90s Music: Fugees - The Score Album

The Score Album - Fugees
Released February 13, 1996
Recorded 1995
Genre Alternative hip hop, reggae, R&B
Label Ruffhouse, Columbia

This album is from 1996. It is the second album by Fugees. Another great hip hop album from the RnB trio after a success from their 1994 debut blunted on Reality. The score album features many aspects of hip hop music during 90s, it was produced by some prominent people at that time, namely, Fugees, Jerry "Wonder" Duplessis, Salaam Remi, John Forté, and Diamond D.

My favorite songs are "Red Intro", "How Many Mics", "Ready or Not", "Zealots", and "The Beast". Other 90s music songs from this album are "Fu-Gee-La", "Family Business", "Killing Me Softly", "The Score", "The Mask", "Cowboys", "No Woman, No Cry", "Manifest/Outro", "Fu-Gee-La" (Refugee Camp remix), "Fu-Gee-La" (Sly & Robbie remix), "Mista Mista", and "Fu-Gee-La" (Refugee Camp Global mix) (bonus track).

90s Album: Bee Thousand by Guided by Voices

Bee Thousand

This album is from the 90s. It is the seventh album by the band Guided by Voices. The American indie rock band was originated from Dayton, Ohio. This 90s album was released June 21, 1994 under Scat Records.

After its release, Bee Thousand Album was unexpectedly received a relatively huge amount of attention within indie and alternative rock circles. The band have been associated w/ an indie rock genre known as "lo-fi" due to the 90s album inferior fidelity. It is a movement defined by its poor recording quality. But despite of this, the Bee Thousand Album was considered a masterpiece and an essential independent rock album of the 90s.

My favorite songs here are "Hardcore UFO's", "Buzzards and Dreadful Crows", and "Tractor Rape Chain". Other songs from this 90s album are "The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory", "Hot Freaks" (R. Pollard, Tobin Sprout), "Smothered in Hugs" (Mitch Mitchell, J. Pollard, R. Pollard), "Yours to Keep", "Echos Myron" "Gold Star for Robot Boy", "Awful Bliss" (Sprout), "Mincer Ray" (Sprout), "A Big Fan of the Pigpen" (Randy Campbell, J. Pollard, R. Pollard), "Queen of Cans and Jars", "Her Psychology Today" (Mitchell, J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout), "Kicker of Elves", "Ester's Day" (Sprout), "Demons Are Real" (Mitchell, J. Pollard, R. Pollard, Sprout), "I Am a Scientist", "Peep-Hole"and "You're Not an Airplane" (Sprout).

U Can't Touch Dance Song by MC Hammer

U Can't Touch This

U Can't Touch This is a 90s song from Mc Hammer. This 90s single is the most well-known in all of his songs from 1990 album Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em. It sold over 10 million copies during 90s. It gained multi-platinum certifications from different recording industries. All lyrics were written by Stanley Kirk Burrell or also known as Mc Hammer by his stage name.

Released January 24, 1990
Format CD single
Vinyl record
Cassette
Recorded 1989-1990
Genre Pop rap
Length 4:17
Label Capitol Records (US)
Writer(s) MC Hammer, Rick James, Alonzo Miller
Producer MC Hammer

The Chronic Album by Dr. Dre (1992)

The Chronic

This album is from the 90s. It is the solo debut album from Dr. Dre. The chronic was released 15th of December 1992 under Dr.Dre ex own label, Death row Records. Andre Romelle Young(real name) get the title from a slang term of a high-grade marijuana. The hip hop producer/ rapper Dr. Dre's production is remark for founding and popularizing the G-funk sub-genre within gangsta rap.

The Chronic hip hop album reached the #3 on the Billboard 200. It also sold over 3M copies, which led to him on the list of top ten best-selling American performing music artists of the year 1993. By the way, these are my favorite songs here, "The Chronic (Intro)", "Let Me Ride", and "Stranded on Death Row".

Loveless Album by My Bloody Valentine

Loveless Album

This 90s album is the second album by My Bloody Valentine. The Rock band released this rock album last November 4, 1991 under Creation Records.


The Loveless Album was recorded over a two-year period between 1989 and 1991 in nineteen recording studios. Kevin Shields(Lead Vocalist) controlled the over all recording process. He experiments different techniques such as guitars strummed combine to tremolo bar, drum loops, and vocals. This 90s rock album was rumored to have spend £250,000, a very huge cost for an album at that time.

My favorite songs from the album are "Only Shallow" (Bilinda Butcher, Shields), "Loomer" (Butcher, Shields), "Touched" (Colm Ó Cíosóig), and "To Here Knows When" (Butcher, Shields),. Other tracks that are listed in the album are "When You Sleep", "I Only Said", "I Only Said", "Sometimes", "Blown a Wish" (Butcher, Shields), "What You Want", and "Soon".

Spiderland Album by Slint

Spiderland

This 90s rock album is from Slint. It is one of the best albums of all time. Spiderland album is one of the most revolutionary albums ever made during 90s. It is the second studio album by Slint, released under Touch and Go last March 27, 1991.


The album contains narrative words, lyrics, and emotion that emphasize alienation. This 90s music album became the groups' last record. My favorite songs are "Breadcrumb Trail", "Nosferatu Man", and "Don, Aman". Other 90s songs are "Washer", "For Dinner...", "Good Morning, Captain", "Utica Quarry", and "Nighttime".

All Eyez on Me Album by 2pac

All Eyez on Me

This 90s music album is the fourth album from my all time favorite rapper 2pac. The American rapper released the album last February 13, 1996 and reached 566,000 sold copies in the first week of its release. All Eyez on Me Album is very memorable because this was 2pac's last album during his lifetime. The American rapper died exactly 7months after the release of this hip-hop album.

The album reached #1 in billboard 200 and in Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums. It also became number five in Swedish Album Chart. My favorite songs from the album are "Ambitionz Az a Ridah", "All Bout U", "Skandalouz", "Got My Mind Made Up", "How Do U Want It", "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted", "No More Pain", "Heartz of Men", "Life Goes On", "Only God Can Judge Me", "Tradin War Stories", "California Love (Remix)", "I Ain't Mad at Cha", and "What'z Ya Phone #". Other tracks are "Can't C Me", "Shorty Wanna Be a Thug", "Holla at Me", "Wonda Why They Call U Bitch", "When We Ride", "Thug Passion", "Picture Me Rollin'", "Check Out Time", "Ratha Be Ya Nigga", "All Eyez on Me", "Run tha Streetz", "Ain't Hard 2 Find", "Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find", and "California Love (Short Radio Edit)".

Dookie Album by Green Day

Dookie

This rock album is from 90s. It is the third studio album from Green Day. The American punk rock band released this 90s album last February 1, 1994 under Reprise Records. The album became a worldwide commercial success and it reached rank 2 on the United States Billboard 200.

My favorite songs are "Burnout", "Having a Blast", and "Chump". Other great 90s rock songs are "Longview", "Welcome to Paradise", "Pulling Teeth", "Basket Case", "She", "Sassafras Roots", "When I Come Around", "Coming Clean", "Emenius Sleepus" (Mike Dirnt, Green Day), "In the End" and "F.O.D.".

OK Computer Album by Radiohead

OK Computer

This alternative rock album by Radiohead from 1997 is one of my favorite. OK Computer is the third album by the English rock band. During 90s, they recorded this top album in rural Oxfordshire and Bath, which is produce by Nigel Godrich.

OK Computer Album reached the top position on the UK Albums Chart. It also marked Radiohead's highest entry into the US market at the time. It has been certified 3x platinum in United Kingdom, 2x platinum in United States. It also reached platinum in Australia. A lot of great guitar playing and guitar music in this 90s album. My favorite song is "Karma Police". Other great songs from the 90s album are "Airbag", "Paranoid Android", "Subterranean Homesick Alien", "Exit Music (For a Film)", "Let Down", "Fitter Happier", "Electioneering", "Climbing Up the Walls", "No Surprises", "Lucky", and "The Tourist".

Metallica - The Black Album

Metallica - The Black Album

This 1991 Album by Metallica is my favorite. It is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band. The Metallica album was released on August 12, 1991 under Elektra Records. It features some of the best heavy metal songs from 90s, "Enter Sandman", "Sad but True", "Holier Than Thou", "The Unforgiven", "Wherever I May Roam", and "Don't Tread on Me".

Metallica - The Black Album is the band's best-selling album to date, with over 15M copies sold in the US and over 22M copies all over the world. My favorite songs are "Don't Tread on Me" and "Through the Never". Other great songs are "Nothing Else Matters", "Of Wolf and Man", "The God That Failed", "My Friend of Misery", "The Struggle Within" plus a bonus track entitled "So What?".

Ten - Pearl Jam album

Ten is one of the best rock album from 90s. It is the debut album from the American Rock Band Pearl Jam. It was released on August 27, 1991 under Epic Records. Ten - Pearl Jam album has been certified 12 times platinum by the RIAA in US. It is also consider as Pearl Jam's most successful album.

Most of the lyrics of the song focus to topics such as depression, homelessness, and abuse. "Release" is my favorite rock song from the album. Other tracks are "Once", "Even Flow" , "Alive", "Why Go", "Black", "Jeremy", "Garden", "Deep" "Oceans", and "Porch".

Nirvana - Nevermind Album

Nevermind

A rock album from 1991 by Nirvana. It is the second studio album by the American Rock Band, recorded from May to June 1991 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys and Devonshire, North Hollywood, California
"Polly" recorded in April 1990 at Smart Studios, Madison, Wisconsin.

Nevermind became a surprise to everyone in late 1991 because of its success, largely due to the popularity of its first single entitled "Smells Like Teen Spirit". My favorite song from Nevermind Album is "In Bloom". Other great songs are "Come as You Are", "Breed", "Lithium", "Territorial Pissings", "Drain You", "Lounge Act", "Stay Away", "On a Plain", and "Something in the Way".

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream

Siamese Dream is one of the best music album from the 90s. It is the second studio album by the American rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. The 90s album was released on July 27, 1993. After a week, it debuted at # 10 on the Billboard charts and sold over four million copies in the United States and over 6 million copies worldwide. My favorite songs are the four hit singles which are Cherub Rock, Today, Disarm, and Rocket. Other songs from the album are "Quiet, "Hummer", "Soma" (Corgan, James Iha), "Geek U.S.A.", "Mayonaise", "Spaceboy", "Silverfck", "Sweet Sweet", and "Luna".