CASH BOX JUNE25, 1994 31 URBAN THE TOP 25 RAP SINGLES • 25, 1994 1 RHYME I CASH BOX JUNE |H REGULATE (from "Above The Rim") (Death Row/Interscope/AG 98280) Warren G. & Nate Dogg 2 7 2 FU N KDAFIED (So So Def/Chaos/Columbia 77523) Da Brat 1 3 3 GOT ME WAITING (Uptown/MCA 54815) . Heavy D. & The Boyz 3 11 4 SWEET POTATO E PIE (Outburst/RAL/Chaos 77350) Domino 4 8 5 CROOKLYN (40 Acres And A Mule Musicworks/MCA 54837) . Crooklyn Dodgers 5 5 TOOTSIE ROLL (Down Low/Rip-lt6911) . 69 Boyz DEBUT 7 EASE MY MIND (Chrysalis/ERG 58158) . Arrested Development 7 4 8 PUMPS AND A BUMP(Giant/Reprise 18218) . Hammer 6 13 BACK IN THE DAY (Giant/Reprise/Wbmer Bros. 18217) Ahmad 10 6 10 WORKER MAN (Epic 77289) 8 6 11 FANTASTIC VOYAGE (Tommy Boy 617) . Coolio 11 4 It was an appropriate pairing—Gil Scott-Heron and Arrested Development. They were among the guests that helped departed late-night TV host Arsenio 12 PLAYER’S BALL (La face/Arista 2-4060) . Outkast 13 15 Hall close his show last month. It was a send-off, but both acts dropped words 4 TA’S (MCA 54870) . Eazy-E 24 2 [JJI LOVE DEM GANGS of knowledge that reflect the power that Arsenio commanded in that syndi- . 6 cated TV universe. Arrested Development’s Speech has evoked Heron’s name 14 BUCKTOWN (Week/Nervous 20069) Snif-N-Wessun 12 as an influence. So when Speech’s crew hit the scene May 18, Heron, will who 15 HERE IT IS, BAM! (Ufe/Bellmark 79520) . 15 5 tour with the band this summer, was also a scene-maker. Heron's TVT album 16 CAPTAIN SAVE A HOE (Jive 42230) . E-40 17 3 Spirit, his first in many years, yields such gems as “Message To The Messang- ers" and the trilogy anthem “The Other Side.” Let’s take ourselves seriously. 17 1 GOT CHA OPIN (Week/Nervous 20083) . Black Moon 9 8 Pictured are (l-r); Speech, Arsenio and Heron. 18 COMIN' ON STRONG (EastWbst 98334) . .... Sudden Change 14 11 19 BORN TO ROLL SOUND NIBBLES: Gil Scott-Heron's recent performance at Long (Delicious Vmyi/EastWtst/AG 98315) Masta Ace Incorperated 19 13 Beach, CA’s Birdbnd West was far and and away better than his gig on the MTV spoken word gig at The Whisky a couple of months back. Heron 20 YOU KNOW HOW WE DO IT (Priority 53847) Ice Cube 18 16 seemed to connect more with his current material and found the proper 21 GIN & JUICE (Death Row/lnterscope 98318) . Snoop Doggy Dogg 21 15 space for his classic material. Compositions from his ITT Records album 22 DU N KIE BUTT (Street Life/Scotti Bros.) . 22 18 Spirit seemed more mature at Birdland than during his earlier show. Of 15 particular note was his marathon presentation of “The Other Side” and 23 C.R.E.A.M. (Loud/RCA 62766) Wu-Tang Clan 23 the pointed “Message To The Messangers”...EMI Records recently 24 BACK IN THE DAY (Rowdy/Arista 3-5031) . Illegal 16 8 announced the signing of rapper A.Z. to a long-term contract. A.Z. earned 25 NAPPY H EADS (Ruffhouse/Columbia 77431) Fugees (Tranzlator Crew) 20 2 props from the hip-hop community as the rapper of Nas’ track “Life’s A Bitch.” EMI rap v.p. Lindsey Williams added, “All of us in the rap department are very excited about the signing of A.Z. He will definitely be the most influential new rap artist of 1994-1995, and we’re looking forward to having lots of success with him. ’’...Get ready for a trip with 4th & B’Way artist Prince Raheim's On A Ride, due out in August. The RAP SINGLE REVIEWS album’s first single will be "Rock Wit It. ” The Miami rapper comes from the New York old School style rather than the bass profundo grooves that By Dr. Bayyan characterize hip-hop in the Florida city... Ice Cube's Lench Mob Records will make its bow with K-Dee’s funk sex tome, “I Thought I Saw A Pussycat.” KURIOUS: “I’m Kurious" (Columbia 6071). Pete Nice and Daddy Rich did an excellent job with the production on this record. The atmosphere created by the beats adds to the mood of the lyrics. The “Constipated Monkey” is a very emotional artist who takes the listener on a trip into his imagination, giving the illusion that you are joined at the hipsway with him. TERROR FABULOUS FEATURING NADINE SUTHERLAND: “Action" (EastWest 567-2). This energetic dancehall artist performs a sexy musical dialogue with Nadine Sutherland, a woman who has a trembling yet smooth voice. Wicked rude boy lyrics, sweet back-up vocals and playful beats are the elements that best charac- terize this style. This track will get bodies moving and make them sweaty and hot as they try to find refuge on the dance floor. George Clinton and Bootsy Collins, the architects of funk, came together recently to perform in the video to rapper Ice Cube’s “Bop Gun,” a remake of Funkadelic’s “One Nation Under A Groove.” Culled from his Lethal Injection H GRAND DADDY I.U. : “Don’t Stress Me” (Epic Street/ColdChillin’ 6048), album on Priority Records, Cube calls the song a tribute to Clinton and Collins, This brother understands that it is not necessary to scream all over a track to noting, “I had to give respect to the men who rapped before it was rap, George Clinton and P-Funk, whom we gear our music around so much.” The video is deliver solid lyrics. That’s why he comes off with a mellow tone over a blues-like described as a surreal house party with Clinton and Collins serving as MCs. groove, dressed with a moody piano and soulful trumpet and slangin’ bass. The Pictured following the video (l-r): shoot are Cameron Casey, director; Collins, additional track has even more hardcore bassline. But you'll appreciate both as Clinton and Ice Cube. legitimate hip-hop songs..