As I've begun to go back and listen to some of the iconic albums of the '90s, I've discovered that the jazz and soul-influenced aesthetic of underground hip-hop from the previous decade makes for really great summer music. Maybe it's that things seemed a little sunnier in retrospect, what with the economic recession and all? Whatever it is that made '90s hip-hop so buoyant, it seemed worthwhile to spend an hour looking back at the '90s by playing one (or two) track from each year of the decade -- with the exception the opening track by Giant Panda, which served as thematic inspiration.
Show 20 - The '90s On My Mind
27 July 2009
- Giant Panda - "'90s," Fly School Reunion
- Mic Break
- Brand Nubian - "All For One," One for All
- Gang Starr - "Love Sick," Step In the Arena
- The Pharcyde - "Passin' Me By," Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
- Souls of Mischief - "That's When Ya Lost," '93 'Til Infinity
- Nas - "The World is Yours," Illmatic
- Mic Break: Ol' Dirty Bastard - "Rawhide (Instrumental)," Rawhide (Single)
- GZA - "Liquid Swords," Liquid Swords
- The Fugees - "Fu-Gee-La," The Score
- De La Soul - "The Bizness," Stakes Is High
- Rakim - "It's Been A Long Time," The 18th Letter
- Black Star - "Definition," Black Star
- Mic Break: Lauryn Hill - "Doo Wop (That Thing) (Instrumental)," The Live Education of Lauryn Hill
- The Roots - "The Next Movement," Things Fall Apart
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