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1 1 1 CHUBB ROCK - Treat'em Right (Select) 1 1 1 EPMD - Business As Usual (RAUDef Jam /Columbia) 3 2 2 MAIN SOURCE - Lookin' At The Front Door (Wild Pitch) 2 2 2 DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - This Is An... (Tommy Boy) 6 3 3 MONIE LOVE - It's A Shame (Warner Bros.) 3 3 3 L.L.COOL J - Mama Said... (RAUDef Jam /Columbia)

13 9 4 ED 0.6 & DA BULLDOGS - I Got...(PWL America/Merc.) 5 4 4 CHUBB ROCK - Treat Em' Right (Select) 11 8 5 GERARDO - Rico Suave (Interscope /EWA) 8 7 5 DJ QUIK - (Profile) 2 4 6 EPMD - Golddigger (RAUDef Jam /Columbia) 6 6 6 GANG STARR - Step In The Arena (Chrysalis) 7 7 7 THE DOC - Mind Blowin' 91 Remix (Atlantic Street) 11 8 7 MAIN SOURCE - Breaking Atoms (Wild Pitch) 4 6 8 L.L.COOL J - Around The... (RAUDef Jam /Columbia) 4 5 8 ICE CUBE - Kill At Will (Priority) 21 15 9 ICE -T - New Jack Hustler (Giant/Reprise) 21 12 9 ED 0.0 & DA BULLDOGS - Life...(PWL America/Merc.) 5 5 10 GANG STARR - Just To Get A Rep (Chrysalis) 9 10 10 BRAND NUBIAN - One For All (Elektra) 16 11 11 SALT -N -PEPA - Do You Really Want Me (Next Plateau) 13 11 11 MONIE LOVE - Down To Earth (Warner Bros.) 8 10 12 BRAND NUBIAN - Wake Up (Elektra) 7 9 12 FATHER MC - Father's Day (MCA) 9 13 13 BWP - 2 Minute Brother (No Face /RAUColumbia) 15 13 13 BWP - The Bytches (No face /RAUColumbia) 14 14 14 KMD - Peach Fuzz (Elektra) 10 14 14 TOO SHORT - Short Dog's In The House (Jive /RCA) 12 12 15 TOO SHORT - Short But Funky (Jive /RCA) 12 15 15 BIG DADDY KANE - Taste Of... (Cold Chillin' /Reprise) - 24 16 L.L.COOL J- Mama Said... (RAUDef Jam /Columbia) - 24 16 NEW JACK CITY - New Jack City...(Giant/Reprise) 22 22 17 NIKKI D - Daddy's Little Girl (RAUDef Jam /Columbia) 17 17 17 DJ MAGIC MIKE - Back To Haunt You (Cheetah) 18 18 18 FATHER MC - Lisa Baby (MCA) 14 16 18 M.C. HAMMER - Please Hammer Don't... (Capitol) 24 21 19 DJ QUIK - Born And Raised In Compton (Profile) 16 18 19 RUN -D.M.C. - Back From Hell (Profile) 17 20 20 DIGITAL UNDERGROUND - Same Song (Tommy Boy) 18 19 20 VANILLA ICE - To The Extreme (SBK) 15 17 21 SPECIAL ED - Come On, Let's Move It (Profile) - - 21 BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS - Live... (Jive /RCA) 10 16 22 M.C. HAMMER - Here Comes The Hammer (Capitol) 22 21 22 STETSASONIC - Blood, Sweat And... (Tommy Boy) 23 23 23 SON OF BAZERK - Change The Style (S.O.U.L. /MCA) 24 22 23 KING SUN - Righteous But Ruthless (Profile) 19 19 24 BIG DADDY KANE /B. WHITE - All...(Cold Chillin' /Reprise 20 23 24 PARIS - The Devil Made Me... (Scarface/Tommy Boy) - - 25 EPMD - Rampage (RAUDef Jam /Columbia) 25 25 25 POISON CLAN - 2 Low Life Muthas (Luke/Atlantic)

NEW HI/P ¡HOP RELEASES by Brian A. Samson

DE LA SOUL - RING RING RING (HA HA YOYO -YOU CAN'T PLAY WITHMY YOYO EDITORIAL SHOUT OUTS HEY) (TOMMY BOY) The brothers of the (ATLANTIC STREET) Ice Cube's exclusive Daisy Age community return to the airwaves Hip Hop project drops the bomb. Camou- Congrats to Mike Jones, new Elektra Records with a comical Hip Hop story that all industry flaging a melodic loop from Earth, Wind and National Director of Rap Marketing. Mike heads and artists are familiar with -groupies Fire's "Devotion" with a hardcore- feminist comes from Columbia Records where he was and demo YoYo shoppers. Laid over an appetizing melic, takes steps higher into the singer - their SouthWest Regional Promotion Direc- music bed at 106 BPMs, De La accents their songwriter arena. With guidance from pro- tor. native tongue with a catchy refrain and a tasty ducer Sir Jinx, this single carries an appealing acoustic riff. Producer Prince Paul puts the element of percussion and melody that should Congrats to KUCR's Barry Benson, as he takes finishing touch on the debut release from the spark immediate response at retail and radio. up the position of National Director Of Rap upcoming De La Soul Is Dead . Keep a peek out for her upcoming album Retail and Alternative Marketing. BRAND NUBIAN - SLOW DOWN "Make Way For The Motherlode," in stores (ELEKTRA) At 100,000 retail this week. units sold, Grand Contact Eric Skinner(212) 484-7620. Congrats to Richard "Qbert" Quitevis of Puba and boyz have the Hip best Hop album Livestyle Productions, San Francisco, CA. of '91, "One For All." Unfortunately most of Qbert won the West Coast Regional D.M.C. the country slept on the debut single "Wake Semi -finals, qualifying him for the United Up." This two track CD packs pure excitement. States National Finals in Chicago. Qbert won Cunningly looping the music and hook from the decision of judges, making him the United Edie Brickel and New Bohemians', I "What States representative for the World D.J. Mixoff Am," the Nubians have perfectly sculptured Competition to be in London on April 6. This an appeal that should easily lap into the Urban is the first time in Hip Hop history a Bay Area and College Alternative Radio formats. Peek artist has qualifed and captured the national out "Pete Rock's Newromix" for some title for the D.M.C. Second runner up DJ mixshow hypeness. The second track, "To Rectangle from San Diego, CA also qualifed The Right," provides a club -jeep feel beat that'll for the World Competition. A &R reps; keep have b -boys from chanting begining to end - your eye and pens on two slammin' jocks no slammin'... Contact the newly appointed Bailey Broadcasting & Gavin Hip Hop collaboration. Na- hype here! Give a shout out to Qbert at (415) tional Director Of Rap L to R: Gavin's Mike Nixon & Brian Samson, Bailey's Promotion Mike Jones 587-2090. Tell 'em Gavin sent ya. (congrats) at (212) 484-7322. Mike Mosby er Greg Johnson. Look for the Gavin chart on the Hip Hop Countdown, April 13th. March 29. /991/the GAVIN REPORT 19

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