Throw on your Bandanna, grab your Bo Staff and head to the sewers as we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Song: Splinter's 12 Days of Christmas Album: We Wish You A Turtle Christmas (1994) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: N/A Bonus Fun Fact: This straight to VHS video features the first time the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles rap!
Throw on your Hippie Glassesandtake every little piece of my soul as we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: PM Dawn Song: I'd Die Without You Album: The Bliss Album...? (1993) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: #3 Bonus Fun Fact: This song first appeared on the soundtrack to the Eddie Murphy movie "Boomerang" in 1992!
Throw on your darkest shadesand road trip to Clevelandas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Song: Look Into My Eyes Album: The Art of War (1997) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 4 Bonus Fun Facts: This song was initially released as the third single from the Batman & Robin Motion Picture Soundtrack!
Throw on your bandanaand head to Yonkersas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: DMX Song: Stop Being Greedy Album: It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (1998) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 79 Bonus Fun Facts: The video for this song was shot in Chester, NY! This song features a sample from the Diana Ross song "My Hero Is A Gun" from the movie Mahogany!
Throw on your darkest tinted shadesand head to Lover's Laneas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Mary J. Blige Song: Reminisce Album: What's The 411? (1992) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 57 Bonus Fun Facts: This song features a sample from the song "Stop, Look, Listen" by MC Lyte! The remix of this song features Pete Rock & CL Smooth!
Throw on your Phattest Earringsand head to the dance clubas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Zhane Song: Hey Mr. DJ Album: Pronounced Jah-Nay (1993) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 6 Bonus Fun Facts: This song includes a rap verse provided by Fam of the rap group Rottin Razkals!! This trio was featured on songs from several Naughty By Nature albums, including 19 Naughty III, Poverty's Paradise and IIcons!
Throw on your Timberland Bootsand head on a questas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: A Tribe Called Quest Song: Electric Relaxation Album: Midnight Marauders (1993) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 65 Bonus Fun Facts: This song was used as the Theme to the WB show "The Wayans Bros." for it's first 2 seasons in 1995 & 1996!!
Throw on your Peace necklaceand head to the funkiest place you can findas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: De La Soul
Song: Ego Trippin' (Part II)
Album: Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: N/A
Bonus Fun Facts: This song includes a sample from the song "Harlem Hendoo" recorded by Al Hirt in 1967!!
Throw on your Orlando Magic Jerseyand head to the candy shopas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: 69 Boyz
Song: Tootsee Roll
Album: 199Quad (1994)
Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 8
Bonus Fun Facts: This song took 27 weeks to reach it's peak of #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart! It did this in January of 1995!!
Throw on your shadesand vibe over to Phillyas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Boyz II Men feat. Treach, Craig Mack, Busta Rhymes & Method Man
Song: Vibin' (Remix)
Album: The Remix Collection (1995) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: N/A Bonus Fun Facts: Allegedly, this album was released by Motown against Boyz II Men's wishes and eventually led the group to leave their record label!
Throw on your Kangoland head around the wayas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: LL Cool J Song: Around The Way Girl Album: Mama Said Knock You Out (1990) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 9 Bonus Fun Facts: This song was LL Cool J's 1st top 10 single and features a sample from the song "All Night Long" by the Mary Jane Girls!
The year was 1990 and "Turtlemania" was in full swing. The Ninja Turtles had a crazy successful action figure line from Playmates, the Ninja Turtles animated cartoon was must see TV and the comics by Mirage and Archie were fire! The next major hurdle for the boys in green to conquer was the big screen! I remember finding out about this mind blowing movie while reading the BK Kids Club magazine that was given out at Burger King in the 90's. We got our "1st Degree Ninja Badges" in our meals and poured over the single photo featuring one of the Ninja Turtles in all his live action glory!
When the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie dropped on audiences in March of 1990, my Dad took me and my brother to see this cinematic masterpiece and we loved every second of it. That year and many years after we were fully immersed in the Ninja Turtle marketing machine. We played the video games, ate the cereal, slept under the warmth of the bedsheets and of course rocked out to the official motion picture soundtrack!
We never did call that 900 number in the ad above, but we did own the soundtrack on cassette tape. I still have my original copy and the exclusive sticker that was included inside the packaging still holds a special spot in my old sticker album right next to some other radical renderings of the Turtle Boys.
I never did own the CD version of the TMNT soundtrack when I was a kid, but a few years ago I remedied that situation and bought a brand new copy off ebay for around $5 and yes, it came with another copy of the exclusive sticker!
Since you're all here, we might as well take a peak inside the CD booklet and see what's within it's pages. Here we go!
I loved when CDs or cassettes would include the lyrics to songs. It was a great way to sing along and learn the words for yourself. I can still see myself and my brother sitting in what we dubbed as our "Nintendo Room" playing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game on our Nintendo Entertainment system as we listened to the Ninja Turtles soundtrack on our Walkman cassette players. We would swap the NES controller back and forth. While one of us was playing, the other was jamming out to tunes by M.C. Hammer, Hi-Tek 3 and Partners In Kryme while reading the soundtrack insert. Those were fantastic times spent with my brother and that is one of the main reasons why I love this soundtrack so much. It is filled with personal nostalgia and it also features some bangin' 90's jams!
Do you have any memories of owning or listening to the TMNT movie soundtrack? Do you have a favorite song on the album? Let us know in the comments below and as always...Thanks For Reading!
Throw on your oversized plaid shirtand get your hair braidedas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Coolio Song: Fantastic Voyage Album: It Takes A Thief (1994) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 3 Bonus Fun Facts: This song samples the song "Fantastic Voyage" by Lakeside and the music video was directed by F. Gary Gray!
Throw on your bandana, and head to the blacktopas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Salt-N-Pepa Song: Shoop Album: Very Necessary (1993) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 4 Bonus Fun Facts: This song features a guest verse by rapper Big Twan and the music video was filmed on Coney Island!
Throw on your swimsuit, and head to the block partyas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Ghost Town DJs Song: My Boo Album: So So Def Bass All-Stars (1996) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 27 Bonus Fun Facts: This song originally peaked at #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, but a resurgence due to a viral dance challenge in 2016 lifted it all the way to #27 almost 20 years after it's first release in 1996!
Throw on your hoodie & bandana, and head to the Garden Stateas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Lords of the Underground Song: Chief Rocka Album: Here Come The Lords (1993) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 55 Bonus Fun Facts: This song hit #1 on the Billboard "Hot Rap Singles" chart in 1993 and was sampled in the Notorious B.I.G. song "Machine Gun Funk"!
Throw on your Baddest oversized jersey, and get your hair braidedas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Coolio Song: 1,2,3,4 (Sumpin' New) Album: Gangsta's Paradise (1995) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 5 Bonus Fun Facts: This song had a second video made where Coolio is assisted in the rapping department by the Muppets!
Throw on your Baddest Plaid Shirt, and head to the local raveas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Cypress Hill Song: Insane In The Brain Album: Black Sunday (1993) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 19 Bonus Fun Facts: This song made it all the way to #1 on the Billboard "US Hot Rap Songs" chart and according to Cypress Hill member B Real, it was a diss song in response to Chubb Rock's 1992 album "I Gotta Get Mine Yo"!
Throw on your Tune Squad Jersey, and head to the Space Jamas we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Chris Rock & Barry White Song: Basketball Jones Album: Space Jam: The Soundtrack (1996) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: N/A Bonus Fun Facts: Cheech & Chong released the original version of the song "Basketball Jones" in 1973!
Throw on your Leather Jacket, and head to Harlem as we take you back to the 90s! Without further ado, here is the 20 Years Before 2000 THROWBACK JAM OF THE WEEK!
Artist: Keith Sweat Song: Twisted Album: Keith Sweat (1996) Peak Billboard Hot 100 Position: 2 Bonus Fun Fact: This song topped the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 for 14 straight weeks in 1996!
