No Pigeons

1999 single by Sporty Thievz

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"No Pigeons"

Single by Sporty Thievz
from the album  Street Cinema
B-side| "Cheapskate (You Ain't Gettin' Nada)"
Released| May 1999
Recorded| March 1999; D.A.R.P. Studios[1]
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Genre| Hip hop, R&B, Dance-pop
Length| 4:24 (album version)
3:26 (mix version)
Label| Ruffhouse
Songwriter(s)| Diallo "Mr. Wood$" Edmond, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle, Marlon "Robin Hood" Brando
Producer(s)| Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Sporty Thievz singles chronology
| "Cheapskate (You Ain't Gettin' Nada)"
(1998)  | "No Pigeons"
(1999)  |

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Music video
"No Pigeons" on YouTube

"No Pigeons" is a song by American hip-hop trio Sporty Thievz from their debut studio album, Street Cinema (1999). A rebuttal to TLC's smash hit single "No Scrubs", it peaked at #12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, at about the same time the TLC single was enjoying a successful chart run.

## Music video

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Shot in March 1999 and partially filmed in the Parkchester section of the Bronx, the video features female rapper Eve, Gang Starr's Guru, Ras Kass & Harlem World rapper Blinky Blink.

## Charts and certifications

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### Weekly charts

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Chart (1999)  | Peak
position

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Canadian Digital Sales[2] | 3
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[3] | 57
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[4] | 58
UK Singles (OCC)[5] | 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[6] | 12
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[7] | 5
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles[8] | 1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales[9] | 1

### Certifications

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Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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United States (RIAA)[11] | Gold  | 600,000[10]

## References

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1. ^ http://www.discovered.com/viewimages?release=1849163 [dead link]
2. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
3. ^ "Sporty Thievz – No Pigeons" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
4. ^ "Sporty Thievz – No Pigeons". Singles Top 100. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
5. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 6, 2023.
6. ^ Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales
7. ^ Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales
8. ^ Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales
9. ^ Top Music Charts – Hot 100 – Billboard 200 – Music Genre Sales
10. ^ "Best-Selling Records of 1999". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 4\. BPI Communications Inc. January 22, 2000. p. 63\. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
11. ^ "American single certifications – Sporty Thievz – No Pigeons". Recording Industry Association of America.

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