Renee (song) explained

Renee
Cover:Renee single.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Lost Boyz
Album:Legal Drug Money and Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood: The Soundtrack
Recorded:1995
Studio:D&D Recording Studios
Genre:Hip hop
Label:Uptown
Producer:
  • Mr. Sexxx
  • "Buttnaked" Tim Dawg
Prev Title:Jeeps, Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz
Prev Year:1995
Next Title:Music Makes Me High
Next Year:1996

"Renee" is a song by American rap group Lost Boyz from their first studio album Legal Drug Money and the Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood soundtrack. It samples the Janet Jackson song "Funny How Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)". It was the Lost Boyz' most successful single, reaching number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 (their only one to reach to top 40) and earning a gold certification from the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies.

Song information

The song's lyrics discuss the narrator, a young man, who meets a woman named Renee while coming back from John Jay College of Criminal Justice. The narrator promptly attempts to initiate a relationship. The song describes that Renee is studying to be a lawyer, while the narrator is a writer. The pair date for several weeks, but the relationship ends abruptly when she is shot to death by a burglar at a robbery.[1] The moral of the song is "ghetto love is the law that we live by," describing the inevitable suffering of tragedy by those raised in crime-ridden areas.[2] [3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996)!scope="col"
Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 33
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks[5] 13
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles[6] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)!scope="col"
Position
US Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks[7] 65
US Billboard Hot Rap Singles[8] 17

Notes and References

  1. News: Member of Lost Boyz Hip-Hop Group Slain . The New York Times . 1999-03-29.
  2. News: Touched by Death, Hip-Hop Turns to Dirges . The New York Times . Michel . Marriott . 1996-10-13.
  3. News: Heartfelt Tales From the Mean Streets . The New York Times . Neil . Strauss . 1996-09-02.
  4. Billboard Hot 100: Week of May 4, 1996. Billboard. November 4, 2023.
  5. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Week of May 4, 1996. Billboard. November 4, 2023.
  6. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs: Week of April 13, 1996. Billboard. November 4, 2023.
  7. Book: Billboard Year-End Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - 1996. 28 December 1996. 2011-11-10.
  8. Book: Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Singles - 1996. 28 December 1996. 2011-11-10.