Billboard. DECEMBER 5, 1998 Billboard DECEMBER 5, 1998 R &B SINGLES A -Z

TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 96 '98 THUG PARADISE (Michael Moody's Universe. BMI /Jumping Bean, BMVLongitude, BMI) WBM Not R&ß Airplay.. 48 ALL MY LIFE/DONT RUSH RAKE LOVE SLOWLY) (EMI Not R&ß S April, ASCAP/Cord Kayla, ASCAP/Hee Bee Dooinit, ASCAP/2 Singles Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by B oadcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 102 R &B stations Big Prod., ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) HL/WBM Compiled from a national sub-sample of POS (point of sale) equipped key R &B retail stores which report number are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by cross- 9 ALL THE PLACES (I WILL KISS YOU) (Tenyor, BMVNate of units sold to SoundScan, Inc. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. Love's, BMI/MCA. ASCAP/Jamron, ASCAP/BMG, SoundScan® ASCAP/Slack A.D.. ASCAP) HL "" 53 AS LONG AS I UVE (Mike's Rap, BMI) I'll 34 BETTER DAYS (Base Pipe, ASCAP/Wooptewoo, z w w z w z wx z ,;-1 o o ASCAP/Copyright ControVAmazement, BMI/BB, ASCAP) w x 92 B.O.B.B.Y. (Ramecca, BMVCareers-BMG, BMI) 3 3 o Ñ 3 T , TITLE H a w TITLE v 40 THE BOY IS MINE (EMI Blackwood, BMIBran -Bran, `a TITLE h W TITLE ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) ARTIST (IMPRINT/PROMOTION : 5 3 IT 5 3 LABEL) BMVEMI April, ASCAP/Fred Jerkins III, BMI/Ensign, g 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) g= 5 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) BMVHench, BMI) FIL HEARTBREAK HOTEL 66 BREAKFAST IN BED (Frierson, BMVEMI Blackwood) YESTERDAY 38 I 1 38 36 13 -wool NO. 1 - WHINEY HOUSTON FEAT. FAJTH EVANS AND KELLY PR CE MISTAI o NO. Mi...... - 6 I --. rla- CAN GET A.. (UI Lu Lu. BMVD1 Irv, BMI /la, BMVEMI DEBELAH MORGAN (VAZ/MOTOWN) TO Blackwood, BMI) HL NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE 1 13 YOU BELIEVE 1 1 10 DEBÓRADH (ÁRIPSDTÁ)ED 39 42 5 WHEN 25 EMIT GET ENOUGH (Maxway, ASCAP/First Echo, FRIEND OF MINE CD CÓX wBVatENRo.Ei MASUHCNdY DEBORAH COX ( ARISTA) 5 wks at No. I 39 31 22 WPC URISTMIILUMBADREAMWOHS) KELLY PRICE IT- NECK/ISLAND) ASCAPNoungson, BMI/Echo First, BMI) ) G 62 CHEAPSKATE (YOU AIN'T GETTIN' NADA) (Chrysalis, LATELY INVASION BOOTY 3 13 43 5 2 2 13 40 35 11 OF THE FLAT B*****S C JAY- Z4FEAT AMIMIL (OF MAJOR OJINZ) AND JA (DEF JAM) ® LAURYN HILL FEAT. DANGELORUFFFHOUSECOLUMBW ASCAP/Ubiquity. ASCAP) DIVINE (PENDULUM /RED ANT) TOO SHORT (SHORT /JIVE) 20 COME AND GET WITH ME (Keith Sweat, ASCAP/EMI April, DOO WOP (THAT THING) SO INTO YOU ASCAP/Wiz. BMI) HL LIKE THIS 3 2 15 41 37 21 3 5 4 LOVE 41 28 18 TOUCH IT LAURYN HILL (RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA) TAMIA (QWEST/WARNER BROS.) 71 CROSSTOWN BEEF (Medina Sound, BMI /Jashiya, BMI/EMI FAITH EVANS (BAD BOY/ ARISTA) MONIFAH (UPTOWN /UNIVERSAL) Blackwood, BMI) LOVE LIKE THIS TAKE ME THERE 6 8 ALL THE PLACES (I WILL KISS YOU) 4 4 12 42 49 3 83 DANCE WIT ME lobete, ASCAP/Stone Diamond, 42 34 14 SPLACKAVELLIE FAITH EVANS (BAD BOY / ARISTA) BLAOOTREET &MYA FEAT .MASS &BUNNY BUNK IINTERSWPE) ® AARON HALL (MCA) PRESSHA (TONY MERCEDES/LAFACEJARISTA) ASCAP/Takin Care Of Business, BMI) HARD KNOCK UFE (GHETTO ANTHEM) GOD'S GRACE 52 DANGEROUSGROUNDS (Wu -Tang, BMI/Careers-BMG. 5 TRIPPIN' N 5c 6 10 43 40 19 5 4 5 JAY -Z (ROC- A- FELLNDEF JAM) TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 (B- RITE/INTERSCOPE) BMV/Diggs Family, BMI) MISSY EWOTT) (BAD BOY /ARISTA; ®- FEATURING SH'KILLA (RUGLEY) 69 DAYDREAMIN' (Rodney Jerkins, BMVEMI Blackwood, HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE CHA CHA CHA BMVEnsign, BMI/Bow Down, BMI/Gunz, BMI/LeShawn 1 I'M YOUR ANGEL THE LADY, HER LOVER AND LORD 6 5 16 44 47 8 - 50 5 DRU HILL FEAT. REDMAN (UNNERSRYASIANDDEFJAM) FLIPMODE SQUAD (FLIPMODE/ELEKTRNEEG) © R. KELLY & CELINE DION (JIVE) BISHOP T.D. JAKES, SR. (ISLAND) Daniels, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP) HL ® 94 DEFINITION (Medina Sound, BMVPen Skills, BMI/DJ Hi -Tek, THESE ARE THE TIMES DAYS LIKE THIS 59 37 1D 8 8 HILL 45 38 14 BMI/EMI Blackwood, BMI( HL 1 3 5 4S DRU (UNIVERSITY /ISLAND) KENNY LATTIMORE (COLUMBIA) LAURYNHILL (RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA) MR. MONEEY LOC FEAT. ABOVE THE LAW (LOGN -UP) 42 DONT LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD (Rushtown, 7 HAVE YOU EVER? STILL NOT A PLAYER ASCAP/Texgram, ASCAP/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI) WBM 6 PUSHIN' ON) 12 46 48 36 ® 9 46 56 2 Q BRANDY (ATLANTIC) BIG PUNISHER FEAT. JOE (LOUD) 3 DOO WOP (THAT THING) (Sony /AN Tunes, ASCAP/Obverse FEAT. MR. SHORT KHOP (PRIORITY) CHUCK SMOOTH (WINGSPAN) Creation, ASCAP) HL LATELY 9 7 14 SUPERTHUG (WHAT WHAT) 36 (DO YOU) WANNA RIDE (Co-T, ASCAP/Copyright Control) REAL DIVINE (PENDULUM/RED ANT) 41 41 16 O 7 7 41 33 4 NOREAGA (PENALTY/TOMMY BOY) 1112 FEATURING MASE (BAD BOY /ARISTA) 79 DR. GREENTHUMB (Soul Assassins, ASCAP/Hits From Da ÉTH 2RLIIVE CREW FEAT. ICE -T (LIL' JOE) 30 Bong, ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) HL HEORY)(H CROSSTOWN 10 9 13 ®Sl 57 ENJOY YOURSELF (Valentino, ASCAP/Niggazizfrowsey, 10 14 8 3 KIRK FRANKLN (GOSPO CENTRIC/INTERSCOPE) NCILE FEAT MISSYSIIOTT &MIXJLA IIHE GOLD MRDEASIWESTIEG) VOICES O.L.A. /RED ANT) ®55 GOWN (RAWKUS) ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) ANGEL IN DISGUISE 49 I MONEY, CASH, H * *S 89 FIND A WAY (Zomba, ASCAP/Jazz Merchant ASCAP/Ephcey, GHETTO COWBOY ENJOY YOURSELF 11 10 10 11 15 3 49 40 4 BRANDY (ATLANTIC) JAY -Z (FEAT. DMX) (ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM) ASCAP/PolyGram International, ASCAP/MCA, MO THUGS FAMILY (MO THUGSRUTI-LESSRELATMTY) A+ (KEDAR/UNIVERSAL) ASCAP/Universal, ASCAP/Towa Tei, ASCAP/Babel Gilberto, 7 HOME ALONE TOUCH IT 45 12 13 50 46 16 ASCAP) HL/WBM 12 10 5 W 5L) 9 R. KELLY FEAT. KEITH MURRAY (JIVE) MONIFAH (UPTOWN/UNIVERSAL) WILLIE MAX FEAT. RAPHAELSAADKI IPOOKIE/MOTOWN) WWILL SMITH (CO(COLUMBIA) S 11 THE FIRST NIGHT (So So Def, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Marshai, ASCAP /lobate, ASCAP) HL is 7 ROSA PARKS THE BOY IS MINE 1© 51 52 31 FREE 13 I 51 47 Id OUTKAST (LAFACE/ARISTA) BRANDY & MONICA (ATLANTIC) 67 (Kee- Drick, BMVWamer- Tamerlane, BMVBIack Eye. - BRIAN MCKNIGHT (FEAT. TONE& KOBE BRYAN) (MOTOWN) TTATYAANAEALIA(IMJJ/WORK/EPIC) ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) THE FIRST NIGHT 14 11 22 COME AND GET WITH ME 14 FRIEND OF MINE (The Price Is Right. BMI/Music Corp. Of WESTSIDE TALK SHOW SHHH! (ARISTA) 52 39 15 14 8 10 52 43 6 MONICA KEITH SWEAT FEAT. SNOOP DOGJ (ELEKTRNEEG) America, BMI/Steven A. Jordan, ASCAP/Sony /AN Tunes, TO (CLOCKWORK/EPIC) SHAE JONES (M3 /UNIVERSAL) ASCAP/Dub's World, ASCAP/HGL, ASCAP/For Chase, CHANGES SAME OL' G ONLY YOU STILL A G THANG 15 36 3 53 45 20 ASCAPHHrt Co. South, ASCAP) HL 15 20 3 53 46 14 2PAC (AMARU /DEATH ROW /INTERSCOPE) GINUWINE (BLACKGROUND/ATLANTIC) TAMI DAVIS (RED ANT) SNOOP DOGG (NO LIMIT /PRIORITY) 78 GET AT ME (Ninth Street Tunnel, BMI/Sony/ATV Songs, CAN'T TAKE MY EYES YOU BMI/NTL, ASCAP/It's A Girl, Not A Boy, ASCAP /Ahmad's 16 15 27 OFF OF TALK SHOW SHHH! BETTER WIT LAURYN HILL (RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA) 54 56 6 World, ASCAP/LORAD, ASCAP) 16 24 8 54 51 4 SHAT. JONES (M3 /UNIVERSAL) JON B. (PAYDAY /LONDON/ISLAND) DIALWNNBREW 1M$ IDPEFWIIk 5T1RSF GtE OM1NI 30 GHETTO COWBOY (Mo Thugs, ASCAP/Piet ASCAP/Layzie FRIEND OF MINE 11 14 28 SWEETHEART Bone, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) (DO YOU) WANNA RIDE DANGEROUS GROUNDS KELLY PRICE (T- NECK/ISLAND) 55 66 12 11 42 2 55 68 2 JD & MARIAH CAREY (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) 21 GOTTA BE (So So Del, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Them Damn REEL TIGHT (G- FUNK/RESTLESS) METHOD MAN (FEAT. STREETLIFE) (DEF JAM) Twins, ASCAP/Slack A.D., ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) HL LOVE ME ALL MY LIFE IS YOURNELOVEDDEF) TRAVELLIN' MAN 28 10 56 53 51 97 THE GRAND FINALE (Boomer X. ASCAP/Dead Game. 16 11 10 56 1 a 112 FEAT. MASE (BAD BOY / ARISTA) K -CI & JOJO (MCA) DDRUVLTR HONDA FEAT. MOS DEF (RELATIVITY) ASCAP/III Will, ASCAP/Ruthless Attack, ASCAP/Careers- TRIPPIN' YOU MAKE ME WANNA... BMG. BMI/Wu -Tang, BMIBJ Irv. BMI) LLNETRMENEFRETURNRTHE AIFAVOR NOBODY ELSE 19 29 8 r 51 58 73 19 19 8 TOTAL (FEAT. MISSY EWOTT) (BAD BOY /ARISTA USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) 10 HARD KNOCK LIFE (GHETTO ANTHEM) (Lil Lu Lo. BMI/EMI 51 41 16 Blackwood. BMV45, ASCAP/Instantly. ASCAP/WB, FADED PICTURES A WOMAN'S FED UP COME 75 20 32 6 1 WHEN ASCAP/Helene Blue, ASCAP/MPL Communications, ASCAP) 12 7 CASE FEATURING JOE (DEF JAM) 58 20 56 2 R. KELLY (JIVE) HL/WBM KEITH SWEEAT FEAT. SNOOP DCGG (ELEKTRAEG) MEL ECK BRITE (HQ/TENT/PP') 17 HOLD ME (Not Usted) ANGEL OF MINE 59 3 TAKING EVERYTHING TOPS DROP 59 FREE 21 35 5 45 HOT SPOT (Lil Lu Lu, BMVDJ Irv, BMI( 21 39 9 1 MONICA (ARISTA) GERALD LEVERT (EASTWEST /EEG) FAT PAT (W RECKSHOP) M-DOC FFAT. CRISTINA (INDASOUVALIXIMCHIBAN) 5 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE (Sony /AN Songs. BMVMusic HERE WE COME SWEET LADY Everyone Craves, BMI/North Avenue, ASCAP/EMI April, I STILL LOVE YOU THE STREET MIX 22 23 6 60 1 22 16 18 60 37 7 11MRNNIDFFAT. MO ELLIOTT &MDOCIBUCK ROUNyATIAN110 - TYRESE (RCA) ASCAP/Nyrraw, ASCAP/Da Ish. ASCAP/Funky Noble, NEXT (ARISTA) MAG 7 (BIV 10/MOTOWN) ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HL GOTTA BE WE CAN FREAK IT MY LITTLE SECRET HOT SPOT 23 22 39 61 55 13 24 HOW'S IT COIN' DOWN (Boomer X, ASCAP/Pent -1, 23 13 8 61 1 JAGGED EDGE (SO SO DEF /COLUMBIA( KURUPT (ANTRA/A &M) XSCAPE (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) - FOXY BROWN (VIOLATOR/DEF JAM) ASCAP/Dead Game. ASCAP) 90 I AIN'T RAVIN' THAT (Disagreeable, ASCAP/Mr. Maldu, I STILL LOVE YOU PUSHIN' WEIGHT SUPERTHUG (WHAT WHAT) GET AT ME 24 17 22 62 57 2 ASCAP/Hee Boy Toy, ASCAP/Ron Real Muzack, ASCAP /Jazz 24 17 13 62 69 3 NEXT (ARISTA) ICE CUBE FEAT. MR. SHORT KHOP (PRIORITY) NOREAGA ( PENALTY/TOMMY BOY) MONIE FEAT. KANE& ABE.L(IIGERINTEIä0UND1ïATINUM) Merchant ASCAP/Zomba, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HL/WBM MOVIN' ON I'LL BE THAT 61 I CAN DO THAT (Hudson Jordan, ASCAP/Wixen, WANNA DO? IF I CAN'T HAVE YOU 25 20 20 63 68 2 25 18 6 WHATCHA 63 63 5 MYA FIAT. SINS THE SFIOCKER(UNNEfáiYANTBÖ(DPD REDMAN (DEF JAM) ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP/Mood Swing, BMI) HL MIA X FEAT. CHARUE WILSON NO UM (TA°RIORITY) JERRY BRAXTON (INS INTERNATIONAL) 29 I DO (WHATCHA SAY 800) (Sony /AN Songs, BMI/Yab Turn, ARE YOU THAT SOMEBODY? I GET LONELY TAKE IT THERE TOUCH ME 26 25 27 64 62 57 BMINibzelect, BMI( 26 1 64 52 13 AALIYAH (BLACKGROUND /ATLANTIC( JANET (FEAT. BLACKSTREET) (VIRGIN) - NONCHALANT FEAT. RAMPAGE (MCA) SOLO (PERSPECTIVE/A &M) 88 IF 1 CANT HAVE YOU DNS, BMI) (AAA ITMGHOIEVN)OWFF 50 I GET LONELY (Black Ice, BMI/EMI April, ASCAP/Flyte Tyme, 21 24 19 65 69 6 21 23 5 65 44 2D DMX RYDERS/DEF CHICO DEBARGE (KEDAR/UNIVERSAL) ASCAP) HL/WBM MMACK10FFEAT. GERALD LEVERT MC.OBANGIN'/PRKIRITY7 MASE FEAT.PUFF DADDY (BAD BOY/ARISTA) 86 IBM'M TH E ONLY PLAYER (Chaska, BMVWamer Chappell, THE ONLY ONE FOR ME IT'S NOT RIGHT BUT IT'S OKAY I) UNCUT, PURE THE BOY IS MINE 28 27 33 66 64 2 28 32 6 66 53 28 BRIAN MCKNIGHT (MOTOWN) WHITNEY HOUSTON (ARISTA) 15 I'M YOUR ANGEL (Zomba, BMI/R.Kelly, BMI( BIG DADDY KANE(THE LABEUBLACKHEART/MERCURY) BRANDY & MONICA (ATLANTIC) 98 INCREDIBLE (Zomba, ASCAP/Erick Sermon, ASCAPAIIiotic, ALL THE PLACES (I WILL KISS YOU) MATRIMONY: MAYBE YOU AS LONG AS I LIVE DESTINY 29 31 11 61 50 11 ASCAP/Def Jam, ASCAP/LL Cool 1, ASCAP/Unichappell, 29 27 6 61 21 AARON HALL (MCA) MAXWELL (COLUMBIA) (ANEW STARR FIAT ROME IMICOWGRAN'D IURYANTFRSCOPE) - MYRON (ISLAND) BMI/PolyGram, BMVDynatone, BMI) BEAUTIFUL BOY YOU KNOCK ME OUT 70 INVASION OF THE FLAT BOOTY B * * * * *S (Zomba, THE NIGHT ALL/BREAKDOWN 30 18 16 68 67 3 30 22 17 68 61 31 MARY J. BLIGE (FLYTE TYME/MCA) TATYAN AU FEAT. WILL SMITH (MJVWORK/EPICI BMVSrand, BMVErick Sermon, ASCAP/Zomba, MY RA) ASCAP/Neutral Gray, BMI /Original TB. BMI( WBM TTGGECLOCKWORK/EPIC) 13 I STILL LOVE YOU (Uh, Oh, ASCAP/UI Tweet, ASCAP/Honey DON'T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD 69 RAISED IN HOOD 31 21 22 69 54 9 31 21 7 1 GEIRALDJ LEVERT)(EASTWEST /EEG) BRAND NUBIAN ( ARISTA) S.I. RIDERS STALIN Jars And Diapers, ASCAP/Yah Yah, ASCAP/Do What I Gotta, (SAGESTONEI TOO CLOSE HOLD ME ASCAP/Warner-Tamerlane, BMVXear, BMVSony /AN Songs, 32 33 46 10 63 8 BMI) HLAVBM 32 30 10 10 54 16 NEXT (ARISTA) BRIAN MCKNIGHT (FEAT. TONE & KOBE BRYANT) (MOTOWN) NICOLE ENEE ATLANTIC) INOJ ISO SOETIMEDEF/COLUMBIA)C 99 I TRIED (Troy Oliver, ASCAP/Milk Chocolate Factory, I DO (WHATCHA SAY BOO) HA ASCAP/Hollow Thigh, ASCAP) SO INTO YOU LET ME GO...RELEASE ME 33 30 14 1 33 25 22 11 72 10 JON B. (YAB YUM /550 MUSIC/EPIC) Il - JUVENILE (CASH MONEY /UNIVERSAL) 100 ITS ALRIGHT (Lil Lu Lu, BMIBoogie Dash, ASCAP/GRE, TAMIA (QWEST/WARNER BROS.) VERONICA (H.O.L.A.) ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Bleu Disque, ASCAP/Index, ASCAP/BMG, HALF ON A BABY RUFF RYDERS' ANTHEM SOMEBODY TO LOVE RUFF RYDERS' ANTHEM 34 19 14 12 75 18 ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMI) HL/WBM 38 12 12 49 2 R. KELLY (JIVE) DMX (RUFF RYDERS/DEF JAM) ® LEVI LITTLE (WHITE LABLE) DMX (RUFF RYDERS/DEF JAM) 95 I WASNT WITH IT (Browntown Sound, BMVYab Turn, /AN Songs, BMI/Chile, BMI/Mandelieu, BMIArving, MY LITTLE SECRET HOT SPOT BMIBony THINKIN' BOUT IT 35 26 20 13 1 35 26 15 13 1 WHEN XSCAPE (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) - FOXY BROWN (VIOLATOR/DEF JAM) BMVI Just Wanna Play Music, BMI/PolyGram, BMI) HL/WBM GERALD LEVERT (EASTWEST/EEG) - ENTOURAGE (UN- D- NYABLE) 68 JUST THE TWO OF US (Ahtisia, ASCAPBIuenig, ASCAP) THEY DON'T KNOW SECRET LOVE 73 THE LADY, HER LOVER AND LORD (T. D. lakes, BREAKFAST IN BED DEFINITION 36 34 39 14 2 36 48 6 14 66 16 JON B. (YAB YUM /550 MUSIC/EPIC) KELLY PRICE (T- NECK/ISLAND) ASCAP/MASCAP) eadowgreen, ASCAP/D. ASCAP/EMI Christian, KIND WATSON (ISR/HARVEY /ICHIBAN) MOS DEF & KWEU ARE BLACK STAR (RAWKUS) STAY SPLACKAVELLIE 31 44 18 75 70 18 2 LATELY (Tony Roy, BMVS)av TuTu Five, BMI/Howcott, 31 29 13 THE TEMPTATIONS (MOTOWN) PRESSHA (TONY MERCEDES LAFACE/ARISTA) MONTÉLORDAN (DEF JAM /MERCURY) 15 62 25 WAY BMArving, BMI/Hitco. BMI/Hit Street, BMI/Windswept USHER (LFACE/ARISTA) Pacific, BMI( WBM Records with the greatest airplay gains. © 1998 Bil board /BPI Communications. Q Records with the greatest sales gains. AS 1998 Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. O 80 LET IT RAIN (Rockwood. BMI/Gensong, BMI/Dream Factory, BMI) 93 LET ME GO...RELEASE ME (Spanish Ghetto Diamond. HOT KU RECURRENT AIRPLAY BMVlumping Bean, BMVStone Jam, BMIANamer Chappell, 72 THE REAL ONE (UI' Joe Wein, BMVRhyme Syndicate, Notes. ASCAP/WB. ASCAP) HI/WBM BMVHold Up, BMVNeza, BMI/Jelly's Jams, BMI( ASCAP) 28 TOO CLOSE (Naughty, ASCAP/Do What I Gotta. ASCAP/Uh, ANYTIME 32 LET ME RETURN THE FAVOR (God's Cryin', ASCAP /Ghetto 51 RUFF RYDERS' ANTHEM (Boomer X, ASCAP/Dead Game, Oh, ASCAP/Neutral Gray. ASCAP/Pure Love. ASCAP/WB. 1 1 11 14 21 13 BRIAN MCKNIGHT (MOTOWN) SPARKLE (ROCK LAND/ INTERSCOPE) Fabulous, ASCAP) ASCAP) ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) HL/WBM 64 LOOKIN' AT ME (M. Betha, ASCAP/Chase Chad, ASCAP/The 27 SO INTO YOU (Plus 1, ASCAP/Jobete. ASCAP/Cambrae, 46 TOPS DROP (Tahn Care Of Business, BMI) MONEY AIN'T A THANG 3; PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE MY EYES COULD SEE 2 - ) 15 10 5 Waters Of Nazerath, BMI/Justin Combs. ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Libren, ASCAP/Brenda Richie, ASCAP) CLM/HL 37 TOUCH IT Dustin Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Chief JD FEAT. JAY-Z (SO SO DEF /COLUMBIA) BUSTA RHYMES (ELEKTRNEEG) ASCAP) HL 54 SOMEBODY TO LOVE (Acabe, ASCAP/Michael Moody's Joseph. ASCAP/Sing A Song. ASCAP/WB. ASCAP/Dakoda IT AIN'T MY FAULT MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS 71 LOST IN LOVE (Marco A. Cardenas, ASCAP/Upstairs, Universe, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP /Justin Combs, House. ASCAP) HL/WBM 3 2 3 16 17 42 ASCAP/Dakoda House, ASCAP) 59 TOUCH SILRK THE SHOCKER FFAT MYSTTKAL (NO UMITA RITT THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (FEAT, PUFF DADDY& MASERBAD BOY/ARISTA) ASCAP) ME (Polytram International. ASCAP/Tony Toni Tone. 4 LOVE LIKE THIS (Chyna Baby, BMVlanice Combs, BMI/EMI 43 SPLACKAVEWE (Pepperdrive. BMI) ASCAP/Time Bass, ASCAP/D-Chavis, ASCAP/Mackability, 4 1 HORSE & CARRIAGE YOU WANT 58 STILL A G THANG (My Own Chit, BMVCina, ASCAP) HL - 17 20 16 WHAT Blackwood, BMIBrother- 4- Brother, ASCAP/Smokin' 4 life. ASCAP/Daa -Sha, ASCAP) CAM'RON FEAT. MASE (UNTERTAINMENT/EPIC) MASE (FEAT. TOTAL) (BAD BOY/ARISTA) BMIBemard's Other, BMI,Wamer- Tamerlane, BMI/Tommy 44 STILL NOT A PLAYER (Let Me Show You, ASCAP /Joe 84 TRAVEWN' MAN (Sony /AN Songs. BMI/Medina Sound. Jymi, BMI) HL/WBM Cartegena, ASCAP /Jelly Jams, ASCAP/Sounds Of Da Red BMI/H.Wheeler, ASCAP) A ROSE IS STILL A ROSE MY BODY 5 16 14 18 14 25 8 LOVE ME (Rezlee, ASCAP/Kalinmia, ASCAP /Justin Combs, Drum, ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP/Rutland Road, ASCAP/Foray, 7 TRIPPIN' (Mass Confusion, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/D ARETHA FRANKLIN (ARISTA) LSG (EASTWEST/EEG) ASCAP/EMI April. ASCAP/M. Betha, ASCAP) HL SESAC/1972, SESAC) WBM Extraodieary, ASCAPNirginia Beach, ASCAP) WBM IT'S ALL ABOUT ME GHETTO SUPASTAR (THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE) 41 MAKE IT HOT (Mass Confusion, ASCAP) 47 STRAWBERRY (Melodeus Fool, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/WW Jr.. 82 TRU MASTER (Pete Rock, ASCAP/Ramecca, 6 4 12 19 15 4 MYA & SISQO (UNIVERSITY /INTERSCOPE) PRAS MICHEL FEAT. oL' DIRTY BASTARD &MYA (INTERSCDPD 38 MONEYS JUSTA TOUCH AWAY (WB, ASCAP/Real N' Ruff, ASCAP/Locksmith, ASCAP) WBM ASCAP/Careers-BMG. BMI/Diggs Family, BMI/X- Music, BMI) ASCAP/Divided, BMVZomba, ASCAPA Dream Of Beats, 87 THE STREET MIX (Hawks Perspective, BMI/ELO, 60 UNCUT,PURE (Fantasy, BMI/Irving, BMI/Mamawaulde, TOP OF THE WORLD ONLY BMI/Jobete, BMVStone Diamond, 7 3 3 10 58 ASCAP/Hard To Oppose, ASCAP/Bush Bumin', ASCAP/MCA, BMI) HL ASCAP) BRANDY (FEATURING MASE) (ATLANTIC) FEAT. THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. (BAD BOY/ARISTA) ASCAP) HL/WBM 26 SUPERTHUG (WHAT WHAT) (Suite 1202, BMI/Jose Luis 18 WESTSIDE (Sony/AN Tunes, ASCAP/Strickly TQ, 23 MOVIN' ON (WB, ASCAP/D. Extraodinary. ASCAP/Da Ish, Gotcha, BMI/The Waters Of Nazerath, BMI/Chase Chad, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMI/Steady Mobbin'. BMI/Femi. NO, NO, NO IT'S ABOUT TIME 8 11 15 21 13 3 ASCAP/North ASCAP/Urban Warfare. ASCAP /Chrysalis, ASCAP/Monster, ASCAP) WBM BMI/FoLr Knights. BMVMusic Corp. Of America, BMVNeutral DESTINY'S CHILD (COLUMBIA) PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (A&M) Star. ASCAP/WYZ Girl, ASCAP) WBM 56 TAKE IT THERE (MCA, ASCAP /ARALC, ASCAP/Sony/ATV Gray, ASCAP) HL NICE & SLOW NO GUARANTEE 16 MY LITTLE SECRET (So So Def, ASCAP/EMI April, Cross Keys, ASCAP/Ninth Street Tunnel. ASCAP) 39 WHATCHA WANNA DO? (('akin' Care Of Business, 9 5 13 22 6 8 USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) CHICO DEBARGE (KEDAR/UNIVERSAL) ASCAP /Juicy Time, ASCAP /Air Control, ASCAP/Slack A.D., 33 TALK SHOW SHHH! (Famous, ASCAP/Hudson Jordan. BMI/Mirier, ASCAP) ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) HL ASCAP) 65 WHEN (Three Five, BMI( EVERYTHING I CAN LOVE YOU 10 8 32 23 25 38 74 NEVER ENOUGH (du Boc And Dale, BMI/RLP, BMI) 85 TELL ME (Shocking Vibes. ASCAP/516 Music. ASCAPA Love 55 WHERE DEM DOLLAS AT (Tefnoise, BMI) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) 75 NOBODY ELSE (Hamndur, BMI /Joe Public. BMI/Zovektion, Entertainment, BMI/M Double, BMI /Alley Gadfly, BMI/Stan 22 WHEREVER YOU GO (Sure II Hit, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Black Brown. BMVAngie Martinez, ASCAP) Panther. BMVFamous, ASCAP/Ensign. BMI/Melodious Fool, ABOUT US LET'S RIDE ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) HL 11 12 31 WHAT 24 19 12 1 NOBODYS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE (Wizen, 35 THEY DONT KNOW/ARE U STILL DOWN (Sony /AN Songs, ASCAP) HL/WBM TOTAL (LAFACE/ARISTA) HOWELL JORDAN FEAT. MASTER P & SILKY THE SHOCKER (DEF (AML ASCAP/Famous. ASCAP) HL BMI/Yab Yum. BMWibzelect, BMI/Tyme For Flyte, 76 WHO LW THE DOGS OUT? (Chuck Smooth, ASCAP/Ful HOLD ON (CHANGE IS COMIN') SEVEN DAYS 31 ONLY YOU (Yelrahc, BMIArving, BMI) WBM BMI/Music Corp. Of America, BMI /Joshua's Dream, Brook, ASCAP) 12 22 32 25 23 21 SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS (PERSPECTIVE/A&M) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) 12 PUSHIN' WEIGHT (Gangsta Boogie, ASCAP/WB, BMVBMG, ASCAP/Black Hipanic, ASCAP) HL 63 YESTERDAY (Gradington, ASCAP/MCA. ASCAP/Zamar, ASCAP/Trebae. ASCAP /Chocolate Thunder, ASCAP) WBM 19 THINKIN' BOUT IT (2000 Watts, ASCAP/WB. ASCAP/Toni ASCAP) HL MY WAY 13 9 4 Récurrents are tit es which have appeared on the Hot R &B Singles 91 RAISED IN THA HOOD (Clever Comm, ASCAP /Code 124, Robi. ASCAP/Divided, BMVZomba, BMI( WBM 49 YOU MAKE ME WANNA.. (EMI April, ASCAP/So So Def, USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) chart for more than 20 weeks and have dropped below the top 50. ASCAPNolume 10, ASCAP) 81 TIME AFTER TIME (Rellla, BMI/Sony /AN Songs. BMI/Dub ASCAP/Slack A.D., ASCAP/U.R. N, ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) HL

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