Belly (soundtrack)
Belly is the soundtrack to Hype Williams' 1998 film Belly. It was released on November 3, 1998 through Def Jam Recordings and featured production from the likes of Poke & Tone, Dame Grease, Sean Combs and Swizz Beatz. The soundtrack was a success, peaking at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, and spawned the single "Grand Finale" by rappers DMX, Ja Rule, Method Man and Nas. "Grand Finale" made it to #63 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and #18 on the Hot Rap Songs. Four music video singles were released for "Grand Finale", "What About", "Movin' Out" and "Tommy's Theme".
The song "Top Shotter" was used as the entrance song for John Howard at UFC 101.Track listing
Personnel
- Abdul Haqq Islam – executive producer
- Andy Katz – recording
- Anthony Grant – performer
- Anthony Harmon – bass guitar
- Anthony "CD" Kelly – producer & recording
- Anthony Kilhoffer – programming & recording
- Brian "Big Bass" Gardner – mastering
- Byron Rickerson – assistant recording
- Chandra Crawford – backing vocals
- Chris Brickley – recording
- Christopher Martin – producer, mixing
- Claude Reynolds – assistant engineering
- Clifford Smith – performer
- Clifford Smith Jr. – performer
- Corey Woods – performer
- Crystal M. Johnson – vocal arranger
- Cynthia Jernigan – backing vocals
- Damon Blackman – producer & recording
- Dave O'Donnell – assistant engineering
- David Styles – performer
- Dennis Coles – performer
- Derrick Trotman – producer
- Dexter Thibou – assistant engineering
- Doug Wilson – mixing
- Dragan Čačinović-Čač – recording
- Dwight Equan Grant – performer
- Earl Simmons – performer
- Ed Raso – recording
- Eddie Sancho – engineering
- Eugene Gray – performer
- Franchon Priolenau – A&R
- Gail Hansen – A&R
- Gordon Chambers – backing vocals & vocal producer
- Greg Landfair – guitar
- Harold "Hype" Williams – executive producer
- Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Jr. – producer, A&R, executive producer
- Jabari Jones – performer
- Jason Phillips – performer
- Jasun Wardlaw – performer
- Jean-Claude Olivier – producer
- Jean-Marie Horvat – mixing
- Jeff Vereb – assistant mixing
- Jeffrey Atkins – performer
- Jeffrey Backues Neal – performer & producer
- Jeffery "J Dub" Walker – producer
- Jermain Baxter – performer
- Jerome Childers – performer
- Jerome Foster – producer
- Joey Donatello – programming & recording
- John Bynoe – producer
- John Montagnese – assistant recording
- Julie Greenwald – management
- Kasseem Dean – producer
- Ken "Duro" Ifill – mixing
- Kendall D. Nesbitt – backing vocals & keyboards
- Kenny Ortiz – recording
- Kevin Crouse – mixing
- Keith Edward Elam – performer & co-producer
- Kimberly A. Jefferson – backing vocals
- Kristin A. Partee – backing vocals
- Lamont Porter – producer
- Larry Sturm – programming & recording
- Lyor Cohen – executive producer
- LaVita Raynor – performer
- Malik Deshawn Cox – performer
- Marco Ennis – performer
- Marcus Vest – bass
- Mario Rodriguez – mixing
- Mark Hines – producer
- Melvin Jason Smalls – performer
- Michael Epps – performer
- Michael Eugene Archer – performer
- Michael J. Allen – performer *Mike Koch – assistant engineering
- Miles "Nastee" Balochian – recording
- Mýa Harrison – performer
- Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones – performer
- Patrick Viala – mixing, recording
- Percy Bady – additional keyboards
- Raymond Scott – performer & producer
- Rich Keller – mixing & recording
- Rick Behrens – assistant recording
- Robert Diggs – performer & producer
- Robert Kelly – backing vocals & producer
- Robert "Lil' Rob" Mays – producer
- Ron Lowe – assistant mixing
- Roy Hamilton – backing vocals & drum programming
- Russell Elevado – mixing & recording
- Russell Jones – performer
- Samuel Barnes – producer
- Sean "Puffy" Combs – producer
- Sean Divine Jacobs – performer
- Sean Paul Henriques – performer
- Shawn Carter – performer
- Spencer Bellamy – producer
- Stan Wood – programming & recording
- Stephanie Edwards – performer
- Stephen George – mixing & recording, programming
- Ted Wohlsen – mixing
- Tina Davis – A&R
- Todd Gaither – performer
- Thomas Coyne – mastering
- Tommy Uzzo – mixing & recording
- Troy Hightower – mixing & recording
- Victor Santiago – performer
- William Loshawn Calhoun Jr. – performer
- William Michael Griffin Jr. – performer
- William Raynard Greer – backing vocals
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