How High (soundtrack)

How High The Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedDecember 11, 2001 (2001-12-11)
Recorded2000–2001
Studio
GenreHip hop
Length1:02:52
Label
Producer
Method Man & Redman chronology
Blackout!
(1999)
How High The Soundtrack
(2001)
Blackout! 2
(2009)
Singles from How High
  1. "Part II"
    Released: December 4, 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
HipHopDX[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

How High The Soundtrack is a soundtrack to Jesse Dylan's 2001 stoner film How High. It was released on December 11, 2001 through Def Jam Recordings and consists of hip hop music. The album contains twenty tracks featuring interpolations taken from the movie and songs performed by film stars Method Man & Redman, along with Cypress Hill, DMX, Jonell, Limp Bizkit, Ludacris, Mary J. Blige, Saukrates, Shawnna, Streetlife, and War.

The album peaked at number 38 on the Billboard 200 and at number 6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in the United States.

Several songs heard both in the movie and in the closing credits, such as "Hits from the Bong" and "I Wanna Get High" by Cypress Hill, "Wu Wear" by RZA, "Fire" by Ohio Players, "Jammin" by Bob Marley, "Du hast" by Rammstein, "Chin Check" by N.W.A, "Would You Mind" by Janet Jackson, "Sexy Ida" by Ike & Tina Turner, "Good Girls" by DMX, "Sweet Thing" by Mary J. Blige, "One Draw" by Rita Marley, "Flash Light" by Parliament, ''Click Click Boom" by Saliva, "The Payback" by James Brown, "B.O.B (Bombs Over Baghdad)" by Outkast, and "Slam" by Onyx, were not included in the soundtrack album.

  1. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. "How High [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  2. ^ Q, Wise (January 15, 2002). "Various Artists - How High OST". HipHopDX. Retrieved December 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Method Man". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 540. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.