Flashcards: 1990s in music

Europop (also Euro pop) refers to a style of pop music that originated in Europe during the late-1960s and developed to today's form throughout the late 1970s.

Funk metal (also known as thrash funk) is a subgenre of alternative metal that melds funk rock and heavy metal.

Ska punk is a fusion music genre that combines ska music and punk rock music.

UK garage (also known as UKG) is a genre of electronic music originating from the United Kingdom in the early 1990s.

New jack swing or swingbeat is a fusion genre spearheaded by Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle that became popular from the late 1980s into the early 1990s.

Chinese rock (Chinese: 中国摇滚; pinyin: Zhōngguó yáogǔn; also simplified Chinese: 中国摇滚音乐; traditional Chinese: 中國搖滾音樂; pinyin: Zhōngguó yáogǔn yīnyuè, lit. "Chinese rock and roll music") is a wide variety of rock and roll music made by rock bands and solo artists from native Chinese-speaking regions (including China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, etc.).

A mashup (also mesh, mash up, mash-up, blend, bootleg and bastard pop/rock) is a song or composition created by blending two or more pre-recorded songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the instrumental track of another.

Progressive house is a style (subgenre) of house music.

Alternative metal (also known as alt-metal) is a rock music genre that infuses heavy metal with influences from alternative rock and other genres not normally associated with metal.

Rap metal is a subgenre of rap rock and alternative metal music which combines hip hop with heavy metal.

Skate punk (also known as skate rock, skatecore and skate-thrash) is a skater subculture and a subgenre of punk rock that is named after its popularity among skaters and association with skateboarding culture.

Snap music is a subgenre of hip hop music derived from crunk that originated in the South in the late-1990s, in Bankhead, West Atlanta, the United States.

Riot grrrl is an underground feminist hardcore punk movement that originated in the early 1990s in Washington State (particularly Olympia) and the greater Pacific Northwest.

Nerdcore is a genre of hip hop music characterized by themes and subject matter considered to be of general interest to nerds.

The word hyphy (/ˈhaɪfiː/ HY-fee) is Oakland slang meaning "hyperactive.

G-funk, or gangsta-funk, is a subgenre of hip hop music that emerged from West Coast gangsta rap in the early 1990s.

Pop-rap (also known as hip pop) is a genre of music fusing the rhythm-based lyricism of hip hop music with pop music's preference for melodious vocals and catchy tunes, which gained mainstream popularity during the 1990s.

Geek rock (also known as nerd rock or dork rock) is a musical subgenre derived from alternative rock within the nerd music group.

Bounce music is an energetic style of New Orleans hip hop music which is said to have originated as early as the late 1980s.

Chopper is a hip hop music style that originated in the Midwest and features fast-paced rhyming or rapping.

Eurobeat is either a form of the British dance-pop variant of Eurodisco or Hi-NRG-driven Italo disco music that both developed in 1980s.

Disco polo - is a musical genre of popular music that is dance music, created in Poland in the late 1980s, initially known as sidewalks music (muzyka chodnikowa).

Popular music in the 1990s saw the continuation of teen pop and dance-pop trends which had emerged in the 1970s and 1980s.

Scottish hip-hop is the regional manifestation of the British hip hop culture in Scotland, comprising the five elements of MCing, DJing, beatboxing, graffiti and b-boying.

Bass house is an electronic dance music genre that emerged in late 1990s, as a result of the merger between bass and house, or its derivatives with genres like deep house and future house with influences from other genres related to bass, such as dubstep, electro house and trap, as well possess influences of hip hop.

Korean rock is rock music originating from South Korea.