As Lead Artist
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US |
US R&B |
US Rap |
FRA |
NL |
UK |
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| "Take It EZ" | 1992 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | Can I Borrow a Dollar? | |||||
| "Breaker 1/9" | — | 107 | 10 | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Soul by the Pound" | 1993 | — | 108 | 7 | — | — | — | ||||||
| "I Used to Love H.E.R." | 1994 | — | 91 | 31 | — | — | — | Resurrection | |||||
| "Resurrection" | 1995 | 102 | 88 | 22 | — | — | — | ||||||
| "The Bitch in Yoo" | 1996 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Relativity Urban Assault | |||||
| "Retrospect for Life" (featuring Lauryn Hill) |
1997 | — | — | — | — | — | — | One Day It'll All Make Sense | |||||
| "Reminding Me (Of Sef)" (featuring Chantay Savage) |
101 | 57 | 9 | — | — | 59 | |||||||
| "All Night Long" (featuring Erykah Badu) |
1998 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| "One-Nine-Nine-Nine" (featuring Sadat X) |
1999 | 110 | 41 | 4 | — | — | — | Soundbombing II | |||||
| "Car Horn" (featuring DJ Mark the 45 King) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | ||||||
| "The 6th Sense" (featuring Bilal) |
2000 | — | 87 | 14 | — | — | 56 | Like Water for Chocolate | |||||
| "The Light" | 44 | 12 | 13 | 97 | 83 | ||||||||
| "Geto Heaven Remix T.S.O.I. (The Sound of Illadelph)" (featuring Macy Gray) |
2001 | — | 61 | — | — | — | 48 | ||||||
| "While I'm Dancin'" (with Prime) |
2002 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Ground Original Presents: Clambake | |||||
| "Come Close" (featuring Mary J. Blige, or Erykah Badu, Pharrell and Q-Tip) |
65 | 21 | 18 | — | — | — | Electric Circus | ||||||
| "Panthers" (with Dead Prez and The Last Poets) |
2004 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||
| "The Food" (featuring Kanye West and DJ Dummy) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | Be | ||||||
| "The Corner" (featuring Kanye West and The Last Poets) |
2005 | 110 | 42 | — | — | — | 134 | ||||||
| "Go!" (featuring Kanye West and John Mayer) |
79 | 31 | 21 | — | — | 79 | |||||||
| "Testify" | 109 | 44 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Faithful" (featuring Bilal and John Legend) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "A Dream" (featuring will.i.am) |
2007 | — | 116 | — | — | — | 108 | Freedom Writers soundtrack | |||||
| "The People" (featuring Dwele) |
111 | 55 | — | — | — | — | Finding Forever | ||||||
| "The Game" (featuring DJ Premier) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Drivin' Me Wild" (featuring Lily Allen) |
— | — | — | — | — | 56 | |||||||
| "I Want You" (featuring will.i.am) |
112 | 32 | 21 | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Universal Mind Control" (featuring Pharrell) |
2008 | 62 | 60 | 13 | — | — | — | Universal Mind Control | |||||
| "Announcement" (featuring Pharrell) |
— | 94 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Ghetto Dreams" (featuring Nas) |
2011 | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Dreamer/The Believer | |||||
| "Blue Sky" (featuring Makeba Riddick) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Sweet" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Celebrate" | — | 95 | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "Raw (How You Like It)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||
| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
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