Love Jones (soundtrack)
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Love Jones: The Music is the original soundtrack to the 1997 film
Love Jones.
Billboard Singles
1997 in film
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Love Jones.
Track listing
- "Brother to the Night (A Blues for Nina) - Darius' Poem" — Larenz TateLarenz TateLarenz Tate is an American film and television actor.-Early life:Tate was born on the west side of Chicago, Illinois, the son of Peggy and Larry Tate. He is the youngest of three siblings whose family moved to California when he was nine years old...
– 3:18 - "Hopeless" — Dionne FarrisDionne FarrisDionne Farris is an American female R&B/soul musician who sang on three songs with the hip hop group Arrested Development...
– 3:53 - "The Sweetest Thing" — Refugee Camp All-StarsRefugee Camp All-StarsRefugee Camp All-Stars was an American hip hop duo active in 1997, consisting of rappers John Forté and Pras.Despite releasing no studio albums under their own name, their single, "Avenues", became a Top 40 hit in the United States...
featuring Lauryn HillLauryn HillLauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress.Early in her career, she established her reputation as a member of the Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album, The Miseducation of...
– 4:49 - "I Got a Love Jones for You" — Refugee Camp All-StarsRefugee Camp All-StarsRefugee Camp All-Stars was an American hip hop duo active in 1997, consisting of rappers John Forté and Pras.Despite releasing no studio albums under their own name, their single, "Avenues", became a Top 40 hit in the United States...
– 3:38 - "Sumthin' Sumthin': Mellosmoothe (Cut)" — MaxwellMaxwell (musician)Maxwell , is an American R&B, funk and neo soul musician. He played an important role in the development of the soul sub-genre, neo-soul.-Early life:...
– 4:12 - "Never Enough" — Groove TheoryGroove TheoryGroove Theory is an American R&B duo, with former member, singer-songwriter Amel Larrieux and songwriter/producer/actor, Bryce Wilson. The group is best known for their 1995 pop/R&B hit, "Tell Me," which reached the top five of Billboard 's Hot 100 and the US Billboard R&B chart.-Early years:The...
– 4:24 - "Inside My Love" — Trina BroussardTrina BroussardTrina Broussard is a R&B singer and songwriter. Trina Broussard began career in 1997 when she covered Minnie Riperton's song Inside My Love. A year later in 1998, Broussard signed a record contract with Jermaine Dupri's label So So Def, later leave after first album was stalled...
– 4:13 - "In the Rain" — XscapeXscape (band)Xscape, was a female American R&B group that originally started out as a quintet and then became a quartet. The group had a string of hit songs during the 1990s...
– 5:14 - "You Move Me" — Cassandra WilsonCassandra WilsonCassandra Wilson is an American jazz musician, vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. Described by critic Gary Giddins as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating country, blues and folk music into her...
– 4:17 - "Rush Over" — Marcus MillerMarcus MillerMarcus Miller is an American jazz composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Miller is best known as a bassist, working with trumpeter Miles Davis, singer Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well as maintaining a prolific solo career...
& Me'shell NdegeocelloMe'shell NdegeocelloMeshell Ndegeocello is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and vocalist. Her music incorporates a wide variety of influences, including funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, R&B, rock, and jazz. She has received significant critical acclaim throughout her career, and has had ten career Grammy...
– 5:19 - "I Like It" — The Brand New Heavies – 3:34
- "Girl" — Cassie – 3:56
- "Can't Get Enough" — Kenny LattimoreKenny LattimoreKenny Lattimore is an American R&B singer. Among his most popular hits were "Never Too Busy" and "For You".- Early career :...
– 3:59 - "Jelly, Jelly" — The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra – 5:46
- "In a Sentimental MoodIn a Sentimental Mood"In a Sentimental Mood" is a jazz composition by Duke Ellington which is also performed as a song. Ellington composed the piece in 1935 and recorded it with his orchestra the same year. Lyrics were later written for the tune by Irving Mills and Manny Kurtz. According to Ellington, the song was...
" — Duke EllingtonDuke EllingtonEdward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington was an American composer, pianist, and big band leader. Ellington wrote over 1,000 compositions...
& John ColtraneJohn ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
– 4:14 - "Nina's Poem (I am Looking at Music)" — Nia LongNia LongNia Talita Long is an American actress and occasional music video director. She is best known for her roles in the television series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Third Watch, and the films Boiler Room, Soul Food, Love Jones, The Best Man, Big Momma's House, Big Momma's House 2, Are We There...
– 2:29
Credits
- Trina Broussard — Producer, Performer
- Cassie — Producer
- Jermaine Dupri — Producer
- Lauryn HillLauryn HillLauryn Noelle Hill is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress.Early in her career, she established her reputation as a member of the Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album, The Miseducation of...
— Producer, Performer - Randy "The Emperor" JacksonRandy JacksonRandall Darius "Randy" Jackson is an American bassist, singer, record producer, music manager, A&R executive, entrepreneur, and television personality. He is best known as a judge on American Idol and executive producer for MTV's America's Best Dance Crew...
— Producer - Farel Jean — Producer
- Wyclef JeanWyclef JeanWyclef Jean is a Haitian musician, record producer, and politician. At age nine, Jean moved to the United States with his family and has spent much of his life in the country...
— Producer - Melky & Day — Performer
- Marcus Miller — Producer, Performer
- Musze — Producer, Remixing
- Darryl Pearson — Producer
- PrasPrasPrakazrel Samuel Michel, known as Pras, is a Grammy Award-winning Haitian-American rapper, actor, film producer, and member of the hip hop trio The Fugees.-Early life:...
— Producer - Samuel J. Sapp — Producer
- Tim Shider — Producer
- Bob Thiele — Producer
- Touch of Jazz — Producer
- David Ward II — Producer
- Nick Wechsler — Executive Producer
- Bryce Wilson — Producer
- Cassandra Wilson — Producer, Performer
- Theodore Witcher — Executive Producer
Charts
Billboard Albums- 1997 Love Jones [Original Soundtrack] The Billboard 200 No. 16
- 1997 Love Jones [Original Soundtrack] Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums No. 3
Billboard Singles
- 1997 Sumthin' Sumthin': Mellosmoothe Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles No. 23