99 Songs Ricca Loves from the 90s

👋 The final episode is here! Today marks the completion of 99 Songs Ricca Loves from the 90s —and it's been a great journey. We've covered world-conquering superstars, but for Episode 100, I wanted to salute the true heroes of the music scene: the indie band. 🎸 Ep. 100 is Chords Like This by Alberta legends The Smalls . 💥 Thank you all for taking this ride with me!

👋The final year of the old millennium sees the emergence of the new one's first superstar. Verbally dexterous, mischievous as hell, and co-signed by Dr. Dre, Eminem storms the scene.   E99 is Hi, My Name Is… by Eminem   Plus: rub on ya titties, but only if Simon Says.   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H...

🌽Time for the greatest feel-good, rage-out, head-nod, nu-metal, rap-rock disco song by any band I've ever personally met at a peeler bar.   E98 is Got the Life by Korn   Plus: guitars and rappers are getting down all over the place!   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   Stream my m...

👦🪨🤘Millions love him. Millions don't. There's only one Kid Rock!   E97 is Bawitdaba by Kid Rock   Plus   a veteran diva popularizes a new production technique and a cartoon Canadian dance band straight disses you.   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   Stream my music Spotify http...

💔Here for a good time, not a long time. Lauryn Hill leaves the Fugees, gives us one of the decade's greatest albums, then exits stage left. E96 is I Used to Love Him by Lauryn Hill featuring Mary J Blige Plus: Everyone freaks out over the upcoming millennium and TLC declares your humble host undateable.   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spoti...

⚫👁️🫛The humble, underground, excellent beginnings of one of the 2000s most successful pop juggernauts. E95 is Head Bobs by Black Eyed Peas, released in the year 4 B.F. (Before Fergie) Plus: My two favourite hip hop groups of all time release new albums and a girl from Louisiana turns head while bringing heat to her high school hallway.   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themse...

🤘🎸Our 94th instalment, wherein your humble host and narrator moves to a new land, joins a band, dives into a wonderful heavy metal scene he has no real business in, and must choose a favourite song.   E94 is Sugar by System of a Down   Plus: The Beasties go electric, Sixpence None the Richer appeal to my sensitive side, and Robbie Williams strips down to his bones and organs.   🎉Stay in Touch w...

🎤🥊The best diss track of all time? One of hip-hop's most dynamic lyricists shows us how to win a battle…and lose a war. E93 is Second Round Knockout by Canibus   Plus: Cornershop and Fatboy Slim celebrate Asha, while Brandy and Monica fight over boys.   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54...

🦧🧬One of alt-rock's heaviest hitters return to music television with an animated video for a jangly, clanging banger.   E92 is Do the Evolution by Pearl Jam   Plus: Massive Attack with a beautiful track, Next get aroused, and Beenie Man searches for his car keys.   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?s...

🎺🎤Was the hip-hop-jazz era something new and beautiful under the sun? Or a tired re-hash? "Some people won't dance if they don't know who's singing. Why ask your head? It's your hips that are swinging."   E91 is History Repeating by Propellerheads feat. Miss Shirley Bassey   Plus: Soldiers in New Orleans and love in the old folks home.   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themse...

🍁🎤A landmark Canadian hip-hop classic, built on the age-old rap philosophy that if you want someone to remember your name, put it in the chorus!   E90   is Northern Touch by Rascalz, Checkmate, Kardinal Offishall, Thrust, and Choclair!   Plus: Industrial Bowie and a SoCal band writes a song for Lana Del Ray to cover.     🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify h...

🎤🍎One of hip-hop's finest wordsmith's atop one of my favourite beats.   E89 is Where I'm From by Jay Z   Plus: A memorial song is rebooted, one of my favourite groups are back, and a star is born   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   Stream my music Spotify https://open.spotify.co...

🎸Who wanted to know about Jimmy Ray? What was the confusion? Who IS Jimmy Ray? It's best to embrace one's guilty pleasures, guilt-free. Revisit this classic 90s track today.   E88 is Are You Jimmy Ray by Jimmy Ray   Plus: Tracks from a true force, someone who shares my birthday, and a modern day jailbird. 🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spoti...

🇬🇧 You thought there wasn't going to be a Spice Girls episode? Hai! Si! Ja! Hold tight! Spice up your life by listening to episode 87 today!   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   Stream my music Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3cepcnEtdetdHZDtn5vlm9?si=0oCqHKq8RPiSP_IdysKzew...

📟Some musical partnerships seem almost pre-destined, or divinely designed. John & Paul, Elton & Bernie…Missy and Timbaland? Yes!   E86 is Beep Me 9-1-1 by Missy Elliot feat. 702 and Magoo, produced by Timbaland   Plus: KRS is back, NSync are here, and Clef is channeling his inner Bee-Gee       🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playl...

🇦🇺One of the greatest bands of the 80s saved some magic for the 90s! Better than Oasis?   Episode 85 is Elegantly Wasted by INXS   Plus: Odes to dolls, superheroes, California drinking and more!   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   Stream my music Spotify https://open.spotify.com/a...

🍎🎹Regret, self-loathing, and fantastic instrumentation are the hallmarks of a 90s classic from an up and coming artist whose talent was already beyond her years. Episode 84 is Criminal by Fiona Apple Plus: The French robots are here and a Nova Scotia rap pioneer has the curse of the girth 🍆   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/play...

❤️🎺Intriguing lyrics, a choice jazz sample, and a funky rhythm section make this one hit wonder a staple of any 90s playlist.   Episode 83 is Your Woman by White Town!   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   Stream my music Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/3cepcnEtdetdHZDtn5vl...

💀🐍Different songs mean different things. This one means someone is about to get a mud hole stomped in their a**.   If you wanna hear E82: Stone Cold Theme by Jim Johnston, gimme a hell yeah!   #90sMusic #MusicPodcast #90sClassics #90sNostalgia #90sVibes #90sWrestling   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H...

🇬🇧😃Just try not to smile when you listen to this funky, upbeat song from the 90s most ultra-loveable British band.   E81 is Alright by Jamiroquai   Plus: Room 112 is where the playas dwell and Beck drops what is possibly his greatest album.   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   Str...

🏇An equestrian approach to romance and the arrival of a new super producer make this 90s R&B jam a memorable staple of any 90s playlist. E80 is Pony by Ginuwine. Plus: We're High Fivin', High, and Ready to Go!   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   Stream my music Spotify https://op...

🐐🎤One of Hip-Hop's G.O.A.T.s stakes his claim! An infectious, outlandish, timeless classic declares the true arrival of a singular MC for the ages. E79 is Woo-Hah Got You All in Check by Busta Rhymes Plus: We ride the train all by ourselves toward a big bang.     🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=...

🤪🤓The man was weird before weird was cool…   E78 is Weird Al Yankovic's The Alternative Polka Hear these 90s classics how they were never meant to be heard: polkafied!   Plus: My favourite Tracy Chapman song and the return of Alice in Chains   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   S...

⬅️🇺🇸❤️A pivotal 90s figure at a critical crossroads teams with a legendary producer to create an instant classic.   E77 is California Love by Tupac feat. Dr. Dre   Plus: Joan Osborne asks us to find God in one another. And one of my absolute favourite hip hop beats of all time. (Hint: It's Wu-related!) California Love on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3ia3dJETSOllPsv3LJkE35?si=e714e0ddd42...

🎶Oooh La La La…. It's a classic hip-hop song from a classic album E76 is Fu-Gee-La by Fugees! PLUS! Bonus interview with my good friend Ryan O'Connell who stops by to tell me about some tracks I might have missed.   🎉Stay in Touch with Ricca Razor Sharp The 99 Songs Themselves on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5bt1g2HXxTBZ6NO80l5H8U?si=ba80e3ef54014b01   Stream my music Spotify https:...