Chicago's Crucial Conflict scored with their one and only hit single, "Hay" in the summer of 1996.
In 1998, Imajin, a quartet of four teenaged musicians, scored a top 40 single with their single "Shorty (You Keep Playin' With My Mind)."
Duice's ode to short shorts had girls from coast to coast rocking their "Dazzey Duks" in 1993.
Nonchalant was a Washington, DC based rapper who released one album, 1996's Until The Day, that spawned a top 40 single in "5 O'Clock."
Pressha got his start as a part of the group Southsyde B.O.I.Z. before he had his only hit single as a solo artist with "Splackavellie" in 1998.
Listening to Glenn Lewis' breakout single, "Don't You Forget It," it was easy to think that Stevie Wonder had finally tapped back into the sound that made his 1970s albums so great.
Goodfellaz had a minor hit in 1996 with "Sugar Honey Iced Tea." Produced by The Family Stand, the song reached number 25 on Billboard's R&B chart.
Laquan was a sixteen-year old emcee from California who enjoyed a mild hit with his single “Now’s The B-Turn” in 1990.
MoKenStef, aka Monifa, Kenya, and Stephanie, hit big in 1995 with their incredibly catchy single "He's Mine."
In 1993, five Compton, CA residents collectively known as D.R.S. had a hit single with “Gangsta Lean,” an ode to their dead homiez.
Sylk-E-Fyne’s debut single “Romeo & Juliet” was one of those cuts that came out back in the ’90s that you heard on the radio all the time.
When one of your younger brothers is the most famous pop singer in the world, you’re bound to reap the benefits. In 1984, at the height of Michael Jackson mania, the eldest of the Jackson children, released her debut single “Centipede.” The song, written and produced by her brother Michael, was a success. It reached […]
