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March 24, 2000 Volume 14 Issue 686

BLOODHOUND GANG

WINNERS REQUESTS EARPICKS BREAKOUTS. WILDCARD NSYNC Jive WB DEAD PREZ Loud/Col/CRG VITAMIN C Elektra/EEG CS/Epic SAVAGE GARDEN Col/CRG Epic VERTICAL 1-0PIZON FCA BEN HARPER Virgin MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL (ST) Interscope Lc-va/Atl/A-1 G RCA ROAD TO EL DORADO (ST) DreamWorks HOT NEW RELEASES C. AGUILERA BBMAK BIG BAD VOODOO... GOO GOO DOLLS I Turn To Yoi. I Wanna Be Just Like You Broadway (Never Be The.... RCA Someday Out Of The Hollywood Interscope WB Hybrid/Sire DreamWorks AIWEE MANN SISQO TRAIN VOICE V 53ve Me ExGirlfriend I Am When U Thnk About Me Feprise Interscope Def Soul/IDJ Columbia/CRG KainIkEze/MCA back here

Original songwriting. Three-part harmony. Guitars. English char, Their debut SOONER OR LATER

IMPACTING RADIO NOW!

"We are already over 150 spins deep on 'Back Here' and itfeels like a smash to us!! After seeing them live, we are now really convinced BBMAK will take Top 40 radio by storm." John Reynolds - Jason McCormick - WNKS Charlotte

Warning: contains no choreographed dancing.

RECOMOS www.bbmakfan.com PRODUCED BY OLIVER LEIBER & JOHN SHANKS FOR THE NOISE CLUB MIXED BY ROB CHIARELLI olywood3rds. March 24, 2000 Volume 14 Issue 686 $6.00

DENNIS LAVINTHAL Publisher LENNY BEER 4 VIBE -RATERS FUTURE SHOCK Editor In Chief seek "The " over P.O.D. and Kittie, TONI PROFERA Executive Editor while a debuting Slipknot and Sole make the cut.

DAVID ADELSON Vice President/Executive Editor 6 KAREN GLAUBER Santana still leads the pack, followed by Sisqo, Dr. Dre, Macy Senior Vice President Gray, Bone Thugs -N -Harmony, Destiny's Child and Kid Rock. TODD HENSLEY Vice President/Sr. Broadcast Editor JON O'HARA Vice President/Managing Editor 34 DIALOGUE MARC POLLACK Liquid Audio Sr. VP Content Development & Label Relations Vice President/Senior Editor MARK PEARSON Dick Wingate discovers his title is almost as long as the time he Vice President/Retail Editor had to waste with HITS' resident Net -minder Jonathan "Der & RICKY LEIGH MENSH And a child shall lead them. Vice President/Mix Show Editor Lightning" Grevatt. N ine teen -year -old Shawn ROY TRAKIN Fanning's music -file -sharing Senior Editor Napster technology is the test SIMON GLICKMAN 39 ROCK2K Senior Editor Ivana discovers a hawk is a handsaw at SxSW (41) and Rockin'case for the digital revolution. BUD SCOPPA If, as many expect, they win Senior Editor Rich Ortega bangs a gong (53). MICHELLE SANTOSUOSSO the upcoming summary judg- Crossover Editor ment in RIAA's suit against MIKE MURPHY FLAVA CAMP Special Projects 63 them, it will put a brand-new JEFF RABHAN Michelle S. sparks a lie (65), Ricky Leigh mourns DJ Rob One face on the business of music A&R Editor (71) and Nasty Nes is all hip -hopped up (75). GARY JACKSON distribution and the record Senior JAMZ Editor industry. Pandora's box has LEISA ST. JOHN Operations Manager 79 JAN already been pried open. Af- TAMI PACKLEY GEORGEFF ter appearing on the HITS Production Manager Juice lines up for Radio One's additional stock shares and touts basketball star Chris Webber's new Humility, as Contents page, he may want NASTY-NES RODRIGUEZ to shut it. Rap Editor JAMZ' own humble harv, Gary "Spring Heel" Jackson, calls a BOBBII HACH time out. Broadcast Editor NICK BEDDING APM Editor

ANNA OSBORN Associate Retail Editor LATIN MPS, Associate Mix Show Editor Sisqo sings a "Thong" at NSYNC ERIKA SCHULTZ POPrules atREQUESTSandPOP MARTadmires Research Editor Hollywood's BBMak attack, while the Radio JEFF DRAKE Associate Editor Disney countdown says hello hello hello to "Bye Bye NICOLE TOCANTINS Production Coordinator Bye," which is how we're bidding adieu to this week's CHAD KULTGEN KENYA YARBROUGH mesmerizingWAVELENGTH. Editorial Assistants LISA ESCALANTE ROB BROADWELL Associate Research Editors FREDDIE VASQUEZ 96 MPS 106 POP MART Research Assistant 100 POP PLAYS 110 WAVELENGTH RANDI RASKIND JOCELYN DEAL Art Direction 104 REQUESTS REBECCA ESMERIAN Editorial Design BRIAN LINDSEY Art Operations SCOTT KILLAM Facility Manager BILL TREADWAY ON THE COVER Distribution Manager 11 FRONT PAGE 86 TOP TENS Republic/Geffen jokers Blood- COLOR WEST Lithography 26 NEAR TRUTHS 92 EARPICKS hound Gang say "" while experienc- 14958 Ventura Blvd. 28 LETTERS & T.TIMES 95 RERAP Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 ing "" of a HITS (818) 501-7900 31 WHEELS & DEALS cover nod. V I II Iiv OUR PICKS TO BREAK FROM OUTSIDE TOP 40 CHOSEN BY THE HITS EDITORIAL BOARD

0 3 DOORS DOWN REP/UNIV/UMG STAIND FLIP/ELEKTRA/EEG 8LW92W113W 5 LW 6 2W 7 3W album: THE BETTER LIFE album: DYSFUNCTION track: KRYPTONITE track: HOME

Added at WXRK, KEDJ, KPNT, KKND, Retail jumps across the board w/M'Iand WEDG, more! #1 requesting record at leading, fueled by strong PoMo/Active Rock radio crossing to PoMo. #1 spins at Rock radio support. Top 10 at WFNX, KUPD, WNOR, WXTB. Top 5 spins at WAAF, KITS, KEDJ, KXPK, WBCN, KEGL, KILO, WAAF, KBPI, KISW, KXPK, more. MTV Senseless Acts of Video more. Big retail jumps at M'Iand, B'Buy, 3/23-4/1. VH1 The Rock Show. Out T'world, W'house. Video in post -produc- w/ through April. MW, VH1, M2. tion. Mgmt: Sphin Daly/Indegoot Ent. Mgmt: Jeff Kwatinetz/. P.O.D. ATLANTIC/ATL G MCA 2 LW 8 2W 9 3W DEBUT 12 LW album: FUNDAMENTAL.. album: LIKE WATER FOR... track: SOUTHTOWN track: THE 6TH SENSE P.O.D. is G -O -L -D! Retail action rising at major chains with Transworld, Music - Debut MCA release streets 3/28 w/ land, leading. Funda-mental 250k shipping. Vinyl -only single building spins at WXDX, KUFO, WEDG, strong buzz. R&B spins: KKBT, WHTA, CIMX, WAAF, more. MTV. Feature WPHI, WPEG, KMEL, WAMO, more. in R.Stone 3/30, fashion spread in Video premiered last week on BET's Rap A.P.Marchissue.Europeantour City. #6 Box Breaker, MW Beat Suite w/Korn in May & June. Mgmt: Tim starts at presstime. Source, Blaze, )0a. Cook/Cook Mgmt. Mgmt: Derek Dudley. KITTIE NG/ARTEMIS GEFFEN

3 Lw 4 2W 5 3W 7 LW 7 2W 8 3W album: SPIT album: SNOW DAY (ST) track: BRACKISH track: ANOTHER DUMB... Kittie's lickin'retail w/M'Iand, W'house Top 10 single sales raise the volume on leading. Radio love at WAAF, KXPK, the buzz around 5/2 LP release KEDJ, KISS, WRIF, KILO, WXRK, KDGE, w/300k shipping! Spinning at Radio more. Bumped to 10 MW spins. NBC's Disney, WFLZ, KHTS, WXYV, KDND, Later, Farmclub upcoming. Ozzfest July KZZP, WAYV, KZHT, more. MTV, and Aug. Feature in Alt. Press. Massive , Box. Teen People. Plann- press on tour. Spin, R. Stone, Mademoi- ing tour for late spring. MTV Spring selle, NY limes. Mgmt: JMA Enterprises. Break. Mgmt: Larry Tollin Ent. 0INCUBUS IMMORTAL/EPIC PINK LAFACE/ARISTA -- iw 5 2W 6 3W 5 LW 10 2N 13 3W album: album: CAN'T TAKE ME HOME track: track: THERE YOU GO

#1 spins at Active Rock and PoMo: KILO, Single #3 at T'world, #3 at M'Iand. Buzz KXRK, WAAF, WXDX, more! Top 10 spins growing around 4/4 street date. Top at KROQ, KXPK, KISS, WEDG, KEDJ, at WBBM, WLLD, WNVZ, WHHH. KEGL, more. 12 MTV Buzzworthy spins. Z90, KITS, KQKS, WIOQ, WJMN, Retail action growing with B'Buy and KUBE, more also tickled Pink. 10 MTV W'house leading. Taping Farmclub 3/24. spins. 3/25 Nickelodeon, 4/3 CNN On tour with 311 5/23-7/1. Mgmt: Showbiz, 4/11 Donny & Marie. Mgmt: MSM/Mark Shoffner. Pink Panther Music. OUR PICKS TO BREAK FROM OUTSIDE TOP 40 CHOSEN BY THE HITS EDITORIAL BOARD

0 HANSON ISLAND/IDJ SOLE DREAMWORKS

11 Lvv 13 2W DEBUT album: THIS TIME AROUND album: SKIN DEEP track: THIS TIME AROUND track: FT WASN'T ME

Early radio support. Album streets 5/9. New cut featuring Ginuwine from LP that 19 MTV spins. Added at WSTR, KZZP, hit last Sept. blowing up at X.Over radio! Z100, KSLZ. Top 10 spins: Radio Adds at WLLD, KUBE, WHHH, KGGI, Disney, KBBT. Spinning WSTW, KZHT, KQKS. Spinning at WQUE, Z90, KMEL, WHTS, more. NY Showcase 3/30, KKDA, KKBT, more. BET, almost 5000 Letterman 5/8, TRL 5/8, Rosie 5/9. Box spins! Old single "456" Gold. Mgmt: Christopher Sabec & Stirling Radio dates upcoming at KKFR, KX1M, Mcllwaine/Triune Mgmt. KCAQ, KBOS. Mgmt: Kelly Jackson.

RAH DIGGA FM/ELEKTRA/EEG STATIC -X WARNER BROS.

1 0 LW 1 1 2W 14 3W RE-ENTRY 14 LW album: DIRTY HARRIET album: WISCONSIN DEATH... track: THE IMPERIAL track: I'M WITH STUPID Single picking up steam, album hits 4/4. Gold "Trip" continues. Active Rock and WBH1, WJBT, WQHT, WJMI, KKFR, Z90 PoMo spins fuel retail action, with B'Buy and more cheering "Rah, Rah." Touring leading.Spinningat WAAF, KXXR, with Cash Money until 3/25. MTV Beat KXPK, KEDJ, KILO, more. MTV. Suite 3/28, then headed to Charlotte Farmclub 4/10. Spin feature forthcom- 3/29, Chicago 3/30, Baltimore 4/1 and ing.Finishing Powerman 5k dates. Boston 4/2. Mgmt:BlitzBoner,Vinita Headliningtour 4/14-5/21. Mgmt: Butler/Brooklyn Ent. Group. Rob McDermott, Andy Gould Mgmt. SLIPKNOT ROADRUNNER OUTPOST/MCA ar) DEBUT DEBUT 15 LW album: SLIPKNOT album: COMATISED track: WAIT & BLEED track: CHARM ATTACK

LP released last June just won't quit. Top 5 requested at KYSR, KZON, KLLC! Crossing big-time to PoMo from red-hot Added at WKDD! Top 10 spins at WXRT! Active Rock base. Added at KROQ Spinning at KACD, KALC, CIDR, KTCZ, last week, KITS this week! Spinning at more. Radio support building nice retail KROX, WAAF, KISS, more. Headlining action. Video in post. Upcoming Virgin club dates ongoing. Alt.Press cover Retail -sponsored tour. Articles in R. Stone, and feature April 1. Mgmt: Steve Teen People. Cut featured in 'Whatever It Richards/No Name Mgmt. Takes." Mgmt: Danny Heaps/Just Talent. SAMME FREEWORLD/CAPITOL GUSTER HYBRID/SIRE/LONDON

13 LW142W153W RE-ENTRY 16 LW album: FROM THE BOTTOM... album: LOST AND GONE... track:I LIKE IT track: FAFA

Added at MTVI Album begins to heat Hitting radio with the cut that is predicted up as single sales continue. Still #1 at to explode the album. Huge week at WWWZ! WEDR, WIIZ, WHTA, PoMo. Adds include Q101, WBMX, WWDM, Z90 likes it too. 10 BET spins. WXRV, X96, KAMX, WPLY, more. Spikes CNN, 48 Hours segments soon. Plus, from WPU. Headlining club dates through People star review, Teen People and May 21, currentlyin Midwest swing. YM. #5 at M'land, #7 at T'world. Craig Kilborn 4/23. Mgmt: Dalton Mgmt: Joyce Irby/One Diva. Sim/Dalton Sim Mgmt. top5oALBUMS TITLE POWER PERCENT EimrARTIST COMMENT LABEL INDEX CHANGE 1 1 1 SANTANA SUPERNATURAL Arista 19086 280.1 -13% "Maria..." & "Smooth" 11 6El SISQO UNLEASH THE DRAGON Def Soul/IDJ 546816 158.9 +10% All about the"Thong Song" 4 4 EI DR. DRE DRE 2001 After/lnterscope 90486 144.2 -8% "" leads 7 7 MACY GRAY CS/Epic 69490 121.9 -6% ci About double Platinum 2 5 BONE THUGS -N -HARMONY RESURRECTION Ruthless/Epic 63581 111.3 -28% Title cut leads 1410 DESTINY'S CHILD THE WRITING'S... Columbia/CRG 69870 108.6 +3% U "Say My Name" & tour 9 9 KID ROCK DEVIL WITHOUT A... Lava/AtI/Atl G 83119 106.2 +1% "Only God.." & tour 2 GEORGE STRAIT LATEST GREATEST... MCA Nashville 70100 103.9 -45% 0 "The Best Day" at country 3 BLACK ROB LIFE STORY BB/Arista 73126 98.5 -41% U "Whoa" the hot track 12 13 CHRISTINA AGUILERACHRISTINA AGUILERA RCA 67690 93.7 0% "What a Girl" & tour 10 11 DIXIE CHICKS FLY Monument 69678 91.8 -5% "Goodbye Earl" out now

15 12EEI DMX AND THEN THERE... Ruff Ryders/IDJ 546933 90.7 -4% "Ryde or Die Chic" leads

1721EEI HOORAY FOR BOOBIES Republic/Geffen 490455 87.6 +17% "The Bad Touch" & tour 13 15 EUROPOP Repub/Univ/UMG 157194 82.6 -6% m 2 million plus 21 19 CREED HUMAN CLAY Wind -Up 13053 81.6 +7% US arena tour 16 CELINE DION ALL THE WAY... Epic/550 Music 63760 80.6 -7% "That's The Way..." still 18 17 MILLENNIUM Jive 41672 78.8 -6% "Show Me..." still GERALD LEVERT G. EastWest/EEG 62417 71.9 -33% "Mr.Too Damn Good" leads 5 14 STEELY DAN 2 AGAINST Giant 24719 64.5 -30% "Cousin Dupree" the track 6 1820 AC/DC STIFF UPPER LIP EastWest/EEG 62494 61.5 -19% Title Track Leads 26 26 21 CALIFORNICATION Warner Bros 47386 60.2 +10% "Otherside" & tour 2223 FAITH HILL BREATHE Warner Bros 47373 58.6 -6% "Breathe" the track 2425Ea MARC ANTHONY Columbia/CRG 69726 55.8 -2% "You Sang..." added MTV 3 20 SMASHING PUMPKINSMACHINA/MACHINES... Virgin 48936 50.4 -33% "Stand Inside" & tour 3229 SIGNIFICANT OTHER Flip/Interscope 90335 50.4 +19% "Break Stuff" up now

6 HITS March 24, 2000 "Broadway The next single from the triple -platinum album Dizzy Up The Girl. www.googoodolls.corn Produced by Rob Cavallo and The Goo Goo Dolls. Mined by Jack Joseph-Puig. Management: Atlas/Third Rail Management, Patrick Magnarella. © 2000 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

MUSIC TEIIIVISION. ADD!

Impacting This Week! Musi: Firs ADD! #1 Most Added At HOT AC (22/19) ...A WEEK EARLY!! Early Action At: WPLJ WTMX WPLY WXKS WBMX WWDC KRBE KBKS WXPT WVRV WSSR KRSK KBBT KZZO KXXM CKEY WJLK KHFI WZNE WMXB KPLZ Watch for the MTV World Premiere of the video this Monday 03/27 MTV Live performance of "Broadway" on Broadway during TRL 03/28 VH-1 Acoustic performance on The Daily One 03/30 ALBUM TRIPLE PLATINUM! ,r5 top

TITLE POWER PERCENT1 1/MrARTIST COMMENT LABEL INDEX CHANGE 8 2263 BEANIE SIGEL THE TRUTH Roc-A-Fella/IDJ 54662149.8 -29% "The Truth the track 1924 Ea GRAMMY 2K VARIOUS RCA 67945 45.5 -26% Falling very slowly 2528Ea NOW THAT'S WHAT ...VOL 3 UTV/UMG 545417 45.4 +2% Steady this week 3831Eri BLINK 182 MCA 11950 45.4 +14% "Adam's Song" & hot tour 232730 D'ANGELO VOODOO CheebaNirgin 48499 45.1 -16% Video, VH1 Daily, cut 2830En ..BABY ONE MORE TIME Jive 41651 41.6 -1% New LP coming 5/16 31 35 DRAMA CAUSIN' DRAMA Atlantic/Atl G 83306 41.2 +12% "Left Right Left" the cut 4536 KORN ISSUES Immortal/Epic 63710 40.9 +11% "Make Me...", tour, MTV 5033Em VERTICAL HORIZON EVERYTHING YOU WANT RCA 67818 36.9 -5% Title track + tour 3743Ezi LONESTAR LONELY GRILL BNA 67762 36.3 +13% "Amazed" & arena tour 36 37Eri SAVAGE GARDEN AFFIRMATION Columbia/CRG 63711 35.4 +1% "Crash & Burn" next DEBUT 37 3 DOORS DOWN THE BETTER LIFE Repub/Univ/UMG 153920 32.4 "Kryptonite" leads 41 39 JUVENILE 400 DEGREEZ CM/Univ/UMG 53162 32.4 -4°/0 Past five million 4446 EU LET THERE BE...EVE R Ryders/Interscope 490453 32.1 +11% "Love is..." the track 3540 40 JAGGED EDGE J.. HEARTBREAK So So Def/Col/CRG 6986231.3 "He Can't Love.." the cut 2932 EASTSIDAZ PRESENTS Dogghouse/TVT 2040 31.3 -20% "G'D Up" the track 4945 ES THIRD EYE BLIND BLUE Elektra/EEG 62415 29.9 +2% "Never Let You Go" hot Republic/Univ/UMG 153190 +10% - 50CEI GODSMACK GODSMACK 28.9 "Voodoo" at Active Rock DEBUTm LOU BEGA A LITTLE BIT... RCA 67887 28.5 hid "Tricky, Tricky" now 48 44 nil SO REAL Epic/550 Music 69914 27.9 -7% lk Ready for new single 3342 SHANIA TWAIN COME ON OVER Mercury/IDJ 536003 27.8 -15% Incredible run DEBUTrt., TINA TURNER TWENTY FOUR SEVEN Virgin 23180 27.7 "When the Heartache.." the cut 3438rn JAY -Z LIFE & TIMES... Roc-A-Fella/IDJ 54682227.7 -18% "Anything" added MTV 2734rrl 2GETHER SOUNDTRACK TVT 6800 27.1 -28% spoof on MTV - 4950 MARY J BLIGE MARY MCA 111929 27.0 +3% "Give Me You" starting

8 HITS March 24, 2000 #3 Callout America (#1 the last 3 weeks in a row) Demos: #3 Women 12-17 #4 Women 18-24

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MUSIC TELEVISION' iloi e Major Action: TRL Spring Break KDWB Y100 WFLZ KSLZ WBTS Z100 KZQZ WIOQ KKRZ WBLI WKFS KCHZ music network KFMS WEZB

#3 At Rhythm Radio From The Top 5 Best Selling Album For Over 3 Months #1 Most Playedr "Magnolia m4 be the best thing to have happened to soundtracks since Mike Nichols sat down with Simon and Garfunkel and came up with The Graduate." -Time Magazine

Aimee Mann "Save Me" maomusic from the motion.cture is Featuring nine brilliant songs from critically acclaimed singer - Aimee Mann, including "Save Me."

"She is the great articulator of the bigges gs we think about...I was listening to Aimee's music over and over again...it just so ned that this was the time that I was starting to write my new film...you can look at as the perfect memento to remember the songs "mac TELEVISION Music First at Aimee has made. Aimee is a brilliant writer." Custom Spankin' New Music as Anderson (Writer/Director: Magnolia, BoogisAghts)

ALBUM IN STORES NOW Watch for the "San, lie" ride() directed fir Paid Thomas Anderson Fresh Off Her Appearances On Rosie, O'Brien, Leno and the Daily One on VH1 Already Breaking at Hot AC And. AAA: KLLC 21x KZZO 18x KAMX 23x KPEK 24x Impacting Top 40 Mainstream: March 27,28 ei mincedby' MeeMann -- Mised by Bob Clearmountain

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MARCH 24, 2000 VOLUME 14 ISSUE 686 $6.00 Carlos, Sisqo Are Still Massive, But All Eyes Are On Next Week's NSYNC Chart Debut "BUY BUY BUY" t was yet another dazzling week for #1 Santanaas he continued his mitad - H boggling dominationof the . It was an equally impressive Thun week for Island Def Jam's#2 Sisqo, whose "Thong Song"has allowed him to ride up intothe BLUE most exclusive and intimate area of the album chart. The remarkable Dr. Drcis #3, Macy Gray is #4 and Bone Thugs are #5. Cool. Now let's talk about next weeK. "Sales are N -sane!!!" said the always -nutty Brant Berry of Fred Meyerproving conclusively the perils of inbreeding. The "N" that Nucklehead is referring to is, of course, Jive's `NSYNC, whose "No Strings Attached" streeted on Tuesday and is guaranteed to debut at #1. The only question is whether its first -week sales wil eclipse the record set by labelmates Backstreet Boys when their "Millennium" moved close to 1.2 million in its first seven days. "These guys could easily set the first -week sales record if the early pandemonium we're seeing in stores is any indication," said Berry. "This is definitely the biggest non -holiday LP we've ever SISQO: Giving New Meaning To The Term seen, and quite possibly the biggest of all time." "Bootyquake" Berry then reminded us that his first name is "Brant," so that anything he says should be ingested with that in mind. Of course, next week is not A hamster justabout NSYNC. (Priority), the WVVF Aggression connpilation (Priority), The Murderers (Def Jam/IDJ), Pan - ACTION tera (EastWest/EEG), Tamar The Adds this week at MTV are Sammie (Capitol), Mary J. (DIeamWorks) and previously Blige (MCA), Jay -Z (Roc-A-Fella/IDJ), Goo Goo Dolls (WB), unreleased LedZeppelin (At- (Island/IDJ), (LaFace/Arista) and lanttic) are also streeting. Marc Anthony (Col/CRG). The new Ons are Drama (Atl/Atl `Whether or not NSYNC G), Powerman 5000 (Dreamworks) and Our Lady Peace bre;alcs the record," noted Barry, (Col/CRG). Kittie (Artemis) and Sisqo (Def Soul/IDJ) receive "I'nI already way too preoccupied rotation increases; Supergrass is named Breakthrough. witla my conflicting feelings about hanasters." Start counting, kids.

HITS March 24, 2000 11 eiz rs F R 0 N T P A

Smooch-The Mini5eries In our ongoing series of photos showing the staffs of various WMG companies kissing serious ass comes this shot of WEA gunslingers giving the of snifferoo to WMG chiefRoger Ames(1) andEMI ChiefKen Berry(2nd from 1). Seen in full pucker are (1-r) WEA Exec. VP/Co-CEO Rick Wietsma,WEA Chairman/CEODave Mount, WEA President/Co-CEOEllis Kern and WEA Exec. VP/CFODavid Headier. Next week: Shipping and Receiving.

LTOP SELLINGThomas Middelhoff, SINGLES New Tricks The Top 10 Best -Selling Sin- Come On Down! gles this week are #1 Santana Following Bertelsmann's AOL, which will yield the Ger- (Arista), #2 Destiny's Child sale of its 50% stake in AOL mans an estimated $250 million (Col/CRG), #3 Pink (LaFace/ and AOL ,by 2004. Middelhoff hopes to Arista), #4 Lonestar (RCA), #5 which took place last Friday surpassAmazon.comin the e - Sammie (Capitol), #6 Monte!! (3/17), the German media con- commerce biz within five years. Jordan (Def SouVIDJ), #7 Hoku glomerate will add another $8 AOL will pay Bertelsmann (Geffen), #8 Faith Hill (WB), #9 billion -plus to its substantialin either cash or stock. Britney Spears (Jive) and #10 coffers, and Chairman Thomas "Ifveeneed money earlier, (Arista). Middelhoff is going shopping. vee'll mortgage our option," "Together mit der possiblesaid Middelhoff, citing oppor- proceeds from der sale iif stakes tunities to pick up newspapers WILD in AOL, vee can reach aroundin the U.S. as well as solidify 18 billion marks. Because fromBertelsmann'sstatusas CARD zat vee can also on ozzerEurope's #1 TV entity. VITAMIN C capital, vee haff der possibility ELEKTRA/EEG to go shopping viss around 75 That's noted cyberadventurer/HITS Third time's for this billion marks," Middlehoff told party fixture Snoop Dogg log- radio -friendly act featuring German newspaper Welt am ging on to Musicmaker.com Colleen Fitzpatrick, which is blowing up the phones and is Sonntag. While that amount to score some classic Dr. Dre already being called "the (just over $37.5 billion U.S.) jointz. When told that Dre's lawyers graduation song for the class won't begin to cover the cost had put the smash down on the of 2000." Greg Thompson & of a Time Warner -level pur- Musicmaker deal, Snoop exhaled a team are moving quickly, solidifying major market sup- chase, it ain't chopped liver. blue cloud, mumbled something port and instant rotations as According to Middelhoff, about "bitch -ass legal muffukas," the word spreads. Soon we'll some of the money will be used jumped on Napster and down- be hearing this one so much, to beef up Bertelsmann's e - loaded every track from "The it could be overwhelming. commerce and content under- Thomas Middelhoff: Would Chronic." In related news, we still Greg is smiling and happy, and that's no small thing!! takings. The company will you buy a slightly used Internet don't know what "Hittin' them cor- continue to provide content for company from this man? ners in them low -lows" means.

12 HITS March 24, 2000 F N 0 N T P A G E Bj Bears Virgin Boost In a move that is rivaledis BJ Lobermann III, and only by the Pope's historicthat looks kinda neat on our visit to the Middle East thisletterhead." A Blatant Rip-off of a Good Magazine week, BJ Lobermann III has "Me sell record. You buy been appointed Senior Vice record," said BJ. "Me no pay President of Sales for Virginfor return!!!" Records America. Zzzzzzzzzzz. Incidentally, "BJ" is short WHAT WEASELS ARE WEASELING ABOUT THIS WEEK [Editor's note: This might be afor Booboogoogee Jockee- good moment to request a wake- woowoo. 1 NSYNC:Jive's ready to pull the "Strings." Who wants to up call at the end of this story. Cooper also noted that in be a first -week millionaire? Thank you. You may resume this time of massive corporate reading now.] turmoil, no one kisses corporate 2 NAPSTER:Hey 19. Whiz kid Shawn Fanning learns Lobermann has been withbuttocks better than Virgin's the value of sharing. Can the RIAA un-teach the lesson? the label for 10 years, mostnew Senior Vice President. recently serving as Vice Presi-"I love my AOL account," 3 BRYAN TURNER:With Ice Cube in the street, dent Sales. Prior to that, hesaid Lobermann. Priority's anything but on the rocks. was National Sales Director and Regional Sales Director. Sadly, he still thinks he 4 MICHAEL ROBERTSON:Can MP3.com reports to Jeff Ayeroff, but commander in chief find peace in our time with the majors, that just shows his sense of or are they just giving him G.A.S.? loyalty, doesn't it? AccordingtoVirgin 5 THE FIRM:Kwatinetz & Green ink Erigue. Adding spice Records America Co -Presi- to an already cooking roster. dent Ray Cooper: "BJ Lober- mann has been a strong leader 6KITTIE:As teenage metal vixens hit with "Spit," it looks both within the Virgin family like Danny Goldberg's the one with nine lives. and as our chief representative to the retail community. And 7 JIMMY JAM & TERRY LEWIS:Flyte Time while he possesses no dis- co-pilots looking for a new place to land. cernible knowledge or talent BJ Lobermann III: Will 131 in the area of sales, his name find this story ? 8 SILVA & GERSH:Rage parks its Machine at the G.A.S. pump. Has MP3.com Losing Sore pulled into full -serve as well? 9 RADIO ONE:They've got The Beat...and The Box, and more as Clear Channel sale proves a bonanza.

10MINIMUM ADVERTISED PRICE:Price protection or price fixing? FTC prepares to put discs on sale. Chris-Craft Can't Sink CBS/Viacom Those wacky folksatdoesn't violate Chris -Craft's Chris-Crafthave beenpartnership agreement with thwarted in their attempt toViacom, thus clearing the way block Viacom's aquisition offor Viacom to enforce the buy - CBS, and have subsequently sell clause in the agreement. agreed to sell their 50% stake Insiders at Viacom's MTV "TheOscarsare so 20th century. It's all about theGolden Globesnow," in the jointly owned UPNsaid they were relieved that offeredFox MusicPresidentRobert Kraft (I) to George Fenton network to Viacom for a merethe CBS deal was not blocked (2nd from I), who composed the score for "Anna And The King." Queried Kraft, $5million. and that the company would "When does the flick come out on video? I'm a hugeYul Brynnerfan." The Supremeretain ownership of UPN, Seen exchanging kudos all around are (II): Kraft, Fenton, LaFace artistJoy Court ruled last week that the "since its programming makes EnriquezandKenneth "" Edmonds. pending Viacom -CBS deal ours seem intelligent."

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101111170____ In our ongoing effort to explain the tech buzz-IPO-bound Beatnik.com, resulting in much feverish Order up a words of the day, we offer a concise definition ofhype about Net radio and consumer mixing. disc for embattled e- "strategic alliance." Liquid Audio's Internet music delivery system tailer CDNow. After Moneymoneymoneymoneymoney. Thank you. will be integrated into Toshiba's new mobile digital being ousted from a A slew of dot -corn do-si-dos dotted the last week, audio player, allowing consumers to download Liquid venture with Columbia all pointing to just the sort of consolidation pre- Music for copyright -protected playback, which will House, the company dicters have been predicting. be a big deal if traditional copyright law doesn't get was rated second in a Barron's list of 207 E -tailing champ Amazon.com has partnered up toasted in court during the next few weeks. Net ventures likely with Net -to -door deliverer Kozmo.com, meaning There was more-RollingStone.com partnered up to go belly -up immi- that Amazon's customers can have the CDs, books with database CDDB, Spinner.com hooked up with nently. CDNow and other merchandise they purchase online brought the All -Music Guide and Riffage teamed with Burly countered with a to their homes or businesses within an hour or so. Bear foracollege-themed TV rivalto release claiming the Meanwhile, Emusic.com announced a partner- Farmclub.com. old -school financial ship with online record label Kramden Enterprises The participants in these co - pub anti -tech mag had neglected to and the Sire Records Group, consolidating online ventures share a vision of the mention $51 million sales and promotion with old -school marketing and future-namely themselves not in financing commit- brick -and -mortar efforts. on the Barron's list. ted by and Multimedia destination Shockwave.com scored Time Warner. But pacts with the MTVi Group (MTV.com, VH1.com Murphy sex: I'm -a team up with stock in Jason and SonicNet.com) and Thomas Dolby Robertson's a bottle o' corn liquor, mahself." Olim's dot -corn plummeted any- how-and Amazon.com's bid Forget About Dre to be the Pink Dot Gnutella: Musicmaker.com, which Dre's exit from Death Row, his of books 'n' tunes announced last week a licens-agreement stipulated that the (see this page's lead ing deal to provide tracks fromlabel retained only rights to story) can't be help- Gnot Yet ing. Then again, the Death Row catalog for usematerial in the same configura- Amazon was on the While Napster grabs headlines and in custom compilations, hastion and media as when Barron's list, too. looks set to survive an historic lawsuit, been put on a strict diet by Dr. released. As damages, Dre is We're no Jeff we're seeing the rise of another tech - Dre, Death Row's co-founderseeking all gross proceeeds Bezos, but their era phenom: The Napster clone. and most successful artist. Dre's from the sale or distribution of chances look pretty Gnutella, a new music -copying pro- orders, being carried out by his his performances. good to us. Could it gram being tested by America Online - attorney, are for Musicmaker be that Barron's has In other news, as of this a wee axe to grind owned NullSoft, was vaporized by the to remove the 27 Dre trackswriting, all parties mentioned with the Net mothership moments after the URL put on its site as part of the in this story are still breathing. world?... Since so for a beta version began circulating on Death Row deal. News of beatdowns, smash - much of this week's the Net. The Sedona, AZ -based Null - Dre attorney Howard Kingdowns, caps peeled, etc., etc., issue seems to be in Soft, which developed Winamp and told Musicmaker that as part ofwill be posted as they occur. some way devoted oversees AOL's Spinner streaming to Napster, here's player, was forced to curtail testing one more item: A cut from 's after a post on Slashdot.org revealed Islands in the Streams? upcoming disc fea- the test site's URL. MP3.com has invested inlate them into downloads, turing Limp Bizkit is Gnutella was being designed to and entered a promo pactlike the ill-fated Streambox making the rounds mimic Napster's wide-open MP3 file - with Web audio companyRipper? If so, such apps on the program, sharing software. After AOL's acquisi- Voquette, Inc., which, acould further enrage the and the label is tion of Time Warner and its massive release says, will "enable users copyright holders already pissed. Will this content, it would seem unlikely they're to collect, organize, transferfuming at Michael Robert- obstruct Napster's planning to give the content away. attempts to play and play any form of digital son's saucy dot -corn. ball? We dunno, But can AOL keep the leash on audio from the Internet." Oh, by the way, MP3.com but we're itchin' its wunderkind engineers, themselves Do Voquette's "softwareartists will get placement on for that track... products of MP3's rebel culture? solutions" include the abilityVoquette's music sites and Hitsbytes@.com Stay tuned. to capture streams and trans-software, or something.

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GEFFEN 02000 . All rIghts reserved. F R 0 N T P A THE OLD GUARD VS. THE NEW KIDS \apster & MP3.com Challenge MeMusic BizStatus Quo

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As the dates for the Recording apster is a company that very much wants Industry Association of Ameri- ork with the record industry and, in particu- ca's showdowns with Napster and ,the major record labels," said Napster VP MP3.com quickly approach, con- arketing Liz Brooks, a major label veteran her- cern about the future of the on self. "That would be true if there was a lawsuit or music business is rocketing to executive lev no lawsuit. Working in conjunction with the at the major record companies. majors is important for the space we want to The future of the industry's current e -com- occupy in the landscape. That is why I was merce business mod el is in doubt, and once brought in to Napster; to help translate to a pure- again, the traditional music business is finding ly Sili on Valley company what the music indus- itself playing catch-up to burgeoning technol- try'needs and concerns are. This can be an ogy companies. recedented opportunity for the music busi- The R1AA, the trade group th e resents ss. We now have the opportunity to look at the major music industry players, fi he universe of the true music fan and observe suit last month against Napster, allegin MICHAEL ROBERTSON what they want to do. The opportunities for mar- the program facilitates copyright infringem MP3.com keting and promotion are unlimited. Our stance by allowing users to trade pirated MP3 files. is not dependent on the litigation." Some musicians and their managers have Sources indicate that the RIAA is likely to called Napster pernicious, statin: t it -allows lose its case against Napster because the technol- people to obtain music wi ompensating is here is no way to enforce a the artists. lawQgy gala re Y rther, it's the users of Napster The RIAA has also filed suit agat techn who engage in any acts of piracy that MP3.com, alleging copyright infringement e place, not Napster itself. against the renegade music dis Napster is the wildly popular music -sharing MyMP3.com technology. software program, founded by 19 -year -old Shawn The Napster case is headed for a summ Fanning, which is expected to close $15 million judgment hearing slated for March 27, while in second -round funding shortly. Last year, Nap - the RIAA has filed for a summary judgment ter raised seed funding of $2 million from in its MP3.com suit, which is scheduled stors including Angel Investors, Valicert April 14. osi Amram and Excite founder Joe HILARY ROSEN ster's proposition is simple: Users An RIAA loss in either case could c ange The RIAA the entire music industry e -commerce business down ree software, which indexes MP3 model. Regardless of the outcome of these t music files o rs' hard drives and makes them separate lawsuits, the industry is under visible to other Napster users when connected to mous pressure to find a new working the Internet. its online business, now that "thenie is out From there, all it takes is a simple title or artist of the bottle" with the Napster technology and rch to find other users from whom to down- it is "unlikely that the law can touch it," said a loaMP3 files. Users may typically find the latest source familiar with the proceedings. Because hitsrough the free network, allowing them to of the pending litigation, spokespersons for the ownl d and listen to the music without paying. parties involved in the lawsuits would not eco F..labels aren't happy about illegal MP3s comment on the cases. to b ith, so they're livid that Napster If the decisions go against MP3.com an makes asy for people to find and copy the Napster, and the RIAA wins, the effect of t e compresse sic files across the Internet. But existing technology will still cause significant Napster cont-'s that it and the majors can co- changes in the majors' approach towards the exist, specifical'n a marketing and promotion- online distribution of music. al capacity. Napste can work with record labels

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"Napster is a company that very much wants to work with the record industry and, in particular, the major record labels." Liz Brooks, Napster VP Marketing to identify artists and songs popular with its users, acting as athe program illegal, users have fair -use rights and should sort of filter for new recording contracts. Nevertheless, thepolice themselves. Other pro-Napster forces claim that the fear generated by the ascent of Napster is still prevalent inprogram can be used to trade legal MP3 files and other public the industry, and the proliferation of Napster clones such asdomain or educational sound files, so it has a valid purpose Imesh.com (thanks to the reverse -engineering efforts ofthat warrants its existence. Stanford grad student David Weekly) has only exacerbated Much of the debate has centered on absolute positions- the problem. the abolition of Napster-type technology to prohibit piracy As for the legal issue, "Napster has a stronger chance of win- vs. its continued existence, with speculation about how ning than MP3.com," said an insider. "But the RIAA is in big- artists could still be compensated by file -sharing communi- ger trouble if Napster wins. All of this content with no protec-ties, if at all. tion is out there. On college campuses across the country, they A middle ground could lie in an idea outlined by the are not selling CDs like they used to, and that's because of Nap-Secure Digital Music Initiative, an industry consortium of ster and MP3.com. The music industry is facing a real problem,music labels, software companies and technology companies, which the law can't address in the real world." wherein a security system would govern the transfer of copy- A loss to Napster could force a licensing deal betweenrighted material. However, the limitations such strictures MP3.com and the RIAA membership. Napster believes thatwould place on consumers have led some observers to deem there will be changes in the way the industry works and isSDMI highly impractical at best, totally unworkable at worst. hoping to provide a framework for the new business model.It's just too little, too late. However, the RIAA's stand has been against the sharing of In related news, Gnutella, a new music -copying program MP3 files all along, and its relationship with MP3.com and itsthat was being tested by America Online -owned Nullsoft, CEO, Michael Robertson, has been strained at best. Whilewas scrapped last week. The Sedona, AZ -based company, both Napster and MP3.com are looking to settle these suits,which developed Winamp and oversees AOL's Spinner some insiders believe that while MP3.com may be able tostreaming player, was forced to curtail testing of its Napster- work out a deal where both sides get mutual benefits, there islike system after a post online revealed the test site's URL. less middle ground with Napster. However the scenarios are played out, it's becoming quite "Napster and MyMP3.com are two totally different tech-evident that the majors again nologies," a source explained. "MyMP3.com has anti -piracyneed to reinvent themselves designs. When you use the system, it facilitates an end resultin the face of new MP3 tech- that is legal. It's just streaming for personal use. The nology. They must get in the RIAA lawsuit against MP3.com questions whether MP3.combusiness of gathering con- has violated licensing and copyright laws. Napster, on thesumer data about their artists' other hand, can't be used for non -infringing purposes. It isaudiences, a source said. "By software that allows a CD to be ripped, and anyone candoing so, labels will be able to download it. That is clearly a piracy concern." diversify their revenue streams The RIAA suit against MP3.com is based on the compa- not just from album sales, but ny's pre-existing database of streamable CDs, which the trade by controlling valuable data organization says was created without permission. that is sellable to pro- Charlton Heston: The NRA has Free technology advocates contend that instead of making moters and merchandisers." nothing to do with this story... yet.

HITS March 24, 2000 17 NIZIr5 F R 0 T P A f South by So WastedA Martell Millennium AUSTIN, TEXAS -Theyand its inevitable effect on the came, they saw, they listened, music biz. they ate, they schmoozed... In fact, the online - and they definitely drank. geeks outweighed the tradition- Hordes of journalists, record al weasels by nearly two -to -one. label execs, online reps and The dot-com companies came fans boogied into the Texas out in force in search of content, capitol last week to check outpreferring to deal directly with the hundreds of artists perform- the artists in attendance rather ing at South by Southwestthan go through traditional Music Conference and Festi- record company channels. val, the 14 -year -old Austin - Sure, the weasels have based confab, which opened their stronghold in the Four Wednesday (15) and closedSeasons lobby, but the con- Sunday (19). Some of the topvention floor, the parties and Past honorees David Glew, Michael Dornemann, Frances performers included Steve the shows were dominated by Preston and Jim Caparro surround this year's T.J. Martell Earle, , Elliottgeekdom. Foundation honoree Tony Martell at a kickoff luncheon in Bev- Smith, John Paul Jones, Rev- Unlike other music gather- erly Hills. Moments later, the four executives surprised Dornemann by don- erend Horton Heat, Gomez, ings, SXSW continues to gath- ning masks and belting out a chorus of "Smooth." "Oh Shelby Lynne and Sebadoh. er steam every year. Much of schtopp it, you nutty little wienerschnitzels," guffawed the BMG chief. The As in previous years, bar - SXSW's success relies on its annual industry charity dinner takes place on May 18. hopping and barbecue -eatingrecognition of the changing came first, while business (orfacets of the music business, even talk of business) was aand if this year is any indica- distant second. But for the tion, the conference is in good Wallet Watch first time, the meet's focus hasstanding as it anticipates the HOW'S THE OL' TICKER? A SELECTION OF shifted and was noticeablyonline music revolution. ENTERTAINMENT/INTERNET STOCKS AT PRESSTIME. heavy on online distribution -Marc Pollack SIMBOI OMPANY I V, LNJ % CHANGE 52 WK HI -LO

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CREATIVE PLANAGEIAIIIT GROUP DROIGON RECORDS mu tc network Music First THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY F R 0 N T P A Hanson Rocks "ThisEnrique Stands Firm Time Around" Is there life after puberty? Around" was embraced by such You bet your "MMMBop" Top 40 heavies as KISS Boston, there is. WPRO Providence, WXYV With "This Time Around," Baltimore, B94 Pittsburgh and the title of their first record forKQKQ Omaha, garnering over the Island Def Jam Music 400 spins even before its add date Group, Hanson teen phenoms earlier this month. Isaac, Zach and Taylor are not "We decided to go with a only shaving, they're rocking out. track that showed growth and a For the new label, it's been music departure from the band's [earlier] first, image second. sound," explains Lane. "And "We didn't want to rush theconvey the fact that Zach now setup," said IDJMG Chairman has pubic hair." Jim Caparro after we told him we The video has been Top Five That's the newest client of management company The Firm (Back- were fromBillboard.'The bottom Most -Requested at MTV, while street Boys, KoRn], , hanging with Z100 line is, the band made an unbe- the boys have already appeared New York PD Tom Poleman, Asst. PD Sharon Dastur and MD lievable record. It shows they on " Request Live," with Paul "Cubby" Bryant. Buoyed by his new association, Iglesias haven't just grown physically, but two more appearances slated demanded the station add a single from his four -year -old Spanish -language emotionally and creatively as March 31 and May 9, the release albums, "or you'll never see a stinkin' Backstreet Boy again!!!" Moments well. And our focus as a company date for the album, after they later, the four found themselves in a standoff when the station signed to The was how best to project and max- return from a worldwide promo- Firm for exclusive management. [Note: If you object to this caption in any imize that, not just from a domes- tional jaunt to Europe, Asia and way, contact our management representatives at The Firm]. tic but a worldwide perspective." Australia. Other TV spots that "They were very focused on week include visits to "Late showing what they could do," says IDJMG Sr. VP A&R Jeff Fenster, who Breakdown worked with the band in ( Who's got what on this week's album chart) the studio. 'They wanted to write all the songs and POWER POINTS: #1 LP = 50 POINTS/#50 LP = 1 POINT play all the instruments. Power They've made a record LABEL PointsTop 10 Top 20 Top 50 that shows musical depth and considerable growth, Hanson: Growing pains,careergains. UNIVERSAL406 2, 312, 1325, 26,28,29 with more rock elements, (TOTAL: 17) 8 1437, 38,39,43 but it's still extremely commer-Night With David Letterman" 46,48,50 cial, with youth appeal and lots of (5/8) and "The Rosie O'Don- hits. To me, it's the best of all pos- nell Show" (5/9). Print coverage SONY 291 4, 511,16 23,33,36 sible worlds. People forget they're is planned in Spin, RollingStone, (TOTAL: 10) 6 40,45 still just teenagers, with a long Nylon and Interview, building on career ahead of them." Hanson's hip cachet and critical It's been three years since the respect. The band will play a BMG 287 1, 915, 17 27,31,34 Tulsa, OK, trio stormed the club gig in on (TOTAL: 10) 10 35,44 charts with their multi -Platinum March 30 for a live Webcast on debut, "Middle Of Nowhere," but SonicNet. A U.S. tour will the lads nearly suffered from over- begin in July. WEMI 279 718, 19 21,22,24 exposure when their old label, An aggressive Internet cam- (TOTAL: 11) Mercury, rushed out a '97 Christ- paign linked radio Web sites to 20 30,32,42 mas album, "Snowed In," closely streaming audio of the first single 47 followed by 'Three Car Garage," even prior to its April 4 com- a series of demos and B-sides. mercial release. "Their original WARNER 227 7 18, 19 21,22,32 Thanks to IDJMG Sr. VPteen fan base requested the MUSIC GRP. 20 42 Promotion Ken Lane, who record, but now it's getting hold (TOTAL: 8) played the single -which fea- of the uninitiated, casual listen- tures fellow teen phenom Jonny er, which will cause it to EMI 52 24,30,47 Lang -for various radio program- explode," explains Lane. "At (TOTAL: 3) mers without telling them who it least that's what my Magic was, Hanson's "This Time Eight -Ball tells me." 20 HITS March 24, 2000 Now Arriyhig. The trip began with the multi -formatsuccess of fleet Virginia. The journey continued with appearanceson 11w S!ww with Jay ',olio, Conan O'Brien, Craitv Kilbown and VI -11's The List. Now, after more than 2 years, 400 shows, anda certified gold album, they've arrived.

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DirectionHill Graham \lainigriaciii "' and g ITS & La. Ot. M rca Registada./0 1999 Entertainment Inc. rs R 0 T P A 0 Eggleston Sunny SideBosson Round The Boss Up at MCA Promo Darren"Scrambled" Eggle- AddedEggleston: "I ston has been appointed Vice worked with Craig at Epic, President of Promotion forand I'm very happy to be with MCA Records by the label'shis team once again. I share Sr. VP Promotion, Craig"Leg his vision for the department O' Lambert. and the label. We have a Previously Maverick Rec- superb, experienced and hard- ords' Head of National Rockworking staff here, and I'm Promotion, Eggleston alsosure my presence will bring served two years as a local pro- them down a notch or two." motion executive with and four as the "Bosson personifies our label's commitment to R&B and Urban music," Detroit regional for Warner said Capitol President Roy Lott (3rd from r). "Urn Roy, Bosson is a Bros. Records without ever pop artist," said one reluctant executive. "Oh," said Lott. "We'll do something once paying for lunch. The about that. The WMG guys really like that R&B stuff." Pictured are (I -r): Rochester, NY, native launch- Capitol's Tripp Dubois, manager Terry Anzaldo, Capitol's Jay ed his music career at the Krugman, Perry Watts -Russell, Holly Hutchison, Record Theater retail chain Bosson, Lott, Capitol's Burt Baumgartner and Susan Genco. working as a buyer and perfect- ing his one-man mime show. Commenting onthe NSYNC In The Swim appointment, Lambert said: Big chart debuts a-comin'. How'll Jive's NSYNC, Priority's Ice "Darren exemplifies today's Cube and EastWest/EEG's do? The industry Einsteins music executive: He sits at his pictured below, plus Wherehouse Music's Bob Bell and Violet computer day -trading and Brown, Fred Meyer's Brant Berry, Trans World's Vinnie Bir- cruising NSYNC chat rooms Darren Eggleston: Making biglia, Best Buy's Kevin Engler and National Record Mart's John for teenage girls." Lambertlook good. Grandoni (as a retail consensus) give us their best guesses...

NSYNC Ice Cube Pantera What Was The Question 950k 125k ',....V Again? Joyce Castagnola, DreamWorksMI 70k Head of Sales

1.1 million 105k is Val DeLong, Universal Motown Mil 70k Music Group Sr. VP Pop Promotion

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1.00005 million 200k Universal Musk Group bailers huddle with 76ers hoopster and lr newly inked Crazy World/Universal hip -hop artist Allen Joe McFadden, Capitol IIIIIII 65k "The Answer" Iverson. "Yo, Abe Lincoln, you and me, one-on- Sr. VP Sales one-you take the pill first," Iverson suggested to Universal Motown I Group Chairman Mel Lewinter. He then turned this pic into a close-up 1.194 million and claimed photo credit. Seen looking forward to an era of real teamwork 147k are (l -r) attorney Edward L. Woods, UMG Sr. VP/Asst. to the Chairman Retail Panel Consensus =111111116k Jocelyn Cooper, UMG Chairman & CEO Doug Morris, Crazy see names in story above) 1 i i 1 World President/Founder Charles Suitt, Iverson and Lewinter. PROJECTED FIRST -WEEK SALES 0 100k 500k 1 mil 1.5 toil 22 HITS March 24, 2000 JIMMY PAGE &THE BLACK CROWES R&R ROCK CHART What Is And What Should Never Be 173(-10* 50/6 A Smash on Over 150 Stations ALBUM NETWORK ROCK CHART 18* -143( 151/9 Join the e -commerce revolution. Sign your radio station or retail website up now. NEW ADDS INCLUDING: You too can be a part of history by offering your customers free downloads and KISW WHJY WZTA customizable CDs of Live at the Greek from your radio station or retail website. Fans select their favorite songs. musicmakencom's patented technology custom ALREADY SPINNING AT: manufactures each CD & ships it directly to their homes. KLOS WPYX Visit: http://musicmaker.com/page-crowes/setup WRIF WCFM WBAB KYYS You will find everything you need to participate, including: WQBK KLOL Pricing of CD and payment information WMMR WTTS A simple online form to sign-up as a retailer for this promotion WDVE KSHE Promotional tools including song list, banners, links and more KXXR WFBQ WPLR WXRC KEGL WLVQ KDKB WTUE music CONTACT INFORMATION: WYSP WFYV maKercom McGathy Promotions -Bill McGathy (212) 924-7775 the web's custom cd siteTM AIM Strategies - Paul Yeskel (732) 679-9111

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24 HITS March 24, 1999 THE \ EW SINGLE FROM melissa etheridge new this week: Y100 WKSL W PRO KJYO VIBAM DCG WHOT and many -more!

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"This scrag has shown strong callout with our core demo... This is virtage Melissa." - Mike Fat -sons, KPEK/AlbuqJerque "The best Melissa Etheridge record to cater - Bob Walker, KOMBISaltLake City great AC rotations at: WPLJ 22x KYSR 17x KHrii X37x WTIVX 22x WBMX10x KPLZ 22x +6 WVR;/ 24x WPHI-1 16x +5 W1RMF24x WMTX17x WXDT 28x WFKS 14x KSRZ 24x WKDD22x KLLC 19x KFMB22x WPTE 19x WZNE 1Ex +8 C 14x KTOZ 40x KCDA 34x KUOD 34x ...and merry more!! impacting pop radio now! HOT 100 AUDIEWE OVER 9 MILLION! MO N r MONITOR 14*! D TOP 40 MONITOR 20*!

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At presstime, handicappers personnel realignment. Bur- beat were handicapping NSYNC's bank is buzzing that this ac- first -week sales. Will they eclipse tion is a precursor to a further Backstreet Boys' record 1.2 consolidation of the two WB mill? Action next... The recent entities... With an IPO pend- rise of Napster has moved ing, House Of Blues is in nego- THE awareness and insecurity from tiations to purchase Ogden's the majors' e -commerce divi- Metropolitan for a reported MUSIC sions all the way to corporate $30 million. Said move would boardrooms. MP3.com spin place Metropolitan's John doctors are spinning that the Scher under the same roof as INDUSTRY record labels should strike a HOB's Jay Marciano. Have strategiclicensingalliance negotiations hit a snag over FIGHTS with the company in order to who will report to whom?... combat the burgeoning Nap- As the dust settles around AIDS ster, while others inside thethe aborted CDNow/Colum- labels question that strategy. bia House deal, many asking That said, Gary Gersh andwhat now happens to CD - John Silva arranging and me- Now as the stock price falls diating pow -wows between amid a dire need for cash. MP3.com and the Big Five. Is Meanwhile, there's escala- peace at hand? If so, how will ting chatter over Columbia that impact the price of House possibly joining with for informal MP3.com stock? (More details BMG's record club fora in Marc Pollack's story on page major Internet play... Speak- 16)... Speaking of Gersh and ing of BMG, corporate head call LIFEbeat Silva, they add Rage Against honcho Thomas Middelhoff The Machine to their man- liquidates his stake in AOL agement roster... Actionin Europe and adds $9 billion at [212] 965-890 A&R land as David Kahne to a bulging acquisition war begins his tenure on the WB/ chest. There's now some Reprise A&R throne. Despite speculationof Middelhoff Fax: [212] 966-391.. internal rumblings of a major disrupting the WMG/EMI restructuring, fingers point to deal by making the British some trimming of the WB an offer that would be hard E-mail: [email protected] artist roster and some limited to refuse. Far-flung fiction, r. oristhere some reality MP3.CALM? here?...Meanwhile,with or write' Clive Davis stepping down from the throne of BMG's Aristain June, many now 72 Spring Street #1103 looking for an impending official appointment of L.A. Reid in order to give the New York, NY 10012 new label chief time to get his new houseinorder. Meanwhile, there's rampant talk of a new Davis/Uni- * If you live in the LA area and are interested in versal world... Names in the Rumor Mill: Scott Flanders, becoming a Tour Outreach volunteer, please Jordan Katz, Lou Pearlman, call the LIFEbeat office for more information. MICHAEL. ROBERTSON: Will Don Passman and Hilary he take stock in a settlement? Rosen.

26 HITS March 24, 2000 "Picture Perfect" The first single from her forthcoming debut album

Produced & Arranged by Berny Cosgrove & Kevin Clark for Cosgrove/Clark Productions Mixed 3y Manage nent: Chip Quigley for Kingdom Entertainment

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ASAWORK&"/rsPRESENT... The Annual DUMB NCAA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP CONTEST

The 550 Music/WORK Promotion department-whose front line includes Canadian note -crasher Celine Dion, red- hot foreign export CoCo Lee, rebounding demon , front -court specialist Mandy Moore, sharp -shooting ballhandler and free-throw experts ninedays, among others-not to mention Duke duchess Hilary Shaev, the only one in her company who can correctly spell thename of Mike Krzzwyzxckzyz-has been suck- ered once more into bringing you exciting NCAA March Madness, where teenage athletes make under-the-table sneaker deals and trade in their cars for later models with shady agents.

With Arizona, Stanford, Cincinnati, St. John's and Temple Gone, Can the Following Losers Be Far Behind?

Jim Copan, Island Def Jam Music Group Danny Bramson, Warner Bros. Records, Inc. Mike Yeager, KVSR Fresno Final Four: Arizona, Michigan State, Final Four: Michigan State, St. John's, Final Four: St. John's, Michigan State, Duke, Stanford Duke, Ohio State Duke, Stanford Final Two: Michigan State, Stanford Final Two: Michigan State, Duke Final Two: Michigan State, Duke Champion: Stanford (Ed. note: Oops!) Champion: Duke Champion: Duke Total Points in Championship Game: 125 Total Points in Championship Game: 197 Total Points in Championship Game: 140

Ted Volk Maverick Records Guy Zapoleon Consultant Final Four: Temple, Stanford, Final Four: Duke, Michigan State, Michigan State, St. John's Stanford, St. John's Final Two: Stanford, St. John's (Ed. note: Not this year) Final Two: Duke, Michigan State Champion: Stanford (Ed. note: We don't think so) Champion: Duke Total Points of Championship Game: 159

Spencer Shaev, 550 Music/WORK Promotion: Noted Frenchexistentialist Jean -PaulSartre "Kansas,Shmansas... Googoo, Gonzaga! contemplates the nothingness of life:"What Mommy says it's Duke all the way." happened to zee Red Storm?'

Win *HITS Magazine, Inc. reserves the right to declare ineligible any members of the Stanford band who enter thiscontest. A SONG THAT REACTS

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WWW WORKGR 'ENCMCVRCKCLUSW&M, MPLA REG irRADA i0 IS A TA/ZEMAN WORK SOW,LKICEMERTAIRIEW ,161[ENTEMAIMEWINE SOUTH BY SOUTH BEST?: Thetake the thing for what itis, a su-usual, the indie labels found a fewall while muscling big phones at wonderful thing about life in the perbly organized music conferencegems before the majors could sink KNDD in . In related World's A&R universeis that the morethat allows the entire A&R com-their fangs into 'em, so big ups go End news, writer John Travis (Kid things change, the more they staymunity of rodents, managers, bar-to Scooch Pooch for bringing us Rock) just signed with Sandy the same. Sure, weasels were still risters and artists to spend somethe sweet taste of Syrup. Unwilling Robertson's Tix Music... Good passing on bands while Peter Mal-quality time together. Ain't noth-to ignore the ladies in the house,Charlotte has quietly heated up kin was passing kidney stones, but in' wrong with that... THE HIGH-propadelics go to Spongebath andto a boil whi'e no one was look- what were you guys expecting,LIGHTS: On the rock tip, TexasFamous Music for the undeniableing... Email:*[email protected] or 1200 bands with radio -ready tracks chatter said that Steve Plinio-rep-star power of Ruby Amanfu [email protected]... BUZZIN': Bi- and 50k -strong fan bases waitingped, Cheeze-managed Transmatic Chicago's own Bloodshot Recordsonic Jive, Jonny Wright, Terri Di - to purchase their major label debut?put on the show of their lives and (Old 97s, Robbie Fulks) for sing- Paolo, Lionel Conway, Mars Needs While the "lack of talent" complaintmight just have an offer on the ta-er/songwriter Neko Case. Get inWomen... is certainly valid for this year's SXSWble once they get out of Sugar's.while you can-both of these fem- conference, no one truly believedMeanwhile, the Josh Newman/mes are for real... BACK TO RE-Good Charlotte that Jesus would be found on 6th BMG Music Publishing -inked Am- ALITY: With dark clouds looming Street anyway. A few things to bear erican Hi-Fi played to a packed over Almo Sounds, RCA dropping in mind: The early cut-off for artist house at the well -worth -your -time a rumored 20 acts in the coming entrances denies showcase spaceASCAP showcase. New Orleans'weeks and one Beverly Hills ma- to a handful of talent, and for manySupa Group wowed heads withjor re -assessing the A&R staff, others, the risk of a lousy show istheir rawker chops and Nick Fer-we're wondering-is it too late to too high in a strange town with anrara, Esq.'s Endo had crews frommove back home with mom and even stranger sound man mixedColumbia, Interscope, Roadrunnerdad and graduate high school?... with an unpredictable audience.and MCA fighting over the Play -SHORT TAKES: A boy band from Look at the positivesmany of you Station in Ferrara's suite after theWales called X -ELL is making wea- got to see us drunk (and pay for it,show. In related news, was onesels from three majors shriek and no less) and the indelible mark ofhigh -profile rock manager working throw panties... While no one has our collective asses will be on the on his own deal with one high -pro-pulled the trigger yet on J Scavo's seats of the Four Seasons' bar stools file exec at the Endo show? StayAlien Crime Syndicate, they con- Who'll get caught in their web? for at least another four seasons. So tuned for details... INDIE LOVE: Astinue to sell out shows and CDs,

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WHO WHEN WHERE HOW COME? DISENGAGE March 23 The Whisky Second big LA showcase. io:oopm LA

PET ENGINE March 27 Mercury Lounge Good pop. Good fan base. TBD NY

liAGROKULCHER March 27 Troubadour A favorite with 14 -year -31d boys. 10:00pM LA

THE APEX THEORY March 28 The Whisky Need directions to your checkbook? 9:45Pm LA

BIONIC JIVE March 28 The Viper Room Monster buzz. Monster band. 9:3opm LA 1

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AUSTIN POWER: It seemed like alicensing/ST deal/single tie-in/al- Rich Warren ("Dallas," "Love Boat," it comes to the statue by nominat- good idea for the SXSW Musicbum credits/MTV relationship. Got "Moonlighting") is suing ASCAPing such a controversial song and Conference to attach a film confer- it? See ya in Texas next year... THE over royalty -collection issues. While then trying to sanitize it. So fix the ence to the already massively suc-MASSAGE PARLOR: After manysome observers feel the validity ofproblem by shutting your cakehole cessful program-it offers yet an-years of running the show at Poly -his complaint is questionable, it's no and letting the gifted songwriting other opportunity for film -musicGram, Jacquie Perryman hassecret that composers are unhappy duo sing about farts with a beep. hedonists to frolic in Texas. But theyemerged with Periscope, Ltd., aabout the time it takes for all per- Speaking of flatulence, any com- don't. Is it too close in proximity tosupervision company/agency rep -formance rights societies to collect ments on this gassy page should be Snowdance? Maybe. Is it the quali- ping artists for film, N and thefees... Lava Records' teen sensa-directed to [email protected]... BE- ty of films? Neither conference had brave new world of commercials.tion Angela Via has written and re- HIND THE SCENES: Dawn Soler, much to brag about this year, butWith an eclectic roster already in corded an amazing (hint, hint: end Jennifer O'Sullivan, lnterscope STs... there were some fabulous docu-place and a label deal or two in title?) song called "Stay Together" mentaries at SXSW that weren'tthe works, do Periscope and enti-with Carole King. Please contact "South Park" Meets Oscar offered at Scumdance. But there isties like it represent the new waveyour local Lava representative to no need for a film festival or confer- of film -music companies? If so,discuss possible soundtrack op- ence for the film -music crowd.how many will survive? Keep yourportunities... I DON'T CARE, BUT: Yes, it's fun. But festival films aren'tperiscopes up... All eyes continue Here's a good one. Arguments getting distribution,let alone STto watch the growth of Fox's mon- have erupted between Academy deals, and the money it costs forster summer flick "Titan A.E.," asofficials and "South Park" creators publishers to send contingencies ofA -listartists keep lining up...Trey Parker and Matt Stone over pluggers to the fests far exceedsEmily Kaye and the nice peopletheir upcoming performance at the the licensing fees anyone couldat Screen Gems bring you "TheOscars. You see, the wholesome of getting from the indies. So Broken Hearts League," a seminal, boys would rather have the ex- why do it? Because there's no sub- slice -of -life ensemble comedy bypletives in their nominated track stitute for face -time. In this era ofvirgin director Greg Berlanti. Early "Blame Canada" bleeped, and re- e -mails and monster mergers, it'sword is that this flick really is afuse to change the lyrics during the nice to open a tab and buy drinks"screen gem," so lift that chubbylive telecast as requested. I say fuck for freeloading supes and snootyarm and make a phone call... '80sthe Academy, who once again Trey Parker and Marc Shaiman proved that ignorance is bliss when execs, even if they thenighttime -soap composer king share the "Blame."

41 CLUESFOR CUES

DARREN HIGMAN: Atlantic's ST hero preps the kiddies for Pokernon, round two.

ART FORD: The Sundance music O.G.'s efforts pay off with huge licensing dividends.

ED RAZZANO: Raising the Spirits of prexy Mark Fried in his Creative Exec post at Spirit Music.

JOEL C. HIGH: Trimark's No Limit film deal puts playa-hatin' High in the driver's seat for ST love.

JOHN ANDERSON: Windswept Film/TV VP has eyes on the future of his catalog.

32 HITS March 24, 2000 HIS TI ARO

Mainstream Spins Over 1200! Audience Over 7 Million And Climbi Top 40 Mainstream Monitor Debut 364(+379!) Notional' Internet Download Campaign! March 31" New This Wee -10 Ile Exclusive Online Listening Event Z100 WSTR KSLZ 111-`.5 Hosted By KZZP WOZID \VBTS KKRD WFMF V/FBC & many more!

ZIOWNew York: #4 Phones! (5x) Great Early Rotations at: Y100/Miami: #4 Phones! (10x) Y100 10x KCHQ 39x +13 KDND 18x WKRQ!Cincinnati: #1 Phones! (40x +17) B97 17x WNTQ 28x +11WBFR 21x +7 WZPUIndianapolis: Top 10 Phones! (17x) KZZP 13x WNCI 33x +18 WFHN 23x +7 WXYW3altimore: Top 10 Phones! (32x) WLDI 13x WKZL 18x +13 WHOT21x +15 MHTS/San Diego: Top 10 Phones! (28x) WZNY 26x WIXX 18x +7 WWI 18x KICHZ/Pkansas City: Top 10 Phones! (39x +13) KIUMXINew Orleans:#1 Phones! (23x +17) WKSL 17x KQKQ 18x & many more! ULINKS,Tharlotte: #3 Phones! (37x) UURVW!Nashville: #1 Phones! (18x) r KZHT/Salt Lake City:#2 Phones! (24x) LETTERMAN - May 8 (II UIPROsoProvidence: #1 Phones! (24x) ROSIE O'DONNELL - May 9 ISLAND WYCR/Vork: #3 Phones! (22x +11) MTV TRL - May 9 2003 The Island Def larr, Muse C ran `"e WAEBMIlentown: #2 Night Phones! (9x) Produced by Staphen Lironi and Hanson Vocals produced by Mark Hudson and Hanson #8 on115'sTRL Mi>:ed by Tom Lord-Algp Top 10 Countdown Management: Triune Music Group (www.triune.con,) www.hansonline.corr www.islanddefjam.con LIU IDASSETS Dick Wingate is a familiar name to those in the record business. He actually got his first taste of the biz as Music and ProgramDirector at WBRU Providence and went on to hold senior level positions in A&R, marketing and product management at a variety of labels, including Arista, PolyGram, Epic and Columbia. He has been integrally involved in the careers of , , , , , Til Tuesday (and Aimee Mann), , Robert Cray and Sarah McLachlan. Wingate has also been one of the record business pioneers when it comes to interactive music and its marketing. In the early '90s, Wingate served as VP Market Development for Intouch Group, a trailblazer for interactive marketing with their i. sta- tion, an in-store music previewing kiosk. After serving as Sr. VP Marketing at Arista, he then launched Wingate Marketing with a diverse roster of clients that included BMG Online, Muze and Liquid Audio. HITS' own digital doofus, Jonathan "He'll Have A Liquid Audio Cocktail" Grevatt, who is used to drinking his lunch, sat down with the company's Senior VP Content Development & Label Relations to upload the latest on music's digital future. An exclusive HITS dialogue with Liquid Audio Senior VP Content Development & Label Relations Dick Wingate by Jonathan Grevatt

34 HITS March 24, 2000 How did you come to hook up with Liquid Audio? utor. We don't sell any music at liquidaudio.com. Our site has free downloads, which The company was founded in '96 by Gerry Kearby, Robert Flynn and Phil Wiser.met Iserve as incentives to get the Liquid Audio player. If you want to buy music, we'll send them a few months after launch, when I was the new media/technology consultant for you to one of our affiliates, which you can link to from our home page. Our business is BMG. At the time, I was working on the deal to put AOL softwareon BMG CDs. Be- to support, market and merchandise through our affiliates the way a traditional distrib- ing a consultant was great at that time, as I was introduced daily to exciting new Web utor does. We want to help them build a digital music business. We don't succeed unless companies and technologies. I really hit it off with Gerry right away. Here was a guy that they succeed. wasn't a typical gearhead from Silicon Valley. He was a drummer and a former sounden- What makes the Liquid Player superior to, say Winamp, Real or any of the others? gineer for the Grateful Dead, someone who really had a great feel for the music industry Even before I worked here, I preferred the Liquid Player, because it was designed with besides having an innovative idea of how to distribute music ina secure fashion. Ulti- the record industry in mind. It recreates the experience of a jewel boxor album cov- mately, I became a consultant for Liquid Audio starting in mid -'97 and I joined them er with graphics, text, liner notes and musician credits as well as adding cross -mar- full-time in mid -'98. I haven't slept much since! keting capabilities by putting a link to the artist or label's site, as wellas an ever-pre- What was the original goal of Liquid Audio? sent link to where you can buy the CD. Real Networks supports the playback of mu- Liquid Audio was a software tools company at the start. They developed server/client sic distributed by Liquid Audio with Liquid plug -ins for both its G2 player and Real software and were in the business of selling and installing systems for companies world- Jukebox. When we launch with AOL, Winamp will be supporting Liquid Audio with wide to set up their own music distribution businesses based on the Liquid System. That's a Liquid plug-in as well, which was announced early this year. What we've done over not our primary business model now, although we still sell systems, primarily for business - the past few years with our player is add different compression formats intoour sys- to -business use. For instance, several labels like Atlantic use the Liquid System for dis- tem so it plays back AAC, Dolby Digital, MP3, Sony's new ATRAC 3, and soon, tributing music to their field and national staff, eliminating costly custom CDs and Windows Media [MS Audio], which will, in turn, support Liquid Music in their play- FedEx charges. And it's secure. But our main focus is providing content preparation, dig- er. With the deal, we have also agreed to re -encode our entire catalog in ital music distribution and e -commerce services for thousands of labels and artists. With Windows Media alongside our existing formats. The Microsoft deal really under- 65,000 songs from over 1,000 labels in our virtual inventory available to the almost 500 scores how format -neutral we are as a distributor. Our open software and services sup- affiliates and retailers in our Liquid net- port the distribution of music using many work, our turnkey solutions provide labels formats and digital rights management like Mammoth, Rounder, Twin -Tone, systems. We simplify the user experience Sub -Pop, Beggars Banquet, Vanguard, Al- by bridging many music delivery tech- ligator, 32 , Tuff Gong, Aware, Smith- nologies to make it easy to buy and sell se- sonian Folkways etc.-, with encoding, host- cure digital music online. ing, serving, storage and e -commerce ser- What about portable devices and vices. This includes digital rights manage- CD -Rs? ment and financial clearinghouse func- The Liquid Player actually allows consumers tionality. Significantly, we also offer syndi- to export secure content to more portable cation of these music catalogs and new devices and media than any other music promotions to our affiliate sites, which in- player on the market Consumers can use clude CDNow, Tower Online, Amazon, Liquid Player 5.0, now in beta, to bum cus- Yahoo, Best Buy, Musicland, Trans World, tom CDs on many popular CD -R and CD- HMV, Virgin Jamcast and Virgin Mega, RW drives. They can also download tracks Hastings, J&R, BMG Direct, CIMS, Na- to portable players, including Sony's new tional Record Mart, UBL.com, Music Clip and Walk- Launch.com and Listen.com. Some are man. Additionally, 13 companies, including doing selected downloads and others have Toshiba and Sanyo, are building portable de- all of our inventory seamlessly integrated vices that play Liquid Music. into their shopping environment, using !seeLiquid is now in the kiosk business. our Remote Inventory Fulfillment System We are extending the Liquid Music Net- (RIFS). At CD Now, for example, the vir- work to brick -and -mortar stores through tual inventoryis being merchandised our new Liquid -Kiosk Network software. throughout their site as if it's just another This doesn't require a proprietary network format alongside CDs, cassettes, etc. RIFS like some of the other new kiosk systems enables simultaneous search and purchase do, but rather is Internet -based. So cus- of digital goods and hard goods. This retail tomers of a store can access the inventory integration of databases is critical to the not only while in the store, but from home success of the business, which is a high pri- as well, allowing a CD to be made on de- ority for us. We also syndicate Liquid mand at the retailer's store. In the near -fu- Store, a turnkey, customizable store with ture, our systems will allow download to all of our catalog to hundreds of lifestyle BLUES BROTHERS: Then -Mercury exec now -Liquid Audio Sr. VP Contentportable devices as well. The retailers are and radio station sites. Development & Label Relations Dick Wingate presents Grammy winner What's happening with Liquid Audio responding favorably because they can cus- Robert Cray with a gold record plaque for "Strong Persuader" back whentomize the hardware as well as the user and the major labels? he thought colored vinyl was a cutting -edge technology and walrus mus-interface, and, of course, can offer much All of the major labels have been using taches were the height of hip. more inventory, including deep catalog, Liquid Audio distribution for promotional live material and exclusives. Our focus downloads. We have done selected com- is building a network and a pipeline, not mercial downloads with BMG, Warner just in the U.S., but around the world. Music Group and EMI Group. We have "IT'S OUR FEELING, IN THIS 1^)''I We launched Liquid Audio Korea with digitized the entire EMI catalog and are -T- n ,-, r r1Tn T -r n r /71T), the first kiosk -only music store and Liq- preparing for its commercial deployment. MOSTuid Audio Japan, which just went public And there will be other significant an- in late December. We'll be launching nouncements with the majors over the LABELS SHOULD HAVE THE FREE- next few weeks. Europe in the very near -future. In the UK, we have our first kiosk customer, Does Liquid Audio have any exclusive DOM TO EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFER- the Top Shop retail chain, one of the digital delivery agreements with any of biggest clothing retailers over there. the labels whereby a consumer can on- ENT MODELS AND PARTNERS." You've also just had a flurry of artist -re- ly go to Liquid Audio to get a certain lated announcements. song or album? We always have a number of high -profile In our model, we don't own or license any promotions taking place. Last fall, we of- content. We are a non-exclusive distributor. It's our feeling, in this early stage of digital fered the exclusive downloads from Dave Matthews' PBS special several months before delivery, most labels should have the freedom to experiment with different models and the album came out. We just had the exclusive first download from the Smashing partners. If I were a content -owner, I would consider it too early to be laying all my chips Pumpkins album. The biggest promotion we did last year in terms of volume of down- on any one solution or partner. The problem with some of the other companies com- loads and number of participating sites was for Creed's album. "Higher" turnedout to be peting for catalogs is that their model typically is to create a destination site where they our most downloaded song of '99. The promotion involved a large number of radio sta- try to create an online brand by advertising heavily to bring people to that location. tion sites and ten different major music retailers. Sarah McLachlan on Amazon wasa These sites want to be digital music stores. Our model is to be the digital music distrib- breakthrough promotion early last year. We had two songs from her "Mirrorball" album HITS March 24, 2000 35 for download two months prior to release, and the pre -orders were enormous. Tina Turn- Those companies that are selling open MP3s befuddle me. Though there is no ques- er's pre -game live performance of her new single at this year's Super Bowl was made tion that promotional downloads have generated CD sales. We know that for a fact. available as a Liquid Live download following the end of the game at the Superbowl.com There's a reason that Amazon has so many Liquid promo downloads. The challenge for site. We also had the exclusive on 's live album and dozens of others. the music industry is converting promotional downloads to commercial ones. That will What's the biggest source of revenue for Liquid? be impacted by things like bandwidth, breadth of catalog and ease of use and purchase. Software licensing and international licensing agreements. The process of buying a Liquid track is now much easier for the end -user if they choose What are your duties and responsibilities at liquid? our new Fast Track security feature. Consumers and retailers insist on it. My job includes content and catalog development as well as acquiring new music for our The commercial download market, by definition, has to start where people are already inventory. My role also includes strategic direction as it relates to the record industry and buying music. They go to online retailers to buy music with a credit card number. It's an media partners and, as a member of Liquid's e -staff, the company's general direction. At easier step to get them to buy digital music than it is to get people who are going to oth- this moment, I'm also the acting head of music marketing because that position is cur- er music sites where sales of music are not the primary business and get them to buy mu- rently open. sic. That's why we are so focused on empowering music retailers on the Web with are some of the other keyplayers on your staff? capability for digital sales. My 4,,2 guy is Charly Prevost, who is VP of Retail Marketing and Promotion. He What do you think about thefuture of acompany like MP3.com? is a very significant part of my team, and a soulmate. He puts together many of the We think we have a higher -quality solution with our programs for unsigned bands. For promotions and runs point between the labels and retailers. He lives out of a suit- $99, they can set up an account and get their music into our system. There are already far case and is as committed as anyone I've ever met. In the home office in S.F., Brady superior formats sonically than MP3 and they will continue to get better. MP3 will end Lahr is a Liquid veteran and has brought in many of our independent labels. He up as the cassette of the Internet, not a long-term storage format of choice. Once people has his own list-serv, "Brady's Picks," which has become quite popular. Here in start hooking their TV, computers and stereos together with huge hard drives, the defi- New York, we have Mike Abbattista, a major label vet. Susan Van Hosen, for- ciencies of MP3 become very clear. merly of EMD, is our National Accounts Manager, based in L.A. Benjamin How do you see Liquid's business model In five years? Plotkin, also in L.A., is just know what the models joining us from Firstlook.com. for the consumption of digital And Michael Moore is our ex- music will be. We will respond clusiveagentinNashville. to the market. The one thing They each work 24/7 and do an that will be consistent is our amazing job. network. We will pump music How would you compare the through that network based on experience of working at Liquid whatever rules and models have to working at a record label? become the means of consump- Thisisa very entrepreneurial tion. I don't think record stores business. You have to be nimble will be gone in five years, but on your feet and able to change they will be very different. your business model to reflect There willstill be plenty of what's going on in the market- topline CDs sold, though I do place. You have to be able to work believe deep catalog will be- without the traditional infrastruc- come a very significant part of ture of a big company. The pace, thedigitalmusicbusiness. and this is pretty normal for all of Thereis no reason for any the Internet companies, is two or record to go out of print with three times faster than anything I virtual inventory. ever experienced in the music in- The brick -and -mortar retailer dustry. The hours are longer, the will have to integrate the Internet travelis more extensive, the into their stores to make them- stakes are higher day-to-day. Busi- selves relevant for the kids grow- ness changes so fast that you liter- ing up on the Web. They have to ally wake up every morning and introduce in-store kiosks and In- scan the papers and your online ternet stations. One thing the re- news to see how that equation has tailer can offer over the next few changed. During the month of years that not everyone has at January alone, we announced sig- home is broadband. Get a nice big nificant deals with AOL, Mi- fat pipe into the store and let peo- crosoft and Sony Electronics. ple who have never listened to We've finally hit the accelerator music over a high-speed connec- as an industry towards a legitimate WATERLOGGED:Liquid Audio Senior VP Content Development & Label Relations Dick tion do it there. It also helps to ed- digital music market. Up untilWingate(second from left) celebrates the fact he dumped all hisMP3.comstock when ucate the consumer as to the re- mid -'99, everything was held up it was at 28 with fellow Liquid Audio execs (l -r): Phil Wiser.Wingate, Gerry Kearby tailer's Web site, which must be while the SDMI meetings were andRobert Flynnshortly before the greatWall Street Crash of 2001. integrated into their overall mar- going on. Today, the mood is keting plan. Cross -marketing be- much more aggressive, with AOL tween brick -and -mortar and the buying Time -Warner. That's an Web site will become important obvious indication digital music is to keep customers from going to C TM E C's f A Trl D I' TT A I I\/I ICT a vital part of the business in the "MOST the competition. future, if not the business. What's Do you miss the traditional not clear is what the models will STORE CUR MODEL IS TO BE THE DIGITAL record business? be and how it will all play out I love what I'm doing. It's every- with consumers and what price MUSIC DISTRIBUTOR." thing I've been pointing to. I've they will be willing to pay. The been involved with the interac- public will eventually vote with tive music space for ten years their wallets. now. I was into in-store record Howdo yousecure artists' kiosks back in the early '90s rights at Liquid? with Intouch Group. Their i. We have had our own digital rights management for three years. We did our first major station was the first interactive music kiosk with the capability of complete cata- label commercial download in 1997 with Duran Duran and Capitol. The system allows log -wide sampling. I was just looking at our brochure from 1993 and everything the artist or label to decide whether they want the music to be promotional or commer- we were doing is now common on the Web. We had catalog sampling, interactive cial, time -sensitive, exportable to CD -R or portable devices, how it's going to be sold, advertising, consumer usage patterns tied to music sampling and a bar-code scan- the wholesale price, etc. We make the tools and the content -owner makes the rules. It's ner. I've been doing this since 1990. That's how long I've been obsessed with the designed for total security when that is required by the artist or label. When someone interactive music market and the ability for one-to-one marketing that interactive buys a song, the content -owner doesn't want it to be passed along because, otherwise, music enables. Today, it's a reality. I'm just happy helping to build the road for the why are they selling it? digital music future.M

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We tried to "connect the dots" with John Allers when he called to tell us of Otherside his resignation from WEQX, but he remained mute on the subject of his next gig. 2 2 SMASHING PUMPKINS - Virgin #1 CIMX,KFMZ Doesn't he know we'll find a way to get the scoop out of him, anyway?.... Stand Inside Your Love Occasionally we're even told big news without having to -esort to bribery, threats 3 3 CREED - Wind -Up WPLY,WHRL Add With Arms.., What If or unparalleled whining. Although Lenny Diana was at home 4 4 LIMP BIZKIT - Flip/lnterscope #1 KXTE,WJSE today suffering the aftershock of bad sushi, his proud boss John Break Stuff Moschitta couldn't wait to tell us that Lenny had been promoted 6 5 BLINK 182 - MCA #1 Most Added to APD at WXDX. Way to go, Lenny, but how will you juggle both Adam's Song your APD and MD duties, while still fiiding time to download 5 6 VERTICAL HORIZON - RCA #1 WDYL,WZZI songs from Napster weeks before anyone else in radio has heard Everything You Want 'em? No more Nintendo for you!.... John and Lenny were just 7 7 KORN - Immortal/Epic #1 WBCN,KXPK two of the zillions of PoMo programmers who added Lynn Barstow & Erika: the Nine Days single, "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)," 9 8 BLOODHOUND GANG - Republic/Inter#1 KITS,Q101 Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa... this week. WXDX also acded the new Stroke 9 single, The Bad Touch Tulsa Will Never Be "Letters," prompting our creating a "Super Group" 8 9 THIRD EYE BUND - Elektra/EEG KROQ Add The Same Again! that's certain to become a staple of the PoMo format: 10 Days Late, Never Let You Go Stroke 9 Days of the New Order. Maybe they can 10 10 BUSH - Trauma #1 VVXNR,WGBD tour with Master PJ Harvey Danger Danger Man...Or Astroman?.... Back on plan- Letting The Cables Sleep et earth, I just want to implore you not to wait to add Nine Days because it's going 13 11 INCUBUS - Immortal/Epic #1 X-96,WXDX to cross to Pop radio before you can say KIIS-FM! Do we have to remind you that Pardon Me Pop radio beat you on Bloodhound Gang, PoMo's #1 phone record? Klaiman and 12 12 - Epic WXZZ Add Hodge are absolutely ruling on "Absolutely." Our endorsement of those two was Sleep Now In The Fire absolutely unsolicited by them Lisa Cristiano returned from her trip to and 1413 GODSMACK - Republic/Universal#1 KEDJ,KQXR Amsterdam with the Prada pumps I Voodoo covet, and the #1 Most Added record at PoMo! Dancing over the competition in her new heels, Lisa and Darren are well on 15 14 LIT - RCA #1 KLEC,WBRU Miserable their way to delivering Blink 182's third #1 hit at PoMo! We would've been disap- pointed if Adam Wright at WHMP wasn't among the first to add "Adam's Song," 16 15 KID ROCK - Lava/Atlantic/AG #1 VVVVVV Only God Kncws Why but he came through, as has more than half of the "panel." Now you should all feel 23 16 3 DOORS DOWN - Republic/Universal#6 Most Added free to add Zoppi's "One Sun," Fenix*TX's "All My Fault" and Methods of Kryptonite Mayhem's "New Skin," and maybe Lisa will let you try on her new Prada shoes 11 17 - Fiction/Elektra/EEG tour starts soon! We tried to track down Howie Muira today to hail him for his stupendous "Most Maybe Someday Added" week with Supergrass and Mighty Mighty Bosstones! It's so gratifying to 18 18 STAIND - FliplEleIctra/EEG #1 WZZI see those stations who have supported the Bosstones in the past (and are still in the Home format) add "So Sad To Say" this early. This is worth many karma points, which many 2219 FILTER - Reprise #5 Most Added! of us could undoubtedly use right now. Supergrass had the grand fortune of being The Best Things added straight into "Breakthru" rotation on MTV, as well as being #4 Most Added 2020 LIVE - Radioactive #1 KHLR at PoMo! Please watch the video so I don't have spend all day listening to Erika Run To The Water describe how cute it is to you While on the topic of cute, I can't resist giving 19 21 - Roswell/RCA WROX,WMAD Add props to Brian James, already a contender for "PoMo Babe Of The Year," for the Breakout add at WCYY this week on Radford. This shows us that just because you're being 24 22 P.O.D. - Atlantic/AG KKND Add barraged with new songs by huge artists, you can still find room for a hit. Mike at Southtown WXEG and Holly at WROX taught us the same valuable lesson this week, joining 25 23 MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL OST - Inter soundtrack sales the legion of you (like KNRK, WXSR, KNRQ, KMBY, KBRS, WSFM, WJBX, etc) who are giving "Don't Stop" a real shot Speaking o- shots, how genius is it that 21 24 STROKE 9 - Cherry/Universal WXDX Add KROQ added 's "Porcelain" this week? Moby was in LA last weekend to Letters make a video for the song, so I hope he got to hear KROQ play it. 1725 OASIS - Epic Add this now! I can't wait to Where Did It All Go see the video, which was a labor of love for Moby's friend, award -winning director Jonas Akerlund. Moby has the coolest One of my coolest friends, Suzie Dunn, called to tell me that WPLY was adding Guster's "Fa Fa" this week. My other cool friends at Q101 added it, too-how cool is that? Suzie then told me about most added sewing a button on Jon Anderson's shirt. My cool friends in Guster would be mor- tified if they knew that they were mentioned in the same conversation as the singer 1. BUNK - 182 "Adam's Song" (MCA) in Yes SONG TO HEAR: Gomez' "We Haven't Turned Around." (I'm sorry, I'm obsessed) PEOPLE TO WATCH: Garett Michaels (leaving WPLT for KYPT 2. NINE DAYS "Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)"(550/Epic) Seattle), Ann Delisi, Shawn Stewart, Stu Bergen, Stryker (because he's cool), Dan 3. MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES "So Sad To Say" (Island/IDJ) Bozyk, Donny Mueller, Alan Ayo, Alan Smith (who's your new MD?), Mary anc 4. SUPERGRASS "Pumping On Your Stereo" (Island/IDJ) James at Q101, Marty Whitney, Laurie Gail, Laura Jones, the members of Sou 5. FILTER "The Best Things" (Reprise) Coughing and Pete Rosenblum (the busiest man at SXSWI). 6. 3 DOORS DOWN "Kryptonite" (Republic/Universal) uJapow qsod 0 HITS March 24, 2000

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"Epic" Reg. U.S. Pat. & Trn. Off. Marca Registrada./0 is a trademark of Sony Music Entertainment Inc./0 2000 Sony Music Entertainment Inc. beauty school drop out BY ERIKA STRADA I'M NOT LONESOME I'M JUST LONESOME FOR YOU: So you'd think top 25 specialty airplay that this would be one of my easiest columns to write. After all, SXSW has passed, and I've seen a million faces and I rocked them all. Ooops, that was W tw artist -label comments , wasn't it? Or was it Kid Rock? Well something like that... But, alas I am putting pen to paper before heading off to Austin! Why you might ask? DEATH RAY - Capricorn Top 5 @ WBCN, 91X Well, maybe it has something to do with the fact that my return from Austin Now That I Am Blind is late on Sunday night and I'm not sure that I'll be in much of a mood for SUPERGRASS - Island/IDJ Top 5 @ WBCN, KNDD writing. I'm sure first on the agenda will be sleep, and LOTS of it. So instead, Pumping On Your Stereo I am trying my darndest to think of something to write about. (I'll be sure to PINEHURST KIDS - 4 Alarm Top 5 @ KNDD, WHTG pass on all the highlights of the trip to Texas in the next issue.) I know you can hardly wait. And if it's too much anticipation for you, you can always call Viewmaster me for the scoop! Perhaps in the meantime Ican channel THE EXIES - Ultimatum add this now! some great writer for this week and finally write some elo- The Exies quent saga about a life of loving music. Ummmm... ummmm. NERF HERDER - Honest Don's Top 5 @ WPLA, WEED Nope, it's not working. Far too dramatic anyway. Instead let How To Meet Girls me WOW you with the exciting news from today when Ivana CONSOLE - Matador Top 5 @ KNRK and I battled over which computer CD player could be played Rocket In The Pocket louder. Ivana was blaring Yes (Have you noted her prog rock fascination? It's killing me!) and mine was TRAVIS - Independiente/Epic touring w/Oasis Dwsley surrounded by -he lovely ladies of WB happily playing NSYNC's "." (Just to let The Man Who you know, Yes won!) Of course if you speak to Chris 34Giant... awww... cute! H2SO4 - Robbins Entertainment Top 5 @ WBRU, KJEE Brunt from WVVDX, he may warn you not to call me "Imitation Leather Jacket" (single) back. After all he was tortured with our office duet of Travis' "Why Does It GOLDFINGER - Mojo/Universal Top 5 @ WPLA Always Rain On Me?" followed by Guster's catchy "Fa Fa (Never Be The Stomping Ground Same Again)." We like to torture people, and what better way than with HEAVY METAL 2000 - Restless Top 5 @ KRAD some off-key singing? Or perhaps I can relay my conversation with the newly married and very dear John DiMaio from RCA who happily told many great Monster Magnet stories on how other people are loving the Radford single as much as me! PAPA ROACH - Dreamworks Top 5 @ WXDX Hooray! I also had to congratulate him and the rest of the RCA team on their Infest impressive work on the latest Lit single. And let's not forget those darling 12 GAS GIANTS - Atomic Pop live in studio @ WPLY Foo Fighters- yeah, like they ever had a chance of being forgotten! I won- From Beyond The Backburner der when my jacket is coming that I ordered from www.foofighters.com... 13 13 JOSH ROUSE - Rykodisc Top 5 @ WPLY, 91X While surfing the Web, I found other interestingsites.Like WAVF's www.96wave.com. Did you know they are getting ready to celebrate their Home 15th anniversary? Who better to celebrate it with than their current lineup of CUPCAKES - Dreamworks ready for dessert? great artists? Greg Patrick, who's just a sweetheart, rattled off the list of Cupcakes heavies. From the Black Crowes to Fitter and to Apollo NINE DAYS - Epic/550 Top 5 @ WXDX, WEJE 440, it seems a trip to Charleston is on the agenda. Who would pass up a The Madding Crowd chance to hang out with Greg and Danny (who counts Peter Searcy as a cur- HIPPOS - Interscope Top 5 @ KRAD rent fave!) anyway? While traveling about, be sure to do some more cele- "Wasting My Life" (single) brating with KNRK's March 26th birthday bash. This year they've enlisted Methods Of Mayhem, Goldfinger, Suicide Machines, Collapsis and MOBY - V2 try out the Owsley to help them blow out the candles. I'm hoping that I can help too. Play What ifI promise to bake the cake? Back to cool Web sites-also try out KITTIE - Ng/Artemis Ozzfest tour! www.owsleymusic.com to keep up to date on all the latest info on... guess Spit who? (And if your computer is broken, you can always call me.) So, while you 19 CYPRESS HILL - Soul Assasins/Col/CRG in stores 4/25 are busy looking all of these sites up, here are a few suggestions on things "Rock Superstar" to pop in the CD player. First try out the new Supergrass single "Pumping MR. 0120 - Mute hear in Levi's ads On Your Stereo," which comes with an enhanced CD. The video is the cutest thing EVER! How could it not be with the help of Jim Henson puppets? Analog Worms Attack There's also some cool behind -the -scenes footage that explains some of the CLINTON - Dreamworks Where's Bubba? effects. Also give a listen to this Ian Brown single called "Love Like A Foun- Disco & The Halfway to Discontent tain." You may remember him from his Stone Roses days. Then there's the

SMASHING PUMPKINS - Virgin Top 5 @ WEQX Justin Clayton record on Ultimatum that is very swoon -worthy. Hey, did I Machina:The Machines Of God coin a new phrase? I hope so, because I could use that often! Well see, I did 11 23 THE THE - Nothing Top 5 @ WEJE, WBRU it.I managed to fill a page, and Istill have a few more things to say. Like con- gratulations to Sean Boy Ziebarth who just welcomed a baby girl named Naked Self Pallas Kamm into the world on March 14th. I wonder how soon before she's CATATONIA - Atlantic/AG Top 5 @ WEQX - 24 rocking out to a Nitro Record. Also be on the lookout for the new Blood Of Equally Cursed And Blessed Abraham single "Calling All Citizens" coming out on Atomic Pop very, very FILTER - Reprise Top 5 @ WBCN soon. Then, there's one last shoutout to my fine friends Brian Corona from Title Of Record Capitol and Scott Petibone from VVXSR who are keepin' it real. Oh my, what

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KORN Immortal/Epic ERIC SCHMIDT, APD Make Me Bad WXTM, ST. LOUIS a CREED Wind -Up "The Bloodhound Gang's 'The Bad What if Touch' is a record we threw on a couple 1:1 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS Warner Bros. times and the phones just lit up. A fun Otherside good song about sex works ro matter GODSMACK Republic/Universal how hard or soft you are. We're also Voodoo happy with the Apartment 26 record. a LIMP BIZKIT Flip/Interscope Break Stuff They did a great job last year on our fes- 0 RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINEEpic tival's side stage and on the Ozzfest tour, Sleep Now In The Fire so it's great to see their record reacting STAIND Flip/Elektra/EEG so well." Home INCUBUS Immortal/Epic Pardon Me 10 3 DOORS DOWN Republic/Universal ALAN SMITH, PD Kryptonite KROX, AUSTIN FOO FIGHTERS Roswell/RCA "Dynamite Hack are an excellent local Breakout banc that wil initially become known for SMASHING PUMPKINS Virgin :heir cover of 'Boyz -N-Tha Hood,' but the Stand Inside Your Love aloum is very deep and they're great per- TVT Waffle ior-ners. We've been on it since the end of KID ROCK Lava/Atlantic/AG Cypress Hill and then run for Only God Knows Why your lives-put 'Rock Superstar' on and a Elektra/EEG BOOM, it explodes!" No Leaf Clover Et! AC/DC Elektra/EEG Stiff Upper Lip EE BUSH Trauma Letting The Cables Sleep MIMI GRISWOLD, PD EE SYSTEM OF A DOWN American/Col/CRG Spiders WKRL, SYRACUSE FILTER Reprise "Of course, the Bloodhound Gang record The Best Things is exploding for us at WKRL. I guess that LIVE Radioactive the Rush Limbaugh ntro spots are expos- Run To The Water ing this song to everyone, even those not 20 P.O.D. Atlantic./AG intended! Apollo 440 is still keeping the Southtown momentum going. Finally, I'm wonder why based on a combination ofporno and active rock airplay Our Lady Peace's 'Is Anybody Home?' is not a Top 10 record by now?"

T L tool In '98, after an 8 year stint at KSDB (Kansas State University), Andrew Sample clicked his heels three times and moved out DANNY & HOLMES, West tc begin a challenging career with Century Media Records. SPECIALTY SHOW HOSTS This up-and-coming Power Tool of Generation WAVF, CHARLESTON Next has been doing CM's radio promotions and "Pantera has been ripping it up with recently added video promotion to his ever- 'RvoLitior Is My Name.' On the local tip, expanding responsibilities. Says Andrew, "The keeF your eyes peeled for a band called constant challenge at Century Media is not only Isabelle's Gift, who will be touring with dividing my time between radio and video, but the Bloodhound Gang. This band will be also nurturing the underground credibility of a big deal, not just because they can out - bends like , , Krisiun and , d -ink out -fight and out -excess bands like while at the same time, trying to gain commercial exposure for , but do it with a kind of style oLr bigger selling artists like Stuck Mojo, Skinlab, , anc grace that can only be (in)bred in a , and ." place like South Carolina."

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swells with organ and bells, or the mellotron and string -sweetened "Wooden "If the music indus- , Nickels." E's compositions lend themselves well to the sparse and try prepares you broad instrumentation (which includes horns), and his breathy delivery is a per- for anything," said fect vehicle for the introspective nature of his lyrics. (J.D.) Marcy Playground's John Wozniak (2nd fr. r), "it's for the re- John Rouse "Home" (Slow River/Ryko): Proving peated digital -rec- you can go home again, Nebraska -native and Nash- tal exams." ville -based Rouse has returned with a second roots -influenced pop album just as full of longing as his debut. "Home" engages us with musical emo- IVANA B. STERN: It was a fortuitous meeting for HITS' own Ivana tion through modest melodies like the passionate- B. Adored when she ran into Ralph Cirella, stylist/hairdresser to ly layered "Laughter." Its seductive bass line and Howard Stern. "Perhaps itis time for me to move on past my echoing guitars (a la U2's greatest) lead to a jovial, tambourine -spiced hook auburn Tatum O'Neal in "Paper Moon' look," Ivana said. "Ab- that's complemented first by subtle brass then by haunting violins. Other solutely," Cirella replied. "You need a brave new look for the new great tracks include "100M Backstroke" and "Directions." The CD's dreamy millennium." As of press - pop gentility is splendid. You gotta get "Home." (KY.) time, there was no final word what the look might Disturbed "" (Giant/Reprise): Born to entail, but sources close a conservative religious family, frontman Dave Drai- to Cirella did mention man denounces his upbringing with three fellow something about long, heavy metal Chicagoans on a debut laced with non- curly brown locks and tiny conformist rage, twisted sonic perversions and round sunglasses, or at brain bending lyrics. The single "Stupify" highlights least something in a dou- Dave's rhythmically cadenced vocals as well as some ble D -cup. eerie electronics for a gritty and menacing romp through the dark realms of the human psyche. Other causes for insomnia are a rocked out version of IMPLOSION OF SOCIAL SKILLS: Unable to get dates or to even Tears For Fears' "Shout" retitled "Shout 2000" and the positively stygian convince 16 -year -olds in an Internet chat room that they were hate ballad "Droppin' Plates." (C -SLUG) worth talking to, WBCN staffers and Interscope personnel retreat- ed to the BCN studio where Folk Implosion's Lou Barlow enter- Clinton "Disco and the Halfway to Discontent" tained them with song. "Wow," Barlow noted, "compared to this (Luaka Bop/Astralweri

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DESTINY'S CHILD Say My Name Columbia/CRG THE SIXTH SENSE: Like most everyone else,I look at MTV program- ming sometimes and trip out on their ability to have a consistent ahead - DR. DRE/EMINEMForgot About DreAftermath/Inter of -the -curve pulse to their lifestyle imaging. Research is one thing, but JOE I Wanna Know Jive how do they know to use underground break beats on their promos to appeal to a Gen Y viewer? Those kinds of details seem way Hot Boyz GM/Elektra/EEG beyond the basic perceptual, that shit is audience instinct. Plus, being the corporate giant that they are-which in my personal broadcast NSYNC Bye Bye Bye Jive experience meant having too many cooks in the kitchen, five thousand PINK There You Go LaFace/Arista reasons why you "can't" do something cool, and a top -down manage- ment agenda-I don't get how they pull it off. Well, if you want the 10 I Don't Wanna Priority secrets to their success, I highly recommend that programmers check out interview with KR/ CEO Tom Freston (Just AALIYAH Try Again BlackgroundNirgin hit your Excite Newstracker search and pull it up online). He breaks 1010MONTELL JORDANGet It On Tonite Def Soul/IDJ down everything from branding, to consumer research, to the type of work environment that needs to be created for a necessary "bottom- EVE F/ Love Is Blind RR/Interscope up idea flow," which any PD in America can tell you is absolutely essen- DMX Party Up Def Jam/IDJ tial to run a successful lifestyle station. But probably the most important aspect of the dialogue was Freston's insights on Gen Y. The top end of It Feels So Good FC/Repub/Uni/UMG this massive demo is about 17 years old now, and their sheer numbers (larger than the Baby Boom, hello) will no doubt forge a major cultural D'ANGELO Untitled CheebaNirgin shift that will affect us ALL as loyal minions of the music biz. If you're a SANTANA Maria, Maria Arista strategist geek, this is amazing information. Check it out and then hand it to your GM... Musically This Week: The Aaliyah record is still opening TONI BRAXTON He Wasn't Man Enough LaFace/Arista up a can of whoop -ass cuz airplay continues to rocket upwards and request action is going into overdrive with the release of the "Romeo CHRISTINA AGUILERAWhat A Girl WantsRCA Must Die" movie... But the hot album right now is most definitely :his 30 BLACK ROB Whoa! Bad Boy/Arista Ice Cube "Peace" disc. Throw up the "W" y'all cuz Cube is coming with some real hits. Not only is the Cube/Krayzie Bone "Until We Rich" track DA BRAT What I'm Looking For So So Def/Col/CRG starting to callout like his earlier monster, "" but you 202PAC & OUTLAWZBaby Don't Cry Amaru/DR/Inter GOTTA hear this "You Ain't Gotta Lie" jam he did with Chris Rock. WOW. This could be a career record for him... Another record :he JAY -Z Anything Roc-A-Fella/IDJ musicheads are trippin' on is Sole/Ginuwine "I: Wasn't Me," which ed WJMN's drumming homie Danny Ocean to exclaim, "It's in the mix, KUMBIA KINGS U Don't Love Me Capitol but it sounds so incredible on the air.I think this is a stone-cold smasl!" HOT BOYS I Need A Hot Girl CM/Univ/UMG By the way Danny, happy belated birthday to an extremely nice person who has GREAT ears and a cool passion for radio. Plus, how much more BONE THUGS -N -HARMONY Resurrection Ruthless/Epic Irish can you be, bro? Also can't forget to mention that "Ryde Or Die" is now at 1000 spins and rising. If you haven't hit this yet, keep El En 113JAGGED EDGE He Can't Love U So So Def/Col/CRG it on the radar cuz it's seriously on the move... While Rhythm is buzzing E3VOICE V When U Think Of MeMCA about Blaque's "I Do" and Nu Flavor's "3 Little Words," Urban Cross- over is feelin' Carl Thomas' "I Wish." This will not hit you immediately En En EsJENNIFER LOPEZ Feelin' So Good Work/Epic over the head. It's a sleeper like most new R&B and probably gonna creep, but what a HIT. The lyrics are scandalous plus his vocal perfor- III 28ICE CUBEIKRAYZIE BONE Until We Rich Priority mance just drips with soul... Also making noise is 's "Country 20Ea ElBACKSTREET BOYSShow Me The... Jive Grammar." John E. Kage, in his very organized fax statement, said, "Cat and I loved this record from the first listen. Universal does it again, this 30 THE LOX Ryde Or Die, Chick RR/Interscope time with a whole new sound. Nelly has a full endorsement from KQKS." Kage, is that your FINAL answer??... Next up: In the category of "The RE*S P,<,EKCMAST ADDEDT IHIS WEEK Record That Won't Go Away" is Bone Thugs' "Resurrection." This is for real, everybody. It's selling like fucking crazy, plus the record is in power Artist Title Label rotation now at KKFR, KYLZ, KQKS, B95, KPWR, KKBT and KXJM and 1.Blaque "I Do" Columbia/CRG gets immediate phones with new airplay, which led an exasperated 2. Aaliyah "Try Again" BG/Virgin Mark Feather to exclaim when looking at the stats," Can ya just be 3. Nelly "Country Grammar"Universal/UMG clubbed over the head for not playing this??" Shout outs: James Cruz, 4. Before Dark "Monica" RCA Chris Schwartz, Cynthia Johnson, Joey Carvello and Erik Bradley ("In 5. Kelly Price "Love Will Set..." Def Soul/IDJ and Out" is the bomb, huh?) E-mail: homegirl92 @aol.com... I'm out!!

HITS March 24, 2000 14 # 11 Al I41 to CROSSOVER' NEMELEASES GOING FOR ADDS 3/27 Mary J. Blige "Give Me You" MCA Carl Thomas "I Wish" Bad Boy/Arista Cypress Hill "Rap Superstar" Columbia/CRG Beanie Sigel "The Truth" Roc-A-Fella/IDJ Rah Digga "Imperial" FM/Elektra/EEG Christina Aguilera "I Turn To You" RCA Beenie Man f/"Love Me Now" Virgin Nu Flavor "3 Little Words" Reprise GOING FOR ADDS 4/3 Common "The 6th Sense" MCA WHERE ANGELA FEARS TO TREAD: Atlantic artist Angela Via (c) Angie Stone "Everyday" Arista stopped by KLUC Las Vegas after hittin' up a few Circus Circus crap "Riddle" Elektra/EEG tables with label Sr. VP Danny Buch (r). Station PD Cat Thomas (I) greeted the singer with a hug and raved, "You are absolutely great, Eiffel 65 "Move Your Body" Repub/Univ/UMG but have you seen Buch's imitation of ?' Right then, Buch Dwayne Wiggins "Strange Fruit" GR/Motown/UMG did a kick -ball -change and started singing "I'm Forever Your Girl...

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1. Sisqo "Thong Song" Def Soul/IDJ THEA MITCHEM 2. Black Rob "Whoa!" Bad Boy/Arista MD WPGC Washington DC 3. Aaliyah "I Don't Wanna" Priority Sole/Ginuwine "It Wasi't Me" 4. DMX "Party Up" Def Jam/IDJ DreamWorks 5. Hot Boys "I Need A Hot Girl" CM/Univ/UMG "This is the hottest record out right now. We expect big things from Sole with this."

JOHN E KAGE MD K5107 Denver Bone Thugs -N -Harmony "Resurrection" Ruthless/Epic STEVE KICKLIGHTER PD KFAT Anchorage "This earned its s+ay on. We put it in and it just keeps on gros.ing! Top Ten phones in a A former weekend jock for KBXX and week, now its Top Five callout for us." KUBE, Kicklighter had to move to pay the dues-to Alaska. But he got JULIE PILAT his shot as a first time PD at KFAT, a MD KUBE Seattle station that just signed on last year to Nelly "Country Grammar" staggering new success. Since then, Universal/UMG their numbers have gone from .6 to "Already spiking it Kick me. 5.0 to 10.4! "I was excited to get a and phones are starting " shot, plus how incredible to have the station do as well as it is now," he says. In addition to being PD, Steve holds down mornings as "Ke Ke Luv," a radio character that's taking the town by storm. "We have a listener new music meeting on Tuesday mornings," he explains, PATTIE MORENO PD

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R. I.P. ROB ONE... I knew him for alotta yrs. Though not very well, I knew him to be good people who waz really real about DJin & hip -hop. I think it best to have LP & a couple of other fellaz him better do top 20 spin him justice here. Latin Prince: "Last Thursday, March #ARTIST TITLE LABEL AIM& SPINZ 16, around 8:15 pm, I saw a friend, someone that loved 1. BLACK ROB Whoa Bad Boy/Arista 233 tha hip -hop culture to tha fullest, pass in front of my eyes. Being there at the time of his departure was a Rob One & Guru 2. DMX Party Up Def Jam/I DJ 230 devastating moment for me.I met Rob One when I 3. RAH DIGGA Imperial FM/Elektra/EEG 226 started doing radio in tha Bay Area. He was workin at EMI Records. I never met a person with so much energy & luvvv for his job. I 4. AALIYAH Try Again BlackgroundNirgin 216 always knew where to find him day or night. This kid was so dedicated to 5. LOX Ryde Or Die... Ruff Ryders/Inter 215 every artist and project he worked. One of tha most memorable things he 6. WARREN G/SNOOR.. Game Don't Wait G-/Restless 208 ever did for me was at tha Gavin convention in several years back. He had done sum hottt 7. JAY -Z Anything Roc-A-Fella/IDJ 205 mixes on Bahamadia, AZ & D'Angelo, but there was 8. METHOD MAN... Y.O.U. Def Jam/IDJ 200 a catch to it; to be able to get the record, you had to meet him at his suite and you know hard it iz to 9. DRAMA Left, Right, Left Atlantic/Atl G 199 get DJz to attend something like that if there's no 10. COMMON The 6th Sense MCA 192 milk & cookies involved. But tha pressure was on, so 11. SPOOKS Things I've Seen Antra/Artemis 190 I showed up. Once he left EMI, Rob continued to focus on DJin & hiz mix tapes, not to mention his art. 12. Rawkus/Priority 186 He waz a graffiti junkie like me. I'm goin to miss thisScrap for prezident 13. CYPRESS HILL (Rap) Superstar RH/Col/CRG 185 brotha just cuz of how real he waz and all the things he did for tha hip -hop game. I waz touched when, last month, he told my boy 14. OUTSIDAZ Rah Rah RuffNation 181 Creativity: 'Don't let your job take over your life; always take care of yourself 15. DA BRAT... What'chu Like So So Def/Col/CRG 177 first.' We knew, in essence, he was sendin us a message. I have to give his girl 16. LL COOL J Ill Bomb Def Jam/I DJ 170 Lysette much luvvv for being there by his side every step of tha way. We all know she waz the best thing that ever happened to Rob." Alex Mejia (Virgin): 17. SISQO Thong Song Def Soul/IDJ 168 "Rob One always kept it real. Tha purity of hardcore, underground hip -hop 18 504 BOYZ Wobble Wobble No Limit/Priority 163 was in his soul. He took tremendous pride letting it be known who was rep- 19. TONI BRAXTONHe Wasn't Man Enough LaFace/Arista 154 resentin & who wasn't. If you had skillz, Rob One would help establish your foundation and credibility in tha rap music scene. He never asked for any- 20. TONY TOUCH...Diaz Bros. Tommy Boy 152 thing; he always gave so much of himself to tha music community. He had so much passion for what he believed and what hip -hop stands for. His loss iz outta thaboxweeigYaraltrenceers extremely devastating. Not many would do what he did and not ask for a #ARTIST TITLE LABEL go cent, but meanwhile, I'm sure that he'z up in having a conversation 1. DRAMA Left, Right, Left Atlantic/Atl G with GOD & Jesus, who are tha illest MCz & tha dopest DJz." E-Man(KPVVR): "It was a devastating blow to hear that one of our fellow DJz had passed 2. CARL THOMAS I Wish Bad Boy/Arista away. I remember Rob One when I first met him in'95 workin Lords. He always 3. TRICK DADDY... Shut Up Slip-N-Slide/AtI/Atl G showed a passion for the music & his passion as a DJ. It'z definitely hard to 4.... It's So Hard Loud/Col/CRG accept that someone as strong as he was passed. My prayers and blessings go to him, his girl & everyone that had been a part of his life. He will be truly 5.SOLE... It Wasn't Me (remix) DreamWorks missed & you know he iz rockin the ones & twos in heaven."...Congratz to 6. TRINA Da Baddest Bitch Slip-N-Slide/AtI/Atl G new #1 pic Drama (Atlantic) & Tony Touch/Gang Starr (Tommy Boy) CP #1 on tha unda for tha second wk. in a row! & to debut pix TrMa (Atlantic), Beanie 7.MYA... Best Of Me UMB/Inter Sigel (Roc-A-Fella/IDJ) & Tony Touch/Doo-Wop (Tommy Boy)...Soon-to-be 8. SPOOKS Things I've Seen Antra/Artemis pix: (MCA), Major Figgas (RuffNa:ion/WB), TC (EastWest/EEG), 9. GHOSTFACE KILLAHCherchez LaGhost RS/Epic Priority's Ice Cube, Sauce Money & 504 Boyz, Dilated Peoples (Capitol)Rap Attack champ @ KPWR eight nites in a row, P. Monch/Xzibit rmx (Rawkus/ commercial A V underground Priority), Goodie Mob/TLC (LaFace/Arista), Next (Illtown/Arista), Keesha (RCA) 1. TONY TOUCH... The Piece Maker Tommy Boy & Lucy Pearl (Pookie/ Beyond), which, in this DJ'z opinion, iz tha R&B album 2. PHAROAHE MONCHRight Here Rawkus/Priority of tha yr, NO DOUBT! DJ Scrap (WJMI): "I always bring shim straight to tha source, you heard! To make a long story short, someone mailed me sum 3. TONY TOUCH... Diaz Bros. Tommy Boy dough and almost got me caught up on sum low -budget shittt. For one, it 4.XZIBIT Year 2000 Loud waz $100, and anyone that knows Lil' Dirty, knows I can't buy a bottle of Don P with that. I'm not a low -budget brotha.I won't say which label it waz, 5.OUTSIDAZ... Rah Rah RuffNation because I'm not a stool, neither. To any rep, indie or whatever, you can get 6. BEANIE SIGEL The Truth Roc-A-Fella/IDJ records played by having good -standing relationships and you almost 7. CYPRESS HILL (Rap) Superstar RH/Col/CRG messed up my relationship with my PD Stan Branson (WJMI) over 100 bucks from me to you. I will see you IP Impact in tha Dirty South, where we'll have 8. TASH G'z is G'z Loud a long talk. So next time, call me at tha office and work your record tha old- 9. Umi Says Rawkus/Priority fashioned way. Peace to my top mix show DJz; I'm out..."God bless ya, 10. ... Thug Love TM/Col/CRG Scrappy, for bringin' tha unadulterated truth!!

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"This record iz truly a werk of art. It'z so unfortunate "Tha incredible Tony Toca lives up to his name. This that Big Pun iz not here w/us to enjoy his success; shim iz blazin outta tha box, but shittt, if a kat haz a however, this song will make sure hiz legacy lives turntable & mixer as a medallion around hiz neck like on. Tha joint was well put together with a phenom- Tony duz, ya know hiz shittt iz goin to be John Blaze. enal track & hom lyrics by Donell Jones." Editor's Unique production... It'z a DJ'z record & Tony knows note: We're w/ya, Mr. Jurand, & your sentiments regarding Pun, whole- how to do it for tha DJz." Editor's note: Damn Mac (left), you're jockin about heartedly. May this record & tha body of hiz werk past, prezent & future hard on this shim az you did w/Lucy B (Elektra/center) tryin to get a free din- continue to be expozed by us in tha mix worldwide... May he rest in ner @ tha Palm or w/Alvin D (KBMB/right) when you tried to get him to give peace. you scratch lessons. & no, neither Joe Thunder (KXJM) nor Rasheed Wallace (KXJM/Trail Blazers) got any courtside seatz for that asss, either.... Aiiii-ight! mr. choc kpwr glenn aure kmel 1011ah Priest Drag -On f/DMX "Whut Part Of The Game" "Die 4 Me" MCA Ruff Ryders/Interscope

"So finally, an artist that'z doin it tha way it should "Yet anutha Ruff Ryders banger. Swiss Beatz defi- be done. Wack MCz, pleeze pay close attention to nitely makes it catchy w/tha 'Gilligan's Island' theme hiz lyrics... You might learn something. Nuff said." while Drag-On/DMX put it down w/tha lyrics breakin Editor's note: How happy iz this muhfukka now that out of tha mix shows right now & developin well." he got all promoted & shim?! Now that he ain't Latin Prince's note: Icall this tha "Playa President" doin overnites anymo, he can go home & sleep in hiz nice, warm com- pictorial. Rob "I Wanna Be A Playa" Love (Def Jam/bottom left), Dave fortable Seely Posturpedic w/hiz wifey instead of havin to sleep upright in "I'm Not Just A Member, I'm Also Tha President" Meyer (KMEL/left), a swivel chair all nite. Now, if only Weiner World would deliver to Burbank, Kevin "I'm Tha Fukkin President So Back Tha Fukk Off Me" Liles (Def he'd be all set... Jam/middle) & Glenn "Tha President Of Tha Motel 6 Chain" Aure. So folks, let's not get it twisted, aight. micheal "boogaloo" boyer kxhtcharles dixon music choice Thna Mos Def "Da Baddest Bitch" "UrT, vs" Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic/Atl G Rawkus/Priority

"First of all, this girl here iz fine az hell & just tha "Sir Charles says it'z tha shim. Mos definitely iz in baddest b#*@! Her muzic iz hottter than that pu#*@, tha mix and counting. Everyone should most defi- so put tha needle to tha record, blaze it & check her nitely be spinnin this record from tha underground vocals cuz she'z definitely talkin bout something to above ground. Tha track iz crisp, real horn & tha real." Editor's note: Duz your baby's mama know flow fits perfect over tha grooves." Editor's note: you're speakin on other women like this? Just wonderin. Hey, Charles (left), ain't it nice to spin for a PD like tha great-just axe him-Damon "Tha Clift" Williams (Music Choice/right), who, unlike summa yours & my former PDz, don't know tha recordz we're playin that well AND duzn't say shim anyway. Hey D, gotcha muhfukka! Told ya I would... debonair wvht ron love wpyo Beanie Sigel Cypress Hill "The Truth" "(Rap) Super Roc-A-Fella/IDJ Ruff House/Columbia/CRG

"You're bout to witness a dynasty like no other. Beanie iz tha "I been down w/B-Real ever since Cypress Hill were tryin to kill truth & hiz lyrics are tha truth, so if you wanna heat it up, this a man & now that he'z speakin bout tha bizzness of hip -hop, DJ iz tellin you tha truth. Overall, a winner." Editor's note: & he iz truly earning tha name B -Real. Sinister track, in -your -face here he iz, Mr. Debonair (left), folkerz, makin hiz pictorial debut lyrics & it'z on my 1200s... How bout yours?" Editor's note: I'd az tha newly crowned "Mouth Of Tha South," a title held in like to call this pictorial "True Greatness Meets Greatness Self - tha highest regard by previous winners Chris "Dreamland" Coleman (WBHJ/WYAM) & Proclaimed." In other werdz, (kr): tha truly great Doug E. Fresh, who has sum new shim Ron "Tha Chozen One" Love (VVPYO). Not known az an introvert himself iz tha mix show bout to drop along with Ron "I Am DJ W/XXXL Mouth" Love. Twaz nice of Jimmy Jam - guru of Roc -A -Fella, Mr. Bobby Dash (right), who waz overheard askin tha cameraman Z (WJHM) to give Ron sum time away from carryin hiz crates to tha BET soundstage to after tha pic waz taken, "Ey yo, who waz that NSYNC--lookin muhfukka I just take this pic for us & tha family in tha mix, who just can't seem to get enuff of him... Or took that picture with? & yo, pleeze make sure that shim don't go in HITS, OK?!" iz it Ron who just can't seem to get enuff of himself? We DO luv ya, Love!

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25ECILIFE WWW TRAGEDYKHADAFI V2MUSIC COM c 2000 V2 RECORDS. INC 2W LJV TWARTIST TITLE LABEL THIS WEEK'S COLUMN IS DEDICATED TO DJ ROB ONE: I'm feeling One Razor Sharp/Epic very sad and angry and am at a loss for words. Until you've lost someone D O- INSIGHT Universal Brick/Landspeed that you're close to, you can't understand what I'm going through right now. On March 16th at around 8:30 p.m., the hip -hop world lost DJ Rob MEEI MAD SKILLZ Ghost Writer Rawkus One to cancer. I'll never forget the phone callI received from Rob's girl- friend, Lysette, that afternoon.I had just gotten off our conference call MYKILL MIERS MUD Wanna Be An MC Blackberry and my assistant, Creativity, forwarded her call to me. "If there was any time you wanted to visit Rob, now would be the time," she said. -hat PHAROAHE MONCH Livin' It Up Priority D UO evening, I had an eerie feeling that this may be the last time I was going DEFARI Blast BUTommy Boy to see Rob. Creativity, Cassidy and I raced to the hospital, but by the time O DD we got there, it was too late. Rob had passed away 20 minutes before. My E3 I Call Shots Antra/Artemis relationship with Rob One goes back to my days at Nastymix Reco-ds. Rob was cuttin' it up on the wheels at Cali KSUN's "Fly I.D." radio show THIRSTIN HOWL III Polo Rican Game and debuted all our latest releases and put them on his mix tapes. We also worked together promoting records for EMI. Our team was tight! Marcus COUNT BASS D On The Reels Spongebath MOD Morton, Jammin' John, Jellow, Ron Miner, Stanley Winslow, Rob and I 10LOUIS LOGIC General Purpose SuperRegular/LS worked overtime to get our joints added, played and charted. Whenever OlE3 Rob was in Seattle, he'd hang out on my KCMU radio show and we'd g-ub MMMSPOOKS Things I've Seen Antra/Artemis at my favorite spot in Chinatown. When I relocated to , Rob One was the first to come visit me at HITS. He would keep me company aid, D OMCOMMON The 6th Sense MCA as always, would hit me off with one of his newest mix tapes! A memer of the Zulu Nation, a West Coast pioneer of hip -hop, a graf artist, a t-ue BEN BUFORD 1,2 X-Cercise Heavyweights END b -boy and a DJ too, he will be missed. I love you, my brother, and I thank 10 US We're Number OneJambetta you for leaving me with great memories... I'd like to share with you some of the thoughts his friends had to share about him. KHDC Salinas' Kazzeo: Ell CMBLOOD OF ABRAHAM 99 Cent Lighter Atomic Pop "When I started out on radio, there were only a handful of people who genuinely treated me as an equal. Rob One was one of them. Rob and I MEMROWDY RAHZ Nev-Ah WB connected as b -boys, DJs, disciples of hip -hop and, more importantly,

friends. The wound of his passing is still fresh, yet I feel forever scarred. I TRAGEDY Bing Monsters V2 OIMEU wish his family strength in this time of grief. Fly I.D. forever"... Jellow of AFU-RA D&D Soundclash D&DN2 Chrew'd Mktg.: "A friend who will be greatly missed"... Jammin' John E OM (JJDefender Promotions): "A good friend who showed me tremendous MEDINA GREEN Full Court Press Mammoth kindness and was willing to go out of his way to help a friend. Rob was the M El true epitome of a hip -hop b -boy."... Marcus Morton of Absolute Ent.: MEC20NON PHIXION Black Helicopters Matador "He was the greatest and a true hip -hop head from beginning to end"... Crush Ent.'s Ron Miner; "Rob was a big part of my life while I worked at MASEO MOM Words & Verbs BliTommy Boy EMI. We worked together from sun up to sun down to make it happen. He always reached out to underground DJs across the country and tie Q -TIP Let's Ride Arista MEM world. He was the consummate b -boy"... DJ Mark Luv: "Hip -hop does- el30 En DA HOWG Worldwide Renegades Priority n't have many giants on the West Coast, but Rob was towering over a lot. He'll be sorely missed and hip -hop will sorely take a blow for him not 20 riWARREN G Game Don't Wait Restless being here"... KKBT Los Angeles' Sway & Tech: "We want to offer our prayers and condolences to the family of DJ Rob One. He was the DJ, the E! 20 ElSELF SCIENTIFIC God Spawn Big City graf artist, the b -boy. He lived all the elements. Rob's energy will always be with us"... Mike Nardone of KXW/Jive: "Rob helped me expand hi> RAKIM All Night Long Universal/UMG IIleE3 hop in Los Angeles before commercial radio did. He lived hip -hop, from meEa THE LOX Ryde Or Die... RR/Interscope DJing to graf. He was a consummate b -boy"... Z -90's DJ Rags; "I never met anyone so dedicated to their craft like Rob was. He taught me a lot eemDEAD PREZ I'm An African Loud about this game. This is a huge loss to the hip -hop community and I offer my condolences to his family"... Cassidy (HITS); "Kool DJ Rob One is a MEMLP The Truth Keep It Raw/Nu-Gruv legendary b -boy who contributed to all the elements of hip -hop. His devo- tion to it was uncompromising"... R.I.P. `) B ID30DILATED PEOPLES Platform ABB/Capitol Records

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Even at a young age Shay Boogswas into hip -hop. "I remember when my DJ THREAT'S TOP 5 mom bought me my first record, Run- 1. GHOSTFACE KILLAH -Chez La Ghost Razor Sharp/Epic DMC's self titled debut album.I was 2. TONY TOUCH F/GANG STARR The Piece Maker Tommy Boy 8." Around the same time, Shay was 3. RAH DIGGA Break Fool Elektra/EEG at school making a fool out of himself in gym class attempting to breakdance 4. J LOVE F/MASTA ACE NFL Replay along with all of the other class clowns. 5. TRAGEDY Live By The Gun V2 In the summer of '92, he saved up some money and bought some DJ equip- Known to create "The World's Best Hip -Hop Motivational Cas- ment.Approximately two years later, sette," DJ K -Von is back with "The Downlow Vol. 7." Like all of Shay, along with partners Magoo and the previous tapes, Vol. 7 is a Siz, took on their first radio show, "Breath Control," on the Uni- non stop flow of the best versity Of Massachusetts' WMUA. Unfortunately, "Breath Con- JJ sill joints, hottest exclusives and trol" took a bad turn and was pulled off the air in 1996 due to the never heard before freestyles. number of collect calls the hosts accepted from prisoners in the But what really stands out are county jail. Not even a sem-ester later "Breath Control" was back 4MTT TilTre the exclusive done by Knots Freestyle on the air and stronger than ever. "After we got kicked off, one of Ma Red teal IVI mt none other than Mr. K -Von r lidM0lhem noel the prisoners got out of jail and threatened the PD to put us back 0000rt himself, like Common's "Doo- 1 Oh on. It worked." In early 1999, Shay started interning at Landspeed One. T init" and Mos Def's "Mathe- Distribution and by May, he was hired on to do sales. Besides has- 1 MIMI 418 matics." Besides flexin' his sling retailers, he enjoys buying clothes, watching wrestling and skills on the production side, listening to Jay -Z. "Don't count on anyone but yourself. And don't thilsellione Frees K -Von proves he can mix and blame other people for your mistakes" is Shay's key to success. To 1.11Sesaei Freestyle choose dope records. Tracks reach out to him at Landspeed, call (617) 338-8646. SHOUTS: "My 2.74=ve le hira P" a veal like Kardinal Offishall's "M.I.C. parents, Lisa, Landspeed, Nichole, and 3rd Rail." ILLIL I Free Thugs," Kombo's "New Hori- IL MGM Body GAIN= zons," Mad Skillz's "Ghost 7. LON Writer" and a song by J Love ILLIA a Mal P. II NMI he featuring Extra called n. an Maoists it (I C "Cool" are just some of the Lest Imo notable cuts. To get a copy of Vol. 7, hit up K -Von, your favoritemotivating DJ,at (818) 475-4068. THIS WEEK'S SHOUT OUTS: Kool DJ Rob One- R.I.P. We will miss you!

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Radio One may issue additional shares from ber 'Barbeque Grill" ha3 formed Humility 9C million to 300 million to raise revenue. Records, which will be based out of Fort Lee, Also, a major group may buy a minority inter - NJ. Stacie "Lattisaw" Murray has been tapped es: in the company as a means to continue as President/GM of the label, which will be growing as stations become harder to find... distributed by WEA/Light Year Entertainment. ImYourRadio.com seeks a PD for its Internet Webber will sign talent, hendle A&R and direct radio start-up. Ccntact jimWimyourradio.com, all videos. Humility's ros-_er includes rapper or fax resume to (732) 417-4414. The position is Nocoast and R&B/soul singer Naha " in the New York metro area... Be sure to log Phone" Hudson... Magazine will onto www.onlinehiphopawards.com and vote hold its 2nd annual 'Welcome To The Hip -Hop for your favorite hip -hop stars, web sites, Generation" conference at the Loews Santa videos and albums for the Online Hip -Hop Monica Beach Resort from 4/27-28. Keynote speeches will be given by ' Awards 2000. Nominees and presenters Chris Webber: include Dr. Dre, Jay -Z, Eve, DMX, Missy Elliott, Will Superstar Athlete Jimmy "Off To Work" Iovine, Source founder ur Kim, Cypress Hill and the Ruff Ryders. Find Success In The David 'Willie" Mays and loud Records' Steve Also, in light of the recent tragedy and court Music Industry? "Guitar" Rifldnd on critical topics such as find- decision in New York, a special award has If So, He's The First. ing a great restaurant in the area and how to been set up in memory of Amadou Diallo, who was slain bydeflect roaming charges while making dinner reservations. New York police. Titled the "Amadou Diallo RevolutionaryFor more info, call Strategic Research In3titute at (800) 599- Award," honorees will be cited for their visionary and revo- 4950 or (212) 967-0095. Also, The Source scored a nomination lutionary spirit. For information, contact Jessica Brenner orfrom the Society of Magazine Editors for General Excellence. Simone Smalls at (212) 333-7728... MusicMaker.com andHITS was nominated in the "Best Substitu-e for Toilet Paper in Death Row Records have entered into an exclusive three-year All Commodes" category... Cem "I Got The" Kurosman joins licensing deal in which material from the label will be avail-Blue Note Records as Publicity Assistant. He reports to JR able online for download... Jazz trumpeter Nicholas Payton is "Filthy" Rich, Director of Publicity. React out to Cem (pro- scheduled for a nationwide tour as part of the Newport Jazznounced "Jem") at (212) 253-3188... Sean "Puffy" Combs is Millennium Celebration. For a listing of concert dates, contact negotiating to play a crime syndicate boss in the upcoming Jennifer Levy at C212) 424-1158... Truth Broadcasting in Salem, movie "Made." Word has it no rehearsals are necessary... Jeff NC, swaps its WCPK-AM station, along with $450,000 to Bish- "Wu -Tang" Clanahan exits his president's position at Master op Willis "Reed," who sends WPOL-AM Winston-Salem toP's No Limit Films to form his own company, ProliEmce Enter- Truth. WCPK will flip its Christian format to black gospel... Attainment, which will create urban -oriented films. The first is Clear Channel, Jon 'Will Do In A" Pinch ascends to the posi- "Civil Brand," starring Lisa "Renaldo" Raye and Da Brat... "25 tion of President International Radio and will oversee all Years of #1 Hits: ' Anniversary Celebration" will radio activities outside the U.S. Pinch will also seek interna-take place on 4/10 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. It tional acquisitions for Clear Channel... Congrats to Charliewill be aired by NBC-TV on 5/15 during sweeps week. Artists "Brown" Ochs, who returns from a brain tumor operation to confirmed include Santana, Whitney Houston, , Next, his position as GM of Smooth Jazz WSTJ-FM and UrbanMonica, , Puff Daddy, and Annie WILD -FM & WYUU-FM Tampa... NBA superstar Chris Web - Lennox. More to be named later... I/I 11 f1/11AHy 14"411411414 rib Iail/ 14ACY gic90-e0Oi4 The Top Thirty By Gary Jackson Week Of March 24, 2000 I spent an evening with Hugh 2W LW TW ARTIST TITLE LABEL Hefner and his bunnies several

1 1 DESTINY'S CHILD Columbia/CRG weeks ago where we were wined Say My Name and dined for several hours at the 2 2 ElSISQO Def SouVIDJ famed Playboy Mansion. Truth Thong Song is, there were a few hundred oth- 5 131EIJOE Jive ers blocking my way to Hef and I Wanna Know his coterie of finely sculpted (and 4 1414 AALIYAH Priority Cassandra Mills, Carmen I Don't Wanna Elektra, Dalvin DeGrate, I do mean sculpted), er, employ - ees. 3 5 D'ANGELO Virgin Maverick's Bill Bennett I thank them for providing Untitled and Appolonia: Beautiful some juicy imageries of being fed DMX Def JartVIDJ 1916 13 People Who Really Don't champagne grapes (peeled,of Party Up course), skewered morsels of suc- 14 10 BLACK ROB Bad Boy/Arista Belong In This Section culent meats, overflowing spirits Whoa! and entertainment --that is, before my wife shook me out of a 1618 JAGGED EDGE SoSo Def/CoVCRG 0 He Can't Love You particularly luscious deserted island segment with Carmen 12 9 9 DA BRAT Columbia/CRG Elektra and Appolonia (who were in attendance). But, the real That's What I'm... reason we were at the Mansion was to see Maverick Records' 11 11 10 SAMMIE FreeWorIcVCapitol Dalvin DeGrate make his solo debut. His song, "Why Can't I Like It We," should be doing damage at your station as we speak. In 24 1181 AALIYAH BlackgroundNirgin a nutshell, DeGrate and manager Cassandra Mills put togeth- m Try Again DR. DRE/EMINEM er a solid presentation, down to dancers and special guests, 1717 1113 Interscope Forgot About Dre who included Maverick's Bill Bennett and Fred Crochal, g 14 TONI BRAXTON LaFace/Arista Whitney Houston, , Kevin Ross, former KACE- He Wasn't ManEnough FM PD Kevin Fleming, Warner's Dwight Bibbs and Rick HOT BOYS 11811214 Cash Money/Univ/UMG Nuhn, and a slew of industry power brokers. Forget Jodeci I Need A Hot Girl and the past, Dalvin DeGrate is the future... Rahsaan Patter - Columbia/CRG 123120 son's "It's Alright Now" (MCA) is picking up momentum You Owe Me beyond the Urban Adult format it was targeted to. WGCI-FM 12611181 LOX Ruff Ryders/Intscope 03 Ryde Or Die, Chick Chicago added the song two weeks ago, with WVAZ-FM 119117 GERALD LEVERT Elektra/EEG going on it AGAIN. WILD -AM Boston PD Steve Gousby is hot Mr. Too Damn Good for the song and asks the question, "Why are people sleeping JAY -Z 131131 Def Jam/IDJ on this? He's the biggest sleeper out there right now!" WILD, Anything incidentally, recently went totally digital, with all music BRIAN MCKNIGHT Motown 25 1241 stored on a hard drive... Just peeped a blazin' new single from Stay Or Let It Go Ideal called "Whatever" (Virgin). Thanks to Virgin's Jasmine 21 21 20 DAVE HOLLISTER Dream Works Can't Stay Vega for the turn -on of an up -tempo cut that was written by 8 16ENMONTELL JORDAN Def SouVIDJ Next's RL and KG... Expect heightened action on the follow- Get It On Tonite ing: Mya f/' "The Best Of Me" (University/Interscope), 172263DRAMA Atlantic/Atl G Toni Braxton's "He Wasn't Man Enough" (LaFace/Arista), Left, Right, Left Beanie Sigel's "The Truth" (Roc-A-Fella/IDJ), Blaque's "I Do" 2019E3WHITNEY HOUSTON Arista I Learned From... (Columbia), Brian McKnight's "Stay Or Let It Go" (Motown), Eric Benet's "When You Think Of Me" (V1/13), 69 Boys' "How We 152324 MISSY ELLIOTT GoldMind/Elektra/EEG Hot Boyz Roll" (Home Bass)... Rapper Da Brat, whose sizzling single MARY J. BLIGE MCA "That's What I'm Looking For" (SoSo Def/Columbia) is run- 1281Ea Your Child ning up our charts, was involved in a beatdown two weeks DEBUT ElCARL THOMAS Bad Boy/Arista ago at a nightclub in the Buckhead section of Atlanta. The I Wish victim, Rezue Robateue, got into a scrap with the rapper 30 ICE CUBE Priority Until We Rich when Da Brat asked her to stop leaning near the 26 GUY MCA VIP section. Blows ensued and Da Brat is headed to court on Why You Wanna... 4/13. Then this: On 3/12, a limo that Da Brat was somehow 1825 EVE Ruff Ryders/Interscope associated with was fired upon, injuring five people, but not Love Is Blind Da Brat, who was away on business. The NFL, the NBA, the DEBUT30MARY J. BLIGE MCA music business, even golf courses are not immune to random Give Me You acts of violence. Got an answer? I sure don't..

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www pe?.ps ,eforedark EXECUTIVE PROD ANTHONY MORGAN AND MICHEL ASR DIRECTION NY MORGAN MANAGEMEN- M LE LEFLEUR FOR ML ENTERTAIN Twelve -year -old soul sensation Sammie Bush seems destined to head straight to the head of the class with his debut album, "From The Bottom To The Top" (Freeworld/Capitol). The HEADS TO THE TOP album, produced by an exclusive JANE OM 'YEA 71/064/1166111113,69 Grammy winner Dallas Kenya Yarbrough Austin [TLC and Monica], sports a smash first single, "I Like It," which Sammie recently sang on Jay Leno's "The Tonight Show." Sammie also earned a prestigious "couch visit" with Leno and proved to be just as captivating without a mike in his hand. The Florida native was discovered by Joyce Irby, former Klymaxx singer and current studio manager for Austin's DARP Studio, after she heard the young singer on the amateur talent showcase "Showtime At the Apollo." Sammie sat down to talk with JAMZ' own Kenya "Spare a Dime" Yarbrough after she offered the cherubic artist a lollipop Tell us about your first album. music that is more mature than they are? and Gary Coleman as his It's full of fun songs, dance music for the kids, and there It's all an image to me. Most teenagers don't have busi- are some songs Ibelieve adults will like, like ness talking about certain things. It depends on the personal security guard. along with a couple of ballads- audience you're trying to grasp. If you have the tattoos, the slow, wind -down type-ya know... relaxing beats. the earrings, your piercings or whatever else, that's for How would you describe your experiences in the the older crowd. My music is about picking flowers with music industry so far? your little girl, birthdays, my heros. It's about hugging and It's a mob scene. My mom constantly tells me, "When expressing your love towards others. "SOME PEOPLE SEE Sammie walks through the door, not everyone sees you What does being a career artist mean to you? YOU AS A le" -v as Sammie. They see you as a dollar sign." Which is Itlets you know thisis a job.It's not all fun and fairly true. I mean, if everyone's making money, so be games-sometimes it is-but sometimes it's about MArr AND THAT'S it. Some people see you as a money-maker and that's business, whether you're here for a long or a short ALL THEY RESPECT. all they respect. But if you sell records and do good, time. I plan to be here a long time, except I'm going to you're gonna be in business for a long time. But if you take some time off for college. But if you want a career, BUT IF YOU SELL screw up, you sort of vanish. stay focused, don't lounge. You need that attitude to RECORDS AND YOU You're pretty wise for someone your age. What work and stay better. advice would you give youngsters who seek a Are those the keys to longevity? DO , career in music? Certain people want certain things. If you just want to Itell them, if it's something your heart is into, do it.If YOU'REGONNAGOODBE have one platinum album and stop there, that's the way you're still in school, maintain an A -B average, keep God you see it. But I don't want to . once IN BUSINESS FOR A first and become a humble, spiritual person. Just be told me, "Don't accept just one Platinum record; you careful and always listen to more experienced people. want more than one, you want more than two." You LONG TIME." And go for your goal. have to push yourself. After awhile, you might get Do you have any fears that you'll become a bitter bored. I mean if it's not challenging anymore, I under- old man by the time you're 15? stand retiring.

No, because I made a promise to myself that I'm Any plans beyond just singing? always going to stay humble. I'm gonna stay the Sammie I was as a snotty -nosed boy. IfI do change, it I want to go from videos to talk shows to TV series and will be in a positive way. movies. I've started to act now, and I appear to have a What was it like working with ? talent for it, thank God. Dallas is a cool person, like a big brother. He respects Would you give up your singing career to have you and he understands that I'm a kid. So he put in a super -human abilities? Nintendo 64 game system and a pool table because he I don't plan on singing forever. I want to be in the industry

wants to make sure I stay a kid. He also kept me a long time, but I plan to go to Florida State University around my friends who were in tune with what I was and play football. IfI get drafted, that's great. I'll play doing. I just couldn't wait to go into my first session. football for a couple of years, then maybe I'll be known What do you think about teen acts who perform as a scientist or a cartoonist. 84 HITS March 24, 2000 Gerald Levert Mr. Too Damn Good The next single and video from his new album GProduced by Gerald Levert and Joe Little Ill Management by Leonard Brooks for LB Management

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"He's subtle and good, taking heaps of gospel energy and fusing it with a sweet pop sensation." - Pulse Magazine

"Has matured into an assured songwriter. Adept at tapping into the common man's struggle with life and love."- USA Today

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CHRISTINA AGUILERAI Turn To You (RCA) 9 VITAMIN C Graduation (Elek/EEG)

5 NINE DAYS Absolutely... (Epic/550) 10 SMASH MOUTH Waste (Interscope)

KOZMAN TIM BALDWIN CAPT. CHRIS KALC/DENVER WOMX/ORLANDO WMEE/FT. WAYNE Nine Days/Hanson BBMak/Santana/T Chapman C Aguilera/S Garden/Sting DYLAN GARY BLAKE ROBIN COLE KMXV/KANSAS CITY WAEZ 99.3/JOHNSON CITY WKSL/MEMPHIS E Iglesias/Creed/J Simpson Splender/C Lee M Moore/D Child/G Armada/Angelia Via DEEYA JT BOSCH KID CONELLY KPEK/ALBUQUERQUE WRHT/GREENVILLE VVVAF/CHARLESTON Splender/A3/S Dada A Via/S Garden/2Gether A of Base/S Mouth JAMMER BRIAN BRIDGMAN BARBARA CORBETT KYLZ/ALBUQUERQUE WIOQ/PHILADELPHIA WDAQ/DANBURY 504 Boyz/C Grammer C Aguilera/M Moore/Aaliyah B Harper/L Kravitz RONNIE ALEXANDER STEVE BROWN BEN CROSS WKZL/GREENSBORO, NC WQALJCLEVELAND KBEE/SALT LAKE CITY T Bonham/BBMak/A Deejay TE Blind/T Chapman/BUO Souls S Garden/M Etheridge/SplenderfT Bachman JIM ALLEN CUBBY BRYANT JEFF CUSHMAN KRSK/PORTLAND Z100/NEW YORK WKSI/GREENSBORO Radford/Colapsis/G Dolls/Splender C Aguilera/Hanson B Harper/L Kravitz MATTHEW ALLEN DAVID BURNS VINCE D'AMBROSIA WQSM/FAYETTEVILLE WIXX/GREENBAY WLAN/LANCASTER, PA L Kravitz/S Garden/G Dolls A of Base/C Aguilera/Splender/C Crows E Vogue/G Dolls TODD AMBROSE BRENT CAREY DAVE DALLOW WXIS/JOHNSON CITY, TN WIOG/SAGINAW KIZS/TULSA M Jordan/Sonique C Aguilera/N Doubt S Garden/C Aguilera JOE ARNOLD GREG CARPENTER MIKE DANGER WJET/ERIE WVVMX/BALTIMORE 98PXY/ROCH ESTER G Dolls/B Gang/Guster Splender/J Riddle/C Aguilera G Armada/G Dolls/Splender SCOOTER B SCOTT CHASE SHARON DASTUR KZMG/BOISE WSSR/TAM PA Z100/NEW YORK G Dolls/Sisqo/A Aparro Nine Days/BUO Souls/G Dolls/Sister 7 Hanson/C Aguilera

92 HITS March 24, 2000 CICS CURRENT FAVORITES AS CHOSEN BY MEMBERS OF ALL SEGMENTS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

JAY DAVIS CHARLIE HUERO MICHAEL MARTINEZ WCPT/ALBANY KKFR/PHOENIX KEZR/SAN JOSE M Sweet/J Riddle DMX/IMX/D Child/Fate Sting/S Mouth/RHC Peppers/Splender DAVE DECKER DAVID J TONY MATTEO WZPLANDIANAPOLIS WZOK/ROCKFORD KLCA/RENO BUO Souls/J Riddle/B Harper M Etheridge/A Via/Hoku/J Riddle Nine Days/Tonic/M Sweet TOMMY DEL RIO JEANNINE JONES MICHELLE MATTHEWS KSEQ/FRESNO KVUU/COLORADO SPRINGS KTOZ/SPRINGFIELD Mya/C Aguilera/Sole & Ginuwine Guster/RHC Peppers/L Kravitz/Splender Sting/B Harper ALEX DIAZ CHRIS K JIM MATTHEWS WZYP/HUNTSVILLE KDND/SACRAMENTO KZZO/SACRAMENTO N Doubt/A Deejay/D'Angelo B Boys/M Moore/S Garden G Dolls/Nine Days/B Harper CHRIS EBBOT LOUIS KAPLAN KEVIN MATTHEWS KZON/PHOENIX KLLC/SAN FRANCISCO WRZE/CAPE COD Nine Days/G Dolls T MacLean/BB & Candle Anastacia/S Garden/S Mouth/A Deejay ANDRE FERRO KID KELLY JEFF MCCARTNEY WLIR/NEW YORK Z100/NEW YORK KZHT/SALT LAKE CITY Sting/Blink 182/G Armada 2Gether/Sisqo C Aguilera/T Chapman CHARESE FRUGE STEVE KICKLIGHTER WES MCKANE WLTS/NEW ORLEANS KFAT/ANCHORAGE WI FC/WAUSAU M Anthony/Colapsis/Sting/Creed G Armada/Sole & Ginuwine/Aaliyah M Gray/D Child/M Jordan/G Dolls M FUENTES STEVE KING RICK MACKENZIE KKSS/ALBUQUERQUE WBAM/MONTGOMERY WZNE/ROCHESTER Nu Flavor/Aaliyah/DMX/Fate M of Mayhem/A Aparro/Sisqo/Dr. Dre Bush/RHC Peppers ANDREA GAPPMAYER RANDY LANE TONY MASCARO KENZ/SALT LAKE CITY CONSULTANT/LA WPLJ/NEW YORK B Harper/G Torino G Dolls/Sting S Garden/G Dolls/Guster/M Sweet PAUL GRAY JOE LARSON RAY MICHAELS KZZU/SPOKANE WVRV/ST. LOUIS KHTO/SPRINGFIELD A 440/Anastacia/Pink G Dolls A Via/L Naess PETER GUNN PATRICK LEMIUEX TIM MICHAELSON KHTE/LITTLE ROCK KAMX/AUSTIN WCDA/LEXINGTON Blink 182/Creed B Harper/Guster/G Armada A Aparro JOHNNY HARTWELL ROXY LENNOX DONNA MILLER B94/PITTSBURGH KMXS/ANCHORAGE KOSO/MODESTO Guster/RHC Peppers/D Child/N Doubt Hanson/A Mann B Harper/BB & Candle MICHAEL HAYES JAY LOVE JAY P. MILLER WPHH/PITTSBURGH WKQI/DETROIT KSTZ/DES MOINES L Kravitz/RHC Peppers PinkNitamin CiT Braxton/S Garden T Bachman/G Dolls JASON HILLARY DAVID LOZZI ETHAN MINTON KBTE / KKPN/CORPUS CHRISTI WMRV/BINGHAMPTON WMGX/PORTLAND, ME Spooks/J-Shin/E Vogue AaliyahNitamin C BB & Candle/L NaessN Horizon KEN HOPKINS CRAIG MARSHALL TIM MOORE KZZU/SPOKANE KKXX/BAKERSFIELD WJBQ/PORTLAND, ME E Vogue/C Aguilera/Guster S Garden/Joe/S Mouth/M Carey Vitamin C/S Garden

HITS March 24, 2000 93 CURRENT FAVORITES AS CHOSEN BY MEMBERS OF ALL SEGMENTSCICS OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY

DEREK MORAN RON PRICHARD JON STEWART KDWB/MINNEAPOLIS WKHQ/N. W. MICHIGAN WSSR/TAMPA Sisqo/E Vogue A Deejay/Hoku/Cure A Aparro/B Gang/S Dada/Nine Days PATTIE MORENO RONNIE RAMIREZ MARC SUMMERS KKUU/PALM SPRINGS KHTT/TU LSA KZZP/PHOENIX DMX/Da Brat/Sole & Ginuwine/Lox M Jordan S Garden/Hanson/M Etheridge MIKE MULLANEY BECKY ROGERS STEVE SUTER WBMX/BOSTON KURB/LITTLE ROCK WLTS/NEW ORLEANS G Giants/Moby/B Harper/T Chapman Hanson/M Anthony/T Chapman M Gray/L Kravitz/G Dolls/K Rock CHASE MURPHY JIM RONDEAU DAVE SWAN WSSX/CHARLESTON KRUZ/SANTA BARBARA KSRZ/OMAHA RHC PeppersNitamin C SNT Richer/B Harper/G Dolls L Kravitz/B Harper/L Naess/Splender LACY NEFF AJ RYDER DEVON THORTON WVAQ/MORGANTOWN KFRX/LINCOLN WPTE/NORFOLK Sisqo/G Dolls/A Deejay A Deejay/W Houston/C Lee Owsley/T Bachman MIKE NELSON SCOTT SANDS EJ TYLER KQMB/SALT LAKE CITY WZPL/INDIANAPOLIS KMHX/SANTA ROSA J Riddle/F Hill/TE Blind B Harper/Train/D Ray/Nine Days S Mouth/Owsley/RHC Peppers COURTNEY NELSON STEW SCHANTZ RICK VAUGHN KSII/EL PASO WSKS/UTICA KHTS/SAN DIEGO M Gray/TE Blind/J Riddle/T Chapman Vitamin C Vitamin C/A Deejay SIMON NIGHTS MIKE SCOTT TONY WAITEKUS KTOZ/SPRINGFIELD KCDU/SALINAS WHTS/DAVENPORT G Dolls/Sting Nine Days/T Bonham S Mouth/G Armada/A Via/E Vogue JOHN O'DEA JEN SEWELL JORDAN WALSH WNNK/HARRISBURG KFMB/SAN DIEGO WLDI/W PALM BEACH G Dolls/E Vogue/T Braxton Nine Days/RHC Peppers Vitamin C/BBMak MIKE O'DONNEL NEAL SHARP BRUCE WAYNE WRZE/CAPE COD WLN K/CHARLOTTE WMC/MEMPHIS A Via/S Mouth/A Deejay B Harper/S Garden/M Gray/M Etheridge Splender/S Garden/Hanson/J Riddle RICK O'SHEA BRETT SHARP BILL WEST WZTR/LOUISVILLE WVSR/CHARLESTON WZYP/HUNTSVILLE Santana/K Rock/Hanson/C Aguilera Hanson/Reno/A Deejay Mr. Big/BBMak/B Harper DANNY OCEAN RICK SPARKS ROB WHITE WJMN/BOSTON KMXS/ANCHORAGE CKEY/BUFFALO Aaliyah/Spooks S Mouth/Santana/Guster/A Mann Travis/Nine Days CHRIS PATYK VAL STEELE REBECCA WILDE KYSR/LOS ANGELES KDUK/EUGENE WMXB/RICHMOND Hanson/Nine Days/Elwood A Aparro/G Armada Anastacia/J Sobule/T Bonham/Nine Days ANGELA PERELLI SCOOTER B. STEVENS RANDY WILLIAMS KYSR/LOS ANGELES KQBT/AUSTIN KRQ/TUCSON Nine Days B Dark/Sole & Ginuwine Eiffel 65/T Braxton/2Gether TOM POLEMAN BILL STEWART DANNY WRIGHT Z1 00/NEW YORK KGOT/ANCHORAGE WIFC/WAUSAU Sisqo/C Aguilera Hanson/Vitamin C/G Armada M Jordan/G Dolls

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The legendary owner of Por- In other AEC news, Yucaipa tland -based Music Millenni- partner Darren Karst has um, Terry Currier, is celebrat- joined as CFO on the heels of ing the tenth anniversary of Yucaipa's Larry Kalantari com- his label Burnside Records ing aboard in January as EVP with a concert skedded for Corporate Development. Is 3/31 at Portland's Roseland AEC ramping up for either an Theater. Currier refers to his IPO or some other transac- hometown as "one of the tion in the public market?... best blues cities in the world," Interesting to note that dur- and the concert will feature ing CDNow's hugely success- label recording artists Duffy ful Pizza Hut promotion, they Bishop, Paul Brasch, Henry were able to surpass Internet Cooper, Bugs Henderson, Goliath Amazon.com in music Bill Rhoades & Alan Hager, sales... Everyone in the busi- Rod Price, Terry Robb, Ma- ness keeps waiting for the first son Ruffner and Too Slim &domino to fallin what most The Taildraggers. Part of the believe is the beginning of the reason that Currier's two - end for Minimum Advertised store chain continues to flour- Pricing (MAP) policies. Last ish is his love and reverence week, we wondered as to for the local local music scene whether or not the demise of and his label has been an out- the CDNow deal with Col- growth of that passion. Con- umbia House would forestall grats, Terry... Eric Weisman's the end to the mostly popular Alliance Entertainment Corp. safeguard against price wars. has just licensed the use of However,it now looks as the All Music Guide (AMG) though either Sony Music Dis- and its ultra -deep database of tribution or WEA will be the musical archive information to first to drop the policy, with AEC One Stop Group's Spinner.com (controlled by others sure to follow. The FTC AOL, along with sister compa- is reportedly adamant that it All Music Marketing ;2 nies Winamp and SHOUTcast). be abandoned, obviously un- While listening to Spinnerder the impression that the PresentsAMPED. Plus (Spinner's music player), consumer is being harmed by A magazine dedicated to giving you more bang for your buck. consumers can browse AMG's what the Commission feels album and artist info base. amounts to collusion to keep prices "artificially" high. We AMPED disagree. Predatory pricing PORTLAND TRAILBLAZER Sent toover 3000 Independent Retail stores each week. that threatens to put certain retailers out of business (or Entertaining, informative, imaginative and user-friendly. reduce the markets in which Loaded with pull-out stickers, posters, window dings, header cards to reach consumers! certain chains can operate) ul- timately gives the consumer Letus be your creative team, we know wFot it takes. less choice. In California, it is Second only to HITS. illegal to sell any product for less than 5% over wholesale Amped. Often imitated, never duplicated. to prohibit predatory pricing. In lieu of MAP policies, per- haps NARM should lobby Congress for a federal law that can accomplish the same BBC ONE STOP GROUP ends. Just a thought... TERRY CURRIER: Marking the rbcissin Obey Road al- - toaster 71-rffl new Millennium at Burnside. DiUMBUTORS Advertising Sales: 800.329.7664 Ext. 4485 New Accounts: 800.635.9082 Most powerful

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4 4 THONG SONG Def Soul/IDJ N/A LP going through the roof, smash video, Top 40, X -over

2 2 O DR. DRE FORGOT ABOUT DRE After/Interscope N/A Maintaining huge LP sales, multi -format air, MTV BOX, BET SANTANA SMOOTH Arista 13718 Monster LP won't quit, maintaining air, VH1 111 1

3 BLACK ROB WHOA BB/Arista 79297 LP sales solid, MTV/Jam of the Week, BOX, BET, X -over air

5 5 MACY GRAY CS/Epic N/A Requests, MN, VH1, BET, lots of air, almost double Platinum 6 ci DMX WHAT'S MY NAME R Ryders/DS/IDJ N/ALP remains hot, MTV, BET, X -over air, "Party Up" next 12 10U BLOODHOUND GANG THE BAD TOUCH Rebuplic/Geffen N/A Hot video leads, MT'BOX, PoMo, requests, LP surging 10 8 0 DESTINYS CHILD SAY MY NAME Columbia/CRG 79342Smash video, LP 2 million, multi -format air, phones

20 1 9 1 VERTICAL HORIZON EVERYTHING YOU WANTRCA N/A Multi -format air, phones, MTV, VH1, LP continues to build

16 16 10 BONE THUGS N HARMONY RESURRECTION Ruthless/Epic N/A LP holding strong, BOX, BET, x -over & Rap air

Lava/AtI/Atl G N/A Multi -format air, MTV, VH1, BOX, phones, many Platinum LP 1 3 1171 KID ROCK ONLY GOD KNOWS...

15 15 SANTANA MARIA, MARIA Arista 13773 #1 single sales, VH1, BOX, BET, MTV, air everywhere

13 13 FAITH HILL BREATHE Warner Bros N/A VH1, big at Top 40 with requests, multi -Platinum LP

14 14 EVE LOVE IS BLIND Ruff Ryders/Inter N/AX -over air, MTV, BOX, BET, w/Faith Evans, LP gaining again

17 17 CREED HIGHER Wind -Up N/A Triple Platinum, multi -format air, VH1, requests

7 1121 EIFFEL 65 BLUE (DA BA DEE) Repub/Univ/UMG N/A Top 40, MN BOX, requests, 2 million plus LP

18 18 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS OTHERSIDE Warner Bros N/A Selling LP again, multi -format air, MTV, VH1

8 11L1 CHRISTINA AGUILERA WHAT A GIRL WANTS RCA 65960 MTV, VH1, BOX, requests, LP over 6 million, single selling

19 1191 LONESTAR AMAZED BNA 65906 Hot request at Top 40, huge selling single, 2x Platinum LP

23 22 20 2GE+HER U + ME = US NT N/A Music from the original MN movie

38 31 3 DOORS DOWN KRYPTONITE Repub/Univ/UMG N/A LP exploding, Active Rock, PoMo

30 24 THIRD EYE BLIND NEVER LET YOU GO Elektra/EEG N/A VH1, MTV, BOX, PoMo, A Rock, Top 40, phones, kicking LP

26 25 LOX RYDE OR DIE CHICK RR/Interscope N/A Featuring Eve, BET, MN BOX, X -over air, LP up this week

27 26 MOBY NATURAL BLUES V2 N/A MTV, VH1, LP selling, Top 40, PoMo, APM

9 120 SMASHING PUMPKINS STAND INSIDE YOUR... Virgin N/A VH1, MTV, PoMo and Active Rock, LP selling

96 HITS March 24, 2000 The Blockbuster Debut Single

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32 1281 KITTIE BRACKISH NG/Artemis N/A Up at MTV, BOX, PoMo and A -Rock air, LP growing

11 1211 AC/DC STIFF UPPER LIP Elektra/EEG N/A Active Rock, LP selling

22 23 MARC ANTHONY I NEED TO KNOW Columbia/CRG 79250 Valuable on the way out, "You Sang To Me" starting

24 1291 D'ANGELO UNTITLED (HOW DOES.) Cheeba/Virgin N/A VH1, BOX, BET, MTV, Top 40, X -over, LP over a million

[331 32 JAGGED EDGE HE CAN'T LOVE U SS Def/Col/CRG 79146 LP coming up this week, BET, BOX, X -over air, single sells

1351 33 P.O.D. SOUTH TOWN AtI/Atl G N/A LP Gold now, MTV, Active Rock, PoMo

371341 SONIQUE IT FEELS SO GOOD FC/Rep/UNI/UMG156247 BOX, VH1, MTV, single sales, phones, LP developing

37 MARC ANTHONY YOU SANG TO ME Col/CRG N/A Multi -Platinum LP, Top 40, VH1, MTV

[21127 JAY -Z DO IT AGAIN (PUT...) Roc-A-Fella/IDJ N/A Some radio still, "Anything" breaking

29 30 AMERICAN PIE MaverickNVB N/A "Next Best Thing" (ST), MN, VH1, BOX, Top 40 air, phones

1481 43 INCUBUS PARDON ME Immortal/Epic N/A LP gaining again this week, Active Rock, M1V/Buzzworthy

42 WHERE YOU ARE Col/CRG N/A LP solid, MTV, BOX, Top 40 airplay

1391 GERALD LEVERT MR. TOO DAMN GOOD EW/EEG N/A BET, BOX, Top 40, X -over, selling LPs

DRAMA LEFT RIGHT LEFT At1/Atl G N/A MTV, BET, BOX, X -over air, breaking LP

25 35 CELINE DION THAT'S THE WAY IT IS Epic/550 Music N/A Falling after great run, mega LP still has VH1, MTV

1471 BLINK 182 ADAM'S SONG MCA N/A Selling LP again, MTV, PoMo air

1361 GODSMACK VOODOO Repub/Univ/UMG N/AActive Rock radio, LP selling steadily again

KORN MAKE ME BAD Immortal/Epic N/A MTV, BOX, turning LP around, PoMo, Active Rock

34138 GET IT ON TONITE Def Soul/IDJ 562280 VH1, MTV, BOX, Top 40, X -over, single selling

41 41 EASTSIDAZ G'D UP DFITTVT 12044 BET, LP past gold, X -over air, MTV

14511451 AIMEE MANN SAVE ME Reprise N/A "Magnolia" (ST), VH1, MTV, developing air, LP steady

31 40 AALIYAH I DON'T WANNA Priority N/A "Next Friday" (S1), multi -format air, LP still selling

47 48 SLIPKNOT WAIT AND BLEED Roadrunner N/A PoMo and Active Rock airplay, LP selling, MTV, BOX

46 1421 SISQO GOT TO GET IT Dragon/DS/IDJ 562455Falling after excellent run, "Thong Song" exploding now

146 1491 50 SAVAGE GARDEN I KNEW I LOVED YOU Columbia/CRG 79236Requests, MTV, air, LP steady, "Crash & Burn" next

POWER NSYNC (Jive) PANTERA (EastWest/EEG) PINK (LaFace/Arista) POTENTIALS: HOKU (Geffen) SAMMIE (Freeworld/Capitol) SAVAGE GARDEN (Columbia/CRG) AALIYAH (BlackciroundNirqin) HANSON (Island/IDJ) MARY J. BLIGE (MCA)

98 HITS March 24, 2000 FROM THE PLATINUM ALBUM ENRIQUE

Taking off irstantly and will follow the last two Enrique hits in -o POWER rotation:" -Jay Michaels, KRBE

35* -31* Top 40 Mainstream (+360) Top 5 Phones: KIIS-FMKRBE WHYI TRL #6 New: WXYV WKQI KH:1 KKRZ KRQQ WQEN WR /Q KQKQ 125+ To2-0s Includ ny: Z10027x KHTS 25x KMXV 35x KIIS-FM 30x WHYI 40x KZHT 30x KZQZ 20x KBKS 30x KDND 30x WDRQ 30x WFLZ 30x WARE 25x WIOQ 25x KKRZ 26x KFMS 30x WXKS 20x KCHZ 40x & many more!

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4 THIRD EYE BLIND NEVER LET YOU GO ELEKTRA/EEG 9292 2322 0 221

2 BACKSTREET BOYS SHOW ME THE MEANING... JIVE 9045 2634 0 190

3 CELINE DION THAT'S THE WAY IT IS EPIC/550 MUSIC 8681 2437 1 195

7 VERTICAL HORIZON EVERYTHING YOU WANT RCA 8177 2490 4 221

10 SANTANA MARIA, MARIA ARISTA 7998 2921 13 199

9 DESTINY'S CHILD SAY MY NAME COLUMBIA/CRG 7910 3259 7 186

8 LONESTAR AMAZED BNA 7739 2257 3 179

12 FAITH HILL BREATHE WARNER BROS 7511 2331 5 197

13 SONIQUE IT FEELS SO GOOD FARM CUREP/UNI/UMG 7341 2420 2 177

5 SAVAGE GARDEN I KNEW I LOVED YOU COLUMBIA/CRG 7180 2228 0 170

14 MACY GRAY I TRY CLEAN SLATE/EPIC 7122 2448 8 225

15 KID ROCK ONLY GOD KNOWS... LAVA/ATUATLG 6571 1688 5 198

11 SANTANA F/ROB THOMAS SMOOTH ARISTA 6540 2543 0 164

6 CHRISTINA AGUILERA WHAT A GIRL WANTS RCA 6456 1682 0 145

16 BLAQUE F/NSYNC BRING IT ALL TO ME COLUMBIA/CRG 5197 1405 0 125

17 BLINK 182 ALL THE SMALL THINGS MCA 5185 1454 1 152

18 SMASH MOUTH THEN THE MORNING COMES INTERSCOPE 4865 1500 0 139

19 FALLS APART LAVA/ATL/ATLG 4620 1108 0 142

20 MADONNA AMERICAN PIE MAVERICK 4442 1043 0 146

22 MONTELL JORDAN GET IT ON TONITE DEF SOUL/IDJ 4276 1574 7 148

24 CREED HIGHER WIND-UP 4219 1094 7 152

21 FILTER TAKE A PICTURE REPRISE 4202 1095 0 134

28 MARC ANTHONY YOU SANG TO ME COLUMBIA/CRG 3972 1256 8 168

29 SISQO THONG SONG DRAGON/DEF SOUUIDJ 3961 1962 4 80

25 JENNIFER LOPEZ FEELIN' SO GOOD WORK/EPIC 3508 872 2 140

31 DR. DRE/EMINEM FORGOT ABOUT DRE AFTERMATH/I NTERSCOPE3448 1670 6 106

27 TRAIN MEET VIRGINIA AWARE/COUCRG 3342 1436 0 95

26 MARC ANTHONY I NEED TO KNOW COLUMBIA/CRG 3234 1150 1 103

L32 PINK THERE YOU GO LAFACE/ARISTA 3124 1242 3 94

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million! million to17.4 +1.2 million! Audience over51 (42x) Mainstream Audience AT: phonesAGAIN! Hot 100 SUCCESS callout & (24x) HAVING Top 10 Top 10phones! ALREADY Francisco: potential! KZQZ/San Top 15callout (56x) (44x +8) calloutpotential! ROTATION! WXYV/Baltimore:Top 10 POWER (35x) (24x) callout! - "A" Rotation! phones! (28x) #1 Moving to WWHT/Syracuse:Top 10 15 phones! callout - (61x) Top night WKSS/Hartford: ROTATION! WFLY/Albany: (211x) Diego: #3 POWER phones! KHTS/San callout! - (50x +18) WPRO/Providence:Top 5night #2 callout! Haven: it!!" KKRZ/Portland:Top 10overall WKCl/New (17x) N/'rerecommending KZZP/Phoenix: phones! (Mx +12) HIT and Top 5 calla! #8with P1's!! good... It's a Y100/Miami: $6 overall (20x +16) looking very Top 10phones! "This is Consulting WIOQ/Philadelphia:Island: Davis/Zapoleon W3LI/Long -Steve Y100 17x [1:111tIGEMENT At: 1.4 MUSK OFOUP Airplay WWII 33x 38x "Cr ISLAND DEF RAMIE CENCEANV Major l(MQ UNIVERSAL HAS31x 11x 1394 27x 39x +27 1101 RCN 84x+48 HUMX Music First 22x WES 17x 26x+6 +25 WSW1.11110101. HIS HIRVI) 45x 28x +10WRVVV ROWS 34x UHT WRW 37x MSS33x MORE!! ...ANDMANY WBHT47x gal MAJOR TOTALMARKET LWTW ARTIST TITLE LABEL PLAYS PLAYS ADDS REPORTS

3631 JESSICA SIMPSON WHERE YOU ARE COLUMBIA/CRG 3016 757 1 135

2332 EIFFEL 65 BLUE (DA BA DEE) REPUB/UNIV/UMG 3000 792 0 99

3833 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS BE WITH YOU INTERSCOPE 2943 737 10 142

3434BLOODHOUND GANG THE BAD TOUCH REPUBLIC/GEFFEN 2849 844 3 138

3235 PRIVATE EMOTION C2/CRG 2674 584 1 136

3736LENNY KRAVITZ I BELONG TO... VIRGIN 2650 891 10 139

3037BRIAN MCKNIGHT BACK AT ONE MOTOWN 2594 941 0 84

3538MISSY ELLIOTT HOT BOYZ GM/ELEKTRA/EEG 2567 1241 1 75

4439 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERSOTHERSIDE WARNER BROS 2325 759 10 127

4640JOE I WANNA KNOW JIVE 2182 1023 6 60

4341 HOKU ANOTHER DUMB BLONDE GEFFEN 2084 486 0 114

4042GOO GOO DOLLS BLACK BALLOON WARNER BROS 1970 735 0 59

3943COUNTING CROWS HANGINAROUND DGC/GEFFEN 1904 778 0 61

41 44AMBER SEXUAL TOMMY BOY 1663 629 0 59

4845KUMBIA KINGS YOU DON'T LOVE YOU CAPITOL 1651 333 3 53

5646ALICE DEEJAY BETTER OFF ALONE REPUB/UNIV/UMG 1649 739 18 105

51 47JESSICA RIDDLE EVEN ANGELS FALL HOLLYWOOD 1 643 284 6 112

5348SPLENDER I THINK SO C2/CRG 1594 464 10 106 -49HANSON THIS TIME AROUND ISLAND/IDJ 1587 365 21 104 5750TRACY CHAPMAN TELLING STORIES ELEKTRA/EEG 1571 572 9 81

5251 SWEAR IT AGAIN ARISTA 1557 296 8 102

4752FOO FIGHTERS LEARN TO FLY ROSWELL/RCA 1517 512 0 46

4253 TLC DEAR LIE LAFACE/ARISTA 1473 367 0 46

5454MELISSA ETHERIDGE ENOUGH OF ME ISLAND/IDJ 1460 487 13 90

5055WHITNEY HOUSTON MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE ARISTA 1430 496 0 44

4556MARIAH CAREY F/98° COLUMBIA/CRG 1394 327 0 44

57VITAMIN C GRADUATION ELEKTRA/EEG 1333 384 23 116

58 SAVAGE GARDEN CRASH & BURN COLUMBIA/CRG 1316 362 47 131

5559AALIYAH I DON'T WANNA PRIORITY 1297 634 1 33 -60AALIYAH TRY AGAIN BLACKGROUNDNIRGIN 1287 726 11 51

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©20:10 °west Records IS IT THE 4TH QUARTER YET? The flow of quali- ty records in the pipeline is as busy as we've ever seen it. To help sepa- rate the wheat from the chaff, we again remind you: Real hits sell albums... Will two very major pro- grammers see their lives turned SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT: HITS' own Jeff McCartney (2nd fr. r) inside -out in the next few months? Just asking... Huge buzz on treated some KZZP Phoenix radio geeks to a special luncheon of BBMak for Hollywood's Justin his own make: platter after platter of hog chitlins. Those dealing with mild intestinal uncertainty are (I -r) PD Marc Summers, Sarah Fontaine & crew. Radio will totally Blakesley, McCartney and APD/MD Karen Rite. embrace this one. We're expecting MarkBenesch: Jessica Riddle to come home as He + U = $$$. well... Massive support from the MCA camp for Leona Naess, as early believers have hot phones & SLIPPERY WHEN MET: airplay building strongly. Craig Lambert & Bonnie Goldner are on KMHX Santa Rosa PD EJ Tyler the case, setting up the Mary J. Blige track & new Voice V also... (r) was ecstatic to meet his Already pulling Top 10 phones at the likes of Z100 without airplay, longtime idol Jon Bon Jovi. look for 2Ge+her to absolutely detonate when it hits the air every- "Dude," Tyler said a dozen where. Sales are through the roof for this MTV boy -band parody. times before continuing, "I TVT honcho Mark Benesch will deliver this bigtime. Don't sleep on totally remember rocking out this shit... Columbia's Walk & Leipsner roll on with Tal Bachman to 'Livin' On A Prayer' and starting to take off now. Savage Garden is another lock, & both 'You Give Love A Bad Name' Jessica Simpson & Marc Anthony are closing quickly. Train goes when I was, like, 8." It was on 3/27 & this time it won't take 9 months... One of our faves of 35 minutes before Bon Jovi the year is Guster. Sire's Barbara Seltzer goes for it 3/27 & will win stopped weeping. big... The new Goo Goo Dolls feels like yet another smash for WB's Biery, Boulos, Connone & Swerling. RHCP is kicking in big now - 6 weeks #1 at PoMo!-& Faith is headed Top 5... Ken Lane's red- hot IDJ crew has Sisqo ready to go at Pop, Melissa launching with action at key majors, Montell Jordan blowing up & Hanson ready to ignite... Christina Aguilera's new one = no-brainer of the year. RCA's Ron Geslin will close in a nanosecond while taking Vertical It is time once again to shameless- Horizon all the way... Elektra's Vitamin C is well on its way to ly grovel at the feet of WB promo- becoming the spring anthem of the year. The Tracy Chapman call - tion kingpin Tom "Grover" Biery. out stories are now happening everywhere. Kudos to Dana Kiel for Grover has just strengthened his slamming it at Adult, & now Thompson, Pfordresher & Schuon are already formidable team with the delivering at Pop... Geffen's Lopes, Coddington & Neiter keep addition of veteran player Dale smokin' with Dre, Hoku, Smash Mouth, Bloodhound Gang & Connone, who joins the Bunny Enrique all happening, & Sting off to a strong start at Adult... Both crew after several years of getting Sammie & Kumbia Kings are real hits for early believers-watch massive airplay and bringing Capitol's Burt Baumgartner close these puppies... Ben Harper is records home at Epic. Dale leaps growing in leaps & bounds now for Virgin's Plen & Nauman. This on board with John Boulos and & will go the distance... 550 queen Hilary Shaev Felicia Swerling, giving WB one of rolls into tournament time with Jennifer Lopez coming home the strongest lineups in the game. strong, Coco Lee breaking & killer new Mandy Moore & Celine in Kudos are due for an amazing job the wings... Programmers are buzzing now about Universal's Alice Tom Biery: with the Faith Hill project, with Deejay, as Sonique slams home for Charlie Foster... Richard Still "Breathe"4ng. "Breathe" heading Top 5 every- Palmese's Arista team has big action brewing on the Whitney where now, and a multitude of Pop dance remix, in addition to 12 other hits... Creed = TOTALFUCK- singles still to come from this album. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are INGHOMERUN. Thank you... Yes, this Splender will be undeniably breaking through again with "Otherside," and this looks to be one huge. Don't miss an easy one. Ask C2's Dennis Reese... We repeat: of the Pop smashes of the summer. Programmers are already Aimee Mann is a major smash! Reprise topper Phil Costello is on embracing the next Goo Goo Dolls track, and we expect this one to a mission... Kudos to Dan Hubbert & the Epic team on powerful fly in short order. Biery is also busy learning to walk and chew gum closeout on the Macy Gray. Watch Anastacia go next... Music we at the same time, and hopes to master those skills sometime before love: Travis, Lara Fabian & En Vogue... the merger with EMI.

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We're back with the 411 from Radio Disney! After a couple of years out of the spotlight, the three rpm young lads of Hanson have explod- ed back onto the charts. "This Time Around" they're not wasting any time. Of course, the big question will be if GOODNESS GRACYOUS: The winners of WJET Erie's "Floss they have what it takes to make NSYNC With Macy Gray Contest" were surprised when APD/MD Joe say "Bye Bye Bye" to the #1 spot. HA\ISON: Another hit Arnold (2nd fr.I) wheeled out a giant set of teeth in place of the "This Time Around." Epic artist. "We will warm up on this flossing simulator," Arnold told the winners, "before we move on to the real thing." LW TW ARTIST TITLE LABEL E 0NSYNC Bye Bye Eye Jive GENERATION CRAP: El ElA*TEENS Dancin' Queen MCA Bom 2/17/00, Kevin Robert Moore has already made EiEIFFEL 65 Blue (Da Ba Dee) Repub/Univ/UMG a move-movement?- NO AUTHORITY What I Wanna Do MJJ /Work to replace his father, E Tim Moore, as PD at CI ElNOBODY'S ANGEL If You Wanna DanceHollywood WJBQ Portland. He might 13 13YOUNGSTOWN Pedal To The Steel Hollywood be overqualified, how- ever, as he can already El ElCHRISTINA AGUILERAWhat A Girl Wants RCA drool and sleep through El ElBACKSTREET BOYS Show Me The... Jive meetings. 10 LOU BEGA Disney Mambo #5 Walt Disney

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BRITNEY SPEARS (You Drive Me) CrazyJive Set -US Box EEI EDEBACKSTREET BOYS Larger Than Li=e Jive The time has come for the phenome- E DSMASH MOUTH All Star Interscope non known as Guster to break MANDY MOORE Candy Epic/550 Music through to the mainstream. This band E D is about to be "discovered" by radio. E DPOKEMON Pokemon Theme Koch Packing a massive fan base built from BRITNEY SPEARS ...Baby One More TimeJive years of electrifying live perfor- mances, these guys now have the E DBACKSTREET BOYS I Want It That 'Nay Jive record that will put them right onto WEIRD AL YANKOVICThe Saga Begins Volcano the Pop radar screen. "Fa Fa" is the Ealia cut & impact is set for 3/27. Sire 20EDBACKSTREET BOYS Everybody... Jive Barbara Seltzer: power hitters Barbara Seltzer & 20POKEMON 2B A Master Koch Fa Fa to you too! Davey D. will be relentless. Smash! ECI E DBRITNEY SPEARS From The Batt DM...Jive POKEMON Pokemon World Koch The radio audience will always tell you A*TEENS Mamma M a MCA what the hits are, provided you take E D the time to listen to what they're telling HOKU Another Dumb BondeGeffen you. Right now they're telling you loud M2M Don't Say Y0.1 IOW. Me Atlantic/Atl G & clear that Sisqo's "Thong Song" is a E D full -on smash. Already a #1 Crossover E DLFO Girl On TV Arista & Rhythm record,this song has SAVAGE GARDEN I Knew I Loved You Columbia/CRC exploded the album at retail & the EOM phones are gigantic everywhere. This E DBRITNEY SPEARS Sometimes Jive is a lot more Pop than you think. IDJ 1 30 Bring It All Bach Interscope Ken Lane: gunslinger Ken Lane bares his booty & D Thong & dance man. goes for it on 3/27. 30YOUNGSTOWN I'll Be Your Everything Hollywood

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(continued from page 110) KLSY Seattle and PD Barry Memphis morning personality Goldner, 3/21 and Virgin'sSmith, John Peake, Jay McKay hire KZPT Tucson PD Dave Dawson for afternoon Linda Murdoch, 3/22 Michaels, Gaby Skolnek, Dada Thomas for MD duties. duties starting 3/27 Winter Phase I Arbitrend Shannah Miller and Cumulus Back in Arizona, the station has Promotion in Motion, Partratings kudos to:92QBroadcasting And here's promoted Angie Honda to the 6,849,322: Trauma rock god Baltimore & Dion Summers, the one and only Mr. B.J. programming position As Jimmy Barnes exits the label. VVXYV Baltimore & Bill Pasha, Harris.He's every PD in the we told you last week, Cliff Reach him at 805-501-7900 KISN Salt Lake & Sam Elliott, world to us. Burnstein & Peter Mensh'sWhat major Top 40 player isWKZL Greensboro & Jeff Mondosphere Broadcasting being wooed to his McHugh, WKSI Greensboro & has flipped the format of two happy home for East CoastJeff Cushman, WRVW V of its formerly Jazz -formatted paydirt? Will Dan Hubbert's Nashville & Jimmy Steele, stations. KSMJ Bakersfield is new Epic promotion team KBTE Corpus Christi & Jason now Rock Adult, and KQJZhave a distinctly GoofyHillery, WOMX Orlando & San Luis Obispo is now Active edge? And what is really up Dave Israel and XL1 06 Rock Craig Lambert's MCA with rock/alternative stud Stu Orlando & Adam Cook.... The team kicking in bigtime this Bergen?.... Atlantic ups WestTop Ten Most Played videos week with Leona Naess, as Coast goddess Pamela Jouan this week at MTV are:#1 Mary J. Blige warms up in the to VP Promotion based in NSYNC, #2 Destiny's Child, bullpen KCAQ Oxnard and LA Most Added this week #3 Korn, #4 Hanson, #5 Sisqo, PD Dan Garite have promoted at Pop radio: Savage Garden #6 Bloodhound Gang, #7 Dr. Programming Coordinator (in a romp) Happy birthdays Dre & Eminem, #8 Santana, Erika to APD Jeffersonto WJMN Boston's Danny #9 Madonna and #10 Blink - Pilot's WLNK Charlotte andOcean, 3/17; IDJ's Motti 182 Blowin' in the Wind: PD Neal Sharpe hire WKSL Shulman, 3/21; MCA's Bonnie Lisa Vasquez, OnRadio, Tony

108 HITS March 24, 2000 The new single

FA FA(Never Be The Same Again) from the allum GLISTER Produced 13! Steve Lillywhite

On Tour Forever:

Feb -29Cajun House Scottsdale AZ Mar -2 The Fillmore San Francisco CA Mar -3 El Rey Theatre Los Angeles CA Mar -4 Big Shots Sacramento CA Mar -8 Met Theater Spokane WA Mar -9 Richard's on Richards Vancouver BC Mar -10Alladin Theatre Portland OR Mar -11Fenix Seattle WA Mar -23Michigan State Univ. E. Lansing MI Mar -25Bogart's Cincinnati OH Mar -26Bradley University Peoria IL Mar -28Mississippi Nights St. Louis MO Mar -30Quest Minneapolis MN Mar -31Barrymore Theatre Madison WI Apr -1 House of Blues Chicago IL Apr -5 Newport Music Hall Columbus OH Apr -6 Majestic Theatre Detroit MI "We had a great run with 'Barrel Of A Gun' and are anxious Apr -7 Water Street Music HallRochester NY to start again with 'Fa Fa.' Guster has proven to be a perfect Apr -8 Horseshoe Toronto ONT Alice act, with sold out shows in San Francisco and lots Apr -9 Flynn Theater Burlington VT Apr -13Chapin Auditorium Mt. Holyoke MA of studio requests. If you're not already on the Guster Apr -15Assumption College Worcester MA band wagon, it ain't too late." Apr -16St. Anslem Manchester NH - Julie Stoeckel, APD/KLLC, San Francisco Apr -18Portsmouth Music Hall Portsmouth NH Apr -209:30 Club Washington DC "The best use of 'Fa Fa' since the Partridge Family Apr -21Providence did "I Think I Love You'." Perf. Arts Center Providence RI - Bill George, PD/KUCD, Honolulu Apr -22Electric Factory Philadelphia PA Apr -29John Long Center Scranton PA May -5River Stages Nashville TN "This is one of the best songs I've heard in months. Instantly May -6Music Midtown familiar and already Top 10 phones! Our moning show spiked -99X Stage Atlanta GA it and I wasn't upset! It sounds freakin' great on the air! We love Guster!" - Jeannine James, MD/KVUU, ColoradoSprings

"Guster is the next great band from Boston 'Fa Fa' is a terrific record and their live show will blow you away -a must see." - Mike Mullaney, MD/WBMX, Boston

"Steve Lillywhite produced this and it's got a U2 `Rattle & Hum' feel to it." - Shark, APD/MD, KMXB, Las Vegas

"This song will do for Guster what 'One Week' did for ." - Jay Davis, PD/WCPT, Albany

www.guster.com ©2000 Sire Records Group Inc. SONY MUSIC 0, Jessica Simpson SOUNDTRAX Where You Are (Featuring Nick Lachey) The sizzling duet, featured in the upcoming Fox 2000 Pictures film Here On Earth. Jessica's follow up to the #1 selling single, from her gold debut album "Sweet Kisses."

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110 HITS March 24, 2000 14SOMEDAY OUT OF THE BLUE"

FROM THE ACADEMY AWARD' WINNING TEAM THAT BROUGHT YOU "THE LION KING." Performed by Elton John Music by Elton John and Patrick Leonard Lyrics by Tim Rice Produced by Patrick Leonard 3/13IERFORMANCEON THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO 3/19 VH 1 LIVE CONCERT (FILMED AT THE GAVIN CONVENTION) VHI BEHIND THE MUSIC FEATURING ELTON JOHN (To Air Multiple Times in March) 3/22 PERFORMANCE ON THE ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW 3/25 NICKELODEON CHILDREN'S CONCERT SPECIAL (To Air Multiple Times in March) 3/31 PERFORMANCE ON THE TODAY SHOW IN ROCKEFELLER CENTER IMPACTING CHR RADIO MARCH 27

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