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.
On radio
Music Played
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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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Sisqó
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
- Sony.
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Mary J. Blige
Deep Inside
- Universal.
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Method Man & Redman
Da Rockwilder
- Def Jam.
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Eminem & Dr. Dre
My Name Is
- Interscope.
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Kelis
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)
- Columbia.
Broadcasts
- Thu 26 Jun 202500:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Sun 6 Jul 202503:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Fri 25 Jul 202500:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Sun 17 Aug 202501:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Fri 22 Aug 202504:30BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Thursday00:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Wednesday04:30BBC Radio 1Xtra
- Next Sunday01:00BBC Radio 1Xtra
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