Bobby & the Xennials: Abobalypse 91

1991. A pretty amazing year for music imho. It saw the release of some truly groundbreaking albums. Dance music still dominated the charts with chirpy house anthems whilst the underground rave scene continued to explode and crossover. Hip hop’s commercial stature had stepped up too, whilst jazz-lead boom bap dominated during the midst of the “golden era”. The stature of alternative rock was back in the spotlight as indie, shoegaze and grunge came to chart prominence. Soul was split between the re-emergence of jazz-funk bands in the acid jazz scene in the UK and new jack swing continued to dominate the US. The world was going through it’s own changes with the dawn of the internet upon us. Despite the politricks, this was sonically a very cool & exciting time; there were still the pop sensibilities but mostly things got deep, moody and explorative.. Or maybe that was my state of mind as an emo-full teenager approaching the end of my school years.

30 years ago, music sounded like this…

BobaFatt, 2021.

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Massive Attack - Safe From Harm
Massive Attack - Five Man Army
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Sir Psycho Sexy
Shabba Ranks ft. Maxi Priest - Housecall
Nirvana - Breed
Nirvana - In Bloom
Praise - Only You (Laker Boy Mix)
Martika - Love… Thy Will Be Done
Prince - Love… Thy Will Be Done
Extreme - More Than Words
Gang Starr - Step In The Arena (instrumental)
Young Disciples ft. Outlaw Posse - Step Right On
Primal Scream - Come Together
Shanice - I Love Your Smile
Transglobal Underground - Temple Head
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
Slint - Good Morning, Captain
A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin’ Out
A Tribe Called Quest - Check The Rhime
A Tribe Called Quest - Excursions
Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - If You Have To Ask
Troop, Levert & Queen Latifah - For The Love Of Money
Poor Righteous Teachers - Shakiyla
Zoë - Sunshine On A Rainy Day
PM Dawn - Set Adrift On Memory Bliss
Tara Kemp - Hold You Tight
Nikki D - Daddy’s Little Girl
Prince - Gett Off
Soho - Hippychick
Young Disciples - Get Yourself Together
Brand New Heavies - Never Stop
Color Me Badd - I Wanna Sex You Up
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Suck My Kiss
R.E.M. - Belong
R.E.M. - Low
Yo Yo ft. Ice Cube - You Can’t Play With My Yo-Yo (remix)
Public Enemy - Can’t Truss It
Nice & Smooth - Hip Hop Junkies
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien - Mistadobalina
Black Sheep - The Choice Is Yours (revisited)
Cypress Hill - How I Could Just Kill A Man
Seal - Crazy
Digital Underground ft. 2Pac - Same Song
Hi-Five - I Like The Way (The Kissing Game)
Sounds Of Blackness - Optimistic
Quartz ft. Dina Carroll - It’s Too Late
De La Soul - Ring Ring Ring
Divinyls - I Touch Myself
Salt n Pepa - Let’s Talk About Sex
Simply Red - Something Got Me Started
Prince - Money Don’t Matter 2 Night
(Wu Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M. (acapella))
My Bloody Valentine - Glider (Andy Weatherall remix)
Blur - There’s No Other Way
Lisa Lisa & Cult Jan - Let The Beat Hit Em
UMCs - One To Grow On
Candi Staton - You Got The Love (Eren’s Bootleg mix)
Massive Attack - Unfinished Sympathy (Paul Oakenfold mix / LP version)
De La Soul - A Rollerskating Jam Named Saturday (Disco Fever mix)
Pete Rock & CL Smooth - The Creator
Kym Sims - Too Blind To See It (Hurley’s House mix)
CeCe Peniston - Finally
Heavy D & The Boyz - Now That We Found Love
Chesney Hawkes - The One And Only
Nirvana - Lithium
Orbital - Belfast
The Future Sound Of London - Papua New Guinea
Jinny - Keep Warm
Rhythm On The Loose - Break Of Dawn
Moby - Go
Metallica - Enter Sandman
James - Sit Down
Altern 8 - Activ-8
Quadrophonia - Quadprophonia
The Prodigy - Charly
Shades Of Rhythm - Extacy
Bizarre Inc - Playing With Knives
Rebel MC - The Wickedest Sound (Don Gorgon mix)
SL2 - Way In My Brain
Scorpions - Wind Of Change
Pearl Jam - Alive
Guns n Roses - You Could Be Mine
Ice Cube - No Vaseline
Lenny Kravitz - It Ain’t Over ’Til It’s Over

Also featuring clips from:
What About Bob?, The Simpsons, Ren & Stimpy, Tomorrow’s World, TOTP, Dance Energy, Rapido, Spiral Tribe, Casey Kasem, Soul Train, Naked Gun 2 1/2, New Jack City, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey, Silence Of The Lambs, Thelma & Louise, Boyz N The Hood, Drop Dead Fred, City Slickers, Frankie & Johnny, Terminator 2, Point Break, Hook, Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves, Curly Sue, Twin Peaks, Human Traffic, TFI Fridays & more.

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