| 1 |
record label: Columbia 78075
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #6, US AC #1
written by: Mariah Carey, Walter Afanasieff, Wanya Morris, Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman and Michael McCary
album: Daydream
comments: [slow jam]
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| 2 |
record label: LaFace 24107
chart position: RandB #4, US #1, UK #4, US AC #24
written by: Marqueze Etheridge, Lisa
album: CrazySexyCool
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| 3 |
record label: Columbia 78043
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, US AC #8, UK #4, US dance #1
written by: Mariah Carey, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Dave Hall, Adrian Belew and Steven Stanley
album: Daydream
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| 4 |
record label: Tommy 718
chart position: RandB #2, US #1, UK #1
written by: Coolio, Doug Rasheed, L.V. (as Larry Sanders) and Stevie Wonder
album: Gangsta's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
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| 5 |
record label: Epic 78002
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #7, US dance #3
written by: R. Kelly
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
comments: [ballad]
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| 6 |
record label: Rush 314 579 580
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #11
written by: Montell Jordan, Oji Pierce and Slick Rick (as Ricky Walters)
album: This Is How We Do It
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| 7 |
record label: Virgin 92865
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #1
written by: Shaggy (as Orville Burrell), Robert Livingston and King Floyd
album: Boombastic
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| 8 |
record label: LaFace 24116
chart position: RandB #11, US #2, UK #4, US AC #2
written by: Joe Rich (as Joseph Richards) and Don DuBose
album: Words
comments: [slow jam]
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| 9 |
record label: Arista 12885
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #11, US AC #5
written by: Babyface
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [slow jam]
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| 10 |
record label: AandM 31458 1225
chart position: RandB #6, US #3, US AC #7, UK #6, US dance #8
written by: Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam (as James Harris III) and Terry Lewis
album: Design of a Decade
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| 11 |
record label: Motown 374631316
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #24, US AC #3
written by: Babyface
album: II
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| 12 |
record label: Epic 78000
chart position: RandB #2, US #5, UK #3, US AC #32, US dance #1
written by: Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
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| 13 |
record label: Rowdy 35041
chart position: RandB #1, US 2, UK #32
written by: Dallas Austin, Monica (as Monica Arnold) and Daryl Simmons
album: Miss Thang
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| 14 |
record label: EastWest 5717
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #33
written by: Eugene Hanes, Marc Valentine, Loren Hill, Bootsy Collins , George Clinton , Gary Cooper
album: Do You Wanna Ride?
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| 15 |
record label: LaFace 24097
chart position: RandB #3, US #2, UK #18
written by: Babyface
album: CrazySexyCool
comments: [slow jam]
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| 16 |
record label: Uptown 54905
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #23
written by: Heavy D and the Boyz, J.C. Olivier, Sam Barnes (as Samuel Barnes) and Terri Robinson
album: Candy Rain
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| 17 |
record label: Def Jam 1
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #10
weeksinr&bchart: 20
written by: Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Method Man (as Clifford Smith) and RZA (as Robert Diggs)
album: Tical
comments: [hip hop]
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| 18 |
record label: Arista 12929
chart position: RandB #2, US #2, UK #30
written by: Babyface (as Kenneth Edmonds)
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
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| 19 |
record label: Noo Trybe 38474
chart position: RandB #4, UK #3, US #8
written by: Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, Donald Boyce, George Brown, Jerold Ellis, Denzil Foster, Anthony Gilmour
album: Operation Stackola
comments: [hip hop]
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| 20 |
record label: Bad Boy 79032
chart position: RandB #1, US #2, UK #34
written by: Diddy (as Sean
album: Ready to Die
comments: [hip hop]
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| 21 |
record label: Def Jam 577 494
chart position: RandB #3, US #3, UK #17
written by: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and Rod Temperton
album: Mr. Smith
comments: [hip hop]
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| 22 |
record label: Warner Bros. 16574
chart position: RandB #52, US #1, UK #4, US AC #1
written by: Seal and Trevor Horn
album: Seal [1994 album]
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| 23 |
record label: Jive 42344
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #24
written by: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam]
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| 24 |
record label: MJJ Music 78291
chart position: UK #2, RandB #22, US #15
written by: Taj Jackson, Taryll Jackson, TJ Jackson and Mintman (as Carsten Mortensen)
album: Brotherhood
comments: [slow jam]
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| 25 |
record label: Hollywood 64001
chart position: RandB #53, US #4, UK #21, US AC #2
written by: Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz
album: Pocahontas: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
comments: [ballad]
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| 26 |
record label: Epic 7152
chart position: RandB #3, US #5, UK #31
written by: Bryce Luvah (as Bryce Wilson), Amel Larrieux and Darryl Brown
album: Groove Theory
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| 27 |
record label: Atlantic 060000799
chart position: RandB #40, US #5, UK #33, US AC #2
written by: Steve Diamond, Maribeth Derry and Jennifer Kimball
album: And the Music Speaks
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| 28 |
record label: LaFace 24120
chart position: RandB #7, US #5, UK #18
written by: Babyface
album: CrazySexyCool
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| 29 |
record label: Rowdy 5050
chart position: RandB #1, US #7, UK #22
written by: Kenneth Karlin, Andrea Martin and Soulshock (as Carsten Schack)
album: Miss Thang
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| 30 |
record label: Atlantic 2195
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, UK #174
written by: Keith Crouch, Kipper Jones and Rahsaan Patterson
album: Brandy
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| 31 |
record label: Work 6956
chart position: RandB #21, US #13, UK #2
written by: Diana King, Andy Marvel and Kingsley Gardner
album: Tougher Than Love
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| 32 |
record label: Arista 1
chart position: RandB #4, US #7, UK #33
written by: Dallas Austin and Chris Wolfe
album: Miss Thang
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| 33 |
record label: Epic 15483
chart position: UK #1, US dance #32
written by: Michael Jackson
album: HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I
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| 34 |
record label: Columbia 662811
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #31
written by: Alstin, Roebuck and Simmons
album: Off the Hook
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| 35 |
record label: Bad Boy 9017
chart position: RandB #4, US #6, UK #63
written by: The Notorious B.I.G. , Rudolph Isley, Kelly Isley , Ronald Isley, Marvin Isley, Chris Jasper
album: Ready to Die
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| 36 |
record label: Def Jam 851 705
chart position: RandB #2, US #7, UK #70
written by: Monifa Bethune, Keny Hadley, Marquis Hair, Prince, Stephanie Sinclair and Roger (as Roger Troutman)
album: Azz Izz
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| 37 |
record label: Henry Street Music 518
chart position: UK #5, US #49, US Dance #1
written by: Kenny
album: All in My Mind
comments: [dance, house]
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| 38 |
record label: Atlantic 87150
chart position: RandB #2, US #9
written by: Keith Crouch and Kipper Jones
album: Brandy
comments: [slow jam]
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| 39 |
record label: Interscope 95774
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, UK #96
written by: Bruce Hawes, Joe Jefferson (as Joseph Jefferson), Tony Pizarro, Joe Sample, 2Pac (as Tupac Shakur) and
album: Me Against the World
comments: [hip hop]
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| 40 |
record label: Columbia 660880(UK)
chart position: UK #2
written by: Denis Ingoldsby and Mark Taylor
album: To the Next Level
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| 41 |
record label: Uptown 55041
chart position: RandB #3, US #14, UK #17, US dance #14
written by: DeVante Swing
album: The Show, the After Party, the Hotel
comments: [slow jam]
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| 42 |
record label: Scotti Bros. 78032
chart position: RandB #33, US #13, UK #15
written by: Skee Lo
album: I Wish
comments: [hip hop]
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| 43 |
record label: Columbia 77991
chart position: RandB #62, US #27, UK #6, US AC #9
written by: Michael Bolton and Robert John
album: Greatest Hits
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| 44 |
record label: Warner 17811
chart position: RandB #3, US #12, , UK #20
written by: Prince
album: The Gold Experience
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| 45 |
record label: Tommy Boy 676
chart position: RandB #3, US #13, UK #43
written by: Terri Robinson, M. South, J. Howell, Diddy, The Notorious B.I.G., and Herb Middleton
album: Total
comments: [hip hop]
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| 46 |
record label: Tommy Boy 718
chart position: RandB #31, US #24, UK#9
written by: Coolio, Brian Dobbs, Robert Bell, Ronald Bell, George Brown, Robert Mickens, Gene Redd
album: Gangsta's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
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| 47 |
record label: Uptown/MCA 3366
chart position: RandB #13, UK #12, US #22
written by: Norman Whitfield
album: My Life
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| 48 |
record label: Ruthless 6331
chart position: RandB #12, US #14, UK #32
written by: Bone Thugs N Harmony, DJ U Neek and Michael Powell
album: E. 1999 Eternal
comments: [hip hop]
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| 49 |
record label: MCA 3336
chart position: RandB #11, US #17, UK #31
written by: Heavy D, Terri Robinson, Jean Olivier, Sam Barnes and Raymond Calhoun
album: Candy Rain
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| 50 |
record label: RAL 314 579 580
chart position: RandB #18, US #21, UK #15
written by: Oji Pierce and Montell Jordan
album: This Is How We Do It
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| 51 |
record label: Tommy Boy 682
chart position: RandB #17, US #17, UK #23
written by: Vincent Brown, Treach, Kay, Joseph Modeliste, Arthur Neville,
album: Poverty's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
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| 52 |
record label: Biv Ten 374631242
chart position: RandB #4, US #15
written by: Gerald Levert and Edwin Nicholas
album: Good Times
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 53 |
record label: EMI 396(UK)
chart position: UK #5
written by: Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken
album: Power of a Woman
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| 54 |
record label: Virgin 58360
chart position: RandB #5, US #27, UK #24
written by: D'Angelo and A.S. Muhammed Jones
album: Brown Sugar
comments: [neo soul]
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| 55 |
record label: Virgin 18586
chart position: UK #5
written by: Ray Dorset
album: Boombastic
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| 56 |
record label: Ruffhouse 7429
chart position: RandB #6, US #12
written by: André 3000 (as André Benjamin) and Big Boi (as Antwan André Patton)
album: Young, Rich and Dangerous
comments: [hip hop]
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| 57 |
record label: Motown 374631270
chart position: RandB #17, US #21, UK #26
written by: Michael McCary, Nathan Morris, Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman and Dallas Austin
album: II
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| 58 |
record label: Big Beat 95750
chart position: RandB #7, US #13
written by: The Notorious B.I.G., Little Kim and Little Ceaser
album: Conspiracy
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 59 |
record label: Epic 662108
chart position: RandB #2, US #19, UK #76
written by: Raphael Saadiq, Timothy Christian Riley, Hachidai Nakamura & Rokusuke Ei
album: Higher Learning: Music From The Motion Picture
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| 60 |
record label: Bad Boy 79026
chart position: RandB #4, US #24, UK #42
written by: Faith Evans, Diddy (as Sean Combs) and Chucky Thompson
album: Faith
|
| 61 |
record label: Word Of Mouth 1
chart position: RandB #4, US #27, UK #34, US dance #33
written by: Deborah Cox, Dallas Austin and Colin Wolfe
album: Deborah Cox
|
| 62 |
record label: Virgin 38497
chart position: RandB #96, US #28 ,US AC #40, UK #28, US dance #1
written by: Paula Abdul and Rhett Lawrence
album: Head Over Heels
|
| 63 |
record label: Bad Boy 79049
chart position: RandB #3, US #21
written by: Faith Evans, Diddy (as Sean Combs) and Chucky Thompson
album: Faith
comments: [slow jam]
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| 64 |
record label: Def Jam 314 579 925
chart position: RandB #10, US #13
written by: Redman (as Reggie Noble), Erick Sermon and Method Man (as Clifford Smith)
album: The Show: The Soundtrack
|
| 65 |
record label: Ruffhouse 78194
chart position: RandB #13, US #29, UK #21
written by: Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Teena Marie (as Teena Marie Brockert), Salaam Gibbs, Allen Mcgrier and Pras
album: The Score
comments: [hip hop]
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| 66 |
record label: Uptown 55159
chart position: RandB #8, US #31, UK #23
written by: DeVante Swing
album: The Show, the After Party, the Hotel
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 67 |
record label: Bad Boy 78612 79043
chart position: RandB #4, US #22, UK #185
written by: Terri Robinson, Da Brat, Jean Claude Olivier and Diddy (as Sean
|
| 68 |
record label: Mercury 1
chart position: RandB #11, US #17
written by: Bobby Womack, Patrick Moten and Richard Griffin
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 69 |
record label: MJJ Music 77864
chart position: RandB #6, US #49, UK #16
written by: Andrea Gilbert, Nichole Gilbert and Dave Hall (as Dave
album: From the Bottom Up
|
| 70 |
record label: Virgin 18587
chart position: RandB #5, US #31
written by: Babyface, Kevon Edmonds and Melvin Edmonds
album: Reflections
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 71 |
record label: MCA 3698
chart position: RandB #11, US #37, UK #26
written by: Chris Stokes, Sean
album: We Got It
|
| 72 |
record label: EMI 58478
chart position: RandB #12, US #25, UK #67
written by: Jerry Barnes, Katreese Barnes and AZ
album: Doe or Die
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 73 |
record label: Columbia 7228
chart position: RandB #8, US #32, UK #34
written by: Jermaine Dupri, Lowe, LaTocha Scott, Tamika Scott Byas, Kandi and Tameka
album: Off the Hook
|
| 74 |
record label: Columbia 2925
chart position: RandB #60, US #45, UK #15
written by: B Real (as Louis Freese) and DJ Muggs (as Lawrence Muggerud)
album: Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
comments: [rap]
|
| 75 |
record label: Work 7658
chart position: RandB #63, US #94, UK #1, US dance #43
written by: Diana King, Andy Marvel and Marlon Graves
album: Tougher Than Love
|
| 76 |
record label: 550 Music 77895
chart position: RandB #21, US #25, UK #78
written by: Babyface
album: Bonafide
|
| 77 |
record label: So So Def 7171
chart position: RandB #11, US #26
written by: Jermaine Dupri and C. Kelly
album: Funkdafied
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 78 |
record label: Strictly Rhythm 12362
chart position: RandB #57, US #26
written by: Babyface
album: Energy and Harmony
|
| 79 |
record label: Motown 1437
chart position: RandB #11, US #53, UK #23, US AC #30
written by: Stevie Wonder
album: Conversation Peace
|
| 80 |
record label: Perspective 31458 7499
chart position: RandB #7, US #42, UK #35
written by: James Harris III, Terry Lewis, Jimmy Wright, Daniele Stokes, Darnell Chavis
album: Solo
|
| 81 |
record label: Virgin 11056
chart position: RandB #89, US #102, UK #10, US dance #22
written by: Bono and The Edge
album: GoldenEye: Original Score
|
| 82 |
record label: Elektra 200
chart position: RandB #8, US #34, UK #72
written by: John Howcott, Tabitha Duncan, Emanuel Officer and Donald Parks
album: Surrender
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 83 |
record label: Epic 77884
chart position: UK #9, US Dance #1, US #125
written by: Mike Pickering and Paul Heard
album: Bizarre Fruit
|
| 84 |
record label: NPG 17715
chart position: RandB #92, US #88, UK #10
written by: Prince
album: The Gold Experience
|
| 85 |
record label: EMI 408(UK)
chart position: UK #7
written by: Mark Mueller and Marsha Malamet
album: Power of a Woman
comments: [ballad]
|
| 86 |
record label: EMI 10449
chart position: RandB #10, US #53, UK #31
written by: Smokey Robinson and Marv Tarplin (as Marvin Tarplin)
album: Brown Sugar
|
| 87 |
record label: Atlantic 85577
chart position: RandB #7, US #34
written by: Keith Crouch and Glenn McKinney
album: Brandy
|
| 88 |
record label: Chrysalis 58331
chart position: RandB #37, US #39, UK #30
written by: Thom Bell and Phil Hurtt
album: Don't Fight the Feeling
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 89 |
record label: Radioactive 3205
chart position: US #62, UK #69, US Dance #1, US AC #28
written by: William Henshall, Jimmy Helms and Jimmy Chambers
album: Londonbeat
|
| 90 |
record label: Deconstruction 1
chart position: UK #9
written by: Mike Pickering and Paul Heard
album: Bizarre Fruit
|
| 91 |
record label: Virgin 11009
chart position: RandB #61, UK #12, US dance #35
written by: Jazzie B (as Beresford Romeo), Caron Wheeler, Simon Law, Martin Anderson and Will Mowatt
album: Vol. V: Believe
|
| 92 |
record label: Epic 77848
chart position: RandB #22, US #54, UK #27
written by: Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey and Don Henley
album: From the Bottom Up
|
| 93 |
record label: EMI 388
chart position: RandB #77, UK #32, US #114, US dance #1
written by: Sally Jo Dakota, Nikita Germaine and Narada Michael Walden
album: Take Me Higher
|
| 94 |
record label: Uptown 55030
chart position: RandB #29, US #57, US dance #1
written by: Mary J. Blige, Diddy
album: My Life
|
| 95 |
record label: Loud 64374
chart position: RandB #32, US #43, US dance #2
written by: RZA (as Robert Diggs), Raekwon (as Corey Woods), Ghostface Killah (as Dennis Coles), P. Adams
album: Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…
comments: [rap]
|
| 96 |
record label: Epic 77833
chart position: RandB #27, US #81, UK #22
written by: Shabba Ranks, Cory Rooney and Prince Markie Dee
album: A Mi Shabba
comments: [reggae dancehall]
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| 97 |
record label: Epic 662816
chart position: RandB #30, US #45, UK #30
written by: Eazy E
album: Str8 off tha Streetz of Muthaphukkin Compton
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 98 |
record label: Perspective 31458 7481
chart position: RandB #39, US dance #41, UK #14
written by: Lula Nesby and Jimmy Wright (as James Wright)
album: Africa to America: The Journey of the Drum
|
| 99 |
record label: LaFace 24114
chart position: RandB #17, US #39
written by: Robert Barnett, Thomas Burton, Cameron Gipp, Khujo (as Willie Knighton) and Organized Noize
album: Soul Food
comments: [hip hop]
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| 100 |
record label: Interscope 95769
chart position: RandB #12, US #43, UK #56
written by: Michael Jackson, Tammy Lucas and Teddy Riley
album: BLACKstreet
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