Although the Jon Lovitz movie High School High was a juvenile, predictable low-brow parody of Dangerous Minds and other inner-city dramas, the soundtrack to the film is considerably sharper and more attractive. Assembled (and marketed) with the knowledge that the film would likely alienate its target audience of hip-hop and urban R&B fans, the soundtrack is a stellar sampler of mid-'90s musical styles, featuring everything from hardcore rap to smooth new jack balladry and alternative rap. Over the course of its 20 tracks (the sheer number of songs makes the album a worthwhile purchase), Faith Evans, the Braxtons, Quad City DJs, D'Angelo, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Jodeci, Scarface & Facemob, Lil' Kim, the Braids (who cover Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"), Spice 1 with E-40 & the Click, and the Roots all deliver excellent cuts; there are also two Wu-Tang Clan cuts, including the first solo track from RZA (the song-as-commercial "Wu-Wear: The Garment Renaissance") and Inspectah Deck & U-God's collaboration with Street. Though its momentum sags in a couple of places, High School High remains a thoroughly enjoyable and surprisingly eclectic listen, and is easily one of the finest soundtracks of 1996. It's certainly more fun than the film it supports. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
All Music Guide Review
High School High Track Listing
Credits of High School High
- Andrea Martin
- Producer, Vocal Arrangement
- Tony Maserati
- Engineer
- Kedar Massenburg
- Executive Producer, Assistant Producer
- Steve Neat
- Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Axel Niehaus
- Engineer
- Phil Painson
- Engineer
- Bob Power
- Arranger, Mixing, Producer, Engineer
- Bob Powers
- Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- RZA
- Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Rakim
- ?
- Rob
- Engineer, Assistant Producer
- Jamey Staub
- Mixing
- Phil Tan
- Engineer, Mixing
- Richard Travali
- Mixing
- Eric Valentine
- Arranger, Engineer, Programming, Producer
- Kenyatta Kelo Williams
- Mixing
- Method Man
- Performer
- Bass Mechanics
- Producer
- Faith Evans
- Performer, ?
- Ken Ifill
- Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing
- Carl-So-Lowe
- Producer, Compilation Producer
- Brad Jordan
- Producer
- Nasheim Myrick
- Producer
- Richard Nichols
- Mixing
- The Roots
- Vocals, Performer
- K-Def
- Scratching, Engineer, Mixing, Producer
- Sadat X
- Producer, Performer, Compilation Producer
- Quad City DJ's
- Performer, ?
- Facemob
- Performer, ?
- The Braxtons
- Performer, ?
- Dalvin DeGrate
- Vocals (Background), Producer
- Michael Gilbert
- Mixing
- Storm
- Assistant Engineer
- Real Live
- Performer, ?
- Pete Rock
- Programming, Performer, Vocals, Producer
- Lil' Kim
- Performer, ?
- Erykah Badu
- Performer, ?
- Tom Coyne
- Mastering
- The Braids
- Performer, ?
- D-Shot
- Vocal Arrangement
- Malik B.
- Drums, Vocals
- Commissioner Gordon
- Engineer
- Marcus Gore
- Vocals (Background)
- Joel "JoJo" Hailey
- Vocals (Background)
- Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey
- Vocals (Background)
- Stevie J.
- Producer
- Kamal on the Keys
- Arranger, Vocals, Fender Rhodes
- Ed Rasso
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Tewlow
- Programming, Associate Producer, Mixing, Producer, ?
- AllStar
- Producer, Mixing
- Carlos "6 July" Broady
- Producer
- Brother Question
- Drums, Vocals, Sedohr
- Stephen George Hammond
- Assistant Engineer
- Bill Importico
- Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Tim Mandelbaum
- Executive Producer, Associate Producer
- Jolene Cherry
- Executive Producer
- Grand Negaz
- Producer
- Hans Gutknecht
- Engineer, Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Danny Madorsky
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Charles McCrorey
- Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- Mark Pitts
- Associate Producer
- Baby Paul
- Producer, Mixing
- The Ummah
- Arranger, Producer
- Sean Coffey
- Assistant Engineer
- Carlton Lynn
- Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant, Mixing
- Ivan Matias
- Producer, Vocal Arrangement
- Rob Tewlow
- Programming, Associate Producer, Mixing, Producer
- Andy Blakelock
- Engineer, Mixing
- Greg Gasperino
- Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
- Black Thought
- Vocals
- Tim Donovan
- Engineer
- Tim Sexton
- Executive Producer
- Craig Kallman
- Executive Producer
- Studio Ton
- Producer, Engineer, Mixing
- Dante Ross
- Programming, Producer, Compilation Producer, Mixing
- Stephan Jenkins
- Arranger, Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Programming
- Lane Craven
- Mixing
- Jack Hersca
- Engineer
- Bart Cennamo
- Engineer, Assistant Engineer
- Angelo Quaglia
- Engineer
- Suzanne Lewinter
- Soundtrack Coordination
- Patricia Mansbach
- Soundtrack Coordination
- Jay Ski
- Producer
- Michael Selverne
- Associate Producer
- Daniel Woerup
- Assistant Engineer
- U-God
- ?
- Bryant Reid
- Executive Producer
- Thrill da Playa
- Producer
- Leslie Reed
- Soundtrack Coordination
- Bree Delano
- Associate Producer
- DJ Dom
- Producer
- Leonard Hubbard
- Mixing
- Charles Martin Inouye
- Editing
- K-Del
- Scratching, Mixing, Engineer, Producer
- Cappadonna
- Performer
- ?uestlove
- Mixing
- Reem ?
- Engineer, Assistant Producer
- Hub
- Bass, Drums
- Street
- ?
- Scarface
- Performer, ?
- Tony Black
- Engineer
- Corn Bred
- Mixing Assistant
- Jodeci
- Performer, ?
- Grand Puba
- Producer, Performer, Compilation Producer
- Spice 1
- Performer, Vocal Arrangement
- Kamal
- Arranger, Keyboards
- B-Legit
- Vocal Arrangement
- E-40
- Vocal Arrangement
- Suga T
- Vocal Arrangement
- Artifacts
- Performer, ?
- Changing Faces
- Performer, ?
- A Tribe Called Quest
- Performer, ?
- Joel Campbell
- Keyboards
- Sean "Puffy" Combs
- Producer
- Martin Czembor
- Engineer
- D'Angelo
- Performer, ?
- De La Soul
- Arranger, ?, Producer, Performer
- Mike Dean
- Producer, Compilation Producer
- Denis Degher
- Assistant Engineer
- Patrick Derivaz
- Engineer
- Jermaine Dupri
- Producer, Mixing
- John Frye
- Engineer, Mixing
- KRS-One
- Arranger, Performer, Producer
- Brian Bonehead Kinkead
- Engineer, Second Engineer
- Ren Klyce
- Programming
- Large Professor
- Producer, Performer, ?
- Tim Latham
- Mixing











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