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Beats, Rhymes And Life
A Tribe Called Quest
New this week!
Highest ranking debut
Gains In Performance
Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
Week of August 17, 1996
This Week
Award
Last Week
Peak Pos.
Wks on Chart
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Beats, Rhymes And Life
A Tribe Called Quest -
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Highest ranking debut
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Ridin' Dirty
UGK -
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RIAA Certification:
Gold
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It Was Written
Nas - 1
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- 6
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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4
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Keith Sweat
Keith Sweat - 2
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- 6
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- 6
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Elektra/EEG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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Wicked Wayz
Mr. Mike -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Suavehouse/Relativity
Gains In Performance
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6
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Secrets
Toni Braxton - 3
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- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
LaFace/Zomba
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x8
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The Nutty Professor
Soundtrack - 4
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- 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Def Jam/IDJMG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Mission To Please
The Isley Brothers - 6
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- 12
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- 12
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
T-Neck/IDJMG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Reasonable Doubt
JAY-Z - 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Freeze/Roc-A-Fella/Priority/Capitol
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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The Score
Fugees - 8
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- 25
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Ruffhouse/Columbia
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x7
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The Final Tic
Crucial Conflict - 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Pallas/Universal
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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E. 1999 Eternal
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - 9
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Ruthless/Relativity
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x4
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So So Def Bass All-Stars
Various Artists -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
So So Def/Columbia
Gains In Performance
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
Too $hort - 10
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- 11
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Dangerous/Jive
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Legal Drug Money
Lost Boyz - 11
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- 10
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- 10
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All Eyez On Me
2Pac - 14
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- 26
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- 26
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Death Row
RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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17
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Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
Maxwell - 12
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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R. Kelly
R. Kelly - 16
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum x5
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Good Love!
Johnnie Taylor - 15
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Ice Cream Man
Master P - 20
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
No Limit/Priority
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Whatcha Lookin' 4
Kirk Franklin And The Family - 19
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Gospo Centric
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Nocturnal
Heltah Skeltah - 18
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Duck Down/Priority
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Stakes Is High
De La Soul - 17
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Mr. Smith
LL Cool J - 22
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Def Jam/IDJMG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x2
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Daydream
Mariah Carey - 27
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RIAA Certification:
Diamond
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Get On Up And Dance
Quad City DJ's - 24
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
QuadraSound/Big Beat/AG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Moods...Moments
Monifah - 23
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Uptown/Universal
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Killa Kali
Celly Cel - 25
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Sick Wid It/Jive
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New Beginning
SWV - 30
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RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Greatest Hits
N.W.A - 26
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- 5
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Ruthless/Priority
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Miss Thang
Monica - 29
- 7
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Rowdy/Arista
RIAA Certification:
Platinum x3
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My Heart
Donell Jones -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
LaFace/Arista
Gains In Performance
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That's Right
George Benson -
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Brown Sugar
D'Angelo - 35
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
EMI
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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Resurrection
Geto Boys - 37
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe/Capitol
RIAA Certification:
Gold
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Wild Cowboys
Sadat X - 21
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Loud/RCA
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Mista
Mista -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
East West/EEG
Gains In Performance
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Total
Total - 39
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Bad Boy/RMG
RIAA Certification:
Platinum
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39
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Back To The World
Tevin Campbell - 28
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
Qwest/Warner Bros.
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Phat Beach
Soundtrack -
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Imprint/Promotion Label:
TVT Soundtrax/Blunt/TVT
Gains In Performance
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A-1 Yola
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