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Throwing it back to 1999: What a year!

We’re taking it back to 1999 — an hour packed with the year’s biggest tunes: Eminem, Destiny’s Child, 2Pac, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Mary J. Blige, Sisqo, Babyface, Kelis & more!

Throwback Thursday is dialling it back to 1999 — a year that delivered some of the biggest anthems in Black music. Expect nothing but classics from the likes of Eminem, Destiny’s Child, 2Pac, Busta Rhymes, Mary J. Blige, Kelis, Blaque, Sisqo, Babyface, Nas and more. From R&B to hip-hop, these are the sounds that defined the end of the 90s. Get ready for an hour of pure nostalgia — only on 1Xtra’s Throwback Thursday.

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1 hour

Last on

Fri 22 Aug 2025 04:30

Music Played

  • 2Pac

    Changes (feat. Talent)

    • Jive.
  • Destiny’s Child

    Bug a Boo

    • Columbia.
  • Dreem Teem vs Neneh Cherry

    Buddy X '99 (Vocal Mix)

  • Mary J. Blige

    Give Me You

    • MCA.
  • ó

    Got To Get It

    • Def Soul.
  • Blaque

    808

    • Sony.
  • Donell Jones & Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes

    U Know What's Up

    • U Know What's Up.
    • Laface/Arista.
  • 702

    Where My Girls At

    • Motown.
  • Will Smith & Dru Hill

    Wild Wild West

  • Destiny’s Child

    Hey Ladies

    • The Writing's On The Wall.
    • Sony.
    • 9.
  • Mary J. Blige

    Deep Inside

    • Universal.
  • Method Man & Redman

    Da Rockwilder

    • Def Jam 1985-2001 The History Of Hip Hop, Volume 1.
    • Def Jam.
  • Eminem & Dr. Dre

    My Name Is

    • Interscope.
  • Kelis

    Caught Out There

    • Caught Out There.
    • Star Trak.
  • Busta Rhymes

    Dangerous

    • Jive.
  • Destiny’s Child

    Get On The Bus (feat. Timbaland)

    • The Writing's On The Wall.
    • Columbia.
    • 17.

Broadcasts

  • Thu 26 Jun 2025 00:00
  • Sun 6 Jul 2025 03:00
  • Fri 25 Jul 2025 00:00
  • Sun 17 Aug 2025 01:00
  • Fri 22 Aug 2025 04:30