60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90s:
THE 2000s
We are so back! Join us on another musical journey through a new decade as Rob Harvilla digs through the biggest songs of the 2000s like only he can. The Strokes, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Arcade Fire, Missy Elliott, Kanye West, and many more are on table. New episodes every Wednesday!
60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90s
(THE PODCAST)
The 1990s were a turning point in music: with the increasingly connected world enabling an unprecedented coalescence of various styles and genres, the decade featured the rapid evolution of sonic artistry — and subsequently shaped the soundscape of eras that followed. Listen along as The Ringer’s preeminent music critic Rob Harvilla curates and explores 60 iconic songs from the ‘90s that define the decade.
PRAISE FOR
60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90s
(THE PODCAST)
“Just the latest in a long line of outstanding pods, Rob. Thanks for everything you’ve done with this series. So supremely entertaining.” ― @seanmcginnis
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“today i have listened to my first ever episode of @harvilla 60 songs that explains the 90s and i began w/ the tmbg episode and i am genuinely shaking with delight” ― @tmrws_money
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“The way you’re going, it’s going to be 600 songs that explain the 90s…and I heartily approve!” ― @Ross_Kav
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“So when is 200 songs that explain the 2000s gonna be announced?” ― @nomorefielders
“Why does there have to be a number? Why can’t it just be “Songs that Explain the 90s”? And go on forever. Please????” ― @lrb_83
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