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While the movie didn’t charm the box office, the film’s soundtrack was a hit.
“Love Jones: The Music” was released on March 11, 1997, via Sony Music. It included a mix of contemporary artists and music legends, a mix of R&B, soul and jazz, and tracks by Lauryn Hill, Dionne Farris, Leon Ware, Amel Larrieux, Minnie Riperton, Cassandra Wilson, Siedah Garrett, Kenny Lattimore, Duke Ellington and Billy Eckstine, among others.
“Sound, though minimal, is important for a film like this. Indeed, it is a talky film, but there are moments accented with the sounds of hip-hop, jazz, and R&B; apropos for a cast of characters in which such music is the soundtrack of their working personal lives. The audio is crisp and clear,” Witcher explained to the Village Voice.
The soundtrack peaked at No. 3 on Billboard’s Top R&B-Hip-Hop Albums and at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 chart.
