I recall those feelings of my 12-year-old self like an old smell. I play it loud when my family is out of the house. ![]() We two suburban white boys couldn’t have been further from South Central LA, but something about the stories, the bravado, and the sound of that music made us listen and feel it anyway. We laughed at all the sexual references and pretended to understand the lifestyle that Snoop Dogg rapped about. Instead, I listened to that album at my best friend’s house. I don’t think my mom would have let me buy Doggystyle. Kurt Cobain and Snoop Dogg couldn’t have been more different, but they shared with me the mysteries of adolescence. As an almost-teenager, these albums were portals into adulthood. Both albums were edgy, mature, and full of emotion. It’s worth noting that In Utero, Nirvana’s last studio album, came out the same year as Doggystyle, Snoop Dogg’s first, in late 1993. I liked some of the rap, but I loved grunge. The 90s music scene of my youth fell into two camps: grunge and rap. I now understand how my mom felt in the 90s, reminiscing about her teenage years with the Beatles. In 1994, that thirty-year leap was ancient history. Thirty years! The Beatles put out their first album in 1964. Next year is the thirtieth anniversary of 1994. I played roller hockey after school, wore braces, held hands with my girlfriend, and competed with the other overachievers. I was in 7th grade and just started learning guitar.
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