‘One More Chance (remix)’ – The Notorious B.I.G.‘Nuthin But A G Thang’ – Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg.The 1990s really was a golden age for hip hop so below we have curated a playlist of the 25 best songs from the 1990s take a look at our picks below. Here are 10 essential hip hop and R&B songs from the 90s that you need to know. With a vast Caribbean population in the city of New York, cousins were sending these cassettes to their UK families and more. And have since gone on to dominate the charts and become some of the most popular genres in the world. As opposed to vinyl singles, during the ’90s, DJs such as DJ Clue and KaySlay were undoubtedly making an impact with their cassettes flying around the underground putting people on to new music and new talent locally and internationally. The 1990s also saw a rise in the popularity of mixtapes.

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Even Houston crew Geto Boys had a foot-in. Damn near impossible, so many fire bangers dropped, but we these lists change with the times with votes from our fans. Eminem was on the rise, and Nas had already made huge waves in the genre. For example, in Miami, Trick Daddy Dollars and Trina were having huge amounts of success with their song ‘Naan’ doing very well. Many cities across America were blossoming in the 90s, in fact, some were just getting on the map despite the fact the genre had been around for a little over a decade. This interesting combination of chords has a rich history and has proven itself to be a flexible staple in many songs over time. In New York, crews like the Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep and The Lox were gaining notoriety, while in Oakland, The Click Crew was producing notable rappers like E-40. The IV-IV-ii-V (4-4-2-5) chord progression is an exquisite progression that finds its roots with deep ties in genres like hip-hop, R&B and even gospel. Snoop Dogg, Dr Dre, Lil Kim and Diddy, were ruling the rap charts and selling unfathomable amounts of records with their feud actually fuelling sales.īut there was talent beyond the feud. Respectively, these two artists, with their affiliates i.e. Pick ten hip-hop fans and they’ll rarely pick. Like all things, what one group may say is the best the other will disagree. It’s an evolved form of rap music that also swept through the 1980s like a storm.

There was also the surge of hip-hop music. Both companies had their own stars, with 2pac signed to Death Row and Biggie Smalls signed to Bad Boy. There is still demand for great songs with bass. When we’re looking back at hip hop in the 1990s, we’re looking (for the most part) at two feuding record labels, Death Row Records on the West Coast and Badboy Entertainment on the East Coast.

Hardest 90s hip hop songs