Best downtempo songs of the 1990s
Hip-hop moved to the center and has not left. Grunge cleared out the arena rock standing in front of it. Dance music grew an audience that listened at home rather than in a club, while sample clearance got expensive enough that producers had to get sharper about what they took.
Songs from the downtempo albums of the 1990s, ordered by their own ratings rather than the record's.
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Noah's Toilet (Fuqua and Sycophants Version)Coldcut · Let Us Replay! - 50The Tale of Miss Virginia Epitome (feat. Salena Saliva)Coldcut · Let Us Replay!
One great song, one bad album
Tracks carry their own ratings here, so a record you would never play front to back can still have a song worth defending.
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