Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of June 8, 1996

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

The week’s most popular songs, ranked by audio and video streaming activity on leading digital music services, radio airplay audience impressions based on monitored airplay and sales data, all compiled by Luminate. Audience totals are derived, in part, using certain Nielsen Audio listener estimates.

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Tha Crossroads

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony

Last week

Weeks at no. 1

Weeks on chart

Songwriter(s):

Bone, D.J.U-Neek, The Isley Bros., C.H.Jasper

Producer(s):

D.J.U-Neek

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ruthless/Relativity

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & Three 6 Mafia Verzuz Showdown Nearly Came to Blows, But Special Guests Saved the Day

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of June 8, 1996

This Week

Award

Last Week

Peak Pos.

Wks on Chart

1
- Tha Crossroads
  Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
- 1
- 1
- 5
- - 1
  - 1
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

Bone, D.J.U-Neek, The Isley Bros., C.H.Jasper

Producer(s):

D.J.U-Neek

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Ruthless/Relativity

RIAA Certification: Platinum x2

2 NEW
NEW
- You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow
  Toni Braxton
- -
- 2
- 1
- - -
  - 2
  - 1

Songwriter(s):

B.Wilson, Babyface

Producer(s):

Babyface, B.P.Wilson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

LaFace/Arista

Highest ranking debut

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

3 NEW
NEW
- Why I Love You So Much/Ain't Nobody
  Monica
- -
- 3
- 1
- - -
  - 3
  - 1

Songwriter(s):

D.Simmons, D.L.Austin, A.Criss

Producer(s):

D.Simmons, D.Austin

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Rowdy/RMG

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

4
- You're The One
  SWV
- 2
- 1
- 8
- - 2
  - 1
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

Allstar, A.Martin, I.Matias, T.Johnson, C.Gamble

Producer(s):

Allstar

RIAA Certification: Gold

5
- Touch Me Tease Me (From "The Nutty Professor")
  Case Featuring Foxxy Brown
- 5
- 5
- 5
- - 5
  - 5
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

C.Woodard, M.J.Blige, M.Hooten, K.Smoove Kornegay, F.Brown, D.Young, J.B. Weaver, Jr.

Producer(s):

K.Kornegay

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Spoiled Rotten/Def Jam/IDJMG

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

6
- Get On Up
  Jodeci
- 4
- 4
- 4
- - 4
  - 4
  - 4

Songwriter(s):

Mr. Dalvin, K-CI, J.L.Hailey

Producer(s):

Mr. Dalvin

7
- Keep On, Keepin' On (From "Sunset Park")
  MC Lyte Featuring Xscape
- 3
- 3
- 14
- - 3
  - 3
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

J.Dupri Mauldin, MC Lyte, M.J.Jackson

Producer(s):

J.Dupri

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Flavor Unit/East West/EEG

RIAA Certification: Gold

8
- Kissin' You
  Total
- 9
- 8
- 6
- - 9
  - 8
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

J.D.Jackson, Raphael Saadiq, J.Johnson, B.James

Producer(s):

Raphael Saadiq

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bad Boy/Arista

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

9
- All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) (From "Don't Be A Menace...")
  Joe
- 6
- 2
- 18
- - 6
  - 2
  - 18

Songwriter(s):

Joe, J.P.Thompson, M.Williams

Producer(s):

Joe, J.P.Thompson

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Island/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Gold

10
- Get Money
  Junior M.A.F.I.A. Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
- 7
- 4
- 18
- - 7
  - 4
  - 18

Songwriter(s):

C.Wallace, Little Kim, L.Porter, B.Bedford, R.Ayers, S.Striplin

Producer(s):

EZ Elpee

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Undeas/Big Beat/Atlantic

RIAA Certification: Platinum

11 NEW
NEW
- They Don't Care About Us
  Michael Jackson
- -
- 11
- 1
- - -
  - 11
  - 1

Songwriter(s):

M.J.Jackson

Producer(s):

M.Jackson

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

12
- You
  Monifah
- 12
- 12
- 5
- - 12
  - 12
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

Heavy D, R.Burrell, V.J.Herbert, C.King

Producer(s):

Heavy D

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Uptown/Universal

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

13
- Always Be My Baby
  Mariah Carey
- 8
- 1
- 10
- - 8
  - 1
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

M.Carey, J.Dupri Mauldin, M.L.Seal, Jr., J.S.Harris III, T.S.Lewis

Producer(s):

M.Carey, J.Dupri

RIAA Certification: Platinum x5

14
- Only You
  112 Featuring The Notorious B.I.G.
- 26
- 14
- 2
- - 26
  - 14
  - 2

Songwriter(s):

S.J.Combs, S.A.Jordan, M.Scandrick, Q.Parker, M.Keith, D.Jones, DJ Rogers, H.W.Casey

Producer(s):

Diddy, Stevie J

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bad Boy/Arista

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

15
- Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)
  R. Kelly Featuring Ronald Isley
- 10
- 1
- 15
- - 10
  - 1
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

R.S.Kelly

Producer(s):

R.Kelly

RIAA Certification: Platinum

16
- House Keeper
  Men Of Vizion
- 17
- 16
- 7
- - 17
  - 16
  - 7

Songwriter(s):

G.Spencer III, E.T.Riley, S.Blair

Producer(s):

S.Williams, Teddy Riley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

MJJ/550 Music/Epic

Gains In Performance

17
- Ain't No Nigga/Dead Presidents
  Jay-Z Featuring Foxxy Brown
- 22
- 17
- 13
- - 22
  - 17
  - 13

Songwriter(s):

S.C.Carter, D.A.Willis, A.Moon, T.Thomas

Producer(s):

Ski

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Freeze/Roc-A-Fella/Priority

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

18
- Ain't Nobody/Kissing You
  Faith Evans
- 14
- 14
- 9
- - 14
  - 14
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

F.Evans, C.E.Thompson, S.J.Combs, Babyface

Producer(s):

C.Thompson, Diddy, Babyface

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Bad Boy/Arista

19
- Count On Me (From "Waiting To Exhale")
  Whitney Houston & CeCe Winans
- 11
- 7
- 12
- - 11
  - 7
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

Babyface, W.Houston, M.Houston

Producer(s):

Babyface

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

RIAA Certification: Gold

20
- Lady
  D'Angelo
- 13
- 2
- 15
- - 13
  - 2
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq

Producer(s):

D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq

Imprint/Promotion Label:

EMI

RIAA Certification: Gold

21
- A Thin Line Between Love & Hate (From "A Thin Line...")
  H-Town
- 15
- 6
- 19
- - 15
  - 6
  - 19

Songwriter(s):

E.R.Poindexter, R.Poindexter, J.Members

Producer(s):

R.Troutman

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Jac-Mac/Warner Bros.

RIAA Certification: Gold

22
- Hay
  Crucial Conflict
- 32
- 22
- 5
- - 32
  - 22
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

W.Martin, M.King, C.Johnson, R.Leverston

Producer(s):

Wildstyle

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Pallas/Universal

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Gold

23
- Please Don't Go
  Immature
- 16
- 16
- 6
- - 16
  - 16
  - 6

Songwriter(s):

C.B.Stokes, C.Cueni

Producer(s):

C.Stokes, C.Cueni

24
- One For The Money
  Horace Brown
- 18
- 14
- 11
- - 18
  - 14
  - 11

Songwriter(s):

H.Brown, K.Deane, B.D.Wildcat, O.S.Harvey,Jr., C.Mack

Producer(s):

K.Deane

25
- C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)
  Quad City DJ's
- 33
- 25
- 15
- - 33
  - 25
  - 15

Songwriter(s):

C.C.Lemonhead, J.McGowan, B.White

Producer(s):

C.C.Lemonhead, J.McGowan

Imprint/Promotion Label:

QuadraSound/Big Beat/Atlantic

Gains In Performance

RIAA Certification: Platinum

26
- I Will Survive
  Chantay Savage
- 20
- 5
- 17
- - 20
  - 5
  - 17

Songwriter(s):

D.Fekaris, F.J.Perren

Producer(s):

S.Hurley

RIAA Certification: Gold

27
- Let's Lay Together (From "Don't Be A Menace...")
  The Isley Brothers
- 24
- 24
- 10
- - 24
  - 24
  - 10

Songwriter(s):

R.S.Kelly

Producer(s):

R.Kelly

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Island/IDJMG

28
- Slow Jams
  Quincy Jones Feat. Babyface & Tamia With Portrai
- 21
- 19
- 12
- - 21
  - 19
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

R.Temperton

Producer(s):

Q.Jones II

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Qwest/Warner Bros.

29
- Renee
  Lost Boyz
- 23
- 13
- 12
- - 23
  - 13
  - 12

Songwriter(s):

T.Kelly, J.S.Harris III, T.S.Lewis

Producer(s):

Mr.Sexxx, Buttnaked Tim Dawg

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Island/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Gold

30
- 5 O'Clock
  Nonchalant
- 19
- 8
- 16
- - 19
  - 8
  - 16

Songwriter(s):

Nonchalant, D.Staten,Sr., A.Simmons,Jr., K.L.Ferguson,Jr., R.Dill, A.Harrison

Producer(s):

B.Alexander, Lonnie, Kapin

RIAA Certification: Gold

31
- Sittin' Up In My Room (From "Waiting To Exhale")
  Brandy
- 27
- 2
- 24
- - 27
  - 2
  - 24

Songwriter(s):

Babyface

Producer(s):

Babyface

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Arista

RIAA Certification: Platinum

32
- Never Too Busy
  Kenny Lattimore
- 36
- 32
- 5
- - 36
  - 32
  - 5

Songwriter(s):

D.Hall, K.Jones

Producer(s):

D.Hall

Gains In Performance

33
- Ever Since You Went Away
  Art N' Soul
- 31
- 19
- 17
- - 31
  - 19
  - 17

Songwriter(s):

T.C.Riley, Tracy, Lattrel

Producer(s):

T.C.Riley

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Nature Boy/Big Beat/Atlantic

34
- Doin It
  LL Cool J
- 25
- 7
- 14
- - 25
  - 7
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

J.T.Smith, B.R.Smith

Producer(s):

R.Smith

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Def Jam/IDJMG

RIAA Certification: Platinum

35
- Woo-Hah!! Got You All In Check/Everything Remains Raw
  Busta Rhymes
- 28
- 6
- 14
- - 28
  - 6
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

T.Smith, R.Smith

Producer(s):

R.Smith

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Elektra/EEG

RIAA Certification: Platinum

36
- Scarred (From "Eddie")
  Luke
- 37
- 31
- 8
- - 37
  - 31
  - 8

Songwriter(s):

L.R.Campbell, L.Dobson, M.Young

Producer(s):

D.Rudnick

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Luther Campbell/IDJMG

37
- Don't Wanna Lose You
  Lionel Richie
- 30
- 17
- 9
- - 30
  - 17
  - 9

Songwriter(s):

J.S.Harris III, T.S.Lewis, L.Richie

Producer(s):

Jimmy Jam, T.S.Lewis

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Mercury/IDJMG

38
- It's You That's On My Mind
  Quindon
- 38
- 38
- 3
- - 38
  - 38
  - 3

Songwriter(s):

Stokes, Mather, B.Markie

Producer(s):

C.Stokes, S.Mather

Imprint/Promotion Label:

Virgin Rec./Capitol

Gains In Performance

39
- Can't Hang/Do You Want To
  Xscape Featuring MC Lyte
- 29
- 9
- 14
- - 29
  - 9
  - 14

Songwriter(s):

D.Simmons, J.Dupri Mauldin, M.L.Seal, Jr., C.Lowe, MC Lyte, Xscape

Producer(s):

D.Simmons, J.Dupri

Imprint/Promotion Label:

So So Def/Columbia

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Week of June 8, 1996

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Tha Crossroads

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony & Three 6 Mafia Verzuz Showdown Nearly Came to Blows, But Special Guests Saved the Day

Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs

Gains in Weekly Performance

Additional Awards

Tha Crossroads

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You're Makin' Me High/Let It Flow

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Why I Love You So Much/Ain't Nobody

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You're The One

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Touch Me Tease Me (From "The Nutty Professor")

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Get On Up

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Keep On, Keepin' On (From "Sunset Park")

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Kissin' You

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All The Things (Your Man Won't Do) (From "Don't Be A Menace...")

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Get Money

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They Don't Care About Us

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You

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Always Be My Baby

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Only You

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Down Low (Nobody Has To Know)

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House Keeper

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Ain't No Nigga/Dead Presidents

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Ain't Nobody/Kissing You

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Count On Me (From "Waiting To Exhale")

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