"Smells like teen spirit" and "dont speak" defined the 90s.
lest we forget.
Not for everybody. Besides, I assume the tournament is about musical quality, not 'cultural significance'.
Apologies, 90s music is "my baby" and as such i can get very excited.
Elsewhere, I believe what the tournament is based on is decided by the individual voter.
If the 90's is your baby, I recommend you set up a playdate with some of the nerdy indie rock babies ( not just the one's that got all the toys and attention) at the park.
Sweet! Where should i start? Any suggestions? really its my memories that make it so. It was a great time for me. The music was another party/ entity that was present, which i fell in love with. perhaps much like the baby boomers and the beatles, generally speaking.
at the time, the 90s for me was michael jackson, followed by oasis, then eminem/dr dre..
i didn't hear smells like teen spirit till 2002 - when i was 17 - but i do remember the likes of 'dont speak' dominating the airwaves _________________ no fat chicks
90s ruled. Wu-Tang Clan defined it for me. So many great albums from them in the mid 90s, and RZA's production style is still being ripped-off today.
Enter the Wu-Tang
Liquid Swords
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx
Tical
Ironman
Return to the 36 Chambers
6 hip-hop albums that would easily make my top 50, and this is only from 93-96. It's too bad Inspectah Deck didn't get a chance to drop a solo album during that first wave. It probably would've been another classic to add to the Wu collection.
This video was so epic. I remember my first time seeing this:
He's probably not as influential as Wu-Tang but his raps were the most aggressive anyone has ever had. Sure, everyone can sing about being a gangsta, but I feel like Biggie was a gangsta and I feel like you can hear that he killed several people in his voice. I don't get that feeling from Nas, Wu-Tang, Jay-Z, 50 cent, Tupac, no one. That doesn't mean they're not great rappers, it just means I feel like they're more into making music than their lifestyle, while I feel that Biggie could have sung his raps while killing.
Anyway, the 90s are amazing:
grunge
Nirvana-Nevermind
Nirvana-In Utero
Nirvana-Unplugged
Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger
Soundgarden-Superunknown
Hole-Live Through This
Pearl Jam-Ten
Alice in Chains-Facelift
Alice in Chains-Dirt
Mudhoney-SuperfuzzBigMuff
rising alternative scene
PJ Harvey-Dry
PJ Harvey-Rid of Me
PJ Harvey-To Bring You My Love
My Bloody Valentine- Loveless
Breeders-POD
Radiohead-Bends
Radiohead-OK Computer
rap scene
joannajewsoms list
Nas-Illmatic
BIG- Ready to Die
The 90s were definitely the golden era of Rap. Joanna has already mentioned the incredible series of RZA-produced masterpieces, I was also into Native Tongues stuff, mostly A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul.
Also important to me was the so-called "antifolk" or "neo-folk" or "alt-country" or whatever scene, with Palace Brothers, Smog, Cat Power et al.
Not to forget it was a great period for electronic music - Björk, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Daft Punk etc.
The most prominent artists from the Bristol scene were also heavily rotating in my CD player - Porstihead, Massive, Tricky (the 1st two albums), Earthling, the first Archive, Monk & Canatella etc.
Exciting decade to say the least.
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I agree, memories are what make the 90's music so sick, because it's when I grew up and all the 'new' stuff at the time was intense for me. every album has a particular purpose and memory associated with it. _________________ And I stare at the sun.
And it leaves me Blind.
The first half of the 90s was where you really want to go for a diversity of sound...the record companies and their outlets on TV and radio really clamped down after 1997.
Just listing 90s albums in my own collection (off the top of my head - and yes, I'll admit to anything...well, okay - except Color Me Badd and Cathy Dennis):
The Sign - Ace of Base
Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion
The Gray Race - Bad Religion
Deluxe - Better Than Ezra
Friction, Baby - Better Than Ezra
Debut - Bjork
Post - Bjork
Leisure - Blur
Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur
Parklife - Blur
The Great Escape - Blur
Blur - Blur
13 - Blur
Ferment - Catherine Wheel
Chrome - Catherine Wheel
Happy Days - Catherine Wheel
Like Cats and Dogs - Catherine Wheel
Adam and Eve - Catherine Wheel
Dig Your Own Hole - Chemical Brothers
Violator - Depeche Mode
Songs of Faith and Devotion - Depeche Mode
Ultra - Depeche Mode
Pet Your Friends - Dishwalla
On - Echobelly
Electro-Shock Blues - Eels
The Cross Of Changes - Enigma
Short Bus - Filter
Garbage - Garbage
Version 2.0 - Garbage
Fuzzy - Grant Lee Buffalo
Mighty Joe Moon - Grant Lee Buffalo
Copperopolis - Grant Lee Buffalo
Jubilee - Grant Lee Buffalo
Dookie - Green Day
Nimrod - Green Day
Laid - James
Whiplash - James
Doubt - Jesus Jones
Perverse - Jesus Jones
Already - Jesus Jones
Pieces of You - Jewel
Girlfriend - Matthew Sweet
Altered Beast - Matthew Sweet
100% Fun - Matthew Sweet
Blue Sky On Mars - Matthew Sweet
In Reverse - Matthew Sweet
Too High To Die - Meat Puppets
No Joke! - Meat Puppets
Nevermind - Nirvana
In Utero - Nirvana
Definitely, Maybe - Oasis
What's The Story, Morning Glory - Oasis
Slanted and Enchanted - Pavement
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain - Pavement
Wowee Zowee - Pavement
Brighten the Corners - Pavement
Ten - Pearl Jam
Vitalogy - Pearl Jam
Placebo - Placebo
Without You I'm Nothing - Placebo
This Is The Day...This Is The Hour...This Is This - Pop Will Eat Itself
Dos Dedos Mis Amigos - Pop Will Eat Itself
The Fat Of The Land - The Prodigy
Pablo Honey - Radiohead
The Bends - Radiohead
OK Computer - Radiohead
Phaseshifter - Redd Kross
Out Of Time - R.E.M.
Automatic For the People - R.E.M.
Monster - R.E.M.
Up - R.E.M.
Siamese Dream - Smashing Pumpkins
Pisces Iscariot - Smashing Pumpkins
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - Smashing Pumpkins
Adore - Smashing Pumpkins
Grave Dancers Union - Soul Asylum
Let Your Dim Light Shine - Soul Asylum
Candy From a Stranger - Soul Asylum
Hotwired - Soup Dragons
Second Coming - Stone Roses
Superunknown - Soundgarden
Achtung Baby - U2
Zooropa - U2
Pop - U2
Saturation - Urge Overkill
Eventually - Paul Westerberg
I'm probably missing a few there, but that's the bulk of it anyway - I'd recommend all but a couple of them to anyone. _________________ <(: @ >
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