# March Madness: Most hated popular musical act of the 90s: THE AWFUL 8!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 27, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100 "2015-03-27T11:04:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/1 "2015-03-27T11:04:12Z")
[Round 1 is complete.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=751917) [Round 2 is complete.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=752233)[Round 3 is complete.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=752527) 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 original 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 7am on Tuesday, March 31. Which do you hate more? REGION 1 Puff Daddy vs. Coolio REGION 2 Oasis vs. Meatloaf REGION 3 Janet Jackson vs. LL Cool J REGION 4 Mariah Carey vs. 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/2 "2015-03-27T11:16:15Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Oasis REGION 3 Janet Jackson REGION 4 Mariah Carey ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/3 "2015-03-27T12:09:55Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Meatloaf REGION 3 LL Cool J REGION 4 98 Degrees Good to see Diddy’s still in it. ---
**Author:** ![DinoR](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dinor/32/2821_2.png) [@DinoR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DinoR)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/4 "2015-03-27T12:11:49Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Oasis REGION 3 Janet Jackson REGION 4 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/5 "2015-03-27T12:13:18Z")
Which do you hate more? REGION 1 Coolio REGION 2 Meatloaf REGION 3 LL Cool J REGION 4 Mariah Carey ---
**Author:** ![Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/les_espaces_du_sommeil/32/308_2.png) [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/6 "2015-03-27T12:55:40Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Oasis REGION 3 LL Cool J REGION 4 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/7 "2015-03-27T13:41:26Z")
On the road to the Final Four! REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Oasis REGION 3 LL Cool J REGION 4 Mariah Carey ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/8 "2015-03-27T13:43:21Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Oasis REGION 3 Janet Jackson REGION 4 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/9 "2015-03-27T13:47:21Z")
Practically all my picks from Round 3 have been eliminated, with the exception of Oasis. The artists/bands remaining are ones that either I’m not very familiar with (or totally ignorant of), or am just ‘meh’ about. So I’m only casting one vote this round: Region 2: **Oasis** ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/10 "2015-03-27T14:16:36Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Oasis REGION 3 Janet Jackson REGION 4 Mariah Carey Yeah, I’m rooting for Puffy to “win” this one, as well. ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/11 "2015-03-27T15:02:56Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Meatloaf REGION 3LL Cool J REGION 4 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/12 "2015-03-27T15:06:05Z")
REGION 1 Coolio REGION 2 Meatloaf REGION 3 LL Cool J REGION 4 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/13 "2015-03-27T15:08:27Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Oasis REGION 3 Janet Jackson REGION 4 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/14 "2015-03-27T15:22:01Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy REGION 2 Oasis REGION 3 Janet Jackson REGION 4 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/15 "2015-03-27T15:24:58Z")
Puff Daddy Oasis Janet Jackson Mariah Carey ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/16 "2015-03-27T16:52:12Z")
REGION 1 Coolio REGION 2 Meatloaf REGION 3 LL Cool J REGION 4 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/17 "2015-03-27T17:02:42Z")
> [@GoodOmens](#): > > REGION 1 > Puff Daddy > > REGION 2 > Meatloaf > > REGION 3LL Cool J > > REGION 4 > 98 Degrees Put me in for these. Unfortunately, nobody I really hate is still in these polls. Maybe 98 Degrees, but I’m not familiar enough with them. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/18 "2015-03-27T17:41:51Z")
REGION 1 Coolio REGION 2 Oasis REGION 3 Janet Jackson REGION 4 Mariah Carey ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/19 "2015-03-27T18:36:34Z")
REGION 1 **Puff Daddy** vs. Coolio REGION 2 \*\*Oasis \*\*vs. Meatloaf REGION 3 **Janet Jackson** vs. LL Cool J REGION 4 **Mariah Carey** vs. 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-awful-8/716100/20 "2015-03-27T18:51:07Z")
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