, 10–17) *Michael Lynn – A&R *Jason Clark – art direction & design *Larry Chatman – project coordinator (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 15, 17), production management *Damon "Bing" Chatman –

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project coordinator *Andrew Van Meter – Interscope project coordinator *Angelo Sanders – production management *Kirdis Tucker – product management *Lupe Ceballos – product management *Michelle Thomas – product management *Joel C. High – film music supervisor ;Compilation credits * Dr. Dre appears courtesy of

* Snoop Dogg appears courtesy of

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* D-12 appears courtesy of

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/ Interscope Records * Bilal appears courtesy of Moyo Music, Inc./ Interscope Records * Knoc-turn'Al appears courtesy of L.A. Confidential * Xzibit appears courtesy of

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* Yero appears courtesy of Noontime Music * Busta Rhymes appears courtesy of Flipmode Records/

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* Bubba Sparxxx appears courtesy of Beat Club Records/ Interscope Records * Hi-Tek appears courtesy of Hi-Tek Publishing (BMI) * RC appears courtesy of D&G Entertainment * Soopafly appears courtesy of Fly2K Records/

* Toi appears courtesy of Fly2K Records * Ox appears courtesy of Interscope Records

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