March Madness: Most hated popular musical act of the 90s: ROUND 2

Round 1 is complete. On to round 2.

In this competition, I don’t give a crap about the “best” or “greatest.” I want to know the MOST LOATHED popular musical artist of the 1990s.

That means in each matchup, you are going to vote for the musical act you HATE THE MOST!

Let me repeat that: Don’t vote for your favorite; YOU WILL CAST YOUR VOTE FOR THE ARTIST YOU HATE MORE. We will be voting for artists with our vitriol, and eventually will be left with the one musical act that cumulatively received the most amount of our pure, unadulterated hatred.

The pool of 64 candidates comes from the top-selling artists and/or artists that had highly-reviewed albums and/or released multiple songs that somehow permeated the culture. Voting for this round will continue until 4pm Monday, March 23.

So vote, which do you hate more:

REGION 1
Missy Elliot vs. Coolio
Will Smith vs. TLC
Puff Daddy vs. Boyz II Men
En Vogue vs. Jay-Z

REGION 2
Alice in Chains vs. Rage Against the Machine
Stone Temple Pilots vs. Sublime
Alanis Morrisette vs. Oasis
Soundgarden vs. Meatloaf

REGION 3
Michael Jackson vs. Bob Dylan
Janet Jackson vs. Madonna
LL Cool J vs. Guns n Roses
Metallica vs. Bruce Springsteen

REGION 4
NSync vs. Ricky Martin
Backstreet Boys vs. 98 Degrees
Mariah Carey vs. Christina Aguillera
Hanson vs. Spice Girls

REGION 1
Missy Elliot vs. Coolio
Will Smith vs. TLC
Puff Daddy vs. Boyz II Men
En Vogue vs. Jay-Z

REGION 2
Alice in Chains vs. Rage Against the Machine
Stone Temple Pilots vs. Sublime
Alanis Morrisette vs. Oasis
Soundgarden vs. Meatloaf

REGION 3
Michael Jackson vs. Bob Dylan
Janet Jackson vs. Madonna
**LL Cool J **vs. Guns n Roses
Metallica vs. Bruce Springsteen

REGION 4
NSync vs. Ricky Martin
Backstreet Boys vs. 98 Degrees
Mariah Carey vs. Christina Aguillera
Hanson vs. Spice Girls

So there’s no mistake, the ones left are my most hated. I had to pass a couple of times when I just wasn’t familiar enough with the music to make a call. Hope that doesn’t screw up the tallying.

Region 4 had some tough calls. I wanted to vote for them all.

REGION 1
Missy Elliot
Will Smith
Boyz II Men
Jay-Z

REGION 2
Alice in Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Oasis
Meatloaf

REGION 3
Bob Dylan
Janet Jackson
LL Cool J
Bruce Springsteen

REGION 4
NSync
Backstreet Boys
Mariah Carey
Hanson

Here are my most hated.

REGION 1
Coolio
Will Smith
Puff Daddy
Jay-Z

REGION 2
Alice in Chains
Sublime
Alanis Morrisette
Soundgarden

REGION 3
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
LL Cool J
Metallica

REGION 4
NSync
Backstreet Boys
Mariah Carey
Hanson

I was at an all-night restaurant in Seattle in the early/mid-90s with a very young/grungy clientele (and staff). A song started on the jukebox and the cook came out of the kitchen and pulled the plug. Then he went to the PA system and said “no more Nine Inch Nails.”

It’s gonna be hard to top that.

REGION 1
Coolio
Will Smith
Puff Daddy
En Vogue

REGION 2
Alice in Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Alanis Morrisette
Soundgarden

REGION 3
Bob Dylan
Madonna
Guns n Roses
Bruce Springsteen

REGION 4
Ricky Martin
98 Degrees
Mariah Carey
Spice Girls

ETA: If I was the only one voting in this competition, Soundgarden would be the most hated band of the 90s. Love Chris Cornell, hate Soundgarden with the heat of a million black hole suns.

REGION 1
Missy Elliot vs. Coolio
Will Smith vs. TLC
Puff Daddy vs. Boyz II Men
En Vogue vs. Jay-Z

REGION 2
Alice in Chains vs. Rage Against the Machine
Stone Temple Pilots vs. Sublime
Alanis Morrisette vs.** Oasis**
Soundgarden vs.** Meatloaf**

REGION 3
Michael Jackson vs. Bob Dylan
Janet Jackson vs. Madonna
LL Cool J vs. Guns n Roses
Metallica vs. Bruce Springsteen

REGION 4
NSync vs. Ricky Martin
Backstreet Boys vs. 98 Degrees
Mariah Carey vs. Christina Aguillera
Hanson vs. Spice Girls

REGION 1
Missy Elliot vs. Coolio
Will Smith vs. TLC
Puff Daddy vs. Boyz II Men
En Vogue vs. Jay-Z

REGION 2
Alice in Chains vs. Rage Against the Machine
Stone Temple Pilots vs. Sublime
Alanis Morrisette vs. Oasis
Soundgarden vs. Meatloaf

REGION 3
**Michael Jackson **vs. Bob Dylan
Janet Jackson vs. Madonna
LL Cool J vs. Guns n Roses
Metallica vs. Bruce Springsteen

REGION 4
NSync vs. Ricky Martin
Backstreet Boys vs. 98 Degrees
Mariah Carey vs. Christina Aguillera
Hanson vs. Spice Girls

REGION 1
Coolio
Will Smith
Puff Daddy
Jay-Z

REGION 2
Alice in Chains
Stone Temple Pilots
Oasis
Meatloaf

REGION 3
Bob Dylan
Madonna
LL Cool J
Bruce Springsteen (This was the hardest one. I hate neither.)

REGION 4
Ricky Martin
98 Degrees
Christina Aguillera
Spice Girls

My votes are as follows:

REGION 1
Coolio
Will Smith
Puff Daddy
En Vogue

REGION 2
Rage Against the Machine
Sublime
Alanis Morrisette
Meatloaf

REGION 3
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
LL Cool J
Metallica

REGION 4
NSync
98 Degrees
Christina Aguillera
Spice Girls

Fingers crossed that Will Smith “wins” this whole thing.

REGION 1
Coolio
Will Smith
Puff Daddy
Jay-Z

REGION 2
Alice in Chains
Sublime
Oasis
Meatloaf

REGION 3
Michael Jackson
Madonna
Guns n Roses
Metallica

REGION 4
NSync
Backstreet Boys
Christina Aguillera
Spice Girls

Naah, it’s got to be P-Diddy, surely?

REGION 1
Missy Elliot
Will Smith
Boyz II Men
Jay-Z

REGION 2
Rage Against the Machine
Sublime
Alanis Morrisette
Meatloaf

REGION 3
Bob Dylan
Janet Jackson
LL Cool J
Metallica

REGION 4
NSync
Backstreet Boys
Mariah Carey
Hanson

In this game, are we not expected to explain why we made our choices?

REGION 1
Coolio
Will Smith
Boyz II Men
En Vogue

REGION 2
Alice in Chains
Sublime
Alanis Morrisette
Meatloaf

REGION 3
Bob Dylan
Janet Jackson
LL Cool J
Metallica

REGION 4
NSync
98 Degrees
Mariah Carey
Hanson

Missed the first round, but I’ll play

REGION 1
Missy Elliot
TLC
Puff Daddy
En Vogue

REGION 2
Alice in Chains
Sublime
Alanis Morrisette
Soundgarden

REGION 3
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
Guns n Roses
Bruce Springsteen

REGION 4
NSync
Backstreet Boys
Mariah Carey
Hanson

REGION 1
Missy Elliot
Will Smith
Puff Daddy
Jay-Z

REGION 2
Rage Against the Machine
Sublime
Alanis Morrisette
Meatloaf

REGION 3
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
LL Cool J
Metallica

REGION 4
Ricky Martin
Backstreet Boys
Christina Aguillera
Hanson

this would be so much more entertaining with video and pics

REGION 1
Coolio
TLC
Puff Daddy
Jay-Z

REGION 2
Rage Against the Machine
Sublime
Alanis Morrisette
Meatloaf

REGION 3
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
LL Cool
Metallica

REGION 4
Ricky Martin
Backstreet Boys
Mariah Carey
Spice Girls