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| Writer =
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| Last single = "Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz"<br/>(1995)
| Last single = "[[Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz]]"<br/>(1995)
| This single = "'''Renee'''"<br/>(1996)
| This single = "'''Renee'''"<br/>(1996)
| Next single = "Music Makes Me High"<br/>(1996)
| Next single = "[[Music Makes Me High]]"<br/>(1996)
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"'''Renee'''" is a song by rap group [[Lost Boyz]] from their second studio album ''[[Legal Drug Money]]'' and the [[Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (soundtrack)|''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' soundtrack]].<ref>http://www.mywire.com/pubs/Muze/2007/02/01/631178?extID=10051</ref> It samples the [[Janet Jackson]] song "[[Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)]]". It was the Lost Boyz' most successful single, and lead MC [[Mr. Cheeks]]' second biggest hit, behind 2001's "[[Lights, Camera, Action!]]".
"'''Renee'''" is a song by rap group [[Lost Boyz]] from their second studio album ''[[Legal Drug Money]]'' and the [[Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (soundtrack)|''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'' soundtrack]].<ref>http://www.mywire.com/pubs/Muze/2007/02/01/631178?extID=10051</ref> It samples the [[Janet Jackson]] song "[[Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)]]". It was the Lost Boyz' most successful single, reaching number 33 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] (their only one to reach to top 40) and earning a gold certification from the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] for sales of 500,000 copies.


==Song information==
==Song information==
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==Charts==
==Charts==
===Peak positions===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (1996)
!Chart (1996)
!Peak<br/>position
!Peak<br>position
|-
|-
|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]
|''Billboard'' Hot 100
|align="center"|33
|align="center"|33
|-
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs]]
|''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks
|align="center"|13
|align="center"|13
|-
|-
|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Hot Rap Tracks]]
|''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|}
===Year-End charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|End of year chart (1996)
!align="center"|Position
|-
|-
|''Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks<ref name="BBYE">{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=sQkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&dq=Billboard%201996&pg=RA1-PA15#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - 1996|accessdate=2011-11-10}}</ref>
|align="center"|65
|-
|''Billboard'' Hot Rap Singles<ref name=BBYE">{{cite web|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=sQkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA1&dq=Billboard%201996&pg=RA1-PA17#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Singles - 1996|accessdate=2011-11-10}}</ref>
|align="center"|17
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==References==
==References==

Revision as of 20:35, 10 November 2011

"Renee"
Song

"Renee" is a song by rap group Lost Boyz from their second studio album Legal Drug Money and the Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood soundtrack.[1] It samples the Janet Jackson song "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)". It was the Lost Boyz' most successful single, reaching number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 (their only one to reach to top 40) and earning a gold certification from the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies.

Song information

The song's lyrics discuss the narrator, a young man, who meets a woman named Renee while coming back from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The narrator promptly attempts to initiate a relationship. The song describes that Renee is studying to be a lawyer, while the narrator is a writer. The pair date for several weeks, but the relationship ends abruptly when she is shot to death[2]. The moral of the song is "ghetto love is the law that we live by," describing the inevitable suffering of tragedy by those raised in crime-ridden areas[3][4].

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 33
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 13
Billboard Hot Rap Singles 3

Year-End charts

End of year chart (1996) Position
Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks[5] 65
Billboard Hot Rap Singles[6] 17


References

  1. ^ http://www.mywire.com/pubs/Muze/2007/02/01/631178?extID=10051
  2. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E1DB1130F93AA15750C0A96F958260
  3. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E1DF173EF930A25753C1A960958260
  4. ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E1DF1238F931A3575AC0A960958260&sec=&spon=
  5. ^ "Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - 1996". Retrieved 2011-11-10.
  6. ^ "Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Singles - 1996". Retrieved 2011-11-10.