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      • The 90s pushed hip-hop to the forefront of music culture while also proving an especially fruitful decade for rhythm and blues through R&B. Black artists, began to draw on the black power visual culture for racial protest within music.
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  3. www.bet.com › article › g75eomBlack Music Month: 100 Best Songs Of All Time – The 1990s

    • "Poison" — Bell, Biv, DeVoe, 1990. (Photo: Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic) “Never trust a big butt and a smile...” is probably one of the most iconic lyrics of this decade.
    • "Bonita Applebum" — A Tribe Called Quest, 1990. (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) The second single from their debut album, “Bonita Applebum” highlights member Q-Tip’s attempt to woo an around-the-way girl with...
    • "Summertime" — DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, 1991. Before Amerie, the Fresh Prince (Will Smith) and DJ Jazzy Jeff (Jeffrey Townes) set the tone for quintessential summer anthems.
    • "I Will Always Love You"— Whitney Houston, 1992. (Photo: 20th Century Fox/Getty Images) With over 20 million copies sold, making it the best selling single by a woman of all time, Whitney Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” for The Bodyguard soundtrack is more than just an influential song for young Black girls to sing at talent shows.

  4. blackamericaweb.com › 2017/06/04 › the-top-10-bestThe Top 10 Best Songs of the 90s. - Black America Web

    • POISON (1990) Bell, Biv, Devoe. No matter where you are or what you’re doing as soon as you hear the beat and the intro “Spiderman and Freeze in full effect” you’re bound to start singing this Bell Biv Devoe 90’s classic.
    • ARE YOU THAT SOMEBODY (1998) Aaliyah. Teenage sensation Aaliyah was discovered by R. Kelly, who she later married in an illegal ceremony since she was just 15 at the time.
    • AINT NOTHING BUT A G THANG (1992) Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg. The Dre/Snoop track remains the quintessential 90’s West Coat hip hop song. Recorded for The Chronic, Dre’s debut CD, now viewed as a classic of the era, it was among one of the West Coast records that hit nationwide making even bigger stars of Snoop and Dre.
    • ONE SWEET DAY (1995) Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men. Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men wrote and sang on this ode to lost loved ones, which became a Billboard record-setter spending 16 weeks at the number one spot.

  5. blackmusicscholar.com › the-90sThe 90’s – Black Music Scholar

    The 90’s – Black Music Scholar. The 90s pushed hip-hop to the forefront of music culture while also proving an especially fruitful decade for rhythm and blues through R&B. Black artists, began to draw on the black power visual culture for racial protest within music.

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    Aug 9, 2021 · Inspired by their punk fathers such as the Clash, Ramones, Sex Pistols, and Black Flag: Bad Religion, Green Day, the Offspring, Blink-182, Sublime, and Rancid would become influential punk bands...

  8. www.bet.com › article › w7d0ceBlack Music Month: 10 Songs That Defined The 1990s - BET

    • "Poison" — Bell, Biv, DeVoe, 1990. “Never trust a big butt and a smile...” is probably one of the most iconic lyrics of this decade. “Poison” became one of the most successful songs of 1990 and the video was in constant rotation on MTV.
    • "Summertime" — DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, 1991. Produced by Hula and K. Fingers, Fresh Prince (Will Smith) and DJ Jazzy Jeff (Jeffrey Townes) effortlessly brought to life the fun nostalgic summer days in Black neighborhoods across America.
    • "I Will Always Love You"— Whitney Houston, 1992. One of the best-selling singles by a female artist, Whitney Houston’s cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” from The Bodyguard soundtrack is a classic.
    • "Weak" — SWV, 1993. Arguably their most famous song, SWV’s third single from their debut album was written by Brian Alexander Morgan. “Weak” portrays the emotion of falling in love for the first time.

  9. www.npr.org › 2024/02/20 › 1198910066Black Futures: In the '90s, dance music was in a 'constant ...

    Feb 20, 2024 · The '90s, Morrison says, was a critical era for electronic dance music — a period that finally brought this rapidly expanding world of music to the forefront of mainstream popular culture. "A lot...

  10. bleumag.com › music › iconic-moments-black-music-historyBlack Music Milestones: 10 Moments That Shaped History

    Dec 5, 2023 · Black music history is a treasure trove of creativity, charisma, and cultural impact. From Motown's soulful beats to the genius of artists like Prince and Michael Jackson, the last five decades saw iconic musical milestones.

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