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YES, THE ’90s ARE ALREADY RETRO WITH RHINO’S JULY 26 RELEASE OF WHATEVER: THE ’90s POP & CULTURE BOX

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LOS ANGELES-Bringing back the era of parachute-pant-rappers, grunge music’s beginning, bedroom beatmakers, and the female rock rebellion, Rhino bridges the musical divides with the July 26 release of the definitive decade compilation, WHATEVER: THE ’90s POP & CULTURE BOX. Due in physical and virtual stores for a suggested retail price of $105.98, WHATEVER: THE ’90s POP & CULTURE BOX doesn’t miss a beat with a 7-CD, 130 song collection that fuses everything from pop-rap pioneer M.C. Hammer’s “U Can’t Touch This,” to image-breaking rocker Sinead O’Connor’s breakthrough cover “Nothing Compares 2 U,” to the bruising locomotive hooks of Helmet (“Unsung”) and Pantera (“Walk”), to the sample-hugged atmospherics of Moby’s “Natural Blues.”

The first collection to present this decade’s musical creation and evolution, WHATEVER includes radio regulars and chart-toppers Boyz II Men, Aaliyah, En Vogue, Collective Soul, Spin Doctors, Joan Osborne, Duran Duran, Hanson, Jewel, Kris Kross, Sarah McLachlan and more. Also featured are such genre changing artists and songs as rapper Queen Latifah with “Ladies First,” the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ rock hit “Under The Bridge,” mainstream folk heroine Ani DiFranco’s  “Not A Pretty Girl,” Twin City garage band Soul Asylum’s hit “Runaway Train,” and Busta Rhymes adding “Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check.”

WHATEVER also rocks back to Lollapalooza’s early pioneers Primus with “My Name Is Mud,” Babes In Toyland’s “Sweet 69,” Luscious Jackson’s hit  “Naked Eye,” Dinosaur Jr.’s “Start Choppin,” and The Flaming Lips’ single  “She Don’t Use Jelly.”

Mix in Brit-pop sensation, Oasis’ chart-topping hit “Wonderwall,” the smash hit series Friends theme song, “I’ll Be There For You” by the Rembrandts, California’s O.C. punks Social Distortion with “Ball And Chain,” and the party-starting #1 hit “Baby Got Back” by Sir Mix-A-Lot to get a small dose of what the ’90s WHATEVER box offers. 

Following in the wacky packaging tradition of Rhino’s previous limited edition Pop Culture boxes - smiley face shag carpet on Have A Nice Decade: The ’70s Pop Culture Box and a raised rubber finish on Like, Omigod! The ’80s Pop Culture Box, Totally - the ’90s POP & CULTURE BOX boasts a clear plastic flat bag of coffee beans secured by a thermal sleeve bearing an array of zeitgeist-capturing faux corporate logos.

Inside, an extensive 84-page book includes a timeline, track-by-track notes, cultural commentary, photographs, and essays from The Chicago Sun-Times’ Jim DeRogatis, Time Magazine’s Joel Stein, Seattle based author Clark Humphrey, Brian Ives’ concert re-counts, and an interview with Sub Pop’s President and co-founder Jonathan Poneman.

So don’t be ashamed to dig out your not-yet-dusty ’90s attire, sit back and relive the decade that brought us all to the millennium with ever-evolving musical styles and memorable songs.

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Track Listing

Disc One: .01 "U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer .02 "Nothing Compares 2 U" - Sinead O'Connor .03 "No Myth" - Michael Penn .04 "Ladies First" - Queen Latifah (feat. Monie Love) .05 "Ball and Chain" - Social Distortion .06 "Birdhouse in Your Soul" - They Might Be Giants .07 "Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns" - Mother Love Bone .08 "Here's Where the Story Ends" - The Sundays .09 "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" - C & C Music Factory.10 "Groove Is in the Heart" - Deee-Lite .11 "Right Here Right Now" - Jesus Jones .12 "New Jack Hustler (Nino's Theme)" - Ice-T .13 "I Touch Myself" - Divinyls .14 "Unbelievable" - EMF .15 "Hard To Handle" - The Black Crowes .16 "O.P.P." - Naughty By Nature .17 "Walking in Memphis" - Marc Cohn .18 "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye to Yesterday" - Boyz II Men

Disc Two: 01 "Silent Lucidity" - Queensryche .02 "Into the Drink" - Mudhoney .03 "Girlfriend" - Matthew Sweet.04 "I'm Too Sexy" - Right Said Fred.05 "Calling All Angels" - Jane Siberry (with k.d. lang).06 "Only Shallow" - My Bloody Valentine .07 "It's a Shame About Ray" - The Lemonheads .08 "Baby Got Back" - Sir Mix-A-Lot .09 "They Want EFX" - DAS EFX .10 "Jump" - Kris Kross .11 "Walk" - Pantera .12 "N.W.O." - Ministry .13 "Shitlist" - L7 .14 "Absynthe" - The Gits .15 "Coattail Rider" - Supersuckers .16 "Runaway Train" - Soul Asylum .17 "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong" - Spin Doctors .18 "Dizz Knee Land" - dada .19 "Nearly Lost You" - Screaming Trees

Disc Three: .01 "Under the Bridge" - Red Hot Chili Peppers .02 "Unsung" - Helmet .03 "Jump Around" - House Of Pain .04 "Free Your Mind" - En Vogue .05 "Rump Shaker" - Wreckx-N-Effect .06 "Informer" - Snow.07 "Connected" - Stereo MCs .08 "Detachable Penis" - King Missile .09 "Freak Me" - Silk .10 "Ordinary World" - Duran Duran .11 "If I Can't Change Your Mind" - Sugar .12 "Three Little Pigs" - Green Jelly .13 "Start Choppin" - Dinosaur Jr..14 "The Devil's Chasing Me" - The Reverend Horton Heat .15 "Gone to the Moon" - Fastbacks .16 "My Name Is Mud" - Primus .17 "What's Up" - 4 Non Blondes

Disc Four: .01 "Thunder Kiss '65" - White Zombie .02 "Whoomp! (There It Is)" - Tag Team .03 "Broken Hearted Savior" - Big Head Todd and the Monsters .04 "Trust Me" - Guru with N'Dea Davenport .05 "Gepetto" - Belly .06 "Eye to Eye" - The Muffs .07 "Gentlemen" - Afghan Whigs .08 "Leafy Incline" - Tad .09 "Dream All Day" - The Posies .10 "Hey Jealousy" - Gin Blossoms .11 "My Sister" - The Juliana Hatfield Three .12 "Whatta Man" - Salt-N-Pepa .13 "Back & Forth" - Aaliyah .14 "If That's Your Boyfriend (He Wasn't Last Night)" - Me'Shell Ndegéocello .15 "Freedom of '76" - Ween .16 "Cut Your Hair" - Pavement .17 "God" - Tori Amos .18 "MMM MMM MMM MMM" - Crash Test Dummies .19 "Possession" - Sarah McLachlan

Disc Five: .01 "Shine" - Collective Soul .02 "Far Behind" - Candlebox .03 "You Gotta Be" - Des'ree .04 "Girl You'll Be a Woman Soon" - Urge Overkill .05 "She Don't Use Jelly" - The Flaming Lips .06 "m.i.a." - 7 Year Bitch .07 "21st Century (Digital Boy)" - Bad Religion .08 "Sugar Free Jazz" - Soul Coughing .09 "Mockingbirds" - Grant Lee Buffalo .10 "What's the Frequency Kenneth?" - R.E.M. .11 "Revolve" - Melvins .12 "Buddy Holly" - Weezer .13 "Here and Now" - Letters to Cleo .14 "Good" - Better Than Ezra .15 "Run-Around" - Blues Traveler .16 "I'll Be There for You" (Theme From "Friends") - The Rembrandts .17 "Tomorrow" - Silverchair.18 "Not a Pretty Girl" - Ani DiFranco .19 "Carnival" - Natalie Merchant Disc Six: .01 "Wonderwall" - Oasis .02 "Birthday Cake" - Cibo Matto .03 "Cumbersome" - Seven Mary Three .04 "One of Us" - Joan Osborne .05 "Caught by the Fuzz" - Supergrass .06 "Sweet 69" - Babes In Toyland .07 "Breakfast at Tiffany's" - Deep Blue Something .08 "Photograph" - The Verve Pipe .09 "In the Meantime" - Spacehog .10 "Woo Hah!! Got You All In Check" - Busta Rhymes (Feat. Rampage the Last Boy Scout).11 "Who Will Save Your Soul" - Jewel .12 "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand" - Primitive Radio Gods .13 "Cybele's Reverie" - Stereolab .14 "Capri Pants" - Bikini Kill .15 "What I Got" - Sublime .16 "Kung Fu" - Ash .17 "Virtual Insanity" - Jamiroquai .18 "Naked Eye" - Luscious Jackson .19 "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" - Wilco

Disc Seven: .01 "itszoweezee (hot)" - De La Soul .02 "LoveFool" - The Cardigans .03 "Radiation Vibe" - Fountains Of Wayne .04 "The Impression That I Get" - The Mighty Mighty Bosstones .05 "Turn It On" - Sleater-Kinney .06 "Bitch" - Meredith Brooks .07 "MMMBop" - Hanson .08 "Brian Wilson" (live) - Barenaked Ladies.09 "Brick" - Ben Folds Five .10 "Sex and Candy" - Marcy Playground .11 "Walking on the Sun" - Smash Mouth .12 "Tubthumping" - Chumbawamba .13 "6 Underground" - Sneaker Pimps .14 "Lullaby" - Shawn Mullins .15 "Slide" - Goo Goo Dolls .16 "Kiss Me" - Sixpence None the Richer .17 "Steal My Sunshine" - LEN .18 "What It's Like" - Everlast .19 "Natural Blues" - Moby

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