Still Doing Right

The acclaimed “Dead Presidents” soundtrack, an enticing survey of ‘60s and ‘70s soul, continues its strong local sales, coming in at No. 9 on The Times’ Southern California album chart. The 74-minute collection is built around old hits ranging from Isaac Hayes’ “Walk On By” to Aretha Franklin’s “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man” to James Brown’s “The Payback.” Meanwhile, a collection of much more recent material, Tha Dogg Pound’s “Dogg Food,” raced to the top of the national and local album and R&B; charts after its first week in stores. Cypress Hill’s “Cypress Hill III (Temple of Boom)” also enjoyed a strong first week.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 Dogg Food, Tha Dogg Pound (1) ... 2 Cypress Hill III, Cypress Hill (3) ... 3 Daydream, Mariah Carey (2) 2 4 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins (1) ... 5 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (4) 3 6 Design of a Decade, Janet Jackson (10) 4 7 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (7) 5 8 Insomniac, Green Day (14) 6 9 Dead Presidents, soundtrack (23) 8 10 Greatest Hits, Alan Jackson (6) 9

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Fantasy, Mariah Carey (3) 1 2 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (1) 2 3 Tell Me, Groove Theory (6) 3 4 Set U Free, Planet Soul (57) 5 5 Who Can I Run To, Xscape (5) 8 6 Runaway, Janet Jackson (4) 4 7 You Remind Me of Something, R. Kelly (2) ... 8 Before You Walk Out of My Life, Monica (8) 12 9 Dreaming of You, Selena (21) 6 10 East Side Rendezvous, Frost (80) 7

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TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Dogg Food, Tha Dogg Pound (1) ... 2 Cypress Hill III, Cypress Hill (3)... 3 Daydream, Mariah Carey (2) 1 4 Design of a Decade, Janet Jackson (6) 2 5 Dead Presidents, soundtrack (9) 3 6 Dangerous Minds, soundtrack (5) 4 7 CrazySexyCool, TLC (7) 5 8 Smile Now Die Later, Frost (39) 6 9 E. 1999 Eternal, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony (8) 8 10 Faith, Faith Evans (11) 10

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Nov. 5