Goodfellas (504 Boyz album)

Goodfellas is the debut studio album by hip hop group, 504 Boyz released on May 2, 2000, on No Limit Records, with contributions by Priority Records. It featured production from The Neptunes, Carlos Stephens and Donald XL Robertson. The album features label mates such as Snoop Dogg, Mercedes, Erica Fox and Ghetto Commission.

Goodfellas was a huge success debuting at #1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #2 on the Billboard 200, behind only 'N Sync's No Strings Attached, with first-week sales of 139,000 copies in the US. The album featured two successful single "Wobble Wobble", which made it #17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on the Hot Rap Singles . The other single "I Can Tell" which made it to #9 on the Billboard 200 and #6 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and #3 on the Hot Rap Singles. Planning of this album dates back to 1997, as ads for it can be found in the liner notes of many of the 1997 No Limit releases. The album received Gold certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Goodfellas (soundtrack)

Martin Scorsese chose the songs for Goodfellas only if they commented on the scene or the characters "in an oblique way". The only rule he adhered to with the soundtrack was to only use music which could have been heard at that time.

For example, if a scene took place in 1973, he could use any song that was current or older. According to Scorsese, a lot of non-dialogue scenes were shot to playback. For example, he had "Layla" playing on the set while shooting the scene where the dead bodies are discovered in the car and the meat-truck. Sometimes, the lyrics of songs were put between lines of dialogue to comment on the action.

Some of the music Scorsese had written into the script while other songs he discovered during the editing phase. There is no music once Henry is arrested in his driveway by the DEA, until the end credits.

Track listing

Songs on the movie's soundtrack CD:

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