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(Return of the Mic) Come on
(Return of the Mic) Oh my God
(You know that I’ll be back) Here I am
Let me know your favorite 90s songs/albums/related things in the comments!
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:51 1990
02:32 Madonna – “Vogue”
03:53 1991
04:23 Garth Brooks – Ropin’ The Wind
07:56 Nirvana – Nevermind
09:58 1992
11:02 Dr. Dre – The Chronic
12:08 1993
13:15 The Wu Tang Clan – Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers)
14:57 1994
15:58 Green Day – Dookie
17:09 1995
18:06 Oasis – Wonderwall
19:49 Mariah Carey & Boyz II Men – “One Sweet Day”
22:23 1996
23:07 Spice Girls – “Wannabe”
24:59 1997
26:03 Suzanne Vega – “Tom’s Diner”
30:06 1998
30:40 Korn – Follow The Leader
32:23 Cher – “Believe”
33:46 1999
34:46 Britney Spears – …Baby One More Time
36:50 2000 & Beyond
SOURCES CITED
“The Boyz II Men Effect.” This is Pop, directed by Chelsea McMullan, season 1, episode 4, Banger Films, 2021.
Great Big Story. “How a Suzanne Vega Song Helped Create the MP3.” YouTube, 18 Mar. 2020, https://youtu.be/OeE5t7aJVsI.
Harvilla, Rob. “How Soundscan Changed Everything We Knew about Popular Music.” The Ringer, The Ringer, 25 May 2021, https://www.theringer.com/music/2021/5/25/22452539/soundscan-billboard-charts-streaming-numbers.
Klosterman, Chuck. The Nineties. Prentice Hall Press, 2022.
Rose, Joel, and Jacob Ganz. “The MP3: A History of Innovation and Betrayal.” NPR, NPR, 23 Mar. 2011, https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2011/03/23/134622940/the-mp3-a-history-of-innovation-and-betrayal.
Sanneh, Kelefa. Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres. Random House USA, 2022.
Weaver, Caity. “The Rise of The Spice Girls Generation.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 July 2019, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/style/spice-girls-reunion.html.
Witt, Stephen. How Music Got Free: A Story of Obsession and Invention. Penguin USA, 2016.
8BIT COVERS
Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ukg4E75HBU
Man I Feel Like A Woman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZxNr6rAfs8
Wannabe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ODs00O-nI
OTHER ASSETS
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Feels good to be back, thank you all for being patient. Hope this one is worth the wait 🙂
It's the nostalgia that I didn't know that I needed 😆.
Appreciate the Frasier shoutout lol. Favorite show of all time
I knew that nirvana was coming.. my jam outside preferred genre… I'm est 1980 I was coming of age and it's amazing to realize how influenced u can be by music u weren't a fan of.. I love shit like this! Non bias content rocks
This is a great collection. In all honesty, if you were to do this decade real justice, the video would be about 3 hours long. The one thing you didn't touch on that I was expecting, was the 91 release of Rage Against The Machine's self titled. The whole rap-rock and rap-funk of RATM, Faith No More, Living Colour etc.
The chronic is one of the most important albums in music history.
My question is how R.E.M. an Nine Inch Nails weren't on this list tbh
awesome video!
I love the 90s!
as someone who was sentient in the 90s, not mentioning marilyn manson seems weird
do 80s next pls
Brilliant stuff! The cultural references, the research, the editing, the humor,…. Loved it!
The bit about the MP3 and Tom's Diner was so dang cool.
My simple answer that started off in the 90's when it comes to music is Enigma with the legendary worldwide hit song Sadeness along with Return To Innocence.
You can't discuss 1997 music without mentioning the album Ok Computer lol
"At this point I have a request for our fans. If any of you in any way hate homosexuals, people of different color, or women, please do this one favor for us – leave us the fuck alone! Don't come to our shows and don't buy our records…"
-Kurt Cobain…was ahead of his time.
you've left out entire very defining parts like the beastie boys, nine inch nails and the complete electronic music (was that more an european thing – or is enough said about all that, by mentioning "raves"? love parade, mayday, the prodigy, … )
still: was a nice travel back in time 😉
everyone says 'the 90s was best era for music'. no, just the first 7 years. 1997 the hangover kicked in and it was all shit. but between grunge, britpop, older legends like clapton and unplugged album, etc. the early/mid 90's were the last great era.
1990s best decade of my life. Ill never forget it.
Hip hop rap gangsta rap
Disappointed by the lack of Nine Inch Nails. It wasn't just grunge and pop punk which provided the soundtrack for adolescent angst back then. Industrial was equally as huge in the 90s and NIN were the de facto kings of the genre.
adds -in america to the title
That was so good.
90s music started with Jesus Jones. and other college radio songs that went mainstream.
were you even around in the 90s?
I think Nirvana was the most representative group of the decade…….wether or not you like it…Ahhh the 90's!
The music from the 90's parties, with beer that wasn't rice or corn, listened to Metallica, Los del Rio – Italian Dance and Ice-T in the same place and people had fun.
Then, standard Disney and industrialized Hip Hop artists came along and screwed it up.
this was a good vid!!!
I enjoyed your last bit. That is how I think of the 90s. I grew up in the 90s, a lot of that music still gets played in my house. But it was very a very flawed time, one inwhich needed to change. I think of the 90s at time right before the shift in music, politics, and everyday life…a time directly before the mainstream internet and digtial music.
Was enjoying the video until Oashit.
@ MicTheSnare & @ tipthescales27 https://youtu.be/ZfV7NLCWiiU Omg same thing I said actually 90% of the reason I even watched this video was I was hoping to see. I mean I get that 1st album was out in ‘89 but downward spiral was released in ‘94. It is regarded as #122 of 500 rolling stone best albums of All Time. # 2 /200 top billboard list ‘94. Sold 3.7million copies. Considered their best album Trent Reznor’s “opus”
And one of the most important albums of the ‘90s. “ sonically groundbreaking “changed the music landscape “ mainstreamed industrial rock. Spins 100 greatest albums ‘85-‘05 #25. Original “Hurt” remade by Johnny cash winning many awards . Oh and lest not forget which was brought up in video Woodstock ‘94 . Nin performed covered in mud from mud fight backstage b4 going on. Considered the most memorable “iconic” performance of the festival.
New kids on the block, color me bad, mili vanili, spin doctors, meatloaf, bobby brown, Whitney Houston, sinead O'Connor, house party 1,2, &3, jayz, dmx, ja rule, beverly hills cop 1,2,&3, beavis and butthead, married with children, beverly hills 90210, gulf war, marilyn Manson, lil kim, the terminator, kobe Bryant, Allen iverson, martin, mary j blige, ruff ryders, timbaland, aaliyah, r. Kelly, alice in chains, temple of the dog, stone temple pilots, and bad boys movie, higher learning, class act, boyz in da hood, and menace to society, salt n pepper, naughty by nature, queen Latifah, jerry Springer, oprah, and destiny child, kids, shaquille O'Neal
Yeah, the transition from metal to grunge just didn't resonate with me. I had a father who was into old school country. Grew up with it, and a girlfriend into the rise of country. I was a huge fan of Eagles and Doogie Brothers andnd Lynard Skynard. The move from rock to country was seamless for me
Do a reaction to those events
New kid's on the block? Man I knew you didn't have the right stuff…
I have a bad attention span, so I may have missed it, but was Marilyn Manson mentioned? Even though he wasn't at the top of my music list during the 90s, I feel he was pretty significant. I could be wrong.
I think Marilyn Manson should have got a mention. Especially since the Columbine shootings happened on 20th April 1999 which led him to become the music industries primary target of blame.
pretty good video, but you missed how alternative rock became mainstream and post-grunge. yes they are different, think R.E.M. or Third Eye Blind as compared to Creed or Bush. kind of missed freestyle too. yes, it was around in the mid to late 80's but continued into the early 90's just like new jack swing.
Great video.
great video … I would love to hear your thoughts on the affect that Kpop has affected the music industry
The 90's were defined by actual good music.
Skipping The Black Album like that….
Playing to a crowd of 1.6 million people in Russia in 1991, certainly seemed defining to me.
The nostalgia, omg!! 😊 though a little heavy on the pop/rock and not as musically diverse as your 00s and 2010s videos 😬
Instead of a fleeting remark, I would've accentuated the importance/contributions of female TLC, including the fashions. They were HUGE!
Record bosses like LA Reid, Clive Davis and Tommy Mottola who were instrumental to the inner workings of the industry and gave us heavyweights like Whitney, Mariah, Usher and JLo. And speaking of JLo, no mentions of the Latin explosion (Ricky Martin etc)? No even a clip of Waiting For Tonight at turn of the millennium?
But most criminal, no Michael Jackson at all?!! 😳😳
The Cranberries ❗️❗️❗️
These should've been mentioned too:
Depeche Mode – "Violator" (1990);
Michael Jackson – "Dangerous" (1991);
UB40 – "Promises & Lies" (1993);
The Prodigy – "Music For The Jilted Generation" (1994);
Michael Jackson – "History" (1995);
The Fugees – "The Score" (1996);
The Prodigy – "The Fat Of The Land" (1997);
P.O.D. – "The Fundamental Elements of Southtown" (1999).
Etc.
NWAs efil4zaggin broke that soundScan barrier in May 91
So glad this came up in my recommendations. No BS, this is one of the absolute BEST short-form/essay music documentaries I have ever seen. Can't wait to check out the other decades that have already been covered, and I hope you continue to do more. Thanks for this amazing work!
damn these songs were nostalgic
Nothing about Dangerous on here? Crazy
I’m looking at the thumbnail. Brittany Spears came out in 1999. She doesn’t represent the 90s.
Ok Computer
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