90s Anthem Quiz: Who Sang It? (2)

[A] Snow | Canadian reggae rapper Darrin O'Brien's patois was so thick MTV needed subtitles for American audiences.

[A] Mariah Carey | Mariah's debut showcased her five-octave range and whistle register, establishing her as pop's new vocal powerhouse in 1990.

[D] Cher | Auto-Tune's first artistic abuse gave 52-year-old Cher her biggest hit, revolutionizing pop vocals forever afterward.

[D] New Radicals | Gregg Alexander disbanded immediately after this optimistic anthem succeeded, calling fame "psychological poison."

[B] Metallica | James Hetfield's nightmare lullaby became metal's biggest mainstream hit, introducing thrash to MTV's regular rotation in 1991.

[C] Digital Underground | Shock G's alter ego Humpty Hump celebrated being ugly with Groucho Marx glasses and sexual absurdity.

[A] Hanson | Three Oklahoma brothers aged 16, 14, and 11 wrote this earworm about how quickly relationships fade away.

[D] Will Smith | Big Willie sampled Sister Sledge and coined a catchphrase while proving rappers could thrive without profanity.

[C] Alice in Chains | Layne Staley's haunting wail about censorship and control used a talk box effect creating that distinctive warped sound.

[D] Spice Girls | Five British women preached girl power philosophy in under three minutes, conquering 37 countries' charts simultaneously.

[B] The Breeders | Kim Deal's Pixies side project created fuzzy alternative gold with cryptic lyrics about divine transformation.

[A] L.L. Cool J | James Todd Smith's grandmother inspired his fierce comeback response to critics calling his career finished.

[D] Joan Osborne | Eric Bazilian's theological thought experiment asked what if God took the bus like regular folks.

[B] Bell Biv DeVoe | New Edition's bad boys warned about dangerous women over Dr. Freeze's infectious new jack swing groove.

[B] MC Hammer | Stanley Burrell sampled Rick James' "Super Freak" and created parachute pants fashion history while dancing his way to bankruptcy.

[D] 2Pac (featuring Dr. Dre and Roger Troutman) | Tupac's Death Row debut sampled Joe Cocker and celebrated West Coast supremacy months before his murder.

[A] Blues Traveler | John Popper's harmonica marathon mocked music industry cynicism while secretly becoming exactly what he satirized.

[D] Pearl Jam | Eddie Vedder based this dark narrative on two real teenage tragedies he read about in newspaper articles.

[B] Lisa Loeb | Reality Bites' soundtrack made Lisa the first unsigned artist topping Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

[C] Ricky Martin | Former Menudo member Ricky exploded into English-language stardom with this Latin pop celebration of wild living.

[C] Shania Twain | Canadian country queen proved doubters wrong about her marriage to producer Mutt Lange lasting (until 2008).

[A] Billy Ray Cyrus | Don Von Tress's rejected song became line-dancing phenomenon, funding daughter Miley's future Disney empire.

[C] Beck | Beck Hansen freestyle-rapped nonsense Spanish ("Soy un perdedor") over a slide guitar, accidentally creating slacker generation's anthem.

[B] Kris Kross | Mac Daddy and Daddy Mac wore clothes backwards because inside-out was already taken by another group.

[C] Prince & The New Power Generation | Prince's 23 positions in a one-night stand mixed James Brown funk with sexual mathematics.

[B] Soundgarden | Chris Cornell wrote this surreal grunge hit in fifteen minutes, inspired by misheard news anchor commentary.

[B] The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Mase & Puff Daddy | Biggie's posthumous Diana Ross sample proved his prophetic theory about wealth bringing complications.

[B] Cypress Hill | B-Real's nasal flow and DJ Muggs' horse whinny sample created stoner rap's most enduring anthem.

[D] Ice Cube | O'Shea Jackson's perfect day included no AK usage, Lakers beating Supersonics, and Isley Brothers' "Footsteps" loop.

[D] Duncan Sheik | Duncan's suffocating relationship metaphor stayed on charts for 55 weeks, refusing to die like the romance itself.