No Pigeons

"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
Songwriters	Diallo "Mr. Wood$" Edmond, Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle, Marlon "Robin Hood" Brando
Producer	Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Sporty Thievz singles chronology
"Cheapskate (You Ain't Gettin' Nada)" (1998) "No Pigeons" (1999)
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 No. 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, at about the same time the TLC single was enjoying a successful chart run.

Music video

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 and Harlem World rapper Blinky Blink.

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
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

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10]	Gold	600,000 [11]

References

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. "American single certifications – Sporty Thievz – No Pigeons". Recording Industry Association of America.
11. "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.