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1798:Music Canada
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737:"Butta Love"
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1330:"Phone Sex"
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1022:Chuck Davis
984:Sid Johnson
888:Kevin Morse
699:Larry Smith
642:Producer(s)
394:black music
386:lead single
369:Flavor Unit
349:Minneapolis
203:Rated Next
121:Deedee Gist
92:Divine Mill
2594:Categories
2536:Rated Next
2399:January 7,
2374:January 7,
2349:January 8,
2324:January 8,
2202:2009-11-05
2198:. Allmusic
2181:2009-11-05
2159:2009-11-05
2106:2009-11-05
1923:2009-11-05
1919:. Allmusic
1899:2009-11-05
1837:References
1821:2,000,000
1776:Rated Next
1721:Rated Next
1691:Rated Next
1603:Rated Next
1257:"Sexitude"
1070:Joe Sample
688:J.B. Moore
624:Rated Next
588:Rated Next
373:Rated Next
291:Rated Next
280:Rated Next
255:Rated Next
172:Rated Next
159:chronology
33:Rated Next
18:Butta Love
2571:Too Close
2460:0006-2510
2443:Billboard
2433:1070-4701
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1371:D. Lighty
1365:"Rock On"
1348:Alexander
1336:Alexander
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1301:Alexander
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1158:C. Lighty
1131:D. Lighty
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672:Too Close
639:Writer(s)
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407:Too Close
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345:godmother
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318:Too Close
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1889:MTV News
1796:Canada (
1432:engineer
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1389:D. Lighy
1185:Mr. Walt
1089:Reynolds
607:innuendo
596:Allmusic
530:AllMusic
416:and was
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147:Mr. Walt
106:Producer
60:Released
50: by
2563:Singles
1982:May 31,
1806:50,000
1791:/sales
1782:Region
1521:vocoder
1450:stylist
1395:Prof T.
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653:"Intro"
468:removed
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818:"Cozy"
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