''Gridlock'd – The Soundtrack'' is the soundtrack to

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film ''

Gridlock'd ''Gridlock'd'' is a 1997 American dark drama film written and directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall (in his directorial debut film), and starring Tupac Shakur, Tim Roth, Lucy Liu, and Thandiwe Newton. It follows two heroin addicts, who decide to kick ...

'' and was released on 28 January 1997 by

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and

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. The track "Out the Moon (Boom, Boom, Boom)" was originally recorded for the

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debut album ''Haven't You Heard? (We Givin' Something Bacc To The Street)'', which was later shelved and the songs were cycled through other Death Row releases. The album had two chart running singles. "Lady Heroin" was originally going to be on

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's unreleased album ''Street Scholars''. This is both the second to last Death Row Soundtrack Album and second to last Death Row album to be distributed by Interscope, as later in the year they would drop Death Row from their label. "It's Over Now" was 46th on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks, which was

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's second chart single. "Wanted Dead or Alive" was 16th in the UK and was accompanied by a music video with Snoop alone as it was filmed after the death of 2Pac, so he is only present in archive footages from the motion picture. The album itself went to top the R&B album chart also on the first place.

Commercial performance

''Gridlock'd'' debuted at number one on both the US ''Billboard'' 200 and the US

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charts, selling 150,500 copies in its first week. The album was certified Gold on April 16, 1997.

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