Training Day (soundtrack)


Training Day: The Soundtrack is the soundtrack album to Antoine Fuqua's 2001 crime film Training Day. It was released on September 11, 2001, through Priority Records and contains mostly hip hop music.
Recording sessions took place at Chung King Studios, at Sony Studios, at Mirror Image Studios, at Daddy's House Recording Studio and at D&D Studios in New York, at Encore Studios, at Record One, at Studio 56, at Village Recorders, at Ameraycan Studios and at View Park Sound Lab in Los Angeles, at Stankonia Recording in Atlanta, and at Windmark Recording in Virginia Beach.
Production was handled by DJ Muggs, DJ Battlecat, DJ Premier, DJ Shok, Donald "XL" Robertson, Dr. Dre, Floss P, Jason "Jay E" Epperson, Mario Winans, Nottz, Pharoahe Monch, Sean "Puffy" Combs, Rockwilder, The Neptunes and Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam, with David M. Ehrlich, Doug Frank, Gary Lemel and John Houlihan serving as executive producers.
It features contributions from Big Azz Ko, Black Rob, C-Murder, Cypress Hill, DJ Quik, Dr. Dre, Gang Starr, Kain, King Jacob, Kokane, Krumbsnatcha, Mark Curry, Mark Mancina, Mimi, M.O.P., Napalm, Nelly, P. Diddy, Pharoahe Monch, Professor, Ras Kass, Roscoe, Saafir, |Soldier B], changed his name to, the Clipse, The Lox, Trick Daddy, Xzibit and David Bowie.
The album did fairly well on the Billboard charts, peaking at number 35 on the Billboard 200, number 19 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 3 on the Top Soundtracks chart, and spawning two hit singles, "#1" by Nelly and "Put It on Me" by Dr. Dre, DJ Quik and Mimi. "The Squeeze" was originally released as a 12" single, but was quickly pulled off shelves because of sample clearance issue. The single also has a special back cover, which says in big white letters, "In Stores September 11, 2001".

Track listing

;Notes
  • Track 2 features backing vocals from Jason and Jonathan Soto also known as the Soto Twinz
;Sample credits

Other songs

The following songs are featured in the film but are not present on the soundtrack album:

Personnel

  • Demetrius "Krumbsnatcha" Gibbs – performer
  • Jamal "Lil' Fame" Grinnage – performer
  • Eric "Billy Danze" Murray – performer
  • Jason Soto – backing vocals
  • Jonathan Soto – backing vocals
  • Dominick "Nottz" Lamb – producer
  • Michael Conrader – recording & mixing
  • Rock Logic – additional mixing
  • Halsey Quemere – assistant recording & mixing
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering
  • Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner – performer
  • John "Ras Kass" Austin – performer
  • Reggie "Saafir" Gibson – performer
  • Kevin "Battlecat" Gilliam – producer & mixing
  • Michelle Lynn Forbes – recording
  • Richard "Segal" Huredia – engineering
  • Andre "Dr. Dre" Young – performer, producer & mixing
  • David "DJ Quik" Blake – performer
  • Mimi – performer
  • Brian Gardner – mastering
  • Cornell "Nelly" Haynes – performer, executive producer
  • Waiel "Wally" Yaghnam – producer
  • Matt Still – recording
  • Russell Giraud – recording
  • Rich Travali – mixing
  • Peter Vassos – mastering
  • Troy "Pharoahe Monch" Jamerson – performer & producer
  • Ben Briggs – recording
  • Booker T. Jones III – mixing
  • Jeffrey Phurrough – assistant engineering
  • Corey "C-Murder" Miller – performer
  • Maurice "Trick Daddy" Young – performer
  • Donald "XL" Robertson – producer
  • Claude Achille – recording & mixing
  • David "Styles P" Styles – performer
  • Jason "Jadakiss" Phillips – performer
  • Sean "Sheek Louch" Jacobs – performer
  • Michael "DJ Shok" Gomez – producer
  • Chris Theis – recording & mixing
  • Steve Conover – recording
  • A. "Napalm" Stanton – performer
  • Dana "Rockwilder" Stinson – producer
  • Tommy Uzzo – recording
  • Michael Hogan – mixing
  • Emily Lazar – mastering
  • Sean Combs – performer & producer
  • Tommie "Big Azz Ko" Gibson – performer
  • Robert "Black Rob" Ross – performer
  • Gylan "Kain" Cioffie – performer
  • Mark Curry – performer
  • David Robert "David Bowie" Jones – performer
  • Mario "Yellow Man" Winans – producer
  • Jim Janik – recording
  • Lynn Montrose – assistant recording
  • Paul Logus – mixing
  • Louis "B-Real" Freese – performer
  • Senen "Sen Dog" Reyes – performer
  • Jerry "Kokane" Long – performer
  • Lawrence "DJ Muggs" Muggerud – producer, mixing
  • Troy Staton – recording & engineering
  • Gene "Malice" Thornton – performer
  • Terrence "Pusha T" Thornton – performer
  • Chad Hugo – producer & recording
  • Pharrell Williams – producer
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • Keith "GuRu" Elam – performer & co-producer
  • Christopher "DJ Premier" Martin – producer
  • Eddie Sancho – mixing
  • Dexter Thibou – assistant engineering
  • "King Jacob" Thomas – performer
  • Prentiss "Professor" Church – performer
  • Jason "Jay E" Epperson – producer
  • Prince Charles Alexander – mixing
  • David "Roscoe" Williams – performer
  • Brandon Abeln – recording & mixing
  • Soldier B – performer
  • Floss P – producer
  • Janine Moret – recording
  • Steve Harvey – mixing
  • Mark Mancina – performer & composer
  • Don L. Harper – conductor
  • Johnny Whieldon – coordinator
  • Dave Metzger – orchestra
  • Adrian Lee – programming
  • Greg Dennen – recording
  • Steve Kempster – engineering & mixing
  • Charles Choi – additional engineering
  • Brian Dixon – assistant engineering
  • David M. Ehrlich – executive producer, A&R
  • John Houlihan – executive producer, supervision
  • Douglas Paul Frank – executive producer
  • Gary LeMel – executive producer
  • Maggie Schmidt – art direction
  • Will Ragland – illustration, design
  • Robert Zuckeman – photography
  • Ted Reed – coordinator
  • Jesse Stone – A&R coordinator
  • Mike Baiardi – A&R administrator
  • Chuck Wilson – additional A&R
  • Sheila Bowers – management