Billboard OCTOBER 24, 1998 Billboard. OCTOBER 24, 1998 R &B SINGLES A -Z

TITLE (Publisher - Licensing Org.) Sheet Music Dist. 93 2 WAY STREET (Hicklo, ASCAP/Missjones, BMI /AI( Silver. BMI/Beane Tribe. BMI) Not ß &B Ai play.. 64 '98 THUG PARADISE (Michael Mood 's Universe, Not ß &B Si jies Sales.. Compiled from a national sample of airplay supplied by Bro adcast Data Systems' Radio Track service. 104 R &B stations 190 THE ACTUALE(EMI ApM,d ASCAP/GiftedM Pearl.. ASCAP) HL Compiled from a national sub -sample of POS (point of sa le) equipped key R &B retail stores which report number 42 ALL MY LIFE/DON'T RUSH (TAKE LOVE SLOWLY) (EMI are electronically monitored 24 hours a day, 7 days a week . Songs ranked by gross impressions, computed by cross- of units sold to SoundScan, Inc. This data is used in the -lot R &B Singles chart. April, ASCAP/Cord Kayla, ASCAP/Hee Bee Doinit, ASCAP/2 referencing exact times of airplay with Arbitron listener data. This data is used in the Hot R &B Singles chart. Scan® Big Prod., ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) HL/WBM 10 ALL THE PLACES (I WILL KISS YOU) (Tenyor, BMI/Nate I'lSoundl " z Love's, BMI/MCA, ASCAP /Jamron, ASCAP/BMG, o ASCAP/Slack A.D., ASCAP) HL w 0Z 3 3 35 BETTER DAYS (Base Pipe, ASCAP/Wooptewoo, Ñ 3 TITLE TITLE ASCAP/Copyright Control /Amazement. BMI) w 85 BLACK ICE (SKY HIGH) (Dungeon Ratz, ASCAP/Goodie Mob. TITLE TITLE ARTIST ;IMPRINT PROrIOTOT LAPEL 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) BMI /Chrysalis, BMI /Gnat Booty, ASCAP/Chrysalis, ASCAP) 5 V ARTIST (IMPRINT PP '^9OTION LABEL) = 5 3 ARTIST (IMPRINT /PROMOTION LABEL) WBM MATRIMONY: MAYBE YOU MAKE IT HOT 38 43 5 26 THE BOY IS MINE (EMI Blackwood. BMI/Bran-Bran, 38 30 18 NO.1 ** MAXWELL (COLUMBIA) * NO. 1 NICOLE ** * THE GOLD MIND /EASTWEST /EEG) BMI/EMI Blackwood, SESAC/Fred Jerkins III. BMI/Ensign. * * 000 WOP (THAT THING) BMI/Henchi, BMVEMI, BMI) HL HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE WESTSIDE 4 I TRIED 39 51 3 94 CALLIN' (WILL YOU PLAYERS EVER LEARN?) (1-Rome, 39 33 3 TO (CLOCKWORK/EPIC) 4 KAST (RCA) ASCAP/MCA. ASCAP/T -Boy, ASCAP/Emara, ASCAP)

16 CAN 1 GET A... (LiI Lu Lu, BMI/01 Irv, BMI /Ja, BMI/EMI THE FIRST NIGHT SPLACKAVELLIE MY LITTLE SECRET I WASN'T WITH IT 2 2 16 40 40 12 73 2 40 36 11 MONICA As STA) PRESSHA (TONY MERCEDES/LAFACE/ARISTA) Blackwood, BMI) HL XSCAPE LLr JESSE POWELL (SILAS/MCA) 57 CHEAPSKATE (YOU AIN'T GETTIN' NADA) (Chrysalis, ARE YOU THAT SOMEBODY? TRIPPIN' ASCAP/Ubiquity. ASCAP) NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE 2 3 3 21 41 50 2 4 4 41 38 25 LIVE PARTY AALIYAH (BLACKGROUND /ATLANTIC) TOTAL (FEAT. MISSY ELLIOTT) (BAD BOY /ARISTA) 91 CLEOPATRA'S THEME (EMI/EMI Blackwood, BM)) HL DEBORAH COX (ARISTA) THE 2 LIVE CREW (LIE' JOE) 9 COME AND GET WITH ME (Keith Sweat, ASCAP/EMI, HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE THESE ARE THE TIMES LATELY HOW DO I SAY I'M SORRY 11 10 42 61 2 ASCAP/Wi,BM)) 2 7 42 35 19 DRU HILL FEAT. REDMAN IISUWDDEF JAMWERCURV DRU HILL (UNIVERSITY /ISLAND) DIVINE (PENDULUM /RED ANT) 90 COME WITH ME (Flames Of Albion, ASCAP/Wamer TAM) DAVIS (RED ANT) Chappell. ASCAP/Justin Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, FRIEND OF MINE ALL THE PLACES (I WILL KISS YOU) U SEE IS WHAT U GET 4 22 43 38 30 ASCAP/Remarkable, ASCAP) HL/WBM 6 2 43 29 14 WHAT KELLY PRICE IT- NECK/ISLAND) BIG PUNISHER FEATURING JOE (LOUD) 0 AARON HALL (MCA) XZIBIT (LOUD) 27 DAYDREAMIN' (Rodney Jerkins. BMI/EMI Blackwood. LOVE LIKE THIS RUFF RYDERS' ANTHEM BMI/Ensign, BMI/Bow Down, BMVGunz, BMI/LeShawn COME AND GET WITH ME LET ME GO...RELEASE ME 7 6 44 13 44 42 4 FAITH EVANS (BAD BOY /ARISTA) DMX (RUFF RYDERS/DEF JAM /MERCURY) Daniels, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP) HL KEITH SWEAT FEAT. SNOOP DOGG (ELEKTRAEEG) VERONICA (H.O.L.A.) 50 DEADLY ZONE (TVT, ASCAP/Nash Mack, ASCAP/BMG, MOVIN' ON IT AIN'T ASCAP /Careers -BMG. ASCAP/Honeycomb Hideout, ASCAP) WESTSIDE THE STREET MIX 5 14 45 37 18 3 4 45 1 MYA FEAT. SILKK THE SHOCKER (UNNERSITYANTERSLYIPE) THE HOOCCKYERFFEEAT LMTYSTIKAL(NO UMIT/PRIORim HL TO (CLOCKWORK/EPIC) - MAG 7 (MOTOWN) 65 DEFINITION (Medina Sound, BMI/Pen Skills, BMI/DJ Hi -Tek. MY LITTLE SECRET DAYS LIKE THIS THE FIRST NIGHT 6 14 46 49 8 BMI/EMI Blackwood. BMI) HL 8 5 11 MY ALL/BREAKDOWN XSCAPE (SO SO DEF /COLUMBIA) KENNY LATTIMORE (COLUMBIA) 46 41 25 68 DESTINY (M Double, BMI/N Key, BMI/Recoupable, MONICA (ARISTA) MARIAN CAREY (COLUMBIA) BMI/Hancock, BMIdrving, BMI) WBM HALF ON A BABY HORSE & CARRIAGE TOUCH IT DESTINY 9 8 41 35 21 54 DON CARTAGENA Uoseph Cartagena. ASCAP/Jelly's lams. 11 12 41 43 16 R. KELLY (JIVE) CAM'RON FEAT. MASE (UNTERTAINMENT/EPIC) MONIFAH (UPTOWN/UNIVERSAL) MYRON (ISLAND) ASCAP/R.Frierson. BMI /Janice Combs, BMI/EMI Blackwood,

I BMI) STILL LOVE YOU THE PLACES (I WILL KISS YOU) I CAN DO THAT THROW YO HOOD UP 12 16 54 5 ALL 10 8 7 48 52 31 NEXT (ARISTA) AARON HALL (MCA) 28 DON'T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD (Rushtown, MONTELL JORDAN( DEF JAM /MERCURY) MR. MONEY LOC FEAT. ABOVE THE LAW (LOON -UP) ASCAP/Texgram, ASCAP/Wamer- Tamerlane. BMI) CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU I GET LONELY 95 DO YOU (Kenny Parker, ASCAPAXL. ASCAP) I STILL LOVE YOU IT 10 21 49 58 51 11 10 12 NOBODY DOES BETTER LAURYN HILL (RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA) JANET (FEAT. BLACKSTREET) (VIRGIN) NEXT (ARISTA) 49 40 16 69 DR. GREENTHUMB (Soul Assassins. ASCAP/Hits From Da NATE DO(G FEAT. WARRE, , - .- ,...- . L- ,BREAKAWAY) Bong, ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) HL THINKIN' BOUT IT ONE DAY YOU'LL BE MINE THINKIN' BOUT IT I SHOULD CHEAT YOU 8 16 50 46 5 43 FIND A WAY (Zomba, ASCAP /Jazz Merchant, ASCAP/Ephcey. 12 7 9 50 45 8 ON GERALD LEVERT (EASTWEST /EEG) USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) ASCAP/PolyGram International, ASCAP/MCA, GERALD LEVERT (EASTWEST/EEG) J'SON (HOLLYWOOD) ASCAP/Universal, ASCAP/Towa Tei, ASCAP/Babel Gilberto, CAN I GET A... SWEETHEART LOVE ME WOOF WOOF 22 7 51 52 6 ASCAP) HL/WBM 13 51 46 16 JAYZ FTAT ANIL (OF MAJOR NINZL AND JA (DEF JhWMEACURY) JD & MARIAH CAREY (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) 112 FEATURING MASE (BAD BOY/ ARISTA) THE 69 BOYZ (QUADRASOUNDBIG BEAT/ATLANTIC) 3 THE FIRST NIGHT (So So Def, ASCAP/EMI April, BEAUTIFUL CAN FREAK IT ASCAP/Marshai, ASCAP /Jobete. ASCAP) HL SO INTO YOU TOPS DROP 17 10 52 53 7 WE 14 12 16 52 70 3 MARY J. BLIGE (FLYTE TYME/MCA) KURUPT (ANTRA/A &M) 6 FRIEND OF MINE (The Price Is Right, BMI/Music Corp. Of TAMIA (QWEST/WARNER BROS.) FAT PAT (WRECKSHOP) America, BMI/Steven A. Jordan, ASCAP/Sony /ATV Tunes, THEY DON'T KNOW c:-.) HOME ALONE ASCAPBub's World, ASCAP/HGL, ASCAP/For Chase, SUPERTHUG (WHAT WHAT) SAY IT 13 33 1 15 16 7 53 44 30 JON B. (TAB YUM /550 MUSIC/EPIC) R. KELLY FEAT. KEITH MURRAY (JIVE) ASCAP/Hit Co. South, ASCAP) HL NOREAGA (PENALTY/TOMMY BOY) VOICES OF THEORY (H.O.L.A. /RED ANT) 66 GHETTO FABULOUS (Patchwerk 360, ASCAP/AHMP 926, LATELY ALL MY LIFE ASCAP/Htu -B -Doe, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Re) An Ruff. FRIEND OF MINE GOODBYE TO MY HOMIES 24 8 54 48 45 16 13 16 54 48 11 DIVINE (PENDULUM /RED ANT) K -CI & JOJO (MCA) ASCAP/Ain't Nothing Going On But Funkin, ASCAP/Sony /ATV KELLY PRICE (T- NECK/ISLAND) 1,0PEATSLKK11E9 0019pISIFUNKkMMJ&DD(NSLMERIITY, Tunes, ASCAP/Chesdel, BMI) NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE HAVE YOU EVER? JUST THE TWO OF US LOST IN LOVE 25 7 55 I 60 GHETTO SUPASTAR (THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE) (Sony /ATV 17 9 3 55 54 4 DEBORAH COX (ARISTA) BRANDY (ATLANTIC) WILL SMITH (COLUMBIA) NASTYBOY KLICK (NASTYBOY /UPSTAIRS( Tunes, ASCAP/Tete San Ko, ASCAP/TCF, ASCAP/Wu -Tang, HOW'S IT GOIN' DOWN BMI/Warner- Tamerlane, BMI /Gibb Brothers, BMI/Careers- 13 YOU MAKE ME WANNA... YESTERDAY 20 56 45 67 BMG, BMI/Unicha II, BMI) HL/WBM 18 18 7 5® 66 4 DKB (FEAT. FAITH EVANS) (RUFF RYDERS EF JR*4ERCURY) USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) DEBELAN MORGAN (VAZ/MOTOWN) DRSE(BLACK N GHINICDÓMUROJDD CONTR ÚGCO RCE) 81 GOODBYE TO MY HOMIES (Big P, BMIBurrin Ave., SO INTO YOU IT'S ABOUT TIME BMI /Jobete, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) HL WHEREVER YOU GO PAPER 15 15 51 55 17 19 37 2 57 47 11 TAMIA (QWEST/WARNER BROS.) PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (A &M) 21 GOTTA BE (So So Def, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Them Damn VOICES OF THEORY (H.O.L.A. /RED ANT) QUEEN LATIFAH (FLAVOR UNIT/MOTOWN) Twins, ASCAP/Slack A.D., ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) HL LEAN ON ME LOOKIN' AT ME 59 HERE WE GO (Sony /ATV Tunes, ASCAP/Huss- Zwingli, NOBODY ELSE I THAT 19 7 58 65 17 20 14 10 58 50 7 AIN'T HAVIN' KIRK FRANKUN (GOSPO CENTRICANTERSCOPE) MASE FEAT. PUFF DADDY (BAD BOY/ARISTA) ASCAP) HL TYRESE (RCA) tvS10U1HRAT. YaaMXIXMWooSC &Sf ODAYDXXSOMROSTrl 38 HORSE & CARRIAGE (Killer Cam, ASCAPNntertainment I DO (WHATCHA SAY BOO) FIND A WAY DAYDREAMIN' NO WOMAN 21 8 59 59 7 ASCAP/Wamer Chappell, ASCAP /12 And Under, BMI/Slam U 21 17 12 59 14 JON B. (YAB YUM /550 MUSIC/EPIC) A TRIBE CALLED QUEST (JIVE) TATYANA ALI (MJJ/WORK/EPIC) GENERAL GRANT (POLYBEATNIRGIN) Well, ASCAP /Jelly's Jams, ASCAP/Jumping Bean. BMI) WBM 97 THE HOT JOINT (EMI April, ASCAP/Gifted Pearl, GOTTA BE TIME TO MOVE ON DON'T LET IT GO TO YOUR HEAD I GET LONELY 26 33 60 63 8 ASCAP/Sounds Of Jupiter, BMI) 21 60 58 24 JAGGED EDGE ISO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) SPARKLE (ROCK LAND /INTERSCOPE) BRAND NUBIAN ( ARISTA) JANET (FEAT. BLACKSTREET) (VIRGIN) 1 HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE (Sony /ATV Songs, BMI/Everyone HARD KNOCK UFE (THE GHETTO ANTHEM) I CAN'T SEE Craves, BMI/North Avenue, ASCAP/EMI April, SPLACKAVELLIE DR. GREENTHUMB 39 4 61 66 4 23 15 8 61 56 6 JAY -Z (ROC- A- FELLA/DEF JAM /MERCURY) NICOLE (FEAT. MOCHA) (THE GOLD MIND/EASTWEST/EEG) ASCAP/Nyrraw, ASCAP/Da Ish, ASCAP/Funky Noble, PRESSHA (TONY MERCEDES/LAFACE/ARISTA) CYPRESS HILL (RUFFHOUSEJCOLUMBIA) ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HL

THE ONLY ONE FOR ME DO JUST 70 HOW DO I SAY I'M SORRY (EMI April, ASCAP/Keiande, LOOKIN' AT ME THE ARMS OF THE ONE LOVES YOU 18 27 62 60 14 24 19 14 62 68 26 WHO BRIAN MCKNIGHT (MOTOWN) ÌN'II ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMVDeborah Cox, BMI/Warner- MASE FEAT. PUFF DADDY (BAD BOY/ARISTA) XSCAPE (SO SO DEF /COLUMBIA) Tamerlane, BMI/SlugSound. BM)) HL/WBM SAME OL' G STILL A G THANG BETTER DAYS 14 14 63 42 11 19 HOW'S IT GOIN' DOWN (Boomer X, ASCAP/Pent -1, 25 28 2 GOTTA BE GINUWINE (BLACKGROUND/ATLANTIC) SNOOP DOGG (NO LIMIT /PRIORITY) WC FEAT. B. (PAYDAY /LONDON /ISLAND) 63 55 11 ASCAP/Dead Game, ASCAP) JON JAGGED EDGE (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) 58 I AIN'T NAVIN' THAT (Disagreeable, ASCAP/Mr. Maldu, TOP OF THE WORLD THUGS CRY STILL A G THANG I HAD NO RIGHT 6 18 64 57 9 ASCAP/The Boy Toy, ASCAP/Ron Real Muzack, ASCAP /Jazz 26 21 8 64 63 4 BRANDY (FEATURING MASE) (ATLANTIC) BIZZY BONE (MO THUGSRUTHLESSRELATIVITY) SNOOP DOGG NO LIMIT /PRIORITY) P.M. DAWN (GEE STREETN2) Merchant, ASCAP /Zomba, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HLMJBM MAKE IT HOT DAYDREAMIN' 23 I CAN DO THAT (Hudson Jordan, ASCAP/Wixen, INVASION OF THE FLAT BOOTY B 57 18 23 24 27 5 WITH M(B.ERAT 65 67 18 20 65 MET1FSIXMFW(RElgn &I,MDARHERDMRMFISIRG1RE ) ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP/Mood Swing, BMI) HL TOO SHORT (SHORT /JIVE) PUUFF D DDY FEAT. JIMMY PAGE (EPIC) 20 I DO (WHATCHA SAY BOO) (Sony /ATV Songs, BMVYab Yum, TOO CLOSE 28 40 HEAD BMI/Vibzelect, BMI) 28 SOMEBODY TO LOVE CLEOPATRA'S THEME NEXT (ARISTA) 66 62 2 DON 34 6 66 75 16 TL T IT GOISO)YYOUR 36 I GET LONELY (Black Ice, BMI/EMI April, ASCAP/Flyte Tyme, LEVI LITTLE (WHITE LABLE) CLEOPATRA(MAVERICK/WARNER BROS.) ASCAP) HL/WBM TOUCH IT 1 ROSA PARKS NO FOOL NO MORE UNCUT, PURE 27 10 ID - 89 I HAD NO RIGHT (MCA, ASCAP/ Chotee, ASCAP) HL 29 27 3 61 61 2 MONIFAH (UPTOWN/UNIVERSAL) OUTKAST EN VOGUE WARNER SUNSET/FASTWEST/EEG) (LAFACE/ARISTA) 77 INCREDIBLE (Zomba, ASCAP/Erick Sermon, ASCAP/Illiotic, BIG DADDY )LANE (THE LABELBIACKHEART)MERCJRY) LOVE ME ASCAP/Def Jam, ASCAP/LL Cool 1, ASCAPNnichappell, al HOLD ME TOUCH ME I DO 31 4 71 2 BMVPolyGram, BMVDa natone, BMI) 30 22 7 68 1 WHAT 112 FEATURING MASE (BAD BOY/ARISTA) BRIAN MCKNIGHT (MOTOWN) SOLO (PERSPECTIVEJA &M) - SLIM (SLOW MOTION /NEROS) 56 INVASION OF THE FLAT BOOTY B * * * * *5 (Zomba, COME AND GET WITH ME MY WAY BMVSrand, BMI/Erick Sermon, ASCAP/Zomba, TIME AFTER TIME 30 9 69 69 26 31 26 10 69 67 4 STRAWBERRY KEITH SWEAT FEAT. SNOOP DOGG (ELEKTRNEEG) USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) ASCAP/Neutral Gray, BMI/Ori nal JB, BMI) WBM INOJ (SO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) NICOLE RENEE (ATLANTIC) 19 I SHOULD CHEAT ON YOU (EMI Blackwood, BMI/Rodney GOD'S GRACE YOU CAME UP Jerkins, BMI/Ensign, BMI) HL '98 THUG PARADISE FOR FREE 33 13 10 1 32 23 70 53 21 LOVE TRIN -I -TEE 5:7 (B- RITE/INTERSCOPE) - BIG PUNISHER FEAT. NOREAGA (LOUD) 7 I STILL LOVE YOU ASCAP/Lil Tweet, ASCAP/Honey TRAGEDY, , INFINITE (H.O.L.A.) RELL FEAT. JAY -Z) (ROOA- FELLADE/ JAMR,fERCURV (Uh, Oh,

Jars And Diapers, ASCAP/Tah Yah, ASCAP/Do What I Gotta, MONEY AIN'T A THANG CHA CHA CHA DEADLY ZONE IT'S ALRIGHT 29 23 cD 14 2 ASCAP/Wamer- Tamerlane, BMI/Kear, BMI/Sony /ATV Songs, 33 32 4 71 60 12 FEAT. JAY -Z /COLUMBIA) FEAT. JD (SO SO DEF FLIPMODE SQUAD (FLIPMODEJELEKTRA/EEG) BMI) HL/WBM BOUNTY KILLER MOIS DEEP & RAWIM NOT (M SSUNDTRAVIVD MEMPHIS SLEEK (& JAZ) (ROCA- FEUYDEF JAMMERCURY) 52 I TRIED (Troy Oliver, ASCAP/Milk , SUPERTHUG (WHAT WHAT) I KNOW MY WAY THE ACTUAL 36 10 a 1 ASCAP/Ho)(ow Thigh, ASCAP) 34 31 19 12 17 NOREAGA (PENALTY/TOMMY BOY) - LUTHER VANDROSS (VIRGIN) USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) - ALL CITY (MCA) 61 ITS ALRIGHT (LiI Lu Lu, BMVBoopie Dash, ASCAP/GRE, ANGEL IN DISGUISE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Bleu Disque, ASCAP/Index, ASCAPBMG, THE BOY IS MINE CHEERS 2 U 41 4 13 1 35 25 22 13 29 BRANDY (ATLANTIC) - 2PAC (DEATH ROW/BREAKAWAY) ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMI) HL/WBM BRANDY & MONICA (ATLANTIC) - PLAYA (DEF JAM/MERCURY) 48 I WASN'T WITH R (Browntown Sound, BMI/Yab Yum, THE BOY IS MINE NOBODY ELSE BMI/Sony /ATV Songs, BMVChile, BMI/Mandelieu, BMI/Irving, LET ME RETURN THE FAVOR GONE DO? 36 32 25 14 56 12 36 39 2 14 71 21 WHATCHA BRANDY & MONICA (ATLANTIC) TYRESE (RCA) BMI/) Just Wanna Play Music, BMI/PolyGram, BMI) HL/WBM ANDREA MARTIN (ARISTA) LINK (RELATIVITY) 34 JUST THE TWO OF US (Antisia, ASCAPBIuenig, ASCAP) STAY BETTER DAYS 5 LATELY (Tony Roy, BMI/Slav TuTu Five. BMVHowcott. DEFINITION STREET 31 34 12 15 1 31 24 10 15 69 18 THE TEMPTATIONS (MOTOWN) - WC FEAT. JON B. (PAYDAY/LONDON /ISLAND) MOS DEF & KWELI ARE BLACK STAR (RAWKUS) BMVlrving, BMI) WBM MIWAY (MOTOWN) 67 LET R RAIN (Rockwood, BMVGensong, BMI/Dream Factory, Q Records with the greatest airplay gains. ' 1998 Billboard/BPI Communications. BMI) Q Records with the greatest sales gains. © 1998 Billboard/BPI Communications and SoundScan, Inc. 74 LET ME GO...RELEASE ME (Spanish Ghetto Diamond, BMI/Jumping Bean, BMI/Stone Jam, BMI/Wamer Chappell, BMVHo)d Up, BMI/Neza. BMVJeIty s Jams, BMI) HOT RHO RECURRENT 82 PARDON ME WHILE I COME BACK (A.T.T., ASCAP) Robi, ASCAP/Divided, BMI/Zomba, BMI) WBM AIRPLAY 45 LET ME RETURN THE FAVOR (God's Cryin', ASCAP/Ghetto 71 PARTY AIN'T A PARTY (Queen Pen, ASCAP/Funky Mama, 46 TIME AFTER TIME (Relia, BMVSony/ATV Songs, BMI/Dub Fabulous, ASCAP) ANYTIME BE CLUBBIN' ASCAP/Zomba, ASCAP/Dondl, ASCAP/WB Fam, ASCAP/EMI, Notes, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP) HL/WBM 1 1 5 14 16 12 WE 32 LOOKIN' AT ME (M. Betha, ASCAP/Chase Chad, ASCAP/The ( ASCAP Abdur BRIAN MCKNIGHT MOTOWN) ICE CUBE (HEAVYWEIGHT /A &M) / Rahman, ASCAP/Real To Da Core, ASCAP) 25 TOO CLOSE (Naughty, ASCAP/Do What I Gotta, ASCAPAlh, Waters Of Nazerath, BMVJustin Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, HL/WBM Oh, ASCAP/Neutral Gray, ASCAP/Pure Love. ASCAP/WB, LOST ONES WHAT YOU WANT ASCAP) HL 76 SEXUAL HEAUNG (EMI April, ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, ASCAP/EMI, ASCAP) HL/WBM 2 2 2 15 11 10 63 LOST IN LOVE (Mamo A. Cardenas, ASCAPNpstairs, LAURYN HILL (RUFFHOUSE/COLUMBIA) MASE (FEAT. TOTAL) (BAD BOY /ARISTA) BMI/Ritz Writers, ASCAP/SBK April, ASCAP) 78 TOPS DROP (Ottanoweh, BMI/Takin Care Of Business, ASCAP) 12 SO INTO YOU (Plus 1, ASCAP /Jobete, ASCAP /Cambrea, BMI) NO GUARANTEE MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS 15 LOVE ME (Rezlee, ASCAP/J(alinmia, ASCAP /Justin Combs, 3 3 2 16 24 36 ASCAP/Libren, ASCAP/Brenda Richie, ASCAP) CLM/HL 14 TOUCH IT Dustin Combs, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Chief CHICO DEBARGE (KEDAR/UNIVERSAL) THE NOTORIOUSEI.G (FEAT. RIFF DADDY& MASE IRYD BTI/ARISTA) ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/M. Betha, ASCAP) 47 SOMEBODY TO LOVE (Acabe, ASCAP/Michael Moody's Joseph, ASCAP/Sing A Song, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Dakoda 86 LOVERS AGAIN (One World) IT'S ALL ABOUT ME ABOUT US Universe, ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP/Justin Combs. House, ASCAP) HL/WBM 4 9 6 17 10 25 WHAT 22 MAKE R HOT (Mass Confusion, ASCAP) MYA & SISQO (UNIVERSITY /INTERSCOPE) TOTAL (LAFACE/ARISTA) ASCAP/Dakoda House, ASCAP) 40 TOUCH ME (PolyGram International, ASCAP/Tony Toni Tone, 29 MONEY AIN'T A THANG (So So Def, ASCAP/EMI April, 99 SPARK SOMEBODY UP (Duck Low, ASCAP/Phat Vibe, ASCAP/Time Bass, ASCAP- Chavis, ASCAP/Mackability, ASCAP/UI Lu Lu, BMVEMI Blackwood, BMI/Globe Art, EVERYTHING STOMP ASCAP/Wamer- Tamedane, BMI) ASCAP/Haa-Sha, ASCAP) HL 5 8 26 18 14 36 BMVAmazing Love, BMVDeeply Sliced, BMVBoyz Club, BMI) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) GOD'S PROPERTY (B- RITE/INTERSCOPE) 24 SPLACKAVELLIE (Pepperdrive, BMI) 72 TRU MASTER (Pete Rock, ASCAP/Ramecca, HL 33 STILL A G THANG Own Chit, BMI/Gina, ASCAP) ASCAP /Careers -BMG, BMI/Diggs Family, BMW- Music, BMI) 13 MOVIN' ON (WB, ASCAP/D. Extraordinary, ASCAP/Da Ish, (My PUT YYOOURRHYH (WHEFKRTEM COULD SEE 6 29 19 23 17 39 STILL NOT A PLAYER (Let Me Show You, ASCAP/Joe 88 UNCUT, PURE (Fantasy. BM/Irving, BMI) 6 A SONG FOR MAMA ASCAP/North Star, ASCAP/Urban Warfare, ASCAP/WYZ Girt ASCAP) WBM Cartegena, ASCAP /Jelly Jams, ASCAP/Sounds Of Da Red 87 UNIFY (Slick Rick, BMI/My Own Chit BMI/Unichappell, BMI) Drum, ASCAP/Almo, ASCAP/Rutland Road, ASCAP/Foray, NICE & SLOW TYRONE 2 MY LITTLE SECRET (So So Def, ASCAP/EMI April, 11 WESTSIDE (Sorry /A1V Tunes, ASCAP/Strickly TO, 7 7 7 20 17 USHER (LAFACE/ARISTA) - ERYKAH BADU (KEDAR/UNIVERSAL) ASCAP /Juicy Time, ASCAP /Air Control, ASCAP/Slack A.D., SESAC/1972, SESAC) WBM ASCAP/EMI Blackwood, BMI/Steady Mobbin', BMI/Femi, ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) 96 STOP BEING GREEDY (Boomer X. ASCAP/Pent-1, BMVFour Knights, BM/Music Corp. Of America, BMI/Neutral NO, NO, NO MISSING YOU ASCAP/Dead Game, ASCAP/Damon Blackman, Gray, ASCAP) HL B 13 9 21 17 4 41 MY WAY (EMI April ASCAP/So So Def, ASCAP/Slack A.D., DESTINY'S CHILD (COLUMBIA) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) ASCAP/U.R. IV, ASCAP) HL ASCAP /Jobete, BMVEMI Blackwood, BMU HL 92 WHAT I DO (Erudite, BMVXL.D, BMI) 98 NEED TO KNOW (ED. Duz -It, BMVRhythm & Praise, 51 STRAWBERRY (Melodeus Fool, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/GW Jr., 62 WHAT U SEE IS WHAT U GET (Hennessy For Everyone. BE CAREFUL SEVEN DAYS ASCAP/Locksmilh, 9 4 7 22 15 15 BMVEnsign, BMI/Celebrity Status. BM!) ASCAP) BMWoco, BMVAlexra, BMIBos World, ASCAP/Largo, SPARKLE (ROCK LAND /INTERSCOPE) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA) 13 NOBODY DOES IT BETTER (Nate Dogg, BMI/Warren G, 75 THE STREET MIX (Hawks Perspective, BMIÆLO, ASCAP) BMVJobete, BMI/Stone Diamond, BMI) 37 WHEREVER YOU GO (Sur: II Hit, ASCAP/Wamer Chappell, COCOCURE HOLD ON (CHANGE IS COMIN') ASCAP /Almo, ASCAP) WBM 10 1 LUXURY: 23 18 28 11 SUPERTHUG (WHAT WHAT) (Suite 1202, BMI /Jose Luis ASCAP/Black Panther, ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP/Ensign, - MAXWELL (COLUMBIA) SOUNDS OF BLACKNESS (PERSPECTIVE/A&M) 31 NOBODY ELSE (Harrindur, BMI/Joe Public, BMI/Zovektion, ASCAP/BMG Songs, ASCAP) HL Gotcha, BMVThe Waters Of Nazerath, BMUChase Chad, ASCAP/Melodious Fool, ASCAP) HL/WBM THE ARMS OF THE ONE WHO LOVES YOU 5 STEPS 4 NOBODY'S SUPPOSED TO BE HERE (Wizen, ASCAP/Chrysalis, ASCAP/Monster, ASCAP) WBM 80 WOOF WOOF (QuadraSound, BMUWamer Chappell, 11 12 4 24 14 XSCAPE ISO SO DEF/COLUMBIA) - DRU HILL (ISLAND) ASCAP/Famous, ASCAP) HL 55 TALK SHOW SHHH! (Famous, ASCAP/Hudson Jordan, BMI/Fox Film, BMI) WBM 53 NO FOOL NO MORE (Realsongs ASCAP/Baby Big, ASCAP) 30 YESTERDAY (Gradington, ASCAP/MCA, ASCAP/amar, ROSE IS STILL A ROSE LET'S RIDE ASCAPBoodaMax, ASCAP) WBM 18 THEY DONT KNOW/ARE U STILL DOWN (Sony /ATV Songs, ASCAP) HL 12 5 8 A 25 22 7 ARETHA FRANKLIN (ARISTA) AIN& 0011FEAT.KIIIIP&SOIS-ESHOXILDFLILLWallen 84 NO WOMAN (lobete, BMVRubsongs BMI/HyckRyck, BMI/Yab Yum, BMbVibzelect, BMVTyme For F(Oe, 49 YOU CAME UP (Let Me Show You, ASCAP/Joe Cartegena, BMVMCA, BMVEMI Blackwood, BMI) BMI/Music Corp Of America, BMVJoshuá s Dream, ASCAP/Jelly's Jams. ASCAP/Dayná s Day, BMI( MY BODY 13 21 19 Recurrent are tit es which have appeared on the Hot R &B Singles 83 PAPER (Queen Latifah, ASCAP/Tete San Ko, ASCAP/Jobete, BMIBMG, ASCAP/Black Hipanic, ASCAP) HL 44 YOU MAKE ME MANNA... (EMI April, ASCAP/So So Dot, LSG (EASTWEST/EEG) chart for more than 20 weeks and have dropped below the top 50. ASCAP/EMI April, ASCAP) HL 8 THINKIN' BOUT IT (2000 Watts, ASCAP/WB, ASCAP/Toni ASCAP/Slack A.D., ASCAP/U.R. IV ASCAP/BMG, ASCAP) HL

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