House Party 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is the soundtrack to the 1991 American comedy film House Party 2. It was released on October 15, 1991, through MCA Records after Motown was sold to PolyGram. The soundtrack consisted of a blend of hip hop and contemporary R&B with audio excerpts from the film.
| House Party 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | ||||
| Released | October 15, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
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| Length | 54:42 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Production was handled by Teddy Riley, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Eric B. & Rakim, Eric "Quicksilver" Johnson, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Hank Shocklee, Keith Shocklee, Kevin Dorsey, Laney Stewart, London Jones, Marley Marl and Scratch & Source Productions, Inc. Louil Silas Jr. together with film directors Doug McHenry and George Jackson served as executive producers.
It features contributions from film stars Kid 'n Play, Bell Biv DeVoe, Bubba, Chanté Moore, Eric B. & Rakim, Keith Washington, London Jones, Ralph Tresvant, The Flex, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Wreckx-n-Effect, and the final recording from rapper MC Trouble, who died from an epileptic seizure several months before the soundtrack's release.
Serving as a sequel to 1990's House Party (soundtrack), the album is generally considered an improvement over the first, making it to No. 55 on the Billboard 200 and No. 23 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and featured the charting singles: Kid 'N Play's "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody", Tony! Toni! Toné!'s "House Party II (I Don't Know What You Come to Do)" and Ralph Tresvant's "Yo Baby Yo".
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Announcement of Pajama Jammi Jam" (performed by Kid 'n Play) | 0:16 | ||
| 2. | "House Party II (I Don't Know What You Come to Do)" (performed by Tony! Toni! Toné!) | Tony! Toni! Toné! | 5:17 | |
| 3. | "The Christopher Robinson Scholorship Fund" (performed by Kid 'n Play) | 0:12 | ||
| 4. | "Ready or Not" (performed by Wreckx-n-Effect) | 5:11 | ||
| 5. | "Kid 'N Play Wreck Shop!" (performed by Martin Lawrence) | 0:04 | ||
| 6. | "Ain't Gonna Hurt Nobody" (performed by Kid 'n Play) |
| Eric "Quicksilver" Johnson | 4:46 |
| 7. | "I Like Your Style" (performed by Bubba) |
| Teddy Riley | 4:55 |
| 8. | "Kid & Sydney Break Up" (performed by Kid and Tisha Campbell) | 0:18 | ||
| 9. | "Candlelight and You" (performed by Keith Washington and Chanté Moore) | Laney Stewart | 5:19 | |
| 10. | "I Lust 4 U" (performed by London Jones) | London Jones |
| 4:28 |
| 11. | "Bilal Gets Off" (performed by Martin Lawrence) | 0:19 | ||
| 12. | "Let Me Know Something?!" (performed by Bell Biv DeVoe) |
| 4:54 | |
| 13. | "Yo Baby Yo" (performed by Ralph Tresvant) |
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| 4:57 |
| 14. | "The F.F.F. Rap" (performed by Full Force and Helen Martin) | 0:31 | ||
| 15. | "What's on Your Mind?" (performed by Eric B. & Rakim) | Eric B. & Rakim | 5:00 | |
| 16. | "Big Ol' Jazz" (performed by MC Trouble) | LaTasha Rogers | Scratch & Source Productions, Inc. | 3:46 |
| 17. | "You Gotta Pay What You Owe" (performed by Kid 'n Play) | 0:11 | ||
| 18. | "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" (performed by The Flex) |
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| 3:25 |
| 19. | "Confidence by Marcus Garvey" (performed by Georg Stanford Brown) | 0:14 | ||
| 20. | "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday (Acapella Reprise)" (performed by The Flex) |
| 0:37 | |
| 21. | "Kid's Goodbye "Thanks to Pops"" (performed by Kid) | 0:03 | ||
| Total length: | 54:42 | |||
Personnel
edit- Christopher Reid – performer (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 8, 17, 21), engineering & executive producer (track 6), co-executive producer
- Christopher Martin – performer (tracks: 1, 3, 6, 17), co-executive producer
- Tony! Toni! Toné! – performers & producers (track 2)
- John "Jubu" Smith – producer & arranger (track 2)
- Maceo Parker – saxophone (track 2)
- John "L.A. Jay" Barnes III – additional programming (track 2), drum overdubs (tracks 13)
- Ken Kessie – recording & mixing (tracks: 2, 13)
- Louil Silas Jr. – remixing (tracks: 2, 13), backing vocals (track 16), executive producer, A&R
- Victor Flores – remixing engineer (tracks: 2, 13)
- Wreckx-n-Effect – performers & co-producers (track 4)
- Lee "Bubba" Drakeford – lead and backing vocals (tracks: 4, 7)
- Teddy Riley – backing vocals, producer & mixing (tracks: 4, 7)
- Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing & engineering (tracks: 4, 7)
- Martin Lawrence – performer (tracks: 5, 11)
- Khadejia Bass – additional vocals (track 6)
- Jeffrey Bynes – keyboards (track 6)
- Stanley Brown – keyboards (track 6)
- Alain Blake – guitar (track 6)
- Eric "Quicksilver" Johnson – producer & engineering (track 6)
- Yanni Papadopoulos – engineering (track 6)
- Tammy Lucas – backing vocals (track 7)
- Tisha Campbell – performer (track 8)
- Chanté Moore – lead and backing vocals (track 9)
- Keith Washington – performer (track 9)
- Laney Stewart – backing vocals & producer (track 9)
- Tony Haynes – associate producer (track 9)
- Thaddis "Kuk" Harrell – vocal arranger & recording (track 9)
- Eric G. Sproull – recording (track 9)
- Marty Hornberg – engineering assistant & recording (track 9)
- Alan Meyerson – mixing (track 9)
- London Jones – performer & producer (track 10)
- Kevin Dorsey – keyboards & producer (track 10)
- Andrew Brown – recording (track 10)
- Elliott Peters – mixing (track 10)
- Bell Biv DeVoe – performers (track 12)
- Hank Shocklee – producer & remixing (track 12)
- Eric "Vietnam" Sadler – producer (track 12)
- Keith Shocklee – producer (track 12)
- Gary G-Wiz – remixing (track 12)
- Kurt Yano – remixing engineer (track 12)
- Ralph Tresvant – performer (track 13)
- Charles Ray "Raphael Saadiq" Wiggins – backing vocals & producer (track 13)
- Belma Johnson – backing vocals (track 13)
- Rhonda Randall – backing vocals (track 13)
- Timothy Christian Riley – producer (track 13)
- Kimm James – remixing assistant (track 13)
- Full Force – performers (track 14)
- Helen Martin – performer (track 14)
- William "Rakim" Griffin – performer & producer (track 15)
- Eric Barrier – performer & producer (track 15)
- Lee Anthony – engineering (track 15)
- Mark Harder – engineering (track 15)
- LaTasha "MC Trouble" Rogers – performer (track 16)
- Kevin "K-Cut" McKenzie – producer (track 16)
- Anton Pukshansky – engineering (track 16)
- Charles Rogers – executive producer (track 16)
- The Flex – performers & co-producers (tracks: 18, 20)
- Darren Lighty – keyboard programming (track 18)
- Marley Marl – producer (track 18)
- George Karras – mixing (track 18)
- Georg Stanford Brown – performer (track 19)
- Eddy Schreyer – mastering
- Doug McHenry – executive producer
- George Jackson – executive producer
- Miriam Barnes – art direction, artwork
- Ilene Weingard – art direction
Chart positions
edit| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA) [2] | 138 |
| US Billboard 200[3] | 55 |
References
edit- ^ Mansfield, Brian. "House Party II [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
- ^ "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing November 18, 1991". Bubbling Down Under. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ "Billboard 200 Chart: Week of November 16, 1991". Billboard. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
External links
edit- House Party 2 at Discogs (list of releases)
