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[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #44: 1993

[Image description: a collage of photos of the 10 musicians and musical groups featured in this poll. In order from left to right, top to bottom: Whitney Houston, Tag Team, UB40, Janet Jackson, Silk, SWV, Shai, Mariah Carey, Wreckx-n-Effect, Snow. End description]

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Another big year for R&B, especially R&B with a new jack swing influence. Whitney Houston's cover of I Will Always Love You for The Bodyguard soundtrack is not the first example of a soundtrack ballad reaching these polls, but it's certainly one of the biggest. The song beat all of Whitney Houston's previously-held longevity records and as of this writing it's still number 60 on Billboard's All-Time Top 100 chart.

Barely missing the eligibility for this poll is the solo debut album of Dr. Dre. The Chronic was released in 1992, helping to cement the sound of west coast rap, specifically G-funk. As the name would suggest, G-funk is largely influenced by funk music (with several tracks off The Chronic sampling Parliament-Funkadelic and George Clinton). West Coast rap also had a larger influence from car culture than the East Coast. Not just in subject matter, but in how the production would sound coming out of a car speaker. Reality rap (or gangster rap, as it would later be more widely called) was already controversial in the 1980's, especially the tracks criticizing the militant police presence in Los Angeles. This controversy would only grow in the early 90's, but so too would the mainstream popularity of the sound. With the East Coast and the West Coast having their own distinct styles and champions under their belts (especially after the formation of Bad Boy Records and Death Row Records), the rivalry between the two scenes was starting to get intense. How much of this rivalry could be boiled down to kayfabe differed depending on who you asked at the time. There is a lot that has been said about this era from a vast number of different standpoints. And as we move through the years, we'll see even more distinct scenes and styles start to enter the conversation.

#billboard poll #billboard music #tumblr poll #1990s #90s music #1993 #whitney houston #tag team #ub40 #janet jackson #silk #swv #shai #mariah carey #wreckx-n-effect #snow

[dj-shortandstacked]

It's 5 o' clock somewhere, right? Next is a request from @lucky-jewels.

#song requests #dj shortandstacked #music themes #ub40 #Spotify

[thelongstrangedrivehome2]

playlist for the fifteenth of february twenty twenty-four

Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy

Dimmer - Pacer

UB40 - Red Red Wine

David Bowie - Space Oddity

Marianne Faithful - Guilt

Leonard Cohen - So Long, Marianne

Buzzcocks - Something's Gone Wrong Again

Fleetwood Mac - Gypsy

Nico - Purple Lips

Lady Gaga - Black Jesus + Amen fashion

Belle & Sebastian - The State I Am In

David Bowie - Growing Up

Outkast - Spread

Brian Wilson - Good Vibrations

Stevie Nicks - Free Fallin'

Soundgarden - Blow Up The Outside World

Melissa Etheridge - Precious Pain

Bob Dylan - I'm Not There

R.E.M. - Final Straw

Tash Sultana - Synergy

Fiona Apple - Slow Like Honey

Radiohead - A Punch Up At A Wedding (No No No No No No No No)

The Velvet Underground - New Age

Tina Turner - Pick Me Tonight

A Tribe Called Quest - Footprints

Patti Smith - Elegie

The White Stripes - When I Hear My Name

#massive attack #dimmer #UB40 #david bowie #marianne faithfull #leonard cohen #buzzcocks #fleetwood mac #nico #lady gaga #belle & sebastian #outkast #brian wilson #stevie nicks #soundgarden #tash sultana #melissa etheridge #bob dylan #fiona apple #radiohead #the velvet underground #tina turner #patti smith #the white stripes

[daily-coloring]

Michelle Dockery's BEAUTIFUL rendition of Somewhere Over the Rainbow | T...

#somewhere over the rainbow #this town #this town bbc #ub40 #michelle dockery #Youtube

[jt1674]

#ub40 #signing off #madam medusa

[krispyweiss]

Former Wailers Bassist Aston “Familyman” Barrett Dies at 77

- “My teacher is gone,” Ziggy Marley says

Aston “Familyman” Barrett, the Wailers’ bassist from 1970 until Bob Marley’s death in 1981, died Feb. 3 “after a long medical battle,” the band announced on its social medial platforms.

“The world lost not just an iconic musician and the backbone of the Wailers, but a remarkable human being whose legacy is as immense as his talent,” the announcement said.

Barrett was 77.

“My teacher is gone,” Ziggy Marley said in a statement. “ … We will continue to study his genius for generations to come.”

Post-Wailers, Barrett went on to play with Lee “Scratch” Perry, his former bandmate Peter Tosh, the the Aggrovators and others.

“Your music will live in my heart forever,” Kenny Chesney said of Barrett, who received Jamaica’s Order of Distinction award in 2021.

“As a reggae bass player, … Barrett was obviously one of the best,” UB40 said in a statement. “He was truly inspirational and directly and indirectly inspired us to form our band.”

2/3/24

#ashton familyman barrett #the wailers #bob marley #bob marley and the wailers #lee scratch perry #ziggy marley #the aggrovators #peter tosh #kenny chesney #ub40

[lisamarie-vee]

#ub40 #fine young cannibals #1980s #rock and roll hall of fame

[b-i-r-0]

Rat In Mi Kitchen - UB40 - 1986

#Rat In Mi Kitchen #UB40

[djevilninja]

I'd have sworn, that with time Thoughts of you would leave my head. I was wrong, now I find, Just one thing makes me forget.

UB40 - Red, Red Wine

#ub40 #music #reggae #80s #classic #groove #red red wine

[itsallmadonnasfault]

#Madonna #1987 #You Can Dance #album review #Chris Heath #George Michael #UB40 #Bryan Ferry #George Harrison #Madonna 1987 #Queen Of Pop

[ominous-synths-records]

Zero, Zero Seven Charlie - UB40

Listen to more from this soundtrack

#music #audio #lost media #80s music #vinyl #records #record store #1980s music #two tone #soundtracks #something wild #UB40

[elvisalltheway101]

what made you the person you are now, but before Elvis?

ohhh boy, this is my favorite question 👏

My childhood movies and interests:

I had a whole ass collection, y’all…it wasn’t even funny 😅

Teen Beach, Adam’s Sandler’s movies, are most of what I remember being stuck on when I was a kid.

My music

Sammy J, Eddie Lovette, Aaradhna, UB40, and prince 🤭🤭

(I had a life before Elvis but I still listen to them a lot!)

#sammy j #prince #ub40 #aardhna #Adam sandler #arcchie #Is my shitttt

[mice-rats-daily]

Today’s rat is this rat from the cover art for the single “Rat in Mi Kitchen” by UB40!

#rat #rat in mi kitchen #ub40

[thequietabsolute]

UB40 // Signing Off

from Record Mirror

#ub40 #music #1980s

[miedkha]

#irene jacob #nastassja kinski #beatrice dalle #paris texas #betty blue #true colors red #some girls #red red wine #ub40 #Spotify #indie movies #music of the day

[planetwaving]

tapes my mum gave me

R.E.M. - Automatic For The People / The Smiths - Meat Is Murder / Oasis - Definitely Maybe / George Michael - Listen Without Prejudice / The Cult - Love / James - James / Seal - Seal / Kirtsy MacColl - Kite / The Best of UB40 vol. one

(tapes my dad gave me)

#REM #R.E.M. #the smiths #oasis #definitely maybe #george michael #ub40 #kirsty maccoll #seal #the cult #90s music #cassette tapes