Anything

SWV recorded 'Anything' for their debut album It's About Time, written and produced by Brian Alexander Morgan, with RCA Records releasing the original version in 1992 before a remixed Old Skool version was prepared for the 1994 soundtrack to Above the Rim featuring guest verses from U-God, Ol' Dirty Bastard, and Method Man of the Wu-Tang Clan. Released as a single in 1994, the remixed New Jack Swing version reached number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 on the Hot R&B Singles chart, becoming SWV's fifth top-40 pop hit and demonstrating the group's ability to transform a ballad into a hip-hop crossover record through its connection to the Above the Rim soundtrack. The track stands as a notable example of the early-1990s convergence between R&B vocal groups and hip-hop, with Method Man's closing verse referencing the Wu-Tang Clan's own 'C.R.E.A.M.', and it remains closely associated with one of the era's most celebrated basketball film soundtracks.