Did anyone mention these singles from 1996?


Foxy Brown feat. Jay-Z "I'll Be"

1996 ::: I remember I was a high school freshman, still trying to "find myself." Janet's The Velvet Rope was still a year away (which was the album that "changed my life"). I wasn't a Janet fan at this point (still pretty much casual), so I remember listening to the radio all the time. I guess, this is when I first started realizing I really loved music because I would listen to Power 106, 92.3 The Beat and Groove Radio 103.1 a lot. MP3s didn't exist for me for another 3 years -- no downloading whatsoever -- so I was still dubbing music off of the radio onto Maxell cassettes. I do remember being a huge Spice Girls fan when I was 15! (Hey, it was adolescence, so all you uptight orgers, gimme a break!) I grew up in Los Angeles, and west coast rap was HUGE at the time, so a lot of hood jams are in my list!

This list is 1996 AUTHENTIC, it doesn't include stuff I discovered years later from that year, but what I was actually INTO at that time as a high schooler...

Aaliyah :: One In A Million
Skee-Lo :: I Wish
Skee-Lo :: Top of The Stairs
Coolio :: I Remember
Crucial Conflict :: Hay
Groove Theory :: Tell Me
Sneaker Pimps :: Six Underground
Notorious BIG & Da Brat :: Listen To The B-Side
Mariah Carey :: Fantasy (Bad Boy Remix feat. ODB)
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony :: Foe Da Love of $ (feat. Eazy E)
69 Boyz :: Tootsie Roll (Remix)
Nate Dogg & Snoop Dogg :: Never Leave Me Alone
Funkmaster Flex / Sadat X & Akinyele :: Loud Hangover
Westside Connection :: Bow Down
Westside Connection :: Gangstas Make The World Go 'Round
WC & The Maad Circle :: West Up!
Green Day :: When I Come Around
Grand Puba :: I Like It
Rappin' 4-Tay :: I'll Be Around
Subway feat. 702 :: This Li'l Game We Play
Coolio :: Mama, I'm In Love Wit A Gangsta
Coolio :: County Line
Something For The People :: My Love Is The Shh!
MC Lyte & Xscape :: Keep On, Keepin' On (from the Sunset Park SDTK)
LL Cool J :: Loungin' (Who Do Ya Luv?) (Remix feat. Total)
Lost Boyz :: Music Makes Me High
Corona :: Baby Baby
Sean Levert :: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
Domino :: Tales From The Hood
Dr. Dre :: Keep They Heads Ringin'
Michael Jackson & Janet Jackson :: Scream
Dove Shack :: Summertime In The LBC
Toni Braxton :: Let It Flow
Quo :: Quo Funk
Lucas :: Lucas With The Lid Off
Scatman :: I'm The Scatman
La Bouche :: Sweet Dreams
M People :: Open Up Your Heart
Lost Boyz :: Lex Coups, Bimaz & Benz
Lost Boyz :: Get Up
Camp Lo :: Luchini (This Is It)
Charm Farm :: Superstar (Vission & Lorimer Utopia Radio Edit)
Xscape :: Do You Want To
Whoridas :: Shot Callin' & Big Ballin'
Tre Black :: Put Ya Back Into It
Spice Girls :: Wannabe
Spice Girls :: Say You'll Be There
Spice Girls :: 2 Become 1
Ginuwine :: Pony
Eightball & MJG :: Space Age Pimpin'
E-40 :: Sprinkle Me
E-40 :: Slurricane
The Click :: Scandalous
Celly Cell :: It's Goin' Down
Brandy :: Sittin' Up In My Room
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony :: 1st of Tha Month
2Pac :: All About U
TLC :: Creep
Foxy Brown :: I'll Be (feat. Jay-Z)
Madonna :: I'll Remember
Madonna :: Take A Bow
Luniz :: I Got 5 On It (Remix feat. Dru Down, Shock G, Richie Rich, E-40, Spice 1)
Janet Jackson :: Runaway
Group Home :: Livin' Proof

::: CASSINGLES I bought in 1996

The Brand New Heavies :: Sometimes
Whodini :: Keep Running Back (WTH was I thinking when I purchased this?)
Da Brat :: Sittin' On Top of The World
Celine Dion :: My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From 'Titanic')

I still have all these cassingles and mixtapes in a rubbermaid container.

Well... "our" era, right guys?

Wow you are a baby. I had my third kid by then.

you are pretty awesome for a youngin'.

I'm still digging for rap albums from that year that are similiar in sound to Lost Boyz' Legal Drug Money...

Well... "our" era, right guys?

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Now I just want to shine a spotlight this album for a minute. When Aaliyah's "One In A Million" came out -- that whole album was bumpin'. I still remember the first time I heard the title track from this CD on the radio -- I was shocked. This album signalled a turning point in R&B as far as "sound" was concern. I never heard beats like that. Timbaland was still new, so when the single "One In A Million" hit it, his productions sounded like nothing that was out at the time. I tripped out when I heard those heavy, start-stop machine drum beats on this track. Everybody was bumpin' this song in Los Angeles back then.

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Now I just want to shine a spotlight this album for a minute. When Aaliyah's "One In A Million" came out -- that whole album was bumpin'. I still remember the first time I heard the title track from this CD on the radio -- I was shocked. This album signalled a turning point in R&B as far as "sound" was concern. I never heard beats like that. Timbaland was still new, so when the single "One In A Million" hit it, his productions sounded like nothing that was out at the time. I tripped out when I heard those heavy, start-stop machine drum beats on this track. Everybody was bumpin' this song in Los Angeles back then.

CinisterCee said:

Yeah. It is so amazing yet cool to meet so many people on the org who are around our age or younger and who were babies or toddlers when the songs they like by Prince or other artists of the 80s.

For awhile before I joined the org, I thought I was alone. But not anymore.
[Edited 2/16/06 21:58pm]

Well... "our" era, right guys?

Anybody else love the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack??? Movie soundtracks used to be so good during that time.

dewalliz said:

I KNOW!!!! I couldnt believe that there were quite a few people that are my age here reminiscing. I used to be ashamed to admit that I used to record from the radio than buy cd's. All my money went to the damn marching band.

Anybody else love the "Waiting to Exhale" soundtrack??? Movie soundtracks used to be so good during that time.