No Pigeons

"No Pigeons"
Single by Sporty Thievz
from the album Street Cinema
B-side	"Cheapskate (You Ain't Gettin' Nada)"
Released	February 23, 1999
Format	CD single 12" vinyl Cassette single
Recorded	1998 D.A.R.P. Studios[1] (Atlanta, Georgia, United States)
Genre	Pop, R&B
Length	4:24 (album version) 3:26 (mix version)
Label	Ruffhouse
Writer(s)	Kevin "Shekspere" Briggs Kandi Burruss Tameka Cottle Marlon "Robin Hood" Brando
Producer	Kevin "She'kspere" Briggs
Certification	Gold (RIAA) Platinum (RIAA), (RIANZ)
Sporty Thievz singles chronology
"Cheapskate (You Ain't Gettin' Nada)" (1998) "No Pigeons" (1999)

"No Pigeons" is the second single by Sporty Thievz, released from their 1998 album Street Cinema.

It was a rebuttal to TLC's single "No Scrubs" and received much radio play at the time of its release. 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. The music video also features female rapper Eve.

Song information

"No Pigeons" was written and composed shortly after the widespread international success of TLC's song "No Scrubs," a song that discusses the unwillingness of women to engage in a relationship with men who are unemployed, grimy, unsophisticated, or poorly-mannered. The Sporty Thievz song discusses the dilemma that "No Scrubs" alluded to, but rather than name women "scrubs," they were denoted as "pigeons." Throughout the course of the song, the artists on the track make overt references to unsightly, substandard women, accusing them of wearing "fake hair" (weaves), having "more than one baby father," and "stripping all week to go clubbing."

The entire song is based on a slightly faster beat of the original "No Scrubs" with much added bass.

In 2007 California indie band Brighten covered the song for a Warped Tour compilation album entitled "Yo! Indie Rocks Raps," which was never released via retail outlets but was available for purchase at tour stops. Several of the tracks from this project were eventually re-released with Fearless' compilation Punk Goes Crunk, however No Pigeons was omitted from this list.

Music video

The music video was made in March 1999, it also features female rapper Eve.

Charts

Chart (1999)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[2]	12
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs[3]	5
U.S. Billboard Hot Rap Singles[4]	1
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales[5]	1
Canadian Digital Sales[6]	3
UK Singles Chart[7]	21

References

1. ^ http://www.discovered.com/viewimages?release=1849163
2. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
3. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
4. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
5. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
6. ^ Top Music Charts - Hot 100 - Billboard 200 - Music Genre Sales
7. ^ Chart Log UK