Friday (soundtrack)
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Friday is a soundtrack album for the 1995 comedy film Friday
. It was released on April 11, 1995 through Priority Records
and consisted of hip hop and R&B music. The soundtrack peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200
, where it held the position for two weeks, and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
for six weeks. It also spawned the successful Dr. Dre
single "Keep Their Heads Ringin'
", which made it to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100
and #1 on the Hot Rap Tracks
. The album was certified 2x platinum on June 4, 1996, while the "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" single was certified gold on May 10, 1995.
Friday (film)
Friday is a 1995 stoner comedy-drama-buddy film directed by F. Gary Gray. Starring Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tommy Lister, Jr...
. It was released on April 11, 1995 through Priority Records
Priority Records
Priority Records is an American record label, owned and operated by EMI, which has made a name for itself dealing primarily in hip hop, pop and world...
and consisted of hip hop and R&B music. The soundtrack peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, where it held the position for two weeks, and the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...
for six weeks. It also spawned the successful Dr. Dre
Dr. Dre
Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records...
single "Keep Their Heads Ringin'
Keep Their Heads Ringin'
"Keep Their Heads Ringin" is a single by Dr. Dre taken from the soundtrack of the movie Friday. Although the album was released on Priority Records, Death Row Records still owns the masters to the song...
", which made it to #10 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and #1 on the Hot Rap Tracks
Hot Rap Tracks
Rap Songs is a chart released weekly by Billboard in the United States. It lists the 25 most popular hip-hop/rap songs, calculated weekly by airplay on rhythmic and urban radio stations and sales in hip hop-focused or exclusive markets. From 1989 through 2001, it was based on how much the single...
. The album was certified 2x platinum on June 4, 1996, while the "Keep Their Heads Ringin'" single was certified gold on May 10, 1995.
Track listing
# | Title | Performer | Time |
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1 | Friday | Ice Cube Ice Cube O'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,... |
3:51 |
2 | Keep Their Heads Ringin' Keep Their Heads Ringin' "Keep Their Heads Ringin" is a single by Dr. Dre taken from the soundtrack of the movie Friday. Although the album was released on Priority Records, Death Row Records still owns the masters to the song... |
Dr. Dre Dr. Dre Andre Romelle Young , primarily known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, record executive, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records... |
5:06 |
3 | Friday Night | Scarface Scarface (rapper) Brad Terrence Jordan , better known by his stage name Scarface, is an American rapper, and recording artist from Houston, Texas and a member of the Geto Boys. He is originally from South Park, Houston.-Life and career:... featuring CJ Mac CJ Mac CJ Mac , is an African American rap artist.He released his debut EP, Color Me Funky, independently in 1991, under the name "CJ Mack." The album is out of print, and extremely rare. He returned in 1995 and released his second album, True Game on Rap-A-Lot Records in 1995 as Mad CJ Mac... |
3:40 |
4 | Lettin' Niggas Know | Threat | 4:30 |
5 | Roll It Up, Light It Up, Smoke It Up | Cypress Hill Cypress Hill Cypress Hill is an American hip hop group from South Gate, California. Cypress Hill was the first Latino hip-hop group to have platinum and multi-platinum albums, selling over 18 million albums worldwide... |
3:37 |
6 | Take a Hit | Mack 10 Mack 10 Dedrick Rolison, , better known by his stage name Mack 10 is an American rapper and actor. He was a member of hip hop trio Westside Connection, along with Ice Cube and WC... |
4:36 |
7 | Tryin' to See Another Day | The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers The Isley Brothers are a highly influential, successful and long-running American music group consisting of different line-ups of six brothers, and a brother-in-law, Chris Jasper... |
3:38 |
8 | You Got Me Wide Open | Bootsy Collins Bootsy Collins William Earl "Bootsy" Collins is an American funk bassist, singer, and songwriter.Rising to prominence with James Brown in the late 1960s, and with Parliament-Funkadelic in the '70s, Collins's driving bass guitar and humorous vocals established him as one of the leading names in funk... Bernie Worrell Bernie Worrell George Bernard "Bernie" Worrell, Jr. is an American keyboardist and composer best known as a founding member of Parliament-Funkadelic and for his work with Talking Heads. He is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted in 1997 with fifteen other members of Parliament-Funkadelic... |
4:43 |
9 | Mary Jane | Rick James Rick James James Ambrose Johnson, Jr. , better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. James was a popular performer in the late 1970s and 1980s, scoring four number-one hits on the U.S. R&B charts performing in the genres of funk and R&B... |
3:58 |
10 | I Wanna Get Next To You I Wanna Get Next to You "I Wanna Get Next to You" is a 1976 soul single written and produced by legendary American songwriter Norman Whitfield, and most famously sung by American R&B band Rose Royce... |
Rose Royce Rose Royce Rose Royce is an American soul and R&B band. The group is best known for several hit singles including "Car Wash," "I Wanna Get Next to You," "Wishing on a Star", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore" and "I'm Going Down".-Career:... |
3:59 |
11 | Superhoes | Funkdoobiest Funkdoobiest Funkdoobiest is an American rap group from Los Angeles, California. The original members are Son Doobie , a Puerto Rican rapper, and DJ Ralph M , a Chicano DJ, and Tomahawk Funk of the Lakota nation. The latter left after their second album.Their first two albums were mainly produced by Cypress... |
3:44 |
12 | Coast II Coast | Tha Alkaholiks Tha Alkaholiks Tha Alkaholiks, also known as Tha Liks, was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. Since the early 1990s they have produced funky, upbeat, hedonism-themed party music with a hardcore hip hop edge, powered by the beats of DJ and producer E-Swift and the lively, comedic rhymes of... |
5:09 |
13 | Blast If I Have To | E-A-Ski E-A-Ski Shon Adams, better known by his stage name E-A-Ski, is an American rapper and producer from Oakland, California. In the early 1990s he was signed to Master P's No Limit Records, when it was based in Richmond, California. He served as both a rapper and producer for the label, producing on Master... |
4:00 |
14 | Hoochie Mama | 2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew 2 Live Crew was a hip hop group from Miami, Florida. They caused considerable controversy with the sexual themes in their work, particularly on their 1989 album As Nasty As They Wanna Be.- Early career :... |
3:00 |
15 | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | Roger Troutman Roger Troutman Roger Troutman was the lead singer of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the Funk movement and heavily influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene's heavy sampling of his music over the years... |
6:49 |
16 | Hittin' Corners | K-Dee K-Dee K-Dee, formerly Kid Disaster, born Darrel Johnson, is an American rapper most known for his album Ass, Gas, or Cash . He was Introduced into the hip hop scene by fellow West Coast rapper, Ice Cube on the group C.I.A... |
4:05 |
Chart positions
Album - Billboard (North America)Year | Chart | Peak position |
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1995 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
See also
- Ice CubeIce CubeO'Shea Jackson , better known by his stage name Ice Cube, is an American rapper and actor. He began his career as a member of the hip-hop group C.I.A. and later joined the rap group N.W.A. After leaving N.W.A in December 1989, he built a successful solo career in music, and also as a writer,...
- List of number-one albums of 1995 (U.S.)
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1995 (U.S.)