''Music From The Motion Picture "Higher Learning"'' is the soundtrack to

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's 1995 film ''

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''. It was released on January 3, 1995 on Singleton's label New Deal Music through

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and contained a mixture of different music genres including hip hop, R&B and rock music. The soundtrack did fairly well on the ''Billboard'' charts, peaking at #39 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and #9 on the

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. Liz Phair was nominated for Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance at the

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for her song "Don't Have Time". All the recordings were initially exclusive to the soundtrack. Two charting singles were included on the soundtrack,

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's " Ask of You", which peaked at #19 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and #2 on the

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, and Mista Grimm's " Situation: Grimm", which made it to #97 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks. The

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track was later re-recorded for their album '' Evil Empire''.

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