The Wash (soundtrack)

The Wash
The Wash
Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	November 6, 2001
Recorded	2001
Studio	Various Larrabee Sound Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Record One (Sherman Oaks, CA); 54 Sound (Detroit, MI); Axis Studios (Philadelphia, PA); Soundtrack Studios (New York, NY); Soundcastle (Los Angeles, CA); Noontime Studios (Atlanta, GA); Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Teklab Studios (Cincinnati, OH); The Bank (Burbank, CA); Encore Studios (Burbank, CA); ;
Genre	West Coast hip hop; gangsta rap;
Length	1:08:42
Label	Aftermath; Doggystyle; Interscope;
Producer	Dr. Dre; Mel-Man; Soopafly; Bryan-Michael Cox; Co-Lab-O; DJ Pooh; Eminem; Focus...; Hi-Tek; James Poyser; Jason Rome; J-Z; Jelly Roll; Mahogany; Megahertz; Timbaland; Vikter Duplaix; Jeff Bass;
Singles from The Wash
	"Bad Intentions"; Released: November 2001; "The Wash"; Released: March 18, 2002;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
NME	^[2]
RapReviews	6/10^[3]

The Wash (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) is the soundtrack to DJ Pooh's 2001 comedy film The Wash. It was released on November 6, 2001 by Aftermath Entertainment, Doggy Style Records, and Interscope Records. Composed of seventeen tracks, the album featured performances from film stars Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, among other hip hop and R&B artists, such as Bilal, Bubba Sparxxx, Busta Rhymes, D12, Joe Beast, Knoc-turn'al, LaToiya Williams, Soopafly, Truth Hurts and Xzibit. Production was handled by several record producers, including Bryan-Michael Cox, Focus..., Hi-Tek, James Poyser, Megahertz, Mel-Man, Timbaland 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.^[4]

Two singles were released from the album: "Bad Intentions" on January 7, 2002, and "The Wash", on March 18, 2002.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"On the Boulevard" (performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)	D. Drew E. Mollet S. Green	Jelly Roll	4:28
2.	"Benefit of the Doubt" (performed by Truth Hurts, Lacci, and Shaunta)	S. Watson S. Montgomery M. Bradford	Mel-Man	4:50
3.	"Blow My Buzz" (performed by D12)	D. Holton D. Porter M. Mathers O. Moore R. Johnson V. Carlisle J. Bass	Eminem Jeff Bass (co.)	5:08
4.	"Bring 2" (performed by Bilal)	B. Oliver J. Poyser V. Duplaix	James Poyser Vikter Duplaix	4:20
5.	"Bad Intentions" (performed by Dr. Dre and Knoc-turn'al)	R. Harbor E. Mollet I. Leeper	Mahogany Dr. Dre (co.)	3:02
6.	"Get Fucked Up With Me" (performed by Xzibit)	A. Joyner J. Jackson	Jeremy "J-Z" Jackson	4:35
7.	"My High" (performed by Yero)	D. Young J. Austin B. Cox J. Rome	Bryan-Michael Cox Co-Lab-O Jason Rome	3:35
8.	"Holla" (performed by Busta Rhymes)	T. Smith A. Young M. Elizondo C. Kambon	Dr. Dre	4:02
9.	"Bubba Talk" (performed by Bubba Sparxxx)	A. Mathis T. Mosley	Timbaland	3:48
10.	"Good Lovin'" (performed by Shaunta)	S. Montgomery T. Cottrell R. Harbor	Hi-Tek	3:39
11.	"Riding High" (performed by Daks and R.C.)	P. De Marks Jr. B. Edwards D. Gentry R.C. Monge	Focus...	4:15
12.	"Gotta Get Dis Money" (performed by Soopafly)	P. Brooks	Priest "Soopafly" Brooks	4:51
13.	"Don't Talk Shit" (performed by Ox)	N. Breedlove D. Wesley	Megahertz	4:23
14.	"Everytime" (performed by Toi)	P. Brooks	Priest "Soopafly" Brooks	4:05
15.	"Str8 West Coast" (performed by Knoc-turn'al)	R. Harbor A. Young	Dr. Dre	2:54
16.	"No" (performed by Joe Beast)	M. Bradford J. Ingram	Mel-Man	3:34
17.	"The Wash" (performed by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg)	C. Broadus A. Young R. Harbor I. Leeper	Dr. Dre DJ Pooh	3:20
Total length:				1:08:42

Notes

Track 5 contains an interpolation from "Hollywood Hot" as recorded by Bob Crewe & Cinou Bullens
Track 10 contains samples from "Mercy Mercy Me" 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

"(Not Just) Knee Deep" – Funkadelic
"Climax" – Ohio Players
"Rapture" – Blondie
"Take a Little Time" – Terrell C. Moses
"No Other Love" – Faith Evans
"I Ain't No Joke" – Eric Barrier and William Griffin
"Encore Work Slow Evil" – Dr. Dre, Scott Storch & Mike Elizondo (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)
Shari Watson – performer (track 2), additional vocals (track 8)
Denaun Porter – 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 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 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)
James Poyser – 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)
Jimmy Douglass – 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)
Chris Gehringer – 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 – Aftermath 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 Aftermath Entertainment
Snoop Dogg appears courtesy of Doggystyle Records
D-12 appears courtesy of Shady Records/Interscope Records
Bilal appears courtesy of Moyo Music, Inc./Interscope Records
Knoc-turn'Al appears courtesy of L.A. Confidential
Xzibit appears courtesy of Open Bar Entertainment/Loud Records
Yero appears courtesy of Noontime Music
Busta Rhymes appears courtesy of Flipmode Records/J Records
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/Doggystyle Records
Toi appears courtesy of Fly2K Records
Ox appears courtesy of Interscope Records

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for *The Wash*
Chart (2001)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Billboard)^[5]	9
French Albums (SNEP)^[6]	21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[7]	31
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[8]	15
US Billboard 200^[9]	19
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)^[10]	5
US Top Soundtracks (Billboard)^[11]	2

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for *The Wash*
Chart (2001)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[12]	179
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[13]	39
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[14]	19

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian R&B Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[15]	105
Canadian Rap Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[16]	58

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[17]	Gold	500,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Birchmeier, Jason. "The Wash - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ Fadele, Dele (September 12, 2005). "Dr. Dre : The Wash O.S.T". NME. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
^ Juon, Steve 'Flash' (November 21, 2001). "v/a :: The Wash Soundtrack :: Aftermath/Doggystyle/Interscope". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "Cannabis Cup Winners - 2002 Stony Awards". Cannabis Cup Winners. High Times. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
^ "Soundtrack The Wash Chart History". Canadian Albums Chart. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "Lescharts.com – Soundtrack / Dr. Dre – The Wash". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – The Wash" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Soundtrack / Dr. Dre – The Wash" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "Soundtrack The Wash Chart History". Billboard 200. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "Soundtrack The Wash Chart History". Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "Soundtrack The Wash Chart History". Top Soundtracks. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
^ "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001". Jam!. January 8, 2002. Archived from the original on November 22, 2002. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ "Top 100 rap albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. January 8, 2002. Archived from the original on November 22, 2002. Retrieved January 26, 2023.
^ "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001 [sic]". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 25, 2022.
^ "Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
^ "American album certifications – Soundtrack – The Wash". Recording Industry Association of America.

External links

"The Wash" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] Birchmeier, Jason. "The Wash - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[2] Fadele, Dele (September 12, 2005). "Dr. Dre : The Wash O.S.T". NME. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[3] Juon, Steve 'Flash' (November 21, 2001). "v/a :: The Wash Soundtrack :: Aftermath/Doggystyle/Interscope". www.rapreviews.com. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[4] "Cannabis Cup Winners - 2002 Stony Awards". Cannabis Cup Winners. High Times. Retrieved 2019-02-16.

[5] "Soundtrack The Wash Chart History". Canadian Albums Chart. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[ac_France_Soundtrack_/_Dr._Dre-6] "Lescharts.com – Soundtrack / Dr. Dre – The Wash". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[ac_Germany4_Soundtrack-7] "Offiziellecharts.de – Soundtrack – The Wash" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[ac_Netherlands_Soundtrack_/_Dr._Dre-8] "Dutchcharts.nl – Soundtrack / Dr. Dre – The Wash" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[9] "Soundtrack The Wash Chart History". Billboard 200. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[10] "Soundtrack The Wash Chart History". Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[11] "Soundtrack The Wash Chart History". Top Soundtracks. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[12] "Top 200 Albums of 2001 (based on sales)". Jam!. Archived from the original on November 6, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2022.

[13] "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001". Jam!. January 8, 2002. Archived from the original on November 22, 2002. Retrieved January 22, 2023.

[14] "Top 100 rap albums of 2001 in Canada". Jam!. January 8, 2002. Archived from the original on November 22, 2002. Retrieved January 26, 2023.

[15] "Canada's Top 200 R&B; albums of 2001 [sic]". Jam!. Archived from the original on September 6, 2004. Retrieved March 25, 2022.

[16] "Top 100 rap albums of 2002 in Canada". Jam!. Archived from the original on October 12, 2003. Retrieved March 28, 2022.

[United_StatesSoundtrackThe_WashalbumCertRef-17] "American album certifications – Soundtrack – The Wash". Recording Industry Association of America.

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The Wash

Soundtrack album by Various artists
Released	November 6, 2001
Recorded	2001
Studio	Various Larrabee Sound Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Record One (Sherman Oaks, CA) 54 Sound (Detroit, MI) Axis Studios (Philadelphia, PA) Soundtrack Studios (New York, NY) Soundcastle (Los Angeles, CA) Noontime Studios (Atlanta, GA) Westlake Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA) Teklab Studios (Cincinnati, OH) The Bank (Burbank, CA) Encore Studios (Burbank, CA)
Genre	West Coast hip hop gangsta rap
Length	1:08:42
Label	Aftermath Doggystyle Interscope
Producer	Dr. Dre Mel-Man Soopafly Bryan-Michael Cox Co-Lab-O DJ Pooh Eminem Focus... Hi-Tek James Poyser Jason Rome J-Z Jelly Roll Mahogany Megahertz Timbaland Vikter Duplaix Jeff Bass

Singles from The Wash
"Bad Intentions" Released: November 2001 "The Wash" Released: March 18, 2002