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Saturday, March 7, 2026

The Top 50 Rap/Hip-Hop Acts of All Time

Rap/Hip-Hop:

Top 50 Acts

This list was created by aggregating more than 50 best-of-all-time lists focused on rap singers and groups. All those acts featured on 3 or more lists were then re-ordered based on their overall status in Dave’s Music Database.

See other lists of Acts/Music Makers by Genre.

1. Drake
2. Eminem
3. Kanye West
4. Jay-Z
5. Dr. Dre
6. Kendrick Lamar
7. Beastie Boys
8. OutKast/André 3000
9. Sean (“Puff Daddy” aka “P.Diddy” and “Diddy”) Combs
10. Tupac Shakur (2pac)

11. Post Malone
12. Lil Wayne
13. Public Enemy
14. LL Cool J
15. 50 Cent
16. Run-D.M.C.
17. The Notorious B.I.G.
18. Ludacris
19. Nicki Minaj
20. Black Eyed Peas

21. T.I.
22. Snoop Dogg
23. Nelly
24. Lauryn Hill
25. Missy Elliott
26. Flo Rida
27. will.i.am
28. Timbaland
29. Nas
30. Ice Cube

31. N.W.A.
32. Busta Rhymes
33. A Tribe Called Quest
34. Cardi B
35. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
36. Tyler, the Creator
37. MC Hammer
38. J. Cole
39. Will Smith/DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince
40. Wu-Tang Clan

41. Eric B. & Rakim
42. DMX
43. Fugees
44. Future
45. Arrested Development
46. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
47. Eazy-E
48. Chance the Rapper
49. Salt-N-Pepa
50. Ja Rule

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First posted 5/3/2017; last updated 3/7/2026.

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Tuesday, August 22, 2023

The Top 100 Rap/Hip-Hop Songs of All Time

Rap/Hip-Hop:

Top 100 Songs

This list was created by aggregating more than 60 best-of lists focused on rap and hip-hop songs. Also factored in were awards received by the songs and the number of weeks the songs spent at #1 on the Billboard rap chart, R&B chart, and Hot 100.

Click here to see other genre-specific song lists.

Spotify Podcast:

Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast episode The Birth of Hip-Hop: The 50th Anniversary which references songs on this list. It debuted August 11, 2023.

1. Eminem “Lose Yourself” (2002)
2. Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five “The Message” (1982)
3. The Sugarhill Gang “Rapper’s Delight” (1979)
4. Dr. Dre with Snoop Doggy Dogg “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (1992)
5. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989)
6. 50 Cent “In Da Club” (2002)
7. Coolio with L.V. “Gangsta’s Paradise” (1995)
8. The Notorious B.I.G. “Juicy” (1994)
9. Wu-Tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M. (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)” (1994)
10. N.W.A. “Straight Outta Compton” (1989)

11. Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force “Planet Rock” (1982)
12. Eminem with Dido “Stan” (2000)
13. Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day” (1993)
14. Puff Daddy with Faith Evans & 112 “I’ll Be Missing You” (1997)
15. Tupac Shakur (2pac) with Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman “California Love” (1996)
16. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony “Tha Crossroads” (1996)
17. Geto Boys “Mind Playing Tricks on Me” (1991)
18. OutKast “Ms. Jackson” (2000)
19. Salt-N-Pepa “Push It” (1987)
20. 2pac “Dear Mama” (1993)

21. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Get Ur Freak On” (2001)
22. Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” (1992)
23. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Wanz “Thrift Shop” (2012)
24. Mobb Deep “Shook Ones Part II” (1995)
25. Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler & Joe Perry “Walk This Way” (1986)
26. Young M.C. “Bust a Move” (1989)
27. Lil Nas X with Billy Ray Cyrus “Old Town Road” (2018)
28. Eminem with Rihanna “Love the Way You Lie” (2010)
29. M.C. Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (1990)
30. N.W.A. “Fuck tha Police” (1989)

31. Nelly “Hot in Herre” (2002)
32. Jay-Z “99 Problems” (2004)
33. Kanye West with Jamie Foxx “Gold Digger” (2005)
34. Jay-Z with Alicia Keys “Empire State of Mind” (2009)
35. Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock “It Takes Two” (1988)
36. De La Soul “Me, Myself and I” (1989)
37. Jay-Z & Kanye West “Niggas in Paris” (2011)
38. Sir Mix-a-Lot “Baby Got Back” (1992)
39. Slick Rick “Children’s Story” (1989)
40. LL Cool J “Mama Said Knock You Out” (1991)

41. The Notorious B.I.G. “Hypnotize” (1997)
42. Flo Rida with T-Pain “Low” (2007)
43. Kendrick Lamar “Alright” (2015)
44. Cardi B “Bodak Yellow (Money Moves)” (2017)
45. Lil Wayne with Static Major “Lollipop” (2008)
46. Kanye West “Jesus Walks” (2004)
47. Kurtis Blow “The Breaks” (1980)
48. Snoop Dogg with Pharrell Williams “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (2004)
49. Naughty by Nature “O.P.P.” (1991)
50. Snoop Doggy Dogg “Gin & Juice” (1994)

51. Eric B. & Rakim “Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness)” (1987)
52. Nas “NY State of Mind” (1994)
53. Kendrick Lamar “Humble” (2017)
54. Eminem “The Real Slim Shady” (2000)
55. Common “I Used to Love H.E.R.” (1994)
56. Tone Loc “Wild Thing” (1988)
57. Eminem “My Name Is” (1999)
58. Lil Wayne “A Milli” (2008)
59. Wiz Khalifa & Charlie Puth “See You Again” (2015)
60. LL Cool J “Rock the Bells” (1986)

61. OutKast “Hey Ya!” (2003)
62. Marley Marl “The Symphony” (1988)
63. House of Pain “Jump Around” (1992)
64. LL Cool J “I Need Love” (1987)
65. Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (1990)
66. Method Man & Mary J. Blige “I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By” (1995)
67. Nate Dogg & Warren G “Regulate” (1994)
68. Arrested Development “Tennessee” (1992)
69. Digital Underground “The Humpty Dance” (1990)
70. Drake “Hotline Bling” (2015)

71. Run-D.M.C. “Sucker MC’s” (1984)
72. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis with Ray Dalton “Can’t Hold Us” (2011)
73. Drake “God’s Plan” (2018)
74. Roddy Ricch “The Box” (2019)
75. Cardi B with Megan Thee Stallion “WAP” (2020)
76. Tag Team “Whoomp! There It Is” (1993)
77. Boogie Down Productions “The Bridge Is Over” (1987)
78. Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel “White Lines (Don’t Do It)” (1983)
79. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince “Parents Just Don’t Understand” (1988)
80. Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott “Work It” (2002)

81. Lauryn Hill “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (1998)
82. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince “Summertime” (1991)
83. Iggy Azalea with Charli XCX “Fancy” (2014)
84. Post Malone with 21 Savage “Rockstar” (2017)
85. Doug E. Fresh with Slick Rick “La Di Da Di” (1985)
86. Nas “The World Is Yours” (1994)
87. 2pac “Keep Ya Head Up” (1993)
88. Beastie Boys “You Gotta Fight for Your Right to Party” (1986)
89. Kris Kross “Jump” (1992)
90. Kanye West with Daft Punk “Stronger” (2007)

91. Audio Two “Top Billin’” (1988)
92. Blackstreet with Dr. Dre & Queen Pen “No Diggity” (1996)
93. Chamillionaire with Krayzie Bone “Ridin’” (2006)
94. T.I. “What You Know” (2006)
95. Soulja Boy Tell’em “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” (2007)
96. Cypress Hill “How I Could Just Kill a Man” (1991)
97. Jay-Z with UGK “Big Pimpin’” (2000)
98. Black Eyed Peas “I Gotta Feeling” (2009)
99. Drake with Wizkid & Kyla “One Dance” (2016)
100. Nelly with Kelly Rowland “Dilemma” (2002)

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First posted 6/8/2011; last updated 8/22/2023.

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Monday, July 5, 2021

The Top 909 of the 1990s at 90.9 The Bridge

1990-1999:

Top 909 Songs According to
90.9 The Bridge

Over the fourth of July holiday 2021, Kansas City radio station 90.9 The Bridge did a countdown of the top 909 songs of the 1990s, as determined by listener votes. Note that there are some songs with release dates in the 1980s. These are not typos. In some cases, a 1990s re-release or remix or live version may have prompted The Bridge to include the song on the list. In some cases, they may have just mssed the mark.

You can also check out other countdowns done by the Bridge over the years by clicking here.

You can also check out other “songs of the decade” lists here.

1. Nirvana “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991)
2. Fugees “Killing Me Softly” (1996)
3. Pearl Jam “Jeremy” (1991)
4. Foo Fighters “Everlong” (1997)
5. Tupac (2pac) Shakur “Changes” (1998)
6. Alanis Morissette “You Oughta Know” (1995)
7. Radiohead “Creep” (1992)
8. A Tribe Called Quest “Can I Kick It?” (1991)
9. Melissa Etheridge “Come to My Window” (1993)
10. Green Day “Basket Case” (1994)

11. R.E.M. “Losing My Religion” (1991)
12. Beck “Loser” (1993)
13. Fiona Apple “Criminal” (1996)
14. Smashing Pumpkins “1979” (1995)
15. TLC “Waterfalls” (1995)
16. Lucinda Williams “Car Wheels on a Gravel Road” (1998)
17. Oasis “Wonderwall” (1995)
18. Soundgarden “Black Hole Sun” (1994)
19. Hill, Lauryn “Doo Wop (That Thing)” (1998)
20. Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers “Mary Jane’s Last Dance” (1993)

21. Queen Latifah “U.N.I.T.Y.” (1993)
22. Blind Melon “No Rain” (1992)
23. PJ Harvey “Down by the Water” (1995)
24. No Doubt “Just a Girl” (1995)
25. Jeff Buckley “Hallelujah” (1994)
26. Massive Attack “Teardrop” (1998)
27. Beastie Boys “Sabotage” (1994)
28. Breeders “Cannonball” (1993)
29. Stone Temple Pilots “Interstate Love Song” (1994)
30. Neil Young “Harvest Moon” (1992)

31. The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony” (1997)
32. En Vogue “Free Your Mind” (1992)
33. Nine Inch Nails “Closer” (1994)
34. Björk “Human Behavior” (1993)
35. Alice in Chains “Rooster” (1992)
36. Salt-N-Pepa “Shoop” (1993)
37. Weezer “Undone (The Sweater Song)” (1994)
38. Soul Asylum “Runaway Train” (1993)
39. Frogpond “Be” (1996)
40. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Under the Bridge” (1991)

41. Janet Jackson “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1993)
42. Richard Thompson “1952 Vincent Black Lightning” (1991)
43. Tori Amos “Cornflake Girl” (1994)
44. Rage Against the Machine “Bulls on Parade” (1996)
45. Dave Matthews Band “Crash into Me” (1996)
46. Dr. Dre with Snoop Doggy Dogg “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang” (1992)
47. Temple of the Dog “Hunger Strike” (1991)
48. Sarah McLachlan “Possession” (1993)
49. Pavement “Cut Your Hair” (1994)
50. Portishead “Sour Times (Nobody Loves Me)” (1994)

51. OutKast “Rosa Parks” (1998)
52. Garbage “Only Happens When It Rains” (1995)
53. Jane’s Addiction “Been Caught Stealing” (1990)
54. U2 “Mysterious Ways” (1991)
55. New Radicals “You Get What You Give” (1998)
56. Liz Phair “Never Said” (1993)
57. The Notorious B.I.G. “Hypnotize” (1997)
58. Metallica “Enter Sandman” (1991)
59. Sheryl Crow “All I Wanna Do” (1994)
60. Counting Crows “Mr. Jones” (1993)

61. Veruca Salt “Seether” (1994)
62. Radiohead “Paranoid Android” (1997)
63. Missy Elliott “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” (1997)
64. Blur “Parklife” (1994)
65. Sinéad O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” (1990)
66. Lenny Kravitz “Are You Gonna Go My Way” (1993)
67. The Cranberries “Linger” (1993)
68. Elliott Smith “Miss Misery” (1997)
69. Primitive Radio Gods “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand” (1996)
70. Weezer “Buddy Holly” (1994)

71. 4 Non Blondes “What’s Up?” (1993)
72. Pearl Jam “Black” (1991)
73. Nas “The World Is Yours” (1994)
74. Seal “Kiss from a Rose” (1994)
75. Meat Puppets “Backwater” (1994)
76. Tracy Bonham “Mother Mother” (1996)
77. Sublime “What I Got” (1996)
78. Erykah Badu “On and On” (1997)
79. Nirvana “Come As You Are” (1991)
80. Daft Punk “Around the World” (1997)

81. The Lemonheads “It’s a Shame About Ray” (1992)
82. Hole “Doll Parts” (1994)
83. Beck “Where It’s At” (1996)
84. R.E.M. “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?” (1994)
85. Belly “Feed the Tree” (1993)
86. Annie Lennox “Walking on Broken Glass” (1992)
87. Smashing Pumpkins “Today” (1993)
88. Warren G & Nate Dogg “Regulate” (1994)
89. The Tragically Hip “Courage” (1992)
90. Cake “The Distance” (1996)

91. Arrested Development “Mr. Wendal” (1992)
92. Jeff Buckley “Last Goodbye” (1994)
93. Matthew Sweet “Girlfriend” (1991)
94. Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” (1988)
95. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “The Impression That I Get” (1997)
96. Billy Bragg & Wilco “California Stars” (1998)
97. Stone Temple Pilots “Plush” (1992)
98. Cornershop “Brimful of Asha” (1997)
99. Green Day “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” (1997)
100. Collective Soul “Shine” (1993)

101. Fugees “Fu-Gee-La” (1995)
102. Better Than Ezra “Good” (1993)
103. P.M. Dawn “Set Adrift on Memory Bliss” (1991)
104. Alanis Morissette “Ironic” (1995)
105. Radiohead “High and Dry” (1995)
106. Pulp “Common People” (1995)
107. Alice in Chains “Would?” (1992)
108. Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories “Stay (I Missed You)” (1994)
109. Gin Blossoms “Hey Jealousy” (1992)
110. Destiny’s Child “Say My Name” (1999)

111. Jewel “Who Will Save Your Soul?” (1995)
112. Massive Attack with Tracey Thorn “Protection” (1994)
113. Dave Matthews Band “Ants Marching” (1994)
114. D’Angelo “Brown Sugar” (1995)
115. Matchbox Twenty “Long Day” (1996)
116. TLC “Baby Baby Baby” (1992)
117. Live “Lightning Crashes” (1994)
118. Moby with Gwen Stefani “South Side” (1999)
119. Nirvana “All Apologies” (1993)
120. Counting Crows “Round Here” (1993)

121. The Stone Roses “Love Spreads” (1994)
122. Ben Folds Five “Brick” (1997)
123. Soundgarden “Spoonman” (1994)
124. No Doubt “Spiderwebs” (1995)
125. Oasis “Champagne Supernova” (1995)
126. Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day” (1993)
127. Sade “No Ordinary Love” (1992)
128. Elastica “Connection” (1994)
129. Santana with Rob Thomas “Smooth” (1999)
130. Nine Inch Nails “Hurt” (1994)

131. Proclaimers “I’m Gonna Be 500 Miles” (1988)
132. Blackstreet with Dr. Dre & Queen Pen “No Diggity” (1996)
133. Pearl Jam “Better Man” (1994)
134. Moby “Porcelain” (1999)
135. Pearl Jam “Yellow Ledbetter” (1992)
136. Massive Attack “Unfinished Sympathy” (1991)
137. David Bowie “I’m Afraid of Americans” (1997)
138. Rage Against the Machine “Killing in the Name” (1992)
139. Season to Risk “Snakes” (1992)
140. Hanson “Mmmbop” (1997)

141. Folk Implosion “Natural One” (1995)
142. En Vogue “My Lovin (You’re Never Gonna Get It)” (1992)
143. Vanilla Ice “Ice Ice Baby” (1990)
144. Tears for Fears “Break It Down Again” (1993)
145. Boy George “The Crying Game” (1993)
146. Salt-n-Pepa “Whatta Man” (1994)
147. Michael Penn “No Myth” (1989)
148. Edwin Mccain “I’ll Be” (1996)
149. James “Laid” (1993)
150. House of Pain “Jump Around” (1992)

151. Robyn Hitchcock & the Egypti “So You Think You’re in Love” (1991)
152. Sunscreem “Love U More” (1992)
153. George Michael “Freedom ‘90” (1990)
154. Sleater-Kinney “Dig Me Out” (1997)
155. Blink 182 “Dammit (Growing Up)” (1997)
156. Ace of Base “The Sign” (1993)
157. Jars of Clay “Flood” (1996)
158. Son Volt “Drown” (1996)
159. Pearl Jam “Daughter” (1993)
160. Bone Thugs-n-Harmony “Tha Crossroads” (1996)

161. Dave Matthews Band “Satellite” (1994)
162. R.E.M. “Strange Currencies” (1994)
163. Refreshments “Banditos” (1996)
164. The Notorious B.I.G. “Big Poppa” (1995)
165. Babes in Toyland “Bruise Violet” (1992)
166. Nirvana “Jesus Don’t Want Me for a Sunbeam (live)” (1993)
167. R.L. Burnside “Let My Baby Ride” (1998)
168. Nas with Lauryn Hill “If I Ruled the World” (1996)
169. Portishead “Glory Box” (1994)
170. Rusted Root “Send Me on My Way” (1994)

171. Hum “Stars” (1995)
172. Cibo Matto “Sugar Water” (1996)
173. Counting Crows “A Long December” (1996)
174. Stereophonics “Traffic” (1997)
175. Smashing Pumpkins “Drown” (1992)
176. The The “Dogs of Lust” (1993)
177. Rocket From the Crypt “On a Rope” (1996)
178. Ben Folds Five “The Battle of Who Could Care Less” (1997)
179. Da Brat “Funkdafied” (1994)
180. Aimee Mann “Save Me” (1999)

181. Goldfinger “Here in Your Bedroom” (1996)
182. Shaggy “Oh Carolina” (1993)
183. Soup Dragons “I’m Free” (1990)
184. Wilco “Dash 7” (1995)
185. U2 “One” (1991)
186. Danger Bob “The Hook” (1997)
187. Wyclef Jean “Gone Till November” (1997)
188. Athenaeum “What I Didn’t Know” 1998)
189. Foo Fighters “Walking After You” (1997)
190. A Tribe Called Quest “Bonita Applebum” (1990)

191. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Soul to Squeeze” (1993)
192. Garbage “Stupid Girl” (1996)
193. Oasis “Cigarettes and Alcohol” (1994)
194. Beck “Sexx Laws” (1999)
195. Fastball “The Way” (1998)
196. Suzanne Vega “99.9 F” (1992)
197. The Rentals “Friends of P” (1995)
198. Natalie Imbruglia “Torn” (1997)
199. Beastie Boys “Root Down” (1995)
200. Sheryl Crow “Can’t Cry Anymore” (1993)

201. Pearl Jam “Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town” (1993)
202. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Something’s Always Wrong” (1994)
203. The Orb with Rickie Lee Jones “Little Fluffy Clouds” (1993)
204. New Order “Regret” (1993)
205. Mary J. Blige “Real Love” (1992)
206. Luscious Jackson “Naked Eye” (1996)
207. Nada Surf “Popular” (1996)
208. The Cardigans “Been It” (1996)
209. Dave Matthews Band “Too Much” (1996)
210. R.E.M. “Crush With Eyeliner” (1994)

211. The Roots “The Next Movement” (1999)
212. The Urge “Brainless” (1995)
213. Cake “Frank Sinatra” (1996)
214. Stone Temple Pilots “Big Bang Baby” (1996)
215. Liz Phair “Stratford-on-Guy” (1993)
216. 10,000 Maniacs “Candy Everybody Wants” (1992)
217. Deee-lite “Groove Is in the Heart” (1990)
218. Jill Sobule “I Kissed a Girl” (1995)
219. Gang Starr “Mass Appeal” (1994)
220. Fiona Apple “Shadowboxer” (1996)

221. Supergrass “Pumping on Your Stereo” (1999)
222. Tori Amos “Silent All These Years” (1991)
223. 311 “Down” (1995)
224. Depeche Mode “Walking in My Shoes” (1993)
225. Sarah Mclachlan “Ice Cream” (1993)
226. Nirvana “About a Girl” (1989)
227. Soul Asylum “Just Like Anyone” (1995)
228. Black Crowes “Twice As Hard” (1990)
229. Blur “Girls and Boys” (1994)
230. Semisonic “Secret Smile” (1998)

231. Gin Blossoms “Follow You Down” (1996)
232. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Someday I Suppose” (1993)
233. Deep Forest “Sweet Lullaby” (1993)
234. Sonic Youth “The Diamond Sea” (1995)
235. Lemonheads “The Great Big No” (1993)
236. Björk “It’s Oh So Quiet” (1995)
237. Concrete Blonde “Everybody Knows” (1990)
238. Flaming Lips “Race for the Prize” (1999)
239. Cracker “Eurotrash Girl” (1993)
240. Chemical Brothers “Where Do I Begin” (1997)

241. Moby “Natural Blues” (1999)
242. Catherine Wheel “I Want to Touch You” (1992)
243. Hole “Violet” (1994)
244. Digital Underground “Doowuchyalike” (1989)
245. Pearl Jam “Release” (1991)
246. Rancid “Olympia WA.” (1995)
247. Alice in Chains “Down in a Hole” (1992)
248. Soul Coughing “Screenwriter’s Blues” (1994)
249. Archers of Loaf “Web in Front” (1993)
250. Live “Selling the Drama” (1994)

251. Green Day “She” (1994)
252. Collective Soul “Run” (1999)
253. Counting Crows “Rain King” (1993)
254. Smashing Pumpkins “Rhinoceros” (1991)
255. Everclear “Santa Monica (Watch the World Die)” (1995)
256. Fatboy Slim “The Rockafeller Skank” (1998)
257. Social Distortion “Story of My Life” (1990)
258. Morphine “Cure for Pain” (1993)
259. Space “Female of the Species” (1996)
260. R.E.M. “Shiny Happy People” (1991)

261. Third Eye Blind “Semi-Charmed Life” (1997)
262. Fountains of Wayne “Sink to the Bottom” (1997)
263. Wallflowers “Three Marlenas” (1996)
264. Guided By Voices “I Am a Scientist” (1994)
265. Ween “Ocean Man” (1997)
266. Tom Petty “You Don’t Know How It Feels” (1994)
267. Ben Folds Five “Underground” (1995)
268. Weezer “Say It Ain’t So” (1994)
269. The Offspring “Come Out and Play” (1994)
270. The Cranberries “Free to Decide” (1996)

271. Barenaked Ladies “If I Had $1,000,000” (1992)
272. Big Head Todd & the Monsters “Bittersweet” (1993)
273. Spin Doctors “Jimmy Olsens Blues” (1991)
274. Public Enemy “Fight the Power” (1989)
275. Primus “My Name Is Mud” (1993)
276. Frogpond “Home” (1999)
277. Radiohead “Karma Police” (1997)
278. Lauryn Hill “Everything Is Everything” (1998)
279. Melissa Etheridge “Yes I Am” (1993)
280. Better Than Ezra “In the Blood” (1993)

281. Soundgarden “Burden in My Hand” (1996)
282. Lenny Kravitz “If You Can’t Say No” (1998)
283. Cocteau Twins “Iceblink Luck” (1990)
284. Wilco “Monday” (1997)
285. U2 “Until the End of the World” (1991)
286. TLC “Creep” (1994)
287. Pearl Jam “Hail Hail” (1996)
288. Bush “Glycerine” (1994)
289. The Chicks “Wide Open Spaces” (1998)
290. Violent Femmes “Add It Up” (1983)

291. Paw “Max the Silent” (1995)
292. Sponge “Molly (16 Candles)” (1994)
293. Love Spit Love “Am I Wrong” (1994)
294. Breeders “Saints” (1994)
295. Hootie & the Blowfish “Hold My Hand” (1994)
296. Primal Scream “Loaded” (1990)
297. Pixies “Velouria” (1990)
298. Heather Nova “London Rain (Nothing Heals Me Like You Do)” (1998)
299. The Get Up Kids “Anne Arbour” (1999)
300. Sundays “Here’s Where the Story Ends” (1990)

301. Juliana Hatfield 3 “My Sister” (1993)
302. Foo Fighters “I’ll Stick Around” (1995)
303. A Tribe Called Quest “Award Tour” (1993)
304. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Aeroplane” (1995)
305. Garbage “I Think I’m Paranoid” (1998)
306. Oasis “Rock and Roll Star” (1994)
307. Beck “The New Pollution” (1996)
308. Kula Shaker “Hush” (1997)
309. Dave Matthews Band “The Best of Whats Around” (1994)
310. R.E.M. “Electrolite” (1996)

311. Stereolab “Wow and Flutter” (1994)
312. Neutral Milk Hotel “Holland 1945” (1996)
313. The Presidents of the United States of America “Peaches” (1995)
314. The Cardigans “My Favourite Game” (1996)
315. Prodigy “Breathe” (1996)
316. Marcy Playground “Saint Joe on the Schoolbud” (1998)
317. Tony! Toni! Tone! “Feels Good” (1990)
318. Yo La Tengo “Autumn Sweater” (1997)
319. L7 “Pretend Were Dead” (1992)
320. Jesus Jones “International Bright Young Thing” (1991)

321. Urge Overkill “Girl Youll Be a Woman Soon” (1994)
322. Duran Duran “Come Undone” (1993)
323. Toadies “Away” (1996)
324. Indigo Girls “Power of Two” (1994)
325. Dinosaur Jr. “Feel the Pain” (1994)
326. The Rembrandts “I’ll Be There for You” (1995)
327. Morcheeba “Trigger Hippie” (1995)
328. Aphex Twin “Girl/Boy” (1996)
329. Porno for Pyros “Tahitian Moon” (1996)
330. Samples “Indiana” (1996)

331. Fishbone “Sunless Saturday” (1991)
332. Sheryl Crow “Everyday Is a Winding Road” (1996)
333. Counting Crows “Omaha” (1993)
334. Radiohead “Let Down” (1997)
335. Pearl Jam “Rearviewmirror” (1993)
336. Smashing Pumpkins “Disarm” (1993)
337. The Cure “A Letter to Elise” (1992)
338. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Come Down” (1997)
339. Janes Addiction “Jane Says” (1988)
340. Natalie Merchant “Wonder” (1995)

341. Tupac Shakur (2pac) “Keep Ya Head Up” (1993)
342. My Bloody Valentine “When You Sleep” (1991)
343. Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker “Learning to Fly” (1991)
344. Our Lady Peace “Supermans Dead” (1997)
345. Air “La Femme d’Argent” (1998)
346. Faith No More “Midlife Crisis” (1992)
347. Big Audio Dynamite II “The Globe” (1991)
348. Nirvana “Heart-Shaped Box” (1993)
349. Jesus and Mary Chain “Head On” (1989)
350. Elastica “Car Song” (1995)

351. No Doubt “Sunday Morning” (1995)
352. Dire Straits “Heavy Fuel” (1991)
353. Tonic “Open Up Your Eyes” (1996)
354. Prince “Most Beautiful Girl in the World” (1994)
355. Bonnie Raitt “Something to Talk About” (1991)
356. Eels “Last Stop: This Town” (1998)
357. R.E.M. “Daysleeper” (1998)
358. Matthew Sweet “Where You Get Love” (1997)
359. Elliott Smith “Waltz #2 (XO)” (1998)
360. Jamiroquai “Canned Heat” (1999)

361. Blues Traveler “Hook” (1994)
362. Screaming Trees “Nearly Lost You” (1992)
363. Bruce Springsteen “Secret Garden” (1995)
364. Sublime “Santeria” (1997)
365. Tracy Chapman “Give Me One Reason” (1995)
366. The Verve “Lucky Man” (1997)
367. Naughty By Nature “O.P.P.” (1991)
368. Ani Difranco “32 Flavors” (1997)
369. The Urge “It’s Getting Hectic” (1995)
370. Cake “Rock N Roll Lifestyle” (1995)

371. Stone Temple Pilots “Plush (acoustic)” (1993)
372. Liz Phair “Supernova” (1994)
373. 10,000 Maniacs “These Are the Days (unplugged)” (1993)
374. World Party “Way Down Now” (1990)
375. Del Amitri “Tell Her This” (1995)
376. Pearl Jam “Do the Evolution” (1998)
377. G. Love and Special Sauce “Cold Beverage” (1994)
378. Crash Test Dummies “God Shuffled His Feet” (1993)
379. US3 “Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)” (1993)
380. Pulp “Disco 2000” (1995)

381. Wilco “A Shot in the Arm” (1999)
382. U2 “Staring At the Sun” (1997)
383. Blind Melon “Tones of Home” (1992)
384. Crowded House “Weather with You” (1991)
385. Digable Planets “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” (1992)
386. Frente “Bizarre Love Triangle” (1994)
387. Throwing Muses “Bright Yellow Gun” (1994)
388. Radiohead “Thinking About You” (1991)
389. Poe “Angry Johnny” (1995)
390. They Might Be Giants “Birdhouse in Your Soul” (1990)

391. Jeff Buckley “Lover You Should've Come Over” (1994)
392. ?
393. Phish “Free” (1996)
394. Lucas Secon “Lucas With the Lid Off” (1994)
395. Outhouse “Welcome” (1997)
396. The Wonders “That Thing You Do!” (1996)
397. Ultimate Fakebook “She Don’t Even Know My Name” (1999)
398. Lucious Jackson “Ladyfingers” (1999)
399. Brian Setzer Orchestra “Jump, Jive, an’ Wail” (1998)
400. Chemical Brothers “Block Rockin Beats” (1997)

401. Geggy Tah “Whoever You Are” (1996)
402. The Lightning Seeds “Pure” (1989)
403. Prince “Cream” (1991)
404. Meshell Ndegeocello “If That’s Your Boyfriend He Wasn’t Last Night” (1993)
405. Billy Goat “Old School” (1995)
406. R.E.M. “E-Bow the Letter” (1996)
407. INXS “Suicide Blonde” (1990)
408. Nirvana “Polly” (1991)
409. Edwyn Collins “A Girl Like You” (1995)
410. Smashing Pumpkins “Cherub Rock” (1993)

411. Joan Osborne “One of Us” (1995)
412. Foo Fighters “This Is a Call” (1995)
413. A Tribe Called Quest “Electric Relaxation” (1994)
414. Red Hot Chili Peppers “My Friends” (1995)
415. Garbage “Push It” (1998)
416. Oasis “Don’t Go Away” (1997)
417. Beck “Devils Haircut” (1996)
418. Pearl Jam “Not for You” (1994)
419. Tori Amos “Crucify” (1992)
420. 311 “Don’t Stay Home” (1995)

421. Depeche Mode “Policy of Truth” (1990)
422. Hole “Malibu” (1998)
423. Soul Asylum “Black Gold” (1992)
424. Black Crowes “Jealous Again” (1990)
425. Blur “There’s No Other Way” (1991)
426. Semisonic “F.N.T.” (1996)
427. Gin Blossoms “Until I Fall Away” (1992)
428. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “The Rascal King” (1997)
429. Sonic Youth “Kool Thing” (1990)
430. Lemonheads “Mrs. Robinson” (1992)

431. Björk “Hyperballad” (1996)
432. Concrete Blonde “Joey” (1990)
433. Flaming Lips “She Don’t Use Jelly” (1994)
434. Cracker “Get Off This” (1993)
435. Moby “Bodyrock” (1999)
436. Catherine Wheel “Black Metallic” (1992)
437. Digital Underground “The Humpty Dance” (1990)
438. Sarah Mclachlan “Black and White” (1997)
439. Rancid “Ruby Soho” (1995)
440. Ben Folds Five “Song for the Dumped” (1997)

441. Soul Coughing “Super Bon Bon” (1998)
442. Supergrass “Moving” (1999)
443. Radiohead “No Surprises” (1997)
444. The La’s “There She Goes” (1988, remix: 1990)
445. Alanis Morrisette “Hand in My Pocket” (1995)
446. White Town “Your Woman” (1997)
447. Artificial Joy Club “Sick and Beautiful” (1997)
448. Alanis Morissette “All I Really Want” (1995)
449. Sugar Ray with Supercat “Fly” (1997)
450. Bloodhound Gang “Fire Water Burn” (1996)
451. U2 “Lemon” (1993)
452. U2 “Whos Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses” (1991)
453. Dave Matthews Band “Tripping Billies” (1996)
454. R.E.M. “Texarkana” (1991)
455. Fun Lovin Criminals “Scooby Snacks” (1996)
456. Shawn Colvin “Sunny Came Home” (1997)
457. Peter Gabriel “Steam” (1992)
458. Placebo “Pure Morning” (1998)
459. Tupac Shakur with Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman “California Love” (1996)
460. Toad the Wet Sprocket “All I Want” (1991)

461. Sheryl Crow “Strong Enough” (1993)
462. Pearl Jam “Alive” (1991)
463. The Cure “Pictures of You” (1989)
464. Beastie Boys “Body Movin’” (1998)
465. Murmurs “You Suck” (1994)
466. Divinyls “I Touch Myself” (1991)
467. Lenny Kravitz with Slash “Always on the Run” (1991)
468. Nirvana “The Man Who Sold the World” (1993)
469. Snoop Doggy Dogg “Gin and Juice” (1993)
470. Pavement “Gold Soundz” (1994)

471. Spoon “Shake It Off” (1998)
472. Local H “Bound for the Floor” (1996)
473. Belly “Gepetto” (1993)
474. Echo & the Bunnymen “I Want to Be There When You Come” (1997)
475. Macy Gray “I Try” (1999)
476. The Pharcyde “Passin’ Me By” (1993)
477. Billie Myers “Kiss the Rain” (1979)
478. Sinead O’Connor “The Emperor’s New Clothes” (1990)
479. EMF “Unbelievable” (1991)
480. Deadeye Dick “New Age Girl” (1994)

481. Shudder to Think “X-French Tee Shirt” (1994)
482. Counting Crows “Perfect Blue Buildings” (1993)
483. Smashing Pumpkins “Landslide” (1994)
484. Enigma “Return to Innocence” (1993)
485. Janet Jackson “If” (1993)
486. Bottle Rockets “I’ll Be Coming Around” (1994)
487. Nixons “Sister” (1995)
488. Paul Weller “You Do Something to Me” (1995)
489. Lo Fidelity Allstars “Battleflag” (1998)
490. MC Hammer “U Can’t Touch This” (1990)

491. Everlast “What It’s Like” (1998)
492. Material Isuue “Valerie Loves Me” (1991)
493. Radiohead “Nice Dream” (1995)
494. Marc Cohn “Walking in Memphis” (1991)
495. Stereo MCs “Connected” (1992)
496. XTC “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” (1992)
497. Dave Matthews Band “Two Step” (1996)
498. R.E.M. “Star 69” (1994)
499. Daft Punk “Da Funk” (1997)
500. Pearl Jam “Dissident” (1993)

501. Live “Operation Spirit” (1991)
502. Fiona Apple “Fast As You Can” (1999)
503. Eminem “My Name Is” (1998)
504. Collective Soul “The World I Know” (1995)
505. Better Than Ezra “At the Stars” (1998)
506. Everclear “I Will Buy You a New Life” (1998)
507. Fatboy Slim “Praise You” (1999)
508. Social Distortion “Ring of Fire” (1990)
509. Frogpond “Waiting for a Friend” (1996)
510. Third Eye Blind “How’s It Going to Be” (1997)

511. Foo Fighters “February Stars” (1997)
512. Fountains of Wayne “Denise” (1999)
513. Wallflowers “6th Avenue Heartache” (1996)
514. Guided By Voices “Game of Pricks” (1995)
515. Ween “Voodoo Lady” (1994)
516. Tom Petty “It’s Good to Be King” (1994)
517. Weezer “El Scorcho” (1996)
518. The Urge “All Washed Up” (1995)
519. Cake “Stickshifts and Safety Belts” (1996)
520. Stone Temple Pilots “Big Empty” (1994)

521. A Tribe Called Quest “Jazz (We’ve Got)” (1991)
522. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Californication” (1999)
523. Ben Folds Five “Kate” (1997)
524. Nirvana “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” (1993)
525. Oasis “What's the Story Morning Glory” (1995)
526. Beck “Deadweight” (1997)
527. Liz Phair “Whip-Smart” (1994)
528. 10,000 Maniacs “These Are Days” (1992)
529. The Offspring “Pretty Fly for a White Guy” (1998)
530. The Cranberries “Dreams” (1992)

531. Erykah Badu “Tyrone” (1997)
532. Barenaked Ladies “One Week” (1998)
533. Soundgarden “The Day I Tried to Live” (1994)
534. Dishwalla “Counting Blue Cars” (1996)
535. Big Head Todd & the Monsters “Resignation Superman” (1997)
536. Spin Doctors “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” (1991)
537. Public Enemy “Brothers Gonna Work It Out” (1990)
538. Primus “Wynonas Big Brown Beaver” (1995)
539. Happy Mondays “Kinky Afro” (1990)
540. The Get Up Kids “Holiday” (1999)

541. Morphine “Buena” (1993)
542. Lauryn Hill “Every Ghetto Every City” (1998)
543. Melissa Etheridge “Similar Features” (1988)
544. Lenny Kravitz “Let Love Rule” (1989)
545. Cocteau Twins “Carolyns Fingers” (1988)
546. Green Day “When I Come Around” (1994)
547. Pearl Jam “Given to Fly” (1997)
548. DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince “Summertime” (1991)
549. Dave Matthews Band “Typical Situation” (1994)
550. R.E.M. “Ignoreland” (1992)

551. Matchbox Twenty “Real World” (1996)
552. Radiohead “Just” (1995)
553. K’s Choice “Not an Addict” (1996)
554. Feeder “High” (1997)
555. Afghan Whigs “Gentlemen” (1993)
556. Propellerheads “History Repeating” (1997)
557. Soho “Hippychick” (1990)
558. Candlebox “Far Behind” (1993)
559. New Radicals “Someday Well Know” (1999)
560. Annie Lennox “Why” (1992)

561. Siouxsie & the Banshees “Kiss Them for Me” (1991)
562. Counting Crows “Einstein on the Beach (for An Eggman)” (1994)
563. Smashing Pumpkins “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” (1994)
564. Underworld “Born Slippy” (1995)
565. Sunny Day Real Estate “Seven” (1994)
566. Crutch “Everything Falls in Place” (199?)
567. Cherry Poppin Daddies “Zoot Suit Riot” (1998)
568. Talking Heads “Gangster of Love” (187)
569. Grant Lee Buffalo “Truly Truly” (1998)
570. Wilco “Blue Eyed Soul” (1995)

571. U2 “Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me Kill Me” (1995)
572. Chris Isaak “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing” (1995)
573. Le Tigre “Deceptacon” (1999)
574. Harvey Danger “Flagpole Sitta” (1998)
575. Sneaker Pimps “6 Underground” (1996)
576. Replacements “Merry Go Round” (1990)
577. Reel Big Fish “Sell Out” (1997)
578. Cowboy Mouth “Jenny Says” (1997)
579. Nirvana “Something in the Way” (1991)
580. LL Cool J “Mama Said Knock You Out” (1991)

581. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Walk on the Ocean” (1991)
582. Sheryl Crow “A Change Would Do You Good” (1996)
583. The Cure “Close to Me” (1985, remix: 1990)
584. Beastie Boys “Jimmy James” (1992)
585. Manic Street Preachers “If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next” (1998)
586. Meredith Brooks “Bitch” (1997)
587. The Charlatans “The Only One I Know” (1990)
588. Cypress Hill “Insane in the Brain” (1993)
589. The Church “Metropolis” (1990)
590. Sugar Ray “Someday” (1999)

591. Widespread Panic “Climb to Safety” (1999)
592. Marvelous 3 “Freak of the Week” (1999)
593. Dave Matthews Band “What Would You Say” (1994)
594. R.E.M. “Nightswimming” (1992)
595. The Roots with Erykah Badu “You Got Me” (1999)
596. Primitives “Crash (95)” (1995)
597. School of Fish “3 Strange Days” (1991)
598. The KLF “3 A.m. Eternal” (1991)
599. Len “Steal My Sunshine” (1999)
600. The Flys “Got You Where I Want You” (1998)

601. Silverchair “Tomorrow” (1994)
602. The Smithereens “Top of the Pops” (1991)
603. Temple of the Dog “Say Hello 2 Heaven” (1991)
604. Supergrass “Caught By the Fuzz” (1994)
605. Radiohead “The Bends” (1995)
606. Soul Coughing “Circles” (1998)
607. Ben Folds Five “Jackson Cannery” (1995)
608. Tori Amos “Caught a Lite Sneeze” (1996)
609. 311 “Prisoner” (1997)
610. Depeche Mode “Enjoy the Silence” (1990)

611. Hole “Miss World” (1994)
612. Soul Asylum “Misery” (1995)
613. Black Crowes “She Talks to Angels” (1990)
614. Blur “Song 2” (1997)
615. Semisonic “Singing in My Sleep” (1998)
616. Gin Blossoms “Allison Road” (1992)
617. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Royal Oil” (1997)
618. Sonic Youth “100%” (1992)
619. Lemonheads “If I Could Talk I’d Tell You” (1996)
620. Björk “Big Time Sensuality” (1993)

621. Concrete Blonde “Caroline” (1990)
622. Flaming Lips “Waiting for a Superman” (1999)
623. Cracker “Low” (1993)
624. Chemical Brothers “Hey Boy Hey Girl” (1999)
625. Moby “That’s When I Reach for My Revolver” (1996)
626. Catherine Wheel “Crank” (1993)
627. Digital Underground “Way We Swing” (1990)
628. Sarah Mclachlan “Building a Mystery” (1997)
629. Rancid “Roots Radicals” (1994)
630. Pearl Jam “Nothingman” (1994)

631. Alice in Chains “Heaven Beside You” (1995)
632. A Tribe Called Quest “Scenario” (1992)
633. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Give It Away” (1991)
634. Garbage “Queer” (1995)
635. Oasis “Live Forever” (1994)
636. Beck “Tropicalia” (1998)
637. Foo Fighters “Monkey Wrench” (1997)
638. Heroes of Hiphoprisy “Television, the Drug of the Nation” (1992)
639. Counting Crows “Daylight Fading” (1996)
640. Mike Watt with Eddie Vedder “Against the 70s” (1995)

641. Paul Simon “The Obvious Child” (1990)
642. Dogs Eye View “Everything Falls Apart” (1996)
643. Nirvana “In Bloom” (1991)
644. Dave Matthews Band “So Much to Say” (1996)
645. R.E.M. “Radio Song” (1991)
646. Mazzy Star “Fade Into You” (1993)
647. Bodeans “Closer to Free” (1993)
648. Freedy Johnston “Bad Reputation” (1994)
649. Beta Band “Dry the Rain” (1999)
650. Randy Newman with Lyle Lovett “Youve Got a Friend in Me” (1995)

651. Ramones “I Don’t Want to Grow Up” (1995)
652. Letters to Cleo “Here and Now” (1995)
653. k.d. Lang “Constant Craving” (1992)
654. Innocence Mission “Bright As Yello” (1995)
655. Ministry “Jesus Built My Hotrod” (1991)
656. Neds Atomic Dustbin “Not Sleeping Around” (1992)
657. Veruca Salt “Volcano Girls” (1997)
658. Phish “Bouncing Around the Room” (1990)
659. Jeff Buckley “Grace” (1993)
660. They Might Be Giants “Istanbul (Not Constantinople)” (1990)

661. Poe “Trigger Happy Jack” (1995)
662. Radiohead “Black Star” (1995)
663. Throwing Muses “Counting Backwards” (1991)
664. Frente “Labour of Love” (1994)
665. Digable Planets “Jimmi Diggin Cats” (1993)
666. Crowded House “It’s Only Natural” (1991)
667. Prince “7” (1992)
668. Wilco “Pick Up the Change” (1995)
669. U2 “Even Better Than the Real Thing” (1991)
670. Blind Melon “Galaxie” (1995)

671. Pulp “A Little Soul” (1998)
672. Tlc “No Scrubs” (1999)
673. Crash Test Dummies “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” (1994)
674. Pearl Jam “Off He Goes” (1996)
675. Bush “Everything Zen” (1994)
676. The Chicks “Goodbye Earl” (1999)
677. The Urge “Jump Right In” (1998)
678. Cake “Never There” (1998)
679. Stone Temple Pilots “Vasoline” (1994)
680. Liz Phair “Polyester Bride” (1998)

681. 10,000 Maniacs “Because the Night” (1993)
682. Hootie & the Blowfish “Only Wanna Be with You” (1995)
683. Primal Scream “Movin on Up” (1991)
684. Pixies “Dig for Fire” (1990)
685. Heather Nova “Walk This World” (1995)
686. Sundays “Summertime” (1997)
687. The Juliana Hatfield Three “Spin the Bottle” (1994)
688. Screaming Trees “All I Know” (1996)
689. Morrissey “The More You Ignore Me the Closer I Get” (1994)
690. Blues Traveler “Runaround” (1994)

691. Jamiroquai “Virtual Insanity” (1996)
692. Elliott Smith “Between the Bars” (1997)
693. Matthew Sweet “Evangeline” (1991)
694. Dave Matthews Band “#34” (1994)
695. R.E.M. “Bang and Blame” (1994)
696. Kula Shaker “Tattva” (1996)
697. Stereolab “Ping Pong” (1994)
698. Ben Folds Five “Army” (1999)
699. The Presidents of the United States of America “Lump” (1995)
700. Cardigans “Lovefool” (1996)

701. The Prodigy “Firestarter” (1996)
702. Marcy Playground “Sex and Candy” (1997)
703. Tony! Toni! Tone! “If I Had No Loot” (1993)
704. Tupac (2pac) Shakur “Dear Mama” (1995)
705. Nirvana “Lithium” (1991)
706. L7 “Andres” (1994)
707. Jesus Jones “Right Here Right Now” (1991)
708. Aphex Twin “Windowlicker” (1999)
709. Urge Overkill “Sister Havana” (1993)
710. Duran Duran “Ordinary World” (1993)

711. Toadies “Possum Kingdom” (1995)
712. Indigo Girls “Galileo” (1992)
713. Dinosaur Jr. “Start Choppin” (1993)
714. The Rembrandts “Just the Way It Is Baby” (1990)
715. Morcheeba “Let Me See” (1998)
716. Porno for Pyros “Pets” (1993)
717. Samples “Did You Ever Look So Nice” (1992)
718. Fishbone “Everyday Sunshine” (1991)
719. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Good Intentions” (1995)
720. My Bloody Valentine “Only Shallow” (1991)

721. Counting Crows “Hanginaround” (1999)
722. Pearl Jam “Corduroy” (1994)
723. The Cure “High” (1992)
724. Sheryl Crow “My Favorite Mistake” (1998)
725. Beastie Boys “Sure Shot” (1994)
726. Natalie Merchant “Carnival” (1995)
727. Janes Addiction “Stop!” (1990)
728. Spacehog “In the Meantime” (1995)
729. Tom Petty & the Heartbreaker “Into the Great Wide Open” (1991)
730. Our Lady Peace “Clumsy” (1997)

731. Faith No More “Epic” (1989)
732. Big Audio Dynamite II “Rush” (1991)
733. Air “Sexy Boy” (1998)
734. Yo La Tengo “Big Day Coming” (1993)
735. Jesus and Mary Chain “Blues From a Gun” (1989)
736. Elastica “Stutter” (1995)
737. No Doubt “Excuse Me Mr.” (1995)
738. Dire Straits “Calling Elvis” (1991)
739. Smashing Pumpkins “Mayonaise” (1993)
740. Tonic “If You Could Only See” (1997)

741. Ice-t “O.G. Original Gangster” (1991)
742. Bonnie Raitt “I Can’t Make You Love Me” (1991)
743. The Eels “Novocaine for the Soul” (1996)
744. Dave Matthews Band “Don’t Drink the Water” (1998)
745. R.E.M. “The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite” (1992)
746. A Tribe Called Quest “Check the Rhyme” (1991)
747. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Breaking the Girl” (1991)
748. Garbage “Special” (1998)
749. Oasis “Supersonic” (1994)
750. Beck “Jack-Ass” (1996)

751. Foo Fighters “Big Me” (1995)
752. Bruce Springsteen “Streets of Philadelphia” (1994)
753. Sublime “Smoke Two Joints” (1992)
754. Tracy Chapman “Talkin’ ‘Bout a Revolution” (1988)
755. The Get Up Kids “Ten Minutes” (1999)
756. The Verve “The Drugs Don’t Work” (1997)
757. Filter “Hey Man Nice Shot” (1995)
758. Eve 6 “Inside Out” (1998)
759. Green Day “Brain Stew/Jaded” (1995)
760. R.E.M. “Man on the Moon” (1992)

761. Aaliyah “Are You That Somebody” (1998)
762. Lenny Kravitz “It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over” (1991)
763. Foo Fighters “Learn to Fly” (1999)
764. Kristin Hersh with Michael Stipe “Your Ghost” (1994)
765. Everything But the Girl “Missing” (1995)
766. Urban Dance Squad “Deeper Shade of Soul” (1990)
767. 311 “Come Original” (1999)
768. Soul Asylum “Somebody to Shove” (1992)
769. Ben Folds Five “Julianne” (1995)
770. Flaming Lips “What Is the Light” (1999)

771. Chantal Kreviazuk “Surrounded” (1997)
772. Concrete Blonde “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)” (1990)
773. Del the Funkee Homosapien “Mistadobalina” (1991)
774. Melissa Etheridge “If I Wanted To” (1993)
775. Us3 “Tukka Yoots Riddim” (1993)
776. Nirvana “Lake of Fire” (1993)
777. Morphine “Honey White” (1995)
778. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion “Bellbottoms” (1994)
779. Dave Matthews Band “Jimi Thing” (1994)
780. Naughty By Nature “Hip Hop Hooray” (1993)

781. Beastie Boys “Intergalactic” (1998)
782. Bikini Kill “Rebel Girl” (1993)
783. Sponge “Plowed” (1994)
784. Björk “Army of Me” (1995)
785. Fiona Apple “Sleep to Dream” (1996)
786. Oasis “Don’t Look Back in Anger” (1995)
787. Lauryn Hill “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You” (1998)
788. Morrissey “The Last of the Famous International Playboys” (1989)
789. Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Where’d You Go” (1992)
790. Sheryl Crow “Leaving Las Vegas” (1993)

791. Wallflowers “The Difference” (1996)
792. Fatboy Slim “Going Out of My Head” (1998)
793. Rancid “Time Bomb” (1995)
794. Tom Petty “Wildflowers” (1994)
795. Madonna “Ray of Light” (1998)
796. Everclear “Heartspark Dollarsign” (1996)
797. Garbage “#1 Crush” (1996)
798. The Farm “All Together Now” (1990)
799. Beck “Hot Wax” (1996)
800. Butthole Surfers “Pepper” (1996)

801. Ben Folds Five “Magic” (1999)
802. Big Head Todd & the Monsters “Broken Hearted Savior” (1993)
803. Love Spit Love “Fall on Tears” (1997)
804. Hole “Celebrity Skin” (1996)
805. Chemical Brothers “Setting Sun” (1996)
806. Smashing Pumpkins “Perfect” (1998)
807. Cake “I Will Survive” (1997)
808. Cocteau Twins “Heaven Or Las Vegas” (1990)
809. Sarah Mclachlan “Sweet Surrender” (1997)
810. Counting Crows “Anna Begins” (1993)

811. Public Enemy “911 Is a Joke” (1990)
812. Stone Temple Pilots “Lady Picture Show” (1996)
813. The Urge “Take Away” (1995)
814. Wilco “Outtasite (Outta Mind)” (1997)
815. Mother Love Bone “Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns” (1989)
816. Eric B. and Rakim “Don’t Sweat the Technique” (1992)
817. The Offspring “Self Esteem” (1994)
818. R.E.M. “Drive” (1992)
819. Soundgarden “Blow Up the Outside World” (1996)
820. Spin Doctors “Two Princes” (1991)

821. Tripping Daisy “I Got a Girl” (1995)
822. Wyclef Jean with Refugee Allstar “We Trying to Stay Alive” (1997)
823. U2 “Discotheque” (1997)
824. Sprung Monkey “Get Em Outta Here” (1998)
825. The Verve Pipe “The Freshmen” (1996)
826. Gin Blossoms “Found Out About You” (1992)
827. Lush “Ladykillers” (1996)
828. Dr. Dre “Let Me Ride” (1993)
829. Adam Ant “Wonderful” (1995)
830. Weezer “My Name Is Jonas” (1994)

831. Fountains of Wayne “Radiation Vibe” (1996)
832. Nirvana “Pennyroyal Tea” (1993)
833. Kate Bush “Rubberband Girl” (1993)
834. Guided By Voices “Teenage FBI” (1999)
835. Dj Shadow “Midnight in a Perfect World” (1996)
836. Blur “Country House” (1995)
837. World Party “Put the Message in the Box” (1990)
838. Radiohead “Fake Plastic Trees” (1995)
839. Alice in Chains “I Stay Away” (1994)
840. U2 “Lady With the Spinning Head” (1992)

841. Nerf Herder “Van Halen” (1997)
842. Jay-Z “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)” (1998)
843. Lemonheads “Into Your Arms” (1993)
844. Ween “Push th’ Little Daises” (1993)
845. The Cure “Friday I’m in Love” (1992)
846. Social Distortion “Ball and Chain” (1990)
847. Digital Underground “Same Song” (1991)
848. Counting Crows “Sullivan Streat” (1993)
849. Semisonic “Closing Time” (1998)
850. Collective Soul “December” (1995)

851. Wu-tang Clan “C.R.E.A.M.” (1994)
852. Chumbawamba “Tubthumping” (1997)
853. Liz Phair “61” (1993)
854. Dada “Dizz Knee Land” (1992)
855. Dmx “Party Up (Up in Here)” (1999)
856. 10 000 Maniacs “Trouble Me” (1989)
857. R.E.M. “Everybody Hurts” (1992)
858. Radiohead “Talk Show Host” (1996)
859. Dave Matthews Band “Rhyme and Reason” (1994)
860. Pearl Jam “Glorified G” (1993)

861. Saint Etienne “Only Love Can Break Your Heart” (1991)
862. Violent Femmes “American Music” (1991)
863. Cracker “Teen Angst (what the World Needs Now)” (1992)
864. Paul Westerberg “Dyslexic Heart” (1992)
865. Fugees “Ready Or Not” (1996)
866. Seal “Crazy” (1991)
867. Soup Dragons “Divine Thing” (1992)
868. Red Hot Chili Peppers “Scar Tissue” (1999)
869. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Red Right Hand” (1994)
870. Ani Difranco “Little Plastic Castle” (1998)

871. Live “I Alone” (1994)
872. Spice Girls “Wannabe”” (1996)
873. Sonic Youth “Bull in the Heather” (1994)
874. Wilco “Box Full of Letters” (1995)
875. Arrested Development “Tennessee” (1992)
876. Del Amitri “Roll to Me” (1995)
877. Cornershop “Sleep on the Left Side” (1998)
878. Paw “Hope I Die Tonight” (1995)
879. A Tribe Called Quest “I Left My Wallet in El Segundo” (1990)
880. Bad Religion “21st Century Digital Boy” (1994)

881. Supergrass “Cheapskate” (1997)
882. Jayhawks “Blue” (1995)
883. Teenage Fanclub “Star Sign” (1991)
884. Sugar “If I Can’t Change Your Mind” (1992)
885. Breeders “Divine Hammer” (1993)
886. Primus “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver” (1991)
887. Black Crowes “Hard to Handle” (1990)
888. Smashing Pumpkins “Tonight Tonight” (1995)
889. Dave Matthews Band “Lover Lay Down” (1999)
890. Tori Amos “God” (1994)

891. Big Pun with Joe “Still Not a Player” (1998)
892. Frogpond “Talk to Me” (1996)
893. G. Love and Special Sauce “Baby’s Got Sauce” (1994)
894. Catherine Wheel “Waydown” (1995)
895. Toad the Wet Sprocket “Fall Down” (1994)
896. Smoking Popes “Need You Around” (1995)
897. Third Eye Blind “Graduate” (1997)
898. Orbital “The Box” (1996)
899. De La Soul “A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays” (1991)
900. Snow “Informer” (1993)

901. Jewel “You Were Meant for Me” (1995)
902. Better Than Ezra “Rosealia” (1993)
903. The Cranberries “Zombie” (1994)
904. Dido “Thank You” (1999)
905. Treble Charger “Red” (1994)
906. John Mellencamp “Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)” (1996)
907. Squirrel Nut Zippers “Hell (The Afterlife)” (1996)
908. Pretenders “I’ll Stand by You” (1994)
909. Barenaked Ladies “The Old Apartment” (1996)

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Saturday, July 20, 1996

2pac “California Love” hit #1

California Love

2pac with Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman

Writer(s): Tupac Shakur, Andre Young, Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Mikel Hooks, Norman Durham, Ronald Hudson, Woody Cunningham, Joe Cocker, Chris Stainton, James Anderson (uncredited) (see lyrics here)

Released: December 3, 1995

First Charted: February 9, 1996

Peak: 12 US, 2 CB, 31 GR, 35 RR, 6 RB, 6 UK, 51 CN, 4 AU, 25 DF (Click for codes to charts.)

Sales (in millions): 4.4 US, 0.6 UK

Airplay/Streaming (in millions): -- radio, 284.66 video, 586.14 streaming

Awards:

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About the Song:

Tupac Shakur was born in 1971 in New York City but lived in Baltimore and eventually the San Francisco Bay Area. Both his parents were political activists and members of the Black Panther Party. His “revolutionary pedigree was one of his big selling points” SG when he launched his solo career in 1991 with the album 2Pacalypse Now. In 1993, he scored a pair of top-20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 with “I Get Around” and “Keep Ya Head Up.” He was also becoming a movie star and finding himself in legal trouble. In 1993, he was arrested after a gunfight with two off-duty cops in Atlanta. He shot and wounded both of them, but claimed self-defense and the charges were dropped.

While on trial for sexual assault, he was shot five times. He was convinced it was set up by former friend and rapper Biggie Smalls and the subsequent rivalry between them “mushroomed into the East Coast/West Coast feud, which became the dominant narrative in rap music in the late ’90s.” SG While in prison for the assault charge, his third album Me Against the World debuted at #1, making him the first incarcerated artist to top the Billboard album chart. SG He would also land his first top-10 hit with “Dear Mama.”

Suge Knight, the “the notorious co-founder of Death Row Records,” SG arranged for 2Pac’s bond and appeal in exchange for him signing with Death Row, a move which furthered the East Coast/West Coast rivalry. 2pac’s label debut was the double album All Eyez on Me in 1996. It debuted at #1 and has since been certified diamond for ten million in sales.

The double A-side single “How Do U Want It” and “California Love” topped the Billboard Hot 100. The latter “might be the anthem that filled up the air in the summer of 1996.” SG It “might not be the best 2Pac song, and it may not be Pac’s definitive song” SG but “so much about ‘California Love’ is just perfect. There’s the Dr. Dre production with the royal horn-fanfares and the stabbing pianos. There’s computer-funk wizard Roger Troutman slathering his voicebox bleat all over everything…There’s Pac himself, bringing unreal levels of charisma to his verse.” SG

Dre built the “celebration fo the California hip-hop lifestyle” SF on a sample from Joe Cocker’s 1972 song “Woman to Woman” and incorporates Troutman’s 1981 song “So Ruff, So Tuff.” Dre and 2Pac “rap about the vibrant activity and creativity they constantly encounter, but also warn about the gang violence, crime and social ills.” SF

Less than two months later, 2Pac was murdered after a Mike Tyson boxing match in Las Vegas. “After he died, he became a symbol for a lot of things — Black pride, defiance, outlaw romance, unresolved internal conflicts, senseless slaughter.” SG The case remains unsolved.

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Saturday, March 2, 1996

2pac hit #1 with All Eyez on Me

All Eyez on Me

Tupac (2pac) Shakur

Released: February 13, 1996

Peak: 12 US, 13 RB, 32 UK, 11 CN, 19 AU

Sales (in millions): 5.89 US, 0.30 UK, 8.90 world (includes US and UK), 24.66 EAS

Genre: rap

Tracks, Disc 1:

Song Title (Writers) [time] (date of single release, chart peaks) Click for codes to charts.

  1. Ambition Az a Ridah
  2. All Bout U (with Snoop Doggy Dogg, Nair Dogg, & Dru Down)
  3. Skandalouz (with Nate Dogg)
  4. Got My Mind Made Up (with Dat Nigga Daz, Kurupt, & Redman)
  5. How Do U Want It (with K-Ci & JoJo) (6/4/96, 12 BB, 13 RB, 17 UK, 24 AU)
  6. 2 of Americaz Most Wanted (with Snoop Doggy Dogg) (5/7/96, 26 BB, 10 RB)
  7. No More Pain
  8. Heartz of Men
  9. Life Goes On
  10. Only God Can Judge Me (with Rappin’ 4 Tay)
  11. Tradin’ War Stories (with Dramacydal, C-BO, Storm, & CPD)
  12. California Love (with Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman) (12/3/95, 12 BB, 2 CB, 31 GR, 35 RR, 6 B, 6 UK, 51 CN, 4 AU, 26 DF)
  13. I Ain’t Mad at Cha (with Danny Boy) (4/6/96, 58 BB, 18 RB, 13 UK, 47 AU)
  14. What’z Ya Phone # (with Danny Boy)

Tracks, Disc 2:

  1. Can’t C Me (with George Clinton)
  2. Shorty Wanna Be a Thug
  3. Holla at Me
  4. Wonda Why They Call U Bitch
  5. When We Ride (with Outlaw Immortalz)
  6. Thug Passion
  7. Picture Me Rollin’ (with Jewel, Dramacydal, & C-BO)
  8. Check Out Time (with Kurupt & Big Syke)
  9. Rather Be Ya Nigga (with Richie Rich)
  10. All Eyez on Me (with Big Syke)
  11. Run tha Streetz (with Michel’le, Mutha, & Storm)
  12. Ain’t Hard 2 Find (with E-40, B-Legit, & C-BO)
  13. Heaven Ain’t Hard 2 Find

Total Running Time: 132:20

Rating:

4.286 out of 5.00 (average of 19 ratings)

Awards:

(Click on award to learn more).

About the Album:

2pac’s third album, Me Against the World, was released while he was serving a prison term for sexual abuse. It made him a superstar, reaching the pinnacle on the Billboard album chart and going double platinum. All Eyez on Me became the rapper’s second album to debut at #1 and sold even more copies than its predecessor.

It was his first release after signing with Death Row, a label helmed by Suge Knight “that dealt exclusively in…gangsta rap.” TB Unlike some of his peers, 2pac “really did come from the background of bleak, inner-city violence he rapped about.” TB It showed him “hardened and hungry” AM as he “unleashed all his pent-up frustrations into creating a larger-than-life gangsta rap persona.” CQ “Nobody was going to rep the West Coast harder than he was, as demonstrated by the unadulterated aggression of Ambitionz Az a Ridah.” CQ Throughout the album, he rapped “about his experiences in poverty and in luxury.” WK

He was eager “to throw down a monumental epic whose sheer scope would make it an achievement of itself.” AM It was “the first double-disc album of original material in hip-hop history.” AM This album finds him “backing off the sober self-recognition of Me Against the World. Sure, there are a few reflective numbers and dead-homiez tributes, but they’re much more romanticized this time around. All Eyez on Me is 2Pac the thug icon in all his brazen excess, throwing off all self-control and letting it all hang out – even if some of it would have been better kept to himself.” AM

As implied by the title, 2pac’s fourth album reflects how “he’d been affected by several years of living in the spotlight. He sounds somewhat paranoid, quick to draw conclusions about people and their motives; on Only God Can Judge Me, he muses, ‘Perhaps I was blind to the facts, stabbed in the back / I couldn’t trust my own homies, just a bunch of dirty rats.’” TM

“Among Shakur’s enduring contributions to hip-hop is his effective use of R&B-style hooks, repetitive and often sung catchphrases. These offset the brutality of the All Eyez raps with basic structure. Can’t C Me, one of several tightly wound Dr. Dre productions, features the sepulchral vocals of George Clinton doing a P-Funk thing; All About U contains a refrain sung by Nate Dogg over a beat that flirts with disco.” TM

“The production of Dre, DJ Pooh, DJ Quik, and Johnny J round out All Eyez on Me by finally offering Pac a soundtrack that could fully match his talents.” CQ It is “easily the best production he’s ever had on record.” AM Johnny J’s work is most notable on the club smash How Do U Want It AM and Dr. Dre “contributes another surefire single in California Love (which, unfortunately, is present only as a remix, not the original hit version). Both hits are on the front-loaded first disc, which would be a gangsta classic in itself.” AM

This is “an accurate depiction of what made him such a volatile and compelling personality.” AM “From the social commentary of the still-relevant Brenda’s Got a Baby to the unbridled rage of Hit ‘Em Up and everything in between, Tupac’s range as a rapper remains unparalleled.” CQ

“Other highlights include the anthemic Snoop Dogg duet 2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted, All About U (with the required Nate Dogg-sung hook)” AM “and the introspection of I Ain’t Mad at Cha,” CQ “a tribute to old friends who’ve gotten off the streets.” AM There are also “showcases for his group The Outlawz like Thug Passion.” CQ

The two-hour-plus “ode to the gangsta lifestyle isn’t without its warts.” CQ “Despite some good moments, the second disc is slowed by filler and countless guest appearances, plus a few too many thug-lovin’ divas crooning their loyalty. Erratic though it may be,” AM “Pac’s burning passion elevates the album to another level.” CQ All Eyez on Me is “carried off with the assurance of a legend in his own time, and it stands as 2Pac’s magnum opus.” AM Sadly, it was his last album (other than posthumous releases). He was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas in September 1996.

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