To celebrate the , we'll be looking back and posting playlists from each year of the show. As music has evolved over the years, so have our playlists, which have grown to reflect many genres and styles of music.
Today we're focusing on 1993. While grunge rock was still commanding attention from audiences, sitting at the top of the pop charts at the end of 1993 were songs and albums by hip-hop and R&B artists, including , , , , Cypress Hill, Jodeci, and the soundtrack to The Bodyguard, which included 's timeless "I Will Always Love You."
Underneath the pop charts, 1993 saw the release of seminal releases in every niche imaginable, including albums by (Last Splash), (Anodyne), (Debut), (Reachin'), (Gentlemen), KRS-One (Return of the Boom Bap), as well as albums from singer-songwriters like 's The Wheel, and 's Perfectly Good Guitar. The year also saw the release of timeless debuts by (Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?), (August And Everything After), , (Exile In Guyville), (Plantation Lullabies), and (Pablo Honey).
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