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" ... Baby One More Time"—Britney Spears

60 Songs That Explain the '90s

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Even When You Fart

New kids on the block formed in 1984 under the ages of songwriter, producer and teen pop impresario Maurice star who spent much of the early 80s shepherding new edition to crossover pop stardom. The goal for any aspiring boy band impresario is to create a boy band so popular and lucrative that the boys themselves grow to resent you and ultimately excommunicate you for taking all the money. Johnny Gill was the best member of new edition. Boston Dorchester came out in 1986 and features way more rapping than I thought.

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