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“If I Had No Loot” by Tony Toni Tone
From the album Sons of Soul (1993)
“If I Had No Loot” by Tony Toni Tone appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2021 and 2023. It was first released in 1993 on the album Sons of Soul. Its best result is #703 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s.
Tony! Toni! Toné! sent "If I Had No Loot" out on June 1, 1993, as the opening shot from their third album, Sons of Soul, on PolyGram and Wing, and they produced it themselves. It rides a new jack swing beat with sharp guitar licks cutting across it and vocal snippets lifted from Boogie Down Productions' 1987 "Remix for P Is Free" and a 1991 Ice Cube track. Group member Raphael Wiggins, one of its writers, has said the song is about fair-weather friends.
It was a real hit, climbing to 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and going gold in the US, and critics in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop poll ranked it 10th among the year's singles.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 703 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 888 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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