The movie is set in New York in 1994, as is the back-in-the-day soundtrack. THE WACKNESS collects radio hits and boom-box favorites from the early-1990s East Coast golden era, including classic hip-hop joints by Nas, KRS-One, Notorious B.I.G., Craig Mack, Wu-Tang Clan, and A Tribe Called Quest as well as slow-jams by Faith Evans and R. Kelly.