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CASH BOX JUNE 26, 1993 21 URBAN 5 9 TOP 30 HIP-HOP ALBUMS By M.R. Martinez THE CASH BOX • JUNE 26, 1993 HOLLYWOOD SOCIETY: Artists RHYME who are on the Jive Records soundtrack XX THE CHRONIC (Death Row/Interscope 57128/Priority) Dr. Dre 1 34 to the New Line Cinema release Menace 2 12 INCHES OF SNOW (Atco EastWest 92207/AG) SnOW 2 18 BACDAFUCUP (RAlVChaos 53302) Onyx 5 8 II Society mingled with the film's stars BORN GANGSTAZ (OJ West/Chaos/Columbia 52903) BOSS DEBUT during a party at the Hollywood Athletic H 14 19 NAUGHTY m (Tommy Boy 1069) Naughty By Nature 4 17 Club in Los Angeles following the premiere screening. Artists 15 166 THE BLISS ALBUM (Gee Street 514517) P.M. Dawn 6 10 such as Too $hort and MC Eiht (of Compton's Most Wanted) 7 THE PREDATOR (Priority 57185) IceCube 7 26 appear in the film and on the soundtrack. They were joined at the 8 DOWN WITH THE KING (Profile 1440) Run-D.M.C. 3 6 19 3 YEARS 5 MONTHS Sr 2 DAYS IN THE LIFE OF... party by Dr. Dre, Tone Loc, DJ Premiere (Gangstarr), Young MC, 20 (Chrysalis 21929) Arrested Development 10 18 Pharcyde, Ed Lover, Martin Lawrence, Laurence Fishbume, 21 2210 14 SHOTS TO THE DOME (Def Jam/Columbia 53323) L.LCoolJ 11 10 Har- Angela Bassett, Morris Chestnut, Sam Jackson, Kadeem 11 TILL DEATH DO US PART (Rap A Lot 53818) GetO Boys 8 14 dison, Debbie Allen and Keenan Ivory Wayans, among others. 12 NINE YARDS (Next Plateau/FFRR 1012) Paperboy 13 16 At press time, the film had sucked in nearly $13 million at the box EO LOOKS LIKE A job for.... (Cold ChiiiinTWB 45128) ... Big Daddy Kane 22 3 STRICKLY 4 MY N.I.G.G.A.Z. (Interscope 92209) 2Pac 25 17 office in only two weeks of release, and the soundtrack is moving 28 29 BIZARRE RIDE H (Delecious Vinyl 92222) The Pharcyde 12 3 swiftly into the Top 10 of the pop albums chart. 30 QUAD CITY KNOCK (Wrap/lchiban 8117) 95-South 16 4 REACHIN'(A NEW REFUTATION OF TIME AND SPACE) Penduium/Eiektra 61414) Digable Planets DEBUT JAZZMATAZZ VOLUME 1 (ChrysaJis/ERG 21998) Guru DEBUT CONNECTED (Gee Street/lsland/PG 14061) Stereo Mc's 15 6 WHICH DUBIE U B ( Immorlal/Epic 53212) FunkDoobiest 14 5 HARD or SMOOTH (MCA 10566) Wreckx-N-Eftect 28 29 BANGIN' ON WAX (Dangerous/Pump/Quality 19138) Bloods & Crips 19 14 BASS: THE FINAL FRONTIER (Magic/COG 9413) ... D.J. Magic Mike DEBUT 24 WHO'S the man (Uptown/MCA 10794) Soundtrack 9 7 OOOOOOOHHH...ON THE TLC TIP (Latace/Arista 26003) TLC DEBUT 26 unplugged (Chrysaiis/ERG 21994) Arrested Development 20 12 HERE COME THE LORDS (Pendulum/Elektra 6141 5) Lords Of tHe Underground DEBUT TOTALLY CROSSED OUT (Rufthouse/Columbia 48710) Kris KrOSS 30 63 14 HOME INVASION (Rhyme Syndicate/Priority 53858) lce*T 17 12 CB4 (MCA 10758) Soundtrack 18 5 Pictured above are (l-r): Menace II Society star Tyrin Turner, Too Short, rapper Ant Banks and MC Eiht. PARRISH GETTIN’ PAID AT RCA: PMD Records is the new label being opened by Parrish Smith, formerly of gold-selling act EPMD and the producer of the debut albums by Das EFX and TOP 30 RAP SINGLES Redman. First product from the label will come from two new 25 CASH BOX • JUIUE26, 1993 members of Parrish's Hit Squad. The label is part of a multi-mil- 26 27 lion deal Smith recently cut with RCA Records, according to an EX head OR GUT (Rowdy/Arista 5010) Illegal 6 5 announcement by Galante, Records president and Skip Joe RCA 3 9IX FEET DEEP (Rap-A-Lot/Priority 53823) GetO Boys 5 6 Miller, senior vp of black music for the company. The deal for the 3 LOTS OF LOVIN (Eiektra 64662) Pete Rock 4 C.L. Smooth 2 9 Long Island-based label was wrangled by attorney Jamison EX HOW U GET A RECORD DEAL (Cold Chillin'/Reprise 40830) Big Daddy Kane 7 5 5 crewz pop (Eastwest 96068) Da Youngsta’a 3 7 Roberts of Meyer, Katz, Baker, Leibowitz and Roberts, and WHOOT. THERE IT IS (Wrap/lchiban 0150 95 South 9 3 Shuma Management, which also is owned by Smith. H SLAM (JMJ/Chaos/Columbia 74882 Onyx 13 3 Commenting on the deal. Miller said: "We're really excited 8 PASSIN' ME BY (Delicious Vinyl/Atlantic 98434) Pharcyde 4 8 about this agreement with Parrish and PMD Records. His finger WHERE I'M FROM (Pendulum/Elektra 64648) Digable Planets 11 7 TRIGGA GOTS NO HEART (Jive 42136) Spice 1 19 3 is on the pulse of the rap world, and we look forward to a long DRE DAY( Death Row/Interscope 53827) Dr. Dre 15 2 and successful relationship." B 12 DEEPER (Def Jam/Columbia 74737) Boss 1 8 Galante echoed the kudos, saying, "As RCA Records con- WHAT’CH gonna DO? (Epic 74938 ) Shabba Ranks/Queen Latifa 16 6 tinues to position itself at the forefront of black music, staying in TRUTHFUL (Uptown/MCA 54593) Heavy D.4 The Boys 8 8 15 (Flavor Unit/Epic 74897) ... Flavor Unit MC’S 10 10 touch with the needs and developments of the street is vital. Our ROLL WITH THE FLAVOR 16 the posse (SHOOT 'EM UP) (A&m 0236) Intelligent Hoodlum 14 5 agreement with Parrish Smith enables us to do that while at the 17 PEACE TREATY (Eastwest 96098) Kam 12 21 same time providing an outlet for one of rap's most talented and REIGN OF THE TEC (Relativity 11 94) TheBeatnuts 24 2 creative producers." 19 AIN'T NO CRIME (Island/PLG 864 924 Positive K 20 2 yjJlBWIN' WIT MY CREW/BONNIE fit CLYDE (EastWest 96054) . Yo Yo 27 2 SOUND NIBBLES: Jive Records' rap group Fu Schnickens 21 BOUNCE TA' THIS(Payday/London/PLG 857 086) Showbiz 4 A.G. 17 4 recently joined labelmate and Orlando Magic star rookie center 22 HOW I'M COMIN’ (Def JarrvColumbia 74811) L.L. Cool J 18 11 Shaquille O'Neal recently when the single "What's Up Doc? 40 BELOW TROOPER/ALL I THINK... (Warner Bros 40764) (Can We Rock)" was debuted on NBC-TV's Inside Stuff.. .Nic-ee Jungle Brothers DEBUT Quikk, the female rapper who was charged by the LAPD with 24 HIT IT FROM THE BACK(4th & B'Way/lsland 440567) Mobb Deep 1 4 OFF «r ON (Mad Sounds/Motown 2199) Trends Of Culture 23 9 distributing harmful material to minors because of the ribald I GET WRECKED (Rufthouse/Columbia 74857) Tim Dog 22 11 songs on her self-titled debut Miracle Records album, was not TYPICAL REASONS (Columbia 74865) Prince Markie Dee 25 12 arrested for her self-proclaimed "erotorap."...West Coast rapper ^Ihittin' switches (Uptown/MCA 54644) Erick Sermon DEBUT RBX recently signed a label deal with Hollywood BASIC 29 BOW WOW WOW (Immorlal/Epic 74852) Funkdoobiest 26 11 30 IT WAS A GOOD DAY (Priority 53817) IceCube 28 13 Records. He recently performed on the platinum-selling solo debut by Dr. Dre, The Chronic..