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by **Art Vandelay** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 12:37 am

My boss has asked me to compile a list of the top 50 or so Rap/Hip-hop and R&B songs of the 1990s. Unfortunately, my musical tastes rarely line up with the mainstream, and I didn't spend much time in the '90s listening to radio or watching MTV, so I know I'm overlooking some stuff, and discounting some truly bad songs that inexplicably became hugely popular in favor of songs that were merely somewhat popular, but were actually good songs.

What are some Rap and R&B songs from the 90s that make you nostalgic? The kind of songs that everyone immediately recognizes and most everyone can sing along to (at least the hook).

by **The Artful Dodger** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:16 am

I stopped listening to radio in 1998 when I realized you couldn't get any decent metal out of "The World Famous" KROQ and I outgrew my punk phase.

Don't know much about rap and R&B myself, but with 2Pac and Bone Thugs n Harmony being so popular in my middle school days, I remember California Love (2Pac), To Live and Die in L.A. (2Pac), Thug Love (Bone Thugs), and Crossroads (Bone Thugs) fondly.

In no way a top 50 song, in 1996, I thought the Fugees' Mista Mista was the funniest thing I ever listened to.

by **beatdrum** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:16 am

Ice Ice Baby-Vanilla Ice
Baby Got Back-Sir Mix-a-Lot
Poison -Bell Biv Devoe
My Perogative-Bobby Brown
U Can't Touch This-Mc Hammer
Hip Hop Hooray- Naughty By Nature
Gin and Juice-Snoop Doggy Dog (parental advisory)
Big Poppa-Notorious B.I.G. (parental advisory)

These are just a few that I remember. I'm sure others will come up with more.

by **ThatDude** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 3:35 am

The list has to begin right here.

Hey yo, fat girl. Come here. Are ya ticklish?

After that, there's plenty of choices. Just off the top of my head....

C.R.E.A.M - Wu Tang Clan
Method Man - Wu Tang Clan
Rosa Parks - Outkast
Nuthin' But A G Thang - Snoop & Dre
So Whatcha Want - Beastie Boys
Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Summertime - DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Respiration - Blackstar & Common

by **Snakes Gould** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 4:33 am

nuttin but a g thang has got to be number one on this list. alot of the mid 90's west coast rap.

big poppa
juicy
gangster's paradise.....wait, are these best songs or most memorable? if its the former, please remove coolio.

by **Art Vandelay** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:39 am

Definitely not the best, unfortunately. The most popular and most memorable.

I suppose I have to include that horrible Skee-Lo song as well.

by **Old_Style** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 9:51 am

Art Vandelay wrote:Definitely not the best, unfortunately. The most popular and most memorable.

I suppose I have to include that horrible Skee-Lo song as well.

Haha...that was the first song that came to my mind. :-b

by **Omaha Red Sox** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:29 am

ThatDude wrote:Rosa Parks - Outkast

They had a Wheels of Steel song on that ATLiens CD too that was pretty popular.

by **Madison** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:32 am

ThatDude wrote:The list has to begin right here.

Hey yo, fat girl. Come here. Are ya ticklish?

Oddly enough, I just heard that song again about a week ago. How bad is it that I still remember the entire lyrics after all these years?

I've actually got that Digital Underground cassette tape (! 8-o

!) buried in a box with more tapes somewhere. :-b

by **Mookie4ever** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 10:57 am

I get choked up every time that I hear the Thong Song

She had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
Baby move your butt butt butt