CASH BOX Top Urban Singles
Black square = bullet (strong upward move)Week ending SEPTEMBER 21, 1996
TWTITLE (Label) | .... Artist LW2WK3WKWKS
  1HIT ME OFF (MCA 55210)
...... New Edition		  1  210  5
  2TWISTED (Elektra 64282)
...... Keith Sweat		  2  1  215
  3ONLY YOU (Bad Boy 79060)
...... 112		  9  7  616
  4I CAN’T SLEEP BABY (If I) (Jive 42377)
...... R. Kelly		  5  3  112
  5YOU’RE MAKING ME HIGH / LET IT FLOW (LaFace 24160)
...... Toni Braxton		  4  5  516
  6ASCENSION (Don’t Ever Wonder) (Columbia 78372)
...... Maxwell		  6  8  9  5
  7IF YOUR GIRL ONLY KNEW (Blackground/Atlantic 98067)
...... Aaliyah		  8  9—  3
  8USE YOUR HEART (RCA 64607)
...... SWV		  3  4  4  5
  9LOUNGIN (Def Jam 575 062)
...... LL Cool J		  7  6  311
10LAST NIGHT (LaFace 24181)
...... Az Yet		111618  4
11ELEVATORS (Me & You) (LaFace 24177)
...... OutKast		1011  7  9
12HOW DO U WANT IT / CALIFORNIA LOVE (Death Row/Interscope 854 652)
...... 2Pac (featuring KC & Jojo) / 2Pac (featuring Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman)		1313  814
13THE THINGS THAT YOU DO (Mercury 578 159)
...... Gina Thompson		14151311
14TELL ME (Island 854 660)
...... Dru Hill		162534  4
15PO PIMP (Rap-A-Lot/Noo Trybe 38559)
...... Do Or Die		151819  9
16BLACKBERRY MOLASSES (EastWest America 64299)
...... Mista		17101112
17KISSIN’ YOU (Bad Boy 79056)
...... Total		24262621
18WHAT KIND OF MAN WOULD I BE (Perspective 7558)
...... Mint Condition		2232—  3
19MISSING YOU (EastWest America 64262)
...... Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight & Chaka Khan		182133  4
20WHY DOES IT HURT SO BAD (Arista 13214)
...... Whitney Houston		212223  9
21WHY I LOVE YOU SO MUCH (Rowdy 35072)
...... Monica		12171616
22MY BOO (So So Def/Columbia 78358)
...... Ghost Town DJ’s		19141511
23IF I RULED THE WORLD (Columbia 78327)
...... Nas		20121214
24STEELO (Biv 10 0530)
...... 702		———  1
25ME AND THOSE DREAMIN’ EYES OF MINE (EMI 58570)
...... D’Angelo		25282210
26TOUCH ME TEASE ME (RAL/Def Jam 854 620)
...... Case featuring Foxxy Brown		23191719
27ALL I SEE (Universal 56003)
...... A+		313032  8
28MOVIN’ ON (A&M 1656)
...... CeCe Peniston		293131  7
29LET’S GET THE MOOD RIGHT (Motown 0510)
...... Johnny Gill		———  1
30THAT GIRL (Virgin 38550)
...... Maxi Priest featuring Shaggy		302930  9
31C’MON N’ RIDE IT (The Train) (Big Beat/Atlantic 98083)
...... Quad City DJ’s		26231429
32TELL ME (I’ll Be Around) (Motown 0410)
...... Shades		353737  9
33PONY (550 Music 78373)
...... Ginuwine		40——  2
34TOUCH MYSELF (Rowdy 35080 )
...... T-Boz		272021  6
35YOU (Uptown/Universal 56001)
...... Monifah		28272019
36GET ON UP (MCA 55123)
...... Jodeci		32332819
37CAN’T KNOCK THE HUSTLE (Roc-A-Fella/Priority 53242)
...... Jay-Z		44——  2
38SO MANY WAYS (Atlantic 87056)
...... Braxtons		333425  8
39WU-WEAR: THE GARMENT RENAISSANCE (Big Beat/Atlantic 98045)
...... RZA featuring Method Man & Cappadonna		414547  5
40I LIKE (Def Jam/RAL 575 046)
...... Montell Jordan featuring Slick Rick		34242713
41BABY LUV (Epic 78359)
...... Groove Theory		363524  7
42GOOD LOVE (Malaco 2525)
...... Johnnie Taylor		434343  8
43THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE (Motown 0430)
...... Horace Brown		42565510
44WITH YOU (Warner Bros. 17681)
...... Somethin’ For The People		373636  4
45WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE (Arista 13223)
...... Deborah Cox		38382911
46NEVER TOO BUSY (Columbia 78245)
...... Kenny Lattimore		39393821
47IN THE HOOD (LaFace 24127)
...... Donell Jones		45403916
48ALL THE THINGS (Your Man Won’t Do) (Island 854 530)
...... Joe		46414232
49DIRTY SOUTH (LaFace 24173)
...... Goodie Mob		495052  4
50HAY (Pallas/Universal 56008)
...... Crucial Conflict		47423519
51IT’S A PARTY (Elektra 64268)
...... Busta Rhymes featuring Zhane		51525310
52SET IT OFF (EastWest America 64253)
...... Organized Noize		———  1
53GIVE ME ONE REASON (Elektra 64346)
...... Tracy Chapman		52535411
54COME OVER (Bad Boy 79065)
...... Faith Evans		5666—  3
55THA CROSSROADS (Ruthless 6335)
...... Bone Thugs-N-Harmony		50444019
56GETTIN’ IT (Jive 42409)
...... Too Short featuring Parliament Funkadelic		484850  4
57I GOT IT BAD (Qwest/Warner Bros. 17602)
...... Tevin Campbell		65——  2
58LIKE A WOMAN (LaFace 24175)
...... Tony Rich Project		555446  8
59LET’S STAY TOGETHER (Jac-Mac/Warner Bros. 17656)
...... Eric Benet		53464512
60HOUSE KEEPER (MJJ Music 78274)
...... Men Of Vizion		54474822
61SAY IT AGAIN (Island 854 648)
...... Nneka		575763  8
62SHAKE A LIL’ SOMETHIN’... (Lil’ Joe 890)
...... 2 Live Crew		586062  6
63LOVE & HAPPINESS (Perspective 7546)
...... Smooth		636772  4
64GET READY, HERE IT COMES (It’s The Choo-Choo) (LaFace 24157)
...... Southsyde B.O.I.Z.		64——  2
65CHANGE THE WORLD (Reprise 17621)
...... Eric Clapton		595560  9
66HOME (Rip-It 2711)
...... 4U		61595612
67I DON’T WANNA BE ALONE (Gasoline Alley 55178)
...... Shai		7285—16
68GLORIA (Silas/MCA 55208)
...... Jesse Powell		605844  8
69BACK TO THE WORLD (Qwest/Warner Bros. 17629)
...... Tevin Campbell		62744113
70BODY SNATCHERS (Sounds Of The Capital 920)
...... Rare Essence		707286  6
71WHY (MJJ Music/550 Music 78366)
...... 3T featuring Michael Jackson		———  1
72KEEP RUNNING BACK (So So Def/Columbia 78325)
...... Whodini		6668—  3
73FOREVER MORE (Work 78297)
...... Puff Johnson		68636819
74I’LL DO ANYTHING FOR YOU (Perspective 7542)
...... Ann Nesby		71615816
75CAN YOU FEEL ME (Relativity 1567)
...... Dru Down		677180  4
76YOU SAID (Island 854 630)
...... Mona Lisa		73646413
77THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT US (Epic 78264)
...... Michael Jackson		74656516
78I’LL MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE (Perspective 7554)
...... Subway		75696110
79SEXUALITY (If You Take Your Love) (Epic 78374)
...... Terri & Monica		69——  2
80BIG LONG JOHN (EMI 58573)
...... Mad Cobra		859089  6
81PAPARAZZI (Loud/RCA 64565)
...... Xzibit		76757110
82RED LIGHTS (Priority 53236)
...... Tha Truth!		777667  6
83A LIL’ SOME’EM SOME’EM (EMI 58575)
...... Rappin’ 4-Tay		797874  8
84IT HURTS LIKE HELL (Arista 13222)
...... Aretha Franklin		80797810
85ALL MY LUV (Big Beat/Atlantic 98068)
...... Art N’ Soul		818070  9
86YOU’RE THE ONE (RCA 64516)
...... SWV		82515124
87DOWN WITH THIS (MCA 55149)
...... Charisse Arrington		90——  2
88I CONFESS (Chrysalis/EMI 58437)
...... Bahamadia		83827912
89I’LL NEVER STOP LOVING YOU (Hollywood 64008)
...... J’Son		84838118
90ORDINARY GIRL (Mercury 578 375)
...... Lionel Richie		867073  6
91PARTY 2 NITE (Motown 0514)
...... Ladae		87848217
92SLIP N’ SLIDE (Death Row/Interscope 99974)
...... Danny Boy		787766  6
93PLEASE DON’T GO (MCA 55158)
...... Immature		88868522
94NO MORE TEARS (No Limit/Priority 53237)
...... Master P featuring Silkk & Mo B. Dick		918776  5
95IT’S ALL THE WAY LIVE (Now) (Tommy Boy 7731)
...... Coolio		92888316
96HANG ’EM HIGH (Loud/RCA 64561)
...... Sadat X		93898415
97UNTIL THE DAY (MCA 55199)
...... Nonchalant		949188  5
98WHERE YA LOVE AT? (Suave House/Relativity 1562)
...... Mr. Mike		89——  2
99EVERYBODY (Loose Cannon 578 112)
...... Skindeep		959292  7
100 ANYTHING GOES (Priority 53219)
...... Ras Kass		969393  5
NOTE: Beginning with this issue, Cash Box cut back on its publication schedule and began publishing every other week rather than weekly. The in-between weeks are treated here the same as other weeks for which no issue was published: charts are shown with no TW positions and with the WKS numbers updated from the previous week.
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