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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2Pac
Changes (feat. Talent)
- Jive.
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Destiny’s Child
Bug a Boo
- Columbia.
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Dreem Teem vs Neneh Cherry
Buddy X '99 (Vocal Mix)
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Mary J. Blige
Give Me You
- MCA.
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Got To Get It
- Def Soul.
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Blaque
808
- Sony.
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Donell Jones & Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
U Know What's Up
- Laface/Arista.
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702
Where My Girls At
- Motown.
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Will Smith & Dru Hill
Wild Wild West
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Destiny’s Child
Hey Ladies
- The Writing's On The Wall.
- Sony.
- 9.
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Mary J. Blige
Deep Inside
- Universal.
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Method Man & Redman
Da Rockwilder
- Def Jam 1985-2001 The History Of Hip Hop, Volume 1.
- Def Jam.
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Eminem & Dr. Dre
My Name Is
- Interscope.
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Kelis
Caught Out There
- Caught Out There.
- Star Trak.
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Busta Rhymes
Dangerous
- Jive.
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Destiny’s Child
Get On The Bus (feat. Timbaland)
- The Writing's On The Wall.
- Columbia.
- 17.
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