Ok so everyone likes to list the rock and alternative bands they liked, but was anyone else into pop & hip-hop?
Posted by queenofcaffeine76@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 153 comments
I mean stuff like Janet Jackson (control & rhythm nation albums), 80s Madonna, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, and all the fantastic one-hit wonders in between.
tati-ennui@reddit
Started with Cyndi and Madonna, progressed to Wilson Philips and Mariah, carried on to Britney and I am currently obsessed with Kesha. That’s not the limit of my taste, obviously, I run the gamut from Etta James to Lil Naz, but I love pop music.
paincavenugz@reddit
Recently rediscovered her and she’s ruined me for listening to anything else lol. Ke$ha/Kesha is the GOAT.
tati-ennui@reddit
I apparently got Boots stuck in my roommate’s head because it’s in my top three right now with Hun+ You Down and BOY CRAZY.
I have also been telling everyone since I bought it that Gag Order is the best hurt/angry woman album since Jagged Little Pill.
What’s your favorite?
paincavenugz@reddit
Haha. Boots slaps. I LOVE Boy Crazy omg. I made my boomer dad watch it because I was lowkey thinking about going to her upcoming show at red rocks (I’m in Portland and she keeps skipping us ☹️) and he was wanting to join lmao. He did take me to see Smashing Pumpkins when I was 15. But I was like um…do you understand what Kesha is? lol.
Gag order is so so good. My favs off that are Only Love, Peace & Quiet, and Happy.
Picking a fav Kesha song is way too hard for me. I don’t think she’s capable of releasing anything that’s meh. I’m pretty into some of the old school stuff rn: Backstabber, Fuck him he’s a DJ, Party at a Rich Dudes House, and Harold Song esp deconstructed version. Sorry that was a lot. She’s just on another level. I didn’t make the rules.
huan83@reddit
A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, salt n pepper, Beastie Boys (of course), Wu-Tang Clan, Black Sheep. Always in my mind rent free.
MysteriousCicada5012@reddit
This is how we chill from '93 'til.
Aggravating-Alarm-16@reddit
Love Dr Octagon
More_Astronaut_8575@reddit
Tribe? Tribe Called Quest. Wutang, all members of Wutang. Pharcyde, Mos Def, Digable Planets, Fugees, Bone Thugs, Onyx......
PORTOGAZI@reddit
Tribe and the Wu!! I ended up starting a rock band that did pretty well for a bit and we got to play a show with WuTang, my bassist and I were chilling with GZA and Raekwon back in the artist-only tent .. totally surreal since we were small time and still had day jobs.
I totally fan-boyed over GZA (my fav) but he was way more interested in my wife who was sitting elsewhere and could have cared less.
blazo811@reddit
I only posted bec I didn't see Bone Thugs anywhere else, which seemed completely unacceptable. Now I see your post. Well done. Left lots of important artists off my quick list, but Wu Tang was an unforgivable oversight on my part
MysteriousCicada5012@reddit
Yes.
FiveCrappedPee@reddit
Dial up seven digits
PORTOGAZI@reddit
Call up Brigette
FiveCrappedPee@reddit
Damn I just watched the video for the first time in years, still know every lyric. Fuck can't believe that was 36 years ago. Other peeps dropped all the dope other groups just wanna say a few too
Black Moon
Jeru the Damaja
Cypress Hill
Common Sense (yes he will always go by his original name to me from his debut album can I borrow a dollar which was before resurrection, mother fucking Rashid) plus I'm also from inner city Chicago yes I know he rolled with vice lords I'm folks nation he was people and the concert he had at the Congress in like 96 around ressurrection is still legend in the hip hop community of Chicago, hint it turned into a lil mini riot, nobody got killed which trust me is a miracle.
PORTOGAZI@reddit
awwww shit. Enta Da Stage is one of my favourites... "Shit is Real" still gets me with that sax....
and the best (and only) great GREAT hiphop show I ever saw was Jeru in Toronto at a tiny basement club called Comfort Zone where we used to have bboy jams (I was a breaker) in mid/late 90s, and I met Jeru at the bar before he went.... so nice ... so small ... but man he put on a hell of a show, got the whole crowd to beat-box Billie Jean in 3 different parts ... I was high as a kite but don't think I've felt that alive in the moment since.
Common was another favourite from back then, there was a remix of Resurrection that I liked SOO much more than the album one. (just found it, Large Professor of course).
ImpossibleJob5788@reddit
Tribe Called Quest
De La Soul
The Pharcyde
Geto Boys
Marley Marl
Juice Crew
MysteriousCicada5012@reddit
The Visionaries
People under the stairs
Fugees
Blackalicious
Black eyed peas
Atmosphere
Hieroglyphics
ImpossibleJob5788@reddit
Upvote for obscure rap reference with Jurassic 5.
Digable Planets
Western Union
Pete Rock & CL Smooth
Chosen Phew
Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz
Express-Cow190@reddit
Chali 2na from Jurassic 5 is still putting out some really good stuff.
After_Match_5165@reddit
When Comin' Thru came out I think I listened to that song 4 times a day for 2 years.
Express-Cow190@reddit
That’s a solid one. Really enjoyed The Rock as well
spinners_888@reddit
93 till Infinity is pure nostalgia
90s was the Golden Era Gangstarr, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, Beastie Boys, MF Doom, Company Flow
Dennis_Thee_Menace@reddit
That beat from 93 til is just burnt on my soul, I still remember everything from the moment I heard it as a kid
Scherzkeks@reddit
FUCK YEAH
SinStarsGalaxy@reddit
My knees can no longer handle the Tootsee Roll. Sigh.
ManufacturerWild430@reddit
Wu for life.
krillthemalll@reddit
RIP Ol Dirrrty
stuntycunty@reddit
C+C Music Factory
queenofcaffeine76@reddit (OP)
And the whole Martha Wash scandal!
krillthemalll@reddit
I remember that! The lady that actually sang the music was not featured in the music videos, right?
krillthemalll@reddit
Wu Tang
Wu Tang
Wu Tang
weelassie07@reddit
New Jack Swingggg!
R0botDreamz@reddit
From 88 to 92, our prime elementary school era, before grunge and gangsta rap went main stream, was some of the best pop music ever created.
dos_passenger58@reddit
Oh yeah. Flying out to red rocks for the Halloween show: Cypress Hill, Method Man & Redman, De La Soul, Digable Planets, Hieroglyphics, and The Pharcyde
AlegnaKoala@reddit
I was — and am! — basically obsessed with the women of ‘90s rap and hip hop. I love Missy Elliot, Salt & Pepa, TLC, Lauryn Hill, and especially Queen Latifah. I still listen to them regularly.
bakedveldtland@reddit
I have been listening to alt/grunge/indie since I’ve about 11, but I was OBSESSED with Paula Abdul. Mariah Carey was great too. In high school, I enjoyed Britney Spears’ singles but never bought an album.
Hip hop was fun, too, but never my main jam. I am counting OutKast though, discovered them freshman year of college and listened constantly. I lived in the dirty south, and rap was fun back then.
Bigcurt43@reddit
Ones I still listen to regularly.
Janet Jackson
Tribe Called Quest
Geto Boys
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
MonkeyBred@reddit
I once said at work that I really like PM Dawn, and one butthole said, "I wouldn't admit that." Excuuuuse me, but Set a Drift on Memory Bliss was peak.
zzz242zzz@reddit
I never stopped listening to their first two albums. It’s a shame they seem to be mostly forgotten now.
Lower-Tomatillo-9513@reddit
revolutionoverdue@reddit
Tribe. De La soul. J5. Slick rick. Arrested development, pharcyde, digable planets, digital underground.
RumpleDumple@reddit
I was mostly into punk/indie during adolescence but "Every Little Step", early Mariah Carey, and "Girl You Know it's True" are my swing for the fences karaoke songs. I love A Tribe Called Quest and a lot of "conscious" late 90s hip hop too.
Evening_Ad_1099@reddit
Scenario is my reliable goto karaoke song. That song is fun to sing.
RumpleDumple@reddit
Gotta bring your A game for the Busta verse!
ranaldo20@reddit
Rarr Rarr like a dungeon dragon!
Evening_Ad_1099@reddit
One of these days...
After_Match_5165@reddit
Vision of Love is still such a good song. Early Mariah Carey (first 2 albums for me) was incredible.
Perfect_Molasses7365@reddit
Been listening to a lot of Us3 lately.
BleechInYourEye@reddit
Funny you bring them up. I had the urge for Cantaloop the other day, and I had never heard much else by them. The album kept playing and dammit if it wasn’t good. Slept on it hard back then
queenofcaffeine76@reddit (OP)
Yeah if Every Little Step comes on the radio, I'm turning it up almost as loud as I would if they played My Prerogative
Big-Peak6191@reddit
NWA, Dr Dre, DMX
FerretAgreeable2520@reddit
Outcast and Pete and Bas.
the1truestarr@reddit
And I still play it at full volume, windows down, speakers bumpin, singin my tone deaf lil heart out!!
Fartweaver@reddit
New Jack Swing and Eurodance like Real McCoy, C&C music factory, Snap! was some of the bst stuff to come out of that time period!
svv1tch@reddit
Yes ever since honeys was wearin sassoon
raspberrybee@reddit
I like rock, alternative, pop and hip-hop. They’re all great and I regularly listen to all those genres.
wheres_the_revolt@reddit
Hell yeah! I was into all the pop and I loved west coast rap (Tupac and Too Short were definite favorites).
jaybomb40@reddit
Yes… Wu-Tang, Biggy, Dre, NWA, Gheto Boyz, 2Pac, Nas, KRS One, Redman
sak3rt3ti@reddit
Ino Tevin Campbell, ghose town djs, swv?
queenofcaffeine76@reddit (OP)
Just when I thought I was the last one who remembers Tevin Campbell
impliedapathy@reddit
I ate up No Limit and Cash Money like I was starving for gang culture 🤣
thatsaplasticplum@reddit
I’ve been listening to this shit all afternoon 😂
impliedapathy@reddit
It’s a hell of a trip down memory lane that’s for sure. Shame about Mystikal tho.
thatsaplasticplum@reddit
Yeah, gang culture isn’t so cool anymore.
the_ballmer_peak@reddit
Ugghhhhhh
impliedapathy@reddit
Nana-na-na
the_ballmer_peak@reddit
Make em say
thatsaplasticplum@reddit
No limit soldier!
the_ballmer_peak@reddit
I thought I told ya
SubstanceNo1544@reddit
Its usually 90s and early 2000s hip hop or probably some old soul, Aretha etc.
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EffectiveCycle@reddit
I got the janet. album when I was 14 and boy was I glad my parents didn't have any clue what I listened to, specifically in the case of Throb. But my CD rotation throughout high school was basically Janet, Mariah, Celine, Shania, No Doubt, and BSB.
walter_grimsley@reddit
I’m primarily a metalhead but I absolutely dig 80s and early 90s pop. Madonna, Janet, Debbie Gibson, etc. Also into old school rap and a lot of swing, big band, and hard bop jazz.
I can go from Iron Maiden and Judas Priest to Tommy Dorsey and Cannonball Adderley without thinking about it. My musical taste is all over the place and always has been.
Relative_Progress946@reddit
Michael Jackson and Madonna for Pop Master P for Rap
Grunge and Alternative Rock for the rest of my 90s playlist
Second_City_Saint@reddit
Used to play a lot of R Kelly. Not anymore. Crucial Conflict is still around and putting on shows. Youtube has a couple of their full sets up.
dewihafta@reddit
I was hopeless when it came to music in the 80s. I knew what i liked but never paid enough attention to figure out who sang what. It didnt help that i was mostly into soundtracks, either…
These days, id have to say my favorites at the time were the Bangles, Madonna, Roxette, and Belinda Carlisle.
teriKatty@reddit
I liked 80s&90s Madonna, Alanis Morisette, Paula Abdul, Mariah Carey, Cranberries, Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, The Spice Girls, and a lot of the country/ pop crossovers like Faith Hill, Shania Twain, and LeAnn Rimes. I listened to a lot of country music in the mid 90s too
After_Match_5165@reddit
We moved from an extremely multicultural neighbourhood in the middle of Toronto, to a much smaller and seriously white city on the west coast of Canada so the only kids listening to hip hop and R&B were wannabe gangsters who wanted a good soundtrack for instigating fights. I had already started expanding my musical tastes so I pivoted to grunge and punk in my later teens and had to disconnect my feelings for the music from my feelings toward the violent posers. When that happened I felt like I had come home again. Every Little Step by Bobby Brown, It's So Easy by De La Soul, and Passin' Me By by Pharcyde are still in my top 50 songs every year, haha.
lurk3141592653589793@reddit
New Edition, Bobby Brown, BBD, Al B Sure, Boyz II Men, LL Cool J, Sir Mix-A-Lot, De La Soul, TLC, Tone-Loc, Dana Dane, Rob Base & DJ EZ-Rock, DJ JAZZY JEFF and the fresh prince, Stevie B, and on, and on... But I mostly like rock.
queenofcaffeine76@reddit (OP)
BBD! every time Poison comes on the radio in my car, you can probably hear it a quarter mile away!
BleechInYourEye@reddit
This is me. Been bumping that one since 1990, never gets old, and never trust a big butt and a smile
StevieV61080@reddit
Great list! I'd also throw in Toni Toni Tone, Heavy D, Father MC, Big Daddy Kane, Guy (can't forget Teddy Riley as he was really the engineer behind NJS), Tevin Campbell, Johnny Gill, and Ralph Tresvant.
Signed,
Stevie V.
lurk3141592653589793@reddit
Yeah, for sure. Can't believe I forgot Heavy D especially.
ButterscotchAware402@reddit
I was a (am?) an alt chick but I loved me some Wu-Tang, Missy Elliott, Timbaland and Magoo, Aaliyah, Lil' Kim and Mary J. Blige. I really enjoyed the very early 2000s era Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake as well.
Wak3upHicks@reddit
Nah, wasn't my scene. Was always a metalhead
Witty-Management6094@reddit
Yes & I listen to all of that now. Love it!
LineImpossible3958@reddit
Just blasting What Have You Done for me Lately. ‘80s Pop is one of my favorite genres. Janet Jackson was a more relevant to me and my friends by 1988 than her brother. Big fan of ‘90s hip hop too. 2Pac, Ice Cube, etc all got as much if not more play in our cars than alternative.
blazo811@reddit
Bone Thugs 'N Harmony. Tupac. Biggie. C-Murder. Rakim. Nas. (in no particular order).
psilosophist@reddit
“Used to have a crush on Dawn from En Vogue.”
Significant_Dog412@reddit
I think every teen/20 something indie/punk/metal listener had at least some pop they really liked, whether we openly admitted it or not and even at our most indie'er than thou and up our our own butt about it. I certainly did.
I'm not generally a dance music guy but pop that mixes electronic/dance elements and female vocals is a personal sweet spot for me, and the late 90s/early 00s were good for this. Stuff like Try Again by Aaliyah, Don't Call Me Baby by Madison Avenue, Rome Wasn't Built In A Day by Morcheeba, Strict Machine by Goldfrapp, Pure Pleasure Seeker by Moloko, Pure Shores by All Saints...
Working in kitchens with shared radio in the early 00s, I endured more than my fair share of crap but got really excited the first day I properly heard Overload by Sugababes, truly the highlight of a long dull day and a quirky gem in a sea of musical turds (the early 00s were not a good time for UK pop in general).
MrsEmilyN@reddit
Was?
Still jammin' to those 90's throwbacks.
StevieV61080@reddit
I agree with every word of this post excluding "throwbacks." I'm thoroughly convinced this is all still current and popular and am going to continue acting like it in front of my family, students, and colleagues.
jjkarate@reddit
Fat Boys, MC Hammer, Vanilla Ice, NWA, House of Pain, Naughty By Nature, 3rd Bass, Tupac, Notorious B.I.G., Dr. Dre, Bone Thugs N Harmony, and Wu-Tang Clan and all of their solo projects.
StevieV61080@reddit
I remember the Fat Boys on Square One TV. That might be the most Xennial/Gen Y comment of all time.
Striking-Access-236@reddit
Was really into New Jack Swing back in the day, the perfect micro genre for a micro generation to be honest...
StevieV61080@reddit
I'm STILL into it. The only thing that comes remotely close is Bruno Mars (Finesse is a fantastic recapturing of New Jack Swing).
rangeghost@reddit
Unironically.... Paula Abdul's trio of Opposites Attract, Straight Up, and Rush Rush are big nostalgia bombs for me.
jrod259@reddit
Middle and high school me was loving snoop, Dre, Bone, and 2pac, then OutKast, Eminem…
Then immediately changing cds to nirvana, Pearl Jam, AiC, phish, and widespread panic. Man was my music all over the place! 😂
chipsandsalsa3@reddit
Goody Mob! Slick Rick!
imhereforthevotes@reddit
M|A|R|R|S - Pump up the Volume. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gOQgfPW4Y
The KLF - 3am Eternal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDsCeC6f0zc
The latter came on ... something? a few years ago and I freaking time-warped to driving around late at night with my friends screwing around. I never owned the albums of either of these (maybe a tiny bit early for me to be buying a ton of music) but incredibly formative.
These are probably technically Brit-Pop but I think they hit was OP is talking about...
SNAP! - The Power was excellent as well... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm6DO_7px1I
Oh shit that also reminded me of Pump Up the Jam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EcjWd-O4jI
imhereforthevotes@reddit
And Deee-Lite
elektrik_noise@reddit
More rnb than hip hop, but yeah 90s rnb was peak. SWV, En Vogue, Janet, TLC, Boys II Men, Aaliyah, Xscape- hell even Madonna tapped into that with Bedtime Stories. I liked some early 00s like Ashanti but nothing slapped like the 90s.
firesticks@reddit
My people.
SWV the Remixes is 14 year old me with my first Walkman reading the novelization of Stargate.
Somethingisshadysir@reddit
Yeah, I liked a lot of that as well
KiijaIsis@reddit
Agreed! My personal Lilith Fair consisted of Janet, En Vogue, TLC, Aaliyah, No Doubt, Tori Amos, Jack off Jill, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and a few others.
Now it’s a feisty female leads playlist
Lanky_Rhubarb1900@reddit
The way I’d sing Unbreak My Heart in the shower like I had lost the imaginary love of my life…
Toni Braxton, along with TLC, Des’ree, and En Vogue were just a few of my obsessions.
picollo7@reddit
I love late 90s early 2000s dirty south. The golden era imo.
cbz3000@reddit
I am always into new music. I rarely listen to music from the 90s. Yeah it’s great, I still love it, but also I love discovering new stuff. I just listened to a latest album from LISA yesterday and it kinda kicked ass.
HTownGuero666@reddit
As a kid in the ‘80s, my favorite rap group (they were ALL groups!) was the Fat Boys. Every kid in my kindergarten class knew the Fat Boys, and we would beatbox like “The Human Beat Box!” “Are You Ready for Freddy?” was our absolute JAM in first grade.
If I mention the Fat Boys to anyone younger than 40, they think I’m pulling their leg. They were huge, then they disappeared, and so did their music. The oldest rappers most people can name today are probably NWA or LL Cool J, and I’m impressed if they can do that! They don’t know Run DMC, let alone the Fat Boys.
Me? I’ll never forget trying to do headspins while another kid beatboxed, trying to be cool like the Fat Boys!
FUWS@reddit
How can you not escape 90s hiphop.
We got West coast ( Dre, Snoop, Cube, Cyprus Hill) to East Coast NY ( Wu Tang, Nas, Biggie, Jay Z) while Lil John, OutKast and Luda was holding down the south.
Also this white kid named Eminem was starting out along with Lil Wayne. 50 cent waiting to be signed by Eminem.
affectionateanarchy8@reddit
Oh yes rap and r&b were my first loves, I got into rock later. I was 9 and couldnt go to a birthday so I laid on the floor listening to Mary J Blige's 'My Life' lmao
-OccultOfPersonality@reddit
sattyspritz@reddit
During those years I was heavily into grunge and punk. As the years passed I went back and discovered a lot of acts: Big L, Mobb Deep, Geto Boys, The Pharcyde. And like I every other genre, I argue that the ‘90s were the golden era.
FoppyRETURNS@reddit
I remember coming back to school in the summer of 96 and EVERYONE was into hip hop and pop. I was like the last idiot listening to grunge. Lol
PORTOGAZI@reddit
Grunge was dead by then. It had morphed into the dreaded post-grunge. Aka corporate rock trying to replicate the commercial success of nirvana by serving up neutered pop-rock radio pablum. Nickelback, creed, puddle of mud, staind, bush, etc. IMO those bands are what killed rock over the next 15 years, there was nothing edgy exciting or cool about them, no wonder kids moved on.
the_ballmer_peak@reddit
the_ballmer_peak@reddit
PORTOGAZI@reddit
Tribe called Quest and Nas are still staples in my house.
My 9 year old knows the entire first verse to shook ones pt2 and check the rhyme. His favourite rap song is Ny State of Mind and Protect ya Neck.
And favourite band is Radiohead. What a nerd.
jdw1977@reddit
Yes huge Madonna fan, especially her 90s work. Are you excited for the new album? Or over her?
queenofcaffeine76@reddit (OP)
Really over her in general but I still love the old stuff
This_Fkn_Guy_@reddit
i grew up in the 80s in a bad neighborhood and kind of grew up listening to hip hop/rap.The fist tape i ever bought with my own money was LL Cool's J - B.A.D but i also remember hearing a lot of music like the jetts, tina marie, Lisa Lisa, Brenda K Starr etc it wasnt untill i got to Jr. high i started listening to Alt rock/new wave/ post punk Depech mode/Cure because all the hot girls listened to it.
TheRoadkillRapunzel@reddit
Janet Jackson’s If music video is still the sexiest one I’ve ever seen.
camptastic_plastic@reddit
As a kid I was into all the pop music. My older sister taped several hours of music videos when we had free MTV for a weekend. My little sister and I loved to play that tape and dance around to Madonna, Cyndi, The Bangles, The Go-gos, George Michael. I remember badminton rackets being used as guitars during a Go-Go’s song.
I did go through a grunge phase when it was popular but for some reason I never listen to that now. Once I went to college and came out I went full in with all of the pop divas, especially Madonna. My number one will always be The Spice Girls though. As an elder Xennial I was much older than most of their other fans, but they hit right when I was coming out and will always be tied into my new found freedom to be myself.
GoodElectricNW@reddit
I was into hip-hop and R&B before I got into grunge and rock. Hip-hop actually led me into many other forms of music as I wanted to find the original for the samples used.
A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Pharcyde, OutKast, Too Short, Lords of the Underground, Pete Rock & CL Smooth, and so many more u can't think of right now.
I lived in the Puget Sound in the 90's so my music likes were definitely odd compared to literally everyone around me.
MitchellSFold@reddit
I was an MJ fanatic from the age of about 10 and into my teens. I saw him live twice (Bad Tour Liverpool Aintree, 1988, with Kim Wilde supporting) and then again in 1992 (Dangerous Tour Cardiff Arms Park, with Kriss Kross supporting). He still remains one of the finest performers I have ever seen.
abmoonstar@reddit
Dangerous was the first CD I bought with my own money! I think it was my 11th birthday money, c 1991. Wore the absolute shit out of that album, still one of my all-time favorites today.
What_Up_82@reddit
Uh yeah. Three Six Mafia, Trick Daddy, Do or Die, Twista etc are all on my music apps.
Moist_Rule9623@reddit
I’m honestly more into hip-hop now than I was as a kid in the 90s. Like at the time I knew a LITTLE of De La Soul from the radio; I now own their first 4 albums on CD
Sad_Training_1595@reddit
C-Murder Life or Death.
monina79@reddit
Absolutely! Here's a partial list of artists whose tapes & CDs I wore out in my Walkman & Discman:
LL Cool J Jodeci Janet Jackson Boyz II Men TLC Bell Biv DeVoe Mary J Blige SWV New Edition Salt-n-Pepa Bobby Brown
HeCalledMeLucifer@reddit
Salt n Pepa’s Very Necessary got played a lot in my house!
sakkadesu@reddit
yes I was into all of this. I listened to it alongside house-adjacent dance music like Crystal Waters and European synth pop like Depeche Mode/Eurythmics. Was definitely not into the grunge/indie music of the time...
Puzzleheaded_Race_90@reddit
soft_daphne@reddit
pop and hip-hop are great for avoiding burnout, but yeah, sometimes it’s nice to pivot back to the classics.
DrSheetzMTO@reddit
If it was released between 1975 and 2000, chances are good that I will listen to the shit out of it.
GarciaWolf@reddit
I’m a huge Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake fan.. Boyz II Men are from my city and love them too!
ODB247@reddit
It was the 80’s/90’s. We were all into it. We all had the same radio stations and all of us had access to the same tapes and records. When we got money we all branched out a bit but we all jammed out to the same stuff in the car.
Reasons_2resist@reddit
Boys 2 Men, ABC, BBD. I wasn’t down with OPP too! When
Verbull710@reddit
I liked looking at Janet Jackson in some of her videos 🤷🏼
Electronic-Rise1859@reddit
While rock was the go to I definitely dabbled in some C&C music factory, Marky Mark, Bel Biv Davoe, Ace of Base and of course. Mostly the harder side Bone, Tupac, Em.
Biggest WTF faces on these younger gens when a middle aged balding white dude can spit Bone No Surrender flawlessly to this day.
cloudydays2021@reddit
While the majority of my collection was alternative, new wave and punk, I also am a diehard fan of Mariah Carey. She has the most incredible vocal range and is an amazing songwriter. My friends always made fun of me for it 🤣 IDGAF, talent is talent!
schnitzelstr@reddit
The Streets is a great band no one really listens to here in the US.
West-Veterinarian-53@reddit
Yes!! Me!!
LarryGoldwater@reddit
He came to town like a midwinter storm
He rode through the fields, so handsome and strong
His eyes was his tools and his smile was his gun
But all he had come for was having some fun
Appropriate-Food1757@reddit
Yeah very much hip hop
brattybabyc@reddit
90s hip hop was for the queens!
usernames_suck_ok@reddit
Yeah, I mean...I was/am obsessed with music, so I liked pretty much every genre on the radio dial back then. Just spent hours last night listening to an old Casey's Top 40 episode that was streaming on YouTube.
fromthedarqwaves@reddit
bcentsale@reddit
I'm currently listening to EV3 at my desk. I listened to a little bit of everything, with the exception of American country or christian. I even liked jazz and classical.
queenofcaffeine76@reddit (OP)
I'll listen to Christian depending on the genre. I can count on one hand the number of country songs I can stand lmao.
ughyoujag@reddit
Our prom theme was All My Life by K-Ci and Jo Jo. I was into punk mostly, but kids at my school were super into pop and hip-hop more than rock
Weird_Squirrel_8382@reddit
Meeee 👋🏾
worksnake@reddit
Got into hip hop after high school. Favorite group is Digable Planets. Retroactively found New Jack Swing and I enjoy it and wish the sound was more than a short-lived trend. I like a lot of the popular hip hop, rap, and R&B from the 90s and early aughts.
Pop is super hit or muss for me and I don’t have much insight to share about it.