[citation needed] Distributed by Columbia Records, the album featured production from producers such as Poke & Tone, Jermaine Dupri and The Ummah.

The album was a success, spending two consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and reaching the top ten in Australia, Austria, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Germany and New Zealand.

The RIAA certified the album 3× Platinum for shipments of over three million copies in the United States.

Except for "Men in Black" and the two Danny Elfman cues, none of the album's tracks are in the film.

[citation needed] The soundtrack also marked the debuts of then-unknown singer Alicia Keys and girl group Destiny's Child.