| 1 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 721
chartposition: RandB #24, US #5, UK #13
writtenby: Coolio (as Artis Ivey Jr.) and Adrian Sear
album: Gangsta's Paradise
comments: [hip hop]
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| 2 |
recordlabel: Tommy Boy 7739
chartposition: RandB #81
weeksinr&bchart: 3
writtenby: Greg Hutch, Kannon
album: Time Will Reveal
comments: (remix)
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| 3 |
recordlabel: Jive 399
chartposition: RandB #38, UK #34
weeksinr&bchart: 11
writtenby: Q Tip (as Kamaal Fareed), Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg and J Dilla
album: Beats, Rhymes and Life
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Death Row 00004
chartposition: RandB #46
writtenby: 2Pac, Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger
album: All Eyez on Me
comments: [RandB chart position is for RandB airplay charts]
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| 5 |
recordlabel: MJJ Music 663199 5
chartposition: UK #11
writtenby: Taryll Jackson and TJ Jackson
album: Brotherhood
comments: [love song]
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| 6 |
recordlabel: MCA 3691
chartposition: RandB #8, US #24, UK #44
writtenby: Raguel Dill, Kapin Ferguson, Andre Harrison, Tonya Pointer, Alonzo Simmons and Dewayne Staten
album: Until the Day
comments: [hip hop]
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| 7 |
recordlabel: Arista
chartposition: RandB #16
album: Money Talks: The Album
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis/EMI 58575
chartposition: RandB #74, US #117
writtenby: Rappin' 4 Tay and Al Eaton
album: Off Parole
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| 9 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 8005
chartposition: RandB #6, US #37
writtenby: Robert Poindexter, Richart Poindexter and Jackie Members
album: A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Soundtrack
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: LaFace 26029
chartposition: RandB #23, US #35
writtenby: André 3000 and Big Boi
album: ATLiens
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Columbia 8647
chartposition: RandB #75
album: It Was Written
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Virgin 11060
chartposition: US #112
writtenby: Byran Abrahms, Elliot Wolff, Howie Tee, Kevin Thornton and Mark Calderon
album: Head Over Heels
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Bust It 74003
chartposition: RandB #70
weeksinr&bchart: 9
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| 14 |
recordlabel: Roc A Fella 53233
chartposition: RandB #17, US #50
weeksinr&bchart: 21
writtenby: Jay Z, Foxy Brown, Jaz O, Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter, Tyrone Thomas and August Moon
album: Reasonable Doubt
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Chrysalis 58528
chartposition: RandB #55, US #73
writtenby: Rappin' 4 Tay (as Anthony Forté) , Stan Keith and Shannon Lacy
album: Off Parole
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Rowdy 5075
chartposition: US #9
writtenby: Dallas Austin, Treach (as Anthony Criss) and Diane Warren
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: Geffen 1063
chartposition: UK #1, RandB #27, US #46
writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and David Wolinski (as Hawk Wolinski)
album: Beavis and Butt Head Do America: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
comments: [hip hop]
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| 18 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 78612790681
chartposition: RandB #14, US #67
writtenby: D. Owens, D. Wolinski, Babyface, Chucky Thompson, Faith Evans and Diddy (as Sean Combs)
album: Faith
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| 19 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78315
chartposition: RandB #87
weeksinr&bchart: 5
album: Asanté Mode
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Silas 55136
chartposition: RandB #32, US #113
writtenby: Laney Stewart , Samuel Salter and Thabiso Nkhereanye
album: Jesse Powell
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| 21 |
recordlabel: Kedar 56003
chartposition: RandB #29, US #66
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Carl Carr, Rodney Jerkins and The Smith Brothers
album: The Latch Key Child
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| 22 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 98068
chartposition: RandB #72
writtenby: Lattrel and Tracy
album: Touch Of Soul
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| 23 |
recordlabel: Island 854 552
chartposition: RandB #2, US #11, UK #34
writtenby: Joe, Joshua Thompson and Michele Williams
album: All That I Am
comments: [slow jam]
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| 24 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78276
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #3, US AC #2, US dance #6
writtenby: Mariah Carey, Jermaine Dupri and Manuel Seal
album: Daydream
comments: [slow jam]
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| 25 |
recordlabel: EastWest 1938
chartposition: RandB #95, US dance #6, UK #4
writtenby: Carolyn Franklin and Sonny Saunders
album: Greatest Hits
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| 26 |
recordlabel: Big Life 129
chartposition: UK #68
writtenby: Terri Robinson, Dominic Owen and Fabian Hamilton
album: Forever
comments: (Rap by Lil' Cease)
|
| 27 |
recordlabel: Priority 53219
chartposition: RandB #85
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Ras Kass (as John Austin IV)
album: Soul on Ice
|
| 28 |
recordlabel: EastWest
chartposition: RandB #42
writtenby: Renne A. Neuville
album: Sunset Park
|
| 29 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78365
chartposition: RandB #8, US #36, UK #39
writtenby: Maxwell (as Musze) and Itaal Shur
comments: [neo soul]
|
| 30 |
recordlabel: Chameleon 74808
chartposition: UK #65
writtenby: John Lee Hooker and James Bracken
comments: [blues]
|
| 31 |
recordlabel: Epic 78359
chartposition: RandB #23, US #65
writtenby: Bryce Luvah (as Bryce Wilson), Amel Larrieux and Darryl Brown
album: Groove Theory
|
| 32 |
recordlabel: Underworld 58448
chartposition: RandB #76
weeksinr&bchart: 5
album: Never Let You Go
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 33 |
recordlabel: Jive
chartposition: RandB #28
writtenby: R. Kelly
album: R. Kelly
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 34 |
recordlabel: Qwest 17629
chartposition: RandB #16, US #47, US dance #33
writtenby: Noel Hogan and Dolores O'Riordan
album: Back to the World
|
| 35 |
recordlabel: Epic 3678237
chartposition: RandB #41, US #1, UK #5, US AC #1
writtenby: Diane Warren
album: Falling into You
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 36 |
recordlabel: Hopsack and Silk 398
chartposition: RandB #80
album: Been Found
|
| 37 |
recordlabel: Aftermath 6087
chartposition: RandB #19
writtenby: Dr. Dre , Bud'da and J Flexx
album: The Aftermath
|
| 38 |
recordlabel: AandM 2004
chartposition: RandB #52, US #120
writtenby: JoJo (as JoJo Hailey) and Darryl Pearson
album: I'm Movin' On
comments: [slow jam] ( featuring JoJo Hailey)
|
| 39 |
recordlabel: Motown 0528
chartposition: RandB #87
weeksinr&bchart: 4
comments: samples 'I Don't Know What It Is, But It Sure Is Funky' by Ripple
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recordlabel: ZYX 8083
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: NPG 724388356121(UK)
chartposition: RandB #10, UK #11, US #31
writtenby: Thom Bell and Linda Creed
album: Emancipation
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: EMI 58573
chartposition: RandB #79, US #117
weeksinr&bchart: 8
writtenby: Mad Cobra, Tony Kelly and Clifton Dillon
album: Milkman
comments: samples "Money" by Jimmy Spicer
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: EastWest 5874
chartposition: RandB #13, US #53
weeksinr&bchart: 20
writtenby: Organized Noize and Marqueze Ethridge
album: Mista
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Priority 53223
chartposition: RandB #62, US #106, UK #60
writtenby: Barret Powell, Dashawn Jamal Yates, Jack McNair, Jahmal Bush, Sean Price and Tony Moore
comments: [hip hop]
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recordlabel: EastWest 9547 2
writtenby: Darryl McClary, Janai Abercrombie, Michael Allen, Paula Pierre Louis, Traci Nash
album: Sa Deuce
comments: [slow jam]
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Malaco 2306
writtenby: Johnnie Taylor, Floyd C. Bonner, Ron Neal
album: Good Love
comments: [southern soul]
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Death Row
chartposition: RandB #73
album: Body Snatchers
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 95640
chartposition: RandB #45, US #42, UK #21
writtenby: Freddie Mercury
album: Here We Come
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Ruffhouse 78339
chartposition: RandB #73, US #87
writtenby: B Real (as Louis Freese), DJ Muggs (as Lawrence Muggerud) and Sen Dog (as Senen Reyes)
album: Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom
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| 4 |
recordlabel: Luther Campbell Music 050 167 001 1
chartposition: RandB #96
writtenby: Luke (as Luther Campbell)
album: Uncle Luke
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Priority 53227
chartposition: RandB #19, US #21
writtenby: Diddy
album: Bow Down
comments: [rap]
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Funky Base 160
chartposition: UK #137
writtenby: Kyle Robinson and Rob Base
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Columbia 78273
chartposition: RandB #50, US #120
writtenby: Kino Watson
album: True 2 the Game
comments: sample 'Float On' by the Floaters
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: Profile 5440
chartposition: RandB #65, US #102
album: Once Upon A Time In America
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 9 |
recordlabel: Big Beat 2279
chartposition: RandB #15, US #3, UK #117
writtenby: Barry White, C.C. Orange (as C.C. Lemonhead), Jay McGowan (as Jay Ski McGowan) and Mike Phillips
album: Get on up and Dance
|
| 10 |
recordlabel: Bluemoon 98071
chartposition: RandB #65
writtenby: J.J. Cale
album: Naked and True
|
| 11 |
recordlabel: Death Row 00001
chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 33
writtenby: Joe Cocker, Woodrow Cunningham, Norman Durham, Mikel Hooks, Ronald Hudson, Christopher Stainton
album: All Eyez on Me
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 12 |
recordlabel: Perspective 00218
chartposition: US Dance #11
writtenby: Ann Nesby, Jimmy Wright, Jimmy Jam
album: I'm Here for You
comments: [dance]
|
| 13 |
recordlabel: Street Life
chartposition: RandB #122
album: Can We Talk
mpcode: Oy0nJ6uiuFU
|
| 14 |
recordlabel: Warner Bros. 43779
chartposition: RandB #91
album: Somethin' for the People
|
| 15 |
recordlabel: Relativity 1567
chartposition: RandB #68, US #92
album: Can You Feel Me
|
| 16 |
recordlabel: Island 854538
chartposition: RandB #20, US #65
writtenby: Alfred Antoine, Andre Evans, Johnta Austin, Tim Patterson, Garfield Duncan, Lost Boyz and DJ Premier
album: 11 20 79
|
| 17 |
recordlabel: So So Def 78263
chartposition: RandB #16, US #53
writtenby: Jermaine Dupri, Lowe, MC Lyte, LaTocha Scott, Tamika Scott Byas, Kandi and Tameka
album: Off the Hook
|
| 18 |
recordlabel: PWL 22 (UK)
chartposition: US dance #2, UK #18
writtenby: Chris Scott
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 19 |
recordlabel: Northwestside 1
chartposition: RandB #35, UK #30, US #73
writtenby: Jay Z, Marcus Miller and Jerome Foster
album: Reasonable Doubt
comments: [hip hop] featuring Mary J. Blige
|
| 20 |
recordlabel: Jellybean 2509
chartposition: US dance #3
writtenby: Bobby Guy and Ernie Lake
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 21 |
recordlabel: GRP 3073
chartposition: RandB #89
weeksinr&bchart: 5
writtenby: Ernie Isley, Marvin Isley and Chris Jasper
album: Brave New World
|
| 22 |
recordlabel: Big Life 126 (UK)
chartposition: UK #51
writtenby: Michelle Escoffery, Janine Linton, Diane Joseph and Ian Green
album: Nothin' But The Truce
mpcode: buKrRNa3YwQ
|
| 23 |
recordlabel: MCA 3809
chartposition: RandB #37, UK #23
writtenby: Billy Beck,Leroy Bonner, Sandra
|
| 24 |
recordlabel: Reprise 17621
chartposition: RandB #54, US #5, UK #18, US AC #1
writtenby: Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick
album: Phenomenon: Music from the Motion Picture
|
| 25 |
recordlabel: Lightyear Entertainment 541660
chartposition: US Dance #19, RandB #90, UK #141
writtenby: Jason Miles and Nona Hendryx
|
| 26 |
recordlabel: Geffen 22216
chartposition: RandB #62, US #101
album: Illadelph Halflife
|
| 27 |
recordlabel: Elektra 63974
chartposition: RandB #5, US #11, UK #15
writtenby: MC Lyte (as Lana Moore) and Rashad Smith
album: Bad as I Wanna B
comments: [hip hop]
|
| 28 |
recordlabel: Def Jam 576552
chartposition: RandB #77
weeksinr&bchart: 10
album: Dos of Soul
comments: [slow jam] (from the movie The Nutty Professor)
|
| 29 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 79065
chartposition: RandB #56, US #109
writtenby: Faith Evans and Floyd Howard
album: Faith
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 30 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 9073
chartposition: RandB #15, US #33
writtenby: Bob Robinson, Diddy (as Sean Combs) and Tim Kelley
album: 112
|
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recordlabel: Warner Bros. 43815
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Profile 5445
chartposition: RandB #62, US #104
weeksinr&bchart: 7
writtenby: Anthony Roberts, Saladine Wallace and Salahadeen Wilds
album: Uptown Saturday Night
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recordlabel: MCA 12533
writtenby: Devante
album: Your Heart's In Good Hands
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Arista 12976
chartposition: RandB #7, US #8, UK #12, US AC #4
writtenby: Babyface, Whitney Houston and Michael Houston
album: Waiting to Exhale: Original Soundtrack Album
comments: [ballad]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: WEA 1814
chartposition: UK #6
writtenby: Mark Morrison and Mykaell S. Riley
album: Return of the Mack
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Reprise 8431
chartposition: US AC #25
writtenby: Van Morrison
album: Phenomenon: Music from the Motion Picture
comments: [love ballad]
|
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recordlabel: Fairplay 212
writtenby: Karen Kenny
album: Crazy Love
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: PMP/RAL 577412
chartposition: RandB #74, US #125
album: This Is How We Do It
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Universal 56000
chartposition: RandB #91, US #122
weeksinr&bchart: 2
album: Acoustic Soul
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: EastWest 5871
chartposition: RandB #11, US #39, UK #37
writtenby: Bizzy Bone (as Bryon McCane), Krayzie Bone , Layzie Bone and Wish Bone
album: The Collection Volume One
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: Roc A Fella 53233
chartposition: RandB #74, US #50
writtenby: Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) , David Willis, Lonnie Liston Smith, Nasand Pete Rock
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Relativity 1568
chartposition: RandB #87
weeksinr&bchart: 4
writtenby: Curtis Mayfield, Billy Danze, Lil' Fame and Laze Elliott
album: Firing Squad
|
| 6 |
recordlabel: Wildcard 3(UK)
chartposition: UK #31
writtenby: Martin Lascelles, Steve O'Donnell and Taj Wyzgowski
album: Nu Colours
|
| 7 |
recordlabel: Quality 7227
chartposition: US Dance #6
writtenby: Luke Morley
album: No Regret
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 8 |
recordlabel: LaFace 24173
chartposition: RandB #53, US #92
writtenby: King George, Big Boi (as Antwan Patton) and Organized Noize
album: Soul Food
|
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recordlabel: Rhythm Republic 58(UK)
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Six By Six Records 2
chartposition: UK #47
writtenby: Paris Grey, Ann Saunderson and Kevin Saunderson
comments: [dance, house]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: MJJ 78422
chartposition: RandB #53
writtenby: Teddy Riley, Sherri Blair, Chris Smith and Menton Smith
album: Personal
|
| --- |
recordlabel: Distinctive 28
album: National Anthems
|
| 1 |
recordlabel: Mercury 167
chartposition: US AC #15
writtenby: Gloria Shayne Baker and Noël Regney
comments: [christmas]
|
| 2 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 78612 73006 2
chartposition: RandB #62
writtenby: Terri Robinson, Diddy and Rashad Smith
album: Total
|
| 3 |
recordlabel: Bad Boy 9074
chartposition: RandB #20, US #61, UK #49
writtenby: Raphael Saadiq and Janice Johnson
album: Total
|
| 4 |
recordlabel: So So Def 78323
chartposition: RandB #9, US #50
writtenby: Daryl Simmons
album: Off the Hook
comments: [slow jam]
|
| 5 |
recordlabel: Lil' Joe 893
chartposition: RandB #75
album: Shake a Lil' Somethin'
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