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As the MOBOs turn 30, we celebrate the tunes that also turn 30 this year!

Let's take it back, way back! You have to look back to go forwards.
As well as the MOBOs turning 30, we celebrate these pioneers as they turn 30. Undeniable, these tunes still hit the spot.
Mariah, LL Cool J, D'Angelo, En Vogue, Brandy, Ginuwine, Aaliyah are just a few of the fine wines you'll hear.

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Music Played

  • Mark Morrison

    Return Of The Mack

    • WEA.

  • Nas

    If I Ruled the World (Imagine That) (feat. Lauryn Hill)

    • Columbia.

  • Blackstreet

    No Diggity (feat. Dr. Dre & Queen Pen)

    • No Diggity.
    • Interscope.

  • Mariah Carey

    Always Be My Baby

    • Daydream.
    • Sony.

  • Tough Love

    Pony (Jump On It) (feat. Ginuwine)

    • Pony.
    • Epic.

  • Bone Thugs‐n‐Harmony

    The Crossroads

    • Ruthless Records.

  • Brandy

    Sittin' Up In My Room

    • Sittin' Up In My Room.
    • Arista.

  • D’Angelo

    Lady

    • Brown Sugar.
    • EMI.
    • 9.

  • En Vogue

    Don't Let Go (Love)

    • Don't Let Go (Love).
    • East West.

  • LL Cool J

    Doin' It

    • Def Jam.

  • Case

    Touch Me Tease Me (feat. Foxy Brown)

    • Touch Me Tease Me.
    • Def Jam.

  • Joe

    All The Things Your Man Won't Do

    • All The Things Your Man Won't Do.
    • Ram Records.

  • Aaliyah

    One In A Million

    • Atlantic.

  • Maxwell

    Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder)

    • Ram Records.

  • 2Pac

    California Love (feat. Dr. Dre & Roger Troutman)

    • California Love.
    • Death Row/Interscope.

  • Fugees

    Ready Or Not

    • The Score.
    • Columbia.
    • 3.

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