Training Day: The Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to Antoine Fuqua's 2001 crime film Training Day. It was released on September 11, 2001, through Priority Records and contains mostly hip hop music.
Recording sessions took place at Chung King Studios, at Sony Studios, at Mirror Image Studios, at Daddy's House Recording Studio and at D&D Studios in New York, at Encore Studios, at Record One, at Studio 56, at Village Recorders, at Ameraycan Studios and at View Park Sound Lab in Los Angeles, at Stankonia Recording in Atlanta, and at Windmark Recording in Virginia Beach.
Production was handled by DJ Muggs, DJ Battlecat, DJ Premier, DJ Shok, Donald "XL" Robertson, Dr. Dre, Floss P, Jason "Jay E" Epperson, Mario Winans, Nottz, Pharoahe Monch, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Rockwilder, The Neptunes and Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam, with David M. Ehrlich, Doug Frank, Gary Lemel and John Houlihan serving as executive producers.
It features contributions from Big Azz Ko, Black Rob, C-Murder, Cypress Hill, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre, Gang Starr, Kain, King Jacob, Kokane, Krumbsnatcha, Mark Curry, Mark Mancina, Mimi, M.O.P., Napalm, Nelly, P. Diddy, Pharoahe Monch, Professor, Ras Kass, Roscoe, Saafir, (rapper) |Soldier B], changed his name to (King Joe
), the Clipse, The Lox, Trick Daddy, Xzibit and David Bowie.
The album did fairly well on the Billboard charts, peaking at number 35 on the Billboard 200, number 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 3 on the Top Soundtracks chart, and spawning two hit singles, "#1" by Nelly and "Put It on Me" by Dr. Dre, DJ Quik and Mimi. "The Squeeze" was originally released as a 12" single, but was quickly pulled off shelves because of sample clearance issue. The single also has a special back cover, which says in big white letters, "In Stores September 11, 2001".
Contents
Track listing
Notes
Track 2 features backing vocals from Jason and Jonathan Soto also known as the Soto Twinz
Sample credits
Track 2 contains elements from "Exaltation" written and performed by Wolfgang Käfer
Tracks 4 and 17 contains film dialogue from the Warner Bros. motion picture Training Day
Track 7 contains an interpolation of "Fuck tha Police" written by O'Shea Jackson, Lorenzo Patterson and Andre Young and performed by N.W.A
Track 10 contains an interpolation of "This Is Not America" written by David R. Jones, Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays and performed by David Bowie
Other songs
The following songs are featured in the film but are not present on the soundtrack album:
"Still D.R.E." by Dr. Dre featuring Snoop Dogg
"(Rock) Superstar" by Cypress Hill
"Last Resort" by Papa Roach
"Letter to the President" by 2Pac and the Outlawz
"Rize" by Outlawz featuring Big Syke