''Foolish (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the

soundtrack album A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( ...

to Dave Meyers' 1999

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film '' Foolish''. It was released on March 23, 1999 via No Limit/

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. Production was handled by

Carlos Stephens Carlos Stephens (born January 24, 1972) is an American record producer and mixing engineer from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known as a member of No Limit Records' in-house production team, Beats by the Pound. After leaving the label, he founded ...

, Craig B., KLC, L.T. Hutton, Mark In The Dark, M.P., O'Dell, Supreme Nyborn and the Whole 9, with

Master P Percy Robert Miller (born April 29, 1967), better known by his stage name Master P, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, dancer, actor and entrepreneur. He founded the record label No Limit Records in 1991, which was relau ...

serving as executive producer. It features contributions from the film star Master P and his labelmates and affiliates

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, Crooked Eye, Fiend,

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, Kane & Abel,

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, Magic,

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, Mo B. Dick, Mr. Serv-On,

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, O'Dell, Porsha,

Silkk the Shocker Vyshonn King Miller (born June 18, 1975), better known by his stage name Silkk the Shocker (formerly Silkk), is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. The brother of Master P, Miller signed with his record label No Limit Records, an im ...

and

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, as well as

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and

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. The soundtrack proved to be fairly successful, debuting at number 32 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 10 on the

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charts in the United States. It was certified gold by the

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on April 27, 1999, for shipment of over 500,000 copies in the US alone. It was supported with three promotional singles: "Like a Jungle", "Foolish" and "Nothing Stays the Same".

Track listing

;Notes *Track 4 later appeared in '' Street Life''. *Track 5 is taken from '' Let's Get It On''. *Track 6 later appeared in '' Boot Camp''. *Track 8 is taken from ''

Bossalinie ''Bossalinie'' is the second studio album by American rapper C-Murder, released by No Limit Records, Priority Records, and EMI on March 9, 1999. It entered the ''Billboard'' 200 at number two of the week ending March 14, 1999, after selling ...

''. *Track 10 is taken from '' Ship Ahoy''. *Track 12 is taken from '' Wild and Peaceful''. *Track 18 is taken from '' Motor Booty Affair''.

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* {{Authority control Hip-hop soundtracks 1999 soundtrack albums Drama film soundtracks Comedy film soundtracks Gangsta rap soundtracks No Limit Records soundtracks Priority Records soundtracks Albums produced by L.T. Hutton