Still in the Big Time

Veteran rapper Big Daddy Kane, long ago dismissed as a has-been in most circles, is showing that he’s not ready for the rap graveyard just yet. His single “Very Special” has a very special spot on The Times’ Southern California pop singles chart--No. 3. Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus may not be selling well enough these days to make a splash on the pop chart but he’s still a major factor on the country chart, boasting two Top 10 entries--his second album, “It Won’t Be the Last” (No. 4) and his debut, “Some Gave All” (No. 8).

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Sleepless in Seattle, soundtrack (2) 1 2 Promises and Lies, UB40 (8) 3 3 Blind Melon, Blind Melon (3) 4 4 janet., Janet Jackson (4) 5 5 Black Sunday, Cypress Hill (5) 2 6 The Bodyguard, soundtrack (7) 7 7 River of Dreams, Billy Joel (1) 6 8 Core, Stone Temple Pilots (6) 8 9 Unplugged and Seated, Rod Stewart (10) 9 10 Grave Dancers Union, Soul Asylum (12) 13

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TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Whoomp! (There It Is), Tag Team (1) 1 2 Dream Lover, Mariah Carey (2) 2 3 Very Special, Big Daddy Kane (33) 3 4 Check Yo Self, Ice Cube (18) 4 5 Can’t Help Falling in Love, UB40 (3) 5 6 Insane in the Brain, Cypress Hill (13) 7 7 I Get Around, 2Pac (11) 9 8 I’m Gonna Be, The Proclaimers (4) 8 9 Mega Medley, Zapp & Roger (48) 12 10 If, Janet Jackson (6) 16

TOP 10 COUNTRY ALBUMS *

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 No Time to Kill, Clint Black (3) 1 2 Tell Me Why, Wynonna Judd (4) 3 3 Lot About Livin,’ Alan Jackson (1) 2 4 It Won’t Be the Last, Billy Ray Cyrus (2) 5 5 No Fences, Garth Brooks (15) 7 6 It’s Your Call, Reba McEntire (9) 6 7 Pure Country, George Strait (7) 4 8 Some Gave All, Billy Ray Cyrus (8) 9 9 This Time, Dwight Yoakam (10) 8 10 Life’s a Dance, John M. Montgomery (5) 10

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of Aug. 29