Bust a move: ‘I Love the 90’s’ concert comes to Columbia

For a time warp to the 1990s, head to Colonial Life Arena on Friday, May 13.

Some of the best throwback hip-hop, rap and R&B acts will perform as part of the “I Love the 90’s” tour.

The revolving lineup includes Salt-N-Pepa, Coolio, Color Me Badd, Kid ’n Play, Rob Base, All-4-One and Young MC, all busting out their greatest hits from the late ’80s and early ’90s. (Not to say that some of these artists didn’t enjoy success in the 21st century, but the nostalgia factor is a main draw of the tour.)

We hope you still remember how to crimp your hair and where you stashed your Kangol hats and fanny packs.

And although we didn’t have time to make you a mixtape, we did round up the acts’ best hits for you.

Excited? You know it.

UPDATE: Kid ‘n Play were originally scheduled to play at the Columbia tour stop, but have since been removed from the lineup.

Salt-N-Pepa: ‘Push It’

Released: 1987; re-released in 1988

Sample lyric: “Ah, push it, push it good / Ah, push it, push it real good”

Legacy: Oooh, baby, baby, this was a sizzling track. “Push It” propelled Salt-N-Pepa’s “Hot, Cool and Vicious” album to platinum sales, making Cheryl James (”Salt”) and Sandra Denton (”Pepa”) the first female rap act to do so.

Coolio: ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’

Released: 1995

Sample lyric: “Got my 10 in my hand and a gleam in my eye / I’m a loc’d out gangsta set trippin’ banger / And my homies is down so don’t arouse my anger, fool”

Legacy: The song combined Coolio’s verbal flow with a sampling from Stevie Wonder’s song “Pastime Paradise” to create a streetwise smash. The song originally had curse words in it, but Coolio cut them when Stevie Wonder said he wasn’t coolio with swearing. “Gangsta’s Paradise” was the No. 1 single on the Billboard Top 100 chart that year.

Kid ’n Play: ‘Rollin’ with Kid ’n Play’

Released: 1988

Sample lyric: “Now Play, I don’t know what it is / About this beat that we have here / But it sure is funky / Oh la oh la ay”

Legacy: Kid ’n Play brought funk and fashion to the forefront in the late ’80s and early ’90s. Christopher “Kid” Reid rocked that sweet hi-top fade haircut, and he and Christopher “Play” Martin created a dance called the Funky Charleston, or Kid ’n Play Kickstep, based on the 1920s era dance The Charleston.

Color Me Badd: ‘I Wanna Sex You Up’

Released: 1991

Sample lyric: “I’ve been waiting all night so just let me hold you close to me / ’Cause I’ve been dyin’ for you girl and make love to me.”

Legacy: Color Me Badd had several hits on its debut album, “C.M.B.” “I Wanna Sex You Up” peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard chart, and the song continues to live on in pop culture. Jimmy Fallon hilariously performed “I Wanna Sex You Up” with his barbershop quartet on “Late Night,” and Jimmy Kimmel had Brad Paisley and Color Me Badd perform the song on his Mashup Mondays segment. The two groups performed as Color Me Bradd, because everyone loves a good pun.

All-4-One: ‘I Swear’

Released: 1994

Sample lyric: “For better or worse till death do us part / I’ll love you with every beat of my heart”

Legacy: With “I Swear,” All-4-One proved that guys can show their ultra-sensitive sides and top the music charts. The song, first recorded by country singer John Michael Montgomery, was named one of the best love songs of all time by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Rob Base: ‘It Takes Two’

Released: 1988

Sample lyric: “I wanna rock right now / I’m Rob Base and I came to get down / I’m not internationally known / But I’m known to rock the microphone”

Legacy: Rob Base and the late DJ EZ Rock knew “it takes two to make a thing go right.” Together they made this amazing hip-hop single that’s still irresistible. And who didn’t love that part in “The Proposal” when Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds rap “It Takes Two” together?

Young MC: ‘Bust A Move’

Released: 1989

Sample lyric: “Reception’s jumpin’ bass is pumpin’ / You look at the girl and your heart starts thumpin’ / Says she wants to dance to a different groove / Now you know what to do G bust a move”

Legacy: British-American rapper Young MC won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance for “Bust A Move.” This song is infectious, and if you don’t “bust a move” while listening to it, you are either a robot or dead.

This story was originally published May 11, 2016 at 7:00 AM.