''The Wash (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)'' is the soundtrack to DJ Pooh's 2001

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''. It was released on November 6, 2001 by

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, and

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. Composed of seventeen tracks, the album featured performances from film stars Dr. Dre and

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, among other

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and R&B artists, such as Bilal, Bubba Sparxxx,

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, D12, Joe Beast, Knoc-turn'al, LaToiya Williams, Soopafly, Truth Hurts and Xzibit. Production was handled by several

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s, including Bryan-Michael Cox, Focus..., Hi-Tek, James Poyser,

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, Mel-Man,

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and Vikter Duplaix. The album peaked at number 19 in the ''Billboard'' 200 and moved 785,000 units, achieving gold status by the

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on February 28, 2002. The recording won the 2002 Stony Award for Best Soundtrack. Two singles were released from the album: " Bad Intentions" on January 7, 2002, and "

", on March 18, 2002.

Track listing

;Notes *Track 5 contains an interpolation from "Hollywood Hot" as recorded by

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& Cinou Bullens *Track 10 contains samples from " Mercy Mercy Me" and " God Is Love" as recorded by

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*Track 14 contains a sample from "Get This Money" as recorded by Slum Village (originally a

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sample)

Tracks from the original motion picture

* " (Not Just) Knee Deep" –

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* "Climax" –

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* "

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" – Blondie * "Take a Little Time" – Terrell C. Moses * "No Other Love" – Faith Evans * " I Ain't No Joke" – Eric Barrier and William Griffin * "Encore Work Slow Evil" – Dr. Dre, Scott Storch & Mike Elizondo (incidental music) * "Yo Ho" – Dr. Dre & Camara Kambon (instrumental) * "2080 Guitar Beat" – Dr. Dre (incidental music) * "Track 7" – Dr. Dre, Camara Kambon, Scott Storch & Mike Elizondo (incidental music)

Personnel

* Andre Romelle Young – performer (tracks: 1, 5, 17), keyboards (track 15), producer (tracks: 8, 15, 17), co-producer (track 5), mixing (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 15, 17) * Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. – performer (tracks: 1, 17) *Shaunta Montgomery – performer (tracks: 2, 10) * Shari Watson – performer (track 2), additional vocals (track 8) * Denaun Porter – performer & drum programming (track 3) * Marshall Bruce Mathers III – performer & producer (track 3) * DeShaun Dupree Holton – performer (track 3) * Ondre Moore – performer (track 3) * Rufus Johnson – performer (track 3) *Von Carlisle – performer (track 3) * Bilal Sayeed Oliver – performer (track 4) * Royal Rosheam Harbor – performer (tracks: 5, 15) * Alvin Nathaniel Joiner – performer (track 6) *Yero Brock – performer (track 7) * Trevor Smith – performer (track 8) * Warren Anderson Mathis – performer (track 9) *Ruben Cruz Monge – performer (track 11) * Priest Joseph Brooks – performer & keyboards (track 12), engineering & producer (tracks: 12, 14) * La'Toiya Ra'Shonne Williams – performer (track 14) * Joseph Leynard Smith – performer (track 16) *Saundralin Lee Green – additional vocals (track 1) *Barbara Wilson – additional vocals (track 5) *Diane Gordon – additional vocals (track 5) *Kathy Merrick – additional vocals (track 5) *Traci Nelson – additional vocals (tracks: 5, 17) *David Lynn Young – additional vocals (track 7) * Timothy Zachery Mosley – additional vocals, mixing & producer (track 9) * Charlene "Tweet" Keys – additional vocals (track 9) *Philip De Marks Jr. – additional vocals (track 11) *Deana Evans – additional vocals (track 15) *Kevin "Kirv" Irving – piano (track 2) * Melvin Bradford – producer (tracks: 2, 16), keyboards (track 16) * Jeffrey Irwin Bass – bass, keyboards, guitar, co-producer (track 3) * James Poyser – keyboards, mixing & producer (track 4) * Vikter Duplaix – drum programming, engineering, mixing & producer (track 4) * Michael A. Elizondo Jr. – bass (tracks: 2, 5, 8, 17), keyboards (tracks: 2, 8, 15, 16), guitar (tracks: 5, 15) *Timothy "Izo" Orindgreff – flute (track 5) * Camara Kambon – keyboards (tracks: 5, 8) *William Ed Pettaway Jr. – guitar (track 9) *Charlie Bereal – additional guitar (track 9) * Scott Spencer Storch – keyboards (tracks: 9, 13) * Tony Louis Cottrell – bass, keyboards & producer (track 10) * Bernard Edwards Jr. – bass, keyboards & producer (track 11) * Dave Aron – engineering & mixing (tracks: 12, 14), keyboards (track 14) *Don "Big June" Harris – bass (track 16) *Sean Cruse – guitar (track 17) *David L. Drew – producer (track 1) *Imsomie Leeper – producer (track 5) *Jeremy "Jay-Z" Jackson – producer (track 6) * Bryan Michael Paul Cox – producer & assistant engineering (track 7) *Jason Rome – producer (track 7) * Dorsey Wesley – producer (track 13) * Mark S. Jordan – producer (track 17) *Mauricio Iragorri – engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10, 15, 17) *Richard " Segal" Huredia – engineering (tracks: 2, 6, 17), mixing (tracks: 3, 6) *Steve Baughman – engineering (tracks: 2, 10, 16), mixing (tracks: 7, 10, 16) *Claudio Cueni – engineering (track 2) *

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– engineering (track 3) *Tony Prendatt-Carter – engineering & mixing (track 4) *Samuel Thomas – engineering (track 7) *Steve Penny – engineering (track 9) *Joe Warlick – engineering (tracks: 10, 11), mixing (track 11) * Jimmy Douglass – engineering & mixing (track 9) *Carlos Warlick – mixing (track 10) *Duke Wagner – engineering (track 13) *Kieran Wagner – engineering (track 13) *Pop Wagner – engineering (track 13) *Jason Goldstein – mixing (track 13) *Tom Sweeney – engineering (track 15), assistant engineering (tracks: 2, 6, 17) *Keith Cohen – engineering (track 16) * Greg Burns – assistant engineering (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 8, 10) *Ted Regier – assistant engineering (tracks: 1, 10) *Urban Kris – assistant engineering (track 3) * Darrell Thorp – assistant engineering (tracks: 8, 15, 16) *Thomas Rounds – assistant engineering (tracks: 8, 17) *Jeff Kanan – assistant engineering (track 9) *Adam "Herb" Williams – assistant engineering (track 10) *Drew Thomas – assistant engineering (track 11) *Scott Whiting – assistant engineering (track 11) *John Tyree – assistant engineering (track 15) * Jeff Burns – assistant engineering (tracks: 16, 17) * Chris Gehringer – mastering (track 9) * Brian Knapp Gardner – mastering (tracks: 1–8, 10–17) *Michael Lynn – A&R *Jason Clark – art direction & design *Larry Chatman – project coordinator (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 15, 17), production management *Damon "Bing" Chatman – Aftermath project coordinator *Andrew Van Meter –

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project coordinator *Angelo Sanders – production management *Kirdis Tucker – product management *Lupe Ceballos – product management *Michelle Thomas – product management *Joel C. High – film music supervisor ;Compilation credits * Dr. Dre appears courtesy of

* Snoop Dogg appears courtesy of

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* D-12 appears courtesy of Shady Records/

* Bilal appears courtesy of Moyo Music, Inc./

* Knoc-turn'Al appears courtesy of L.A. Confidential * Xzibit appears courtesy of Open Bar Entertainment/ Loud Records * Yero appears courtesy of Noontime Music * Busta Rhymes appears courtesy of Flipmode Records/

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* Bubba Sparxxx appears courtesy of Beat Club Records/

* Hi-Tek appears courtesy of Hi-Tek Publishing (BMI) * RC appears courtesy of D&G Entertainment * Soopafly appears courtesy of Fly2K Records/

* Toi appears courtesy of Fly2K Records * Ox appears courtesy of

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