# March Madness: Most hated popular musical act of the 90s: THE SUCKY SIXTEEN! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 23, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817 "2015-03-23T21:56:24Z")\ **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 23, 2015, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/1 "2015-03-23T21:56:24Z")
[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). 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 5:30pm on Thursday March 26. FYI, for the hell of it, I tallied the total votes that the remaining sixteen artists received during the first two rounds and ranked them 1 through 16. (The higher they are on the list, the more votes they’ve received): 1. Janet Jackson 2. Mariah Carey 3. Puff Daddy 4. LL Cool J 5. Coolio 6. Oasis 7. 98 Degrees 8. Meatloaf 9. Alice In Chains 10. NSync 11. Metallica 12. Michael Jackson 13. Sublime 14. Will Smith 15. Jay-Z 16. Hanson Interesting that Janet Jackson has received the most hate so far. So without further ado, vote for the artist you HATE MORE: REGION 1 Puff Daddy vs. Jay-Z Coolio vs. Will Smith REGION 2 Oasis vs. Sublime Meatloaf vs. Alice in Chains REGION 3 Janet Jackson vs. Michael Jackson LL Cool J vs. Metallica REGION 4 Mariah Carey vs. Hanson 98 Degrees vs. NSync ---
**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 23, 2015, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/2 "2015-03-23T22:20:13Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy Coolio REGION 2 Sublime Meatloaf REGION 3 Michael Jackson LL Cool J REGION 4 Hanson 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 23, 2015, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/3 "2015-03-23T22:36:06Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy Coolio REGION 2 Oasis Alice in Chains REGION 3 Janet Jackson LL Cool J REGION 4 Mariah Carey 98 Degrees I’ve got to admit I am very confused by the Sublime hate. Is it just because they weren’t around to keep making awesome music after they got famous? I mean really they’ve easily got 3 of the top 10 90s songs and didn’t last long enough in the spot light to do any terrible damage. ---
**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 23, 2015, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/4 "2015-03-23T22:44:26Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy vs. Jay-Z Coolio vs. Will Smith REGION 2 Oasis vs. Sublime Meatloaf vs. Alice in Chains REGION 3 Janet Jackson vs. Michael Jackson LL Cool J vs. Metallica REGION 4 Mariah Carey vs. Hanson 98 Degrees vs. NSync ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/5 "2015-03-23T23:18:00Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy vs. **Jay-Z** **Coolio** vs. Will Smith REGION 2 Oasis vs. **Sublime** Meatloaf vs. **Alice in Chains** REGION 3 \*\*Janet Jackson \*\*vs. Michael Jackson \*\*LL Cool J \*\*vs. Metallica REGION 4 Mariah Carey vs. **Hanson** **98 Degrees** vs. NSync ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/6 "2015-03-23T23:22:07Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy Coolio REGION 2 Oasis Meatloaf REGION 3 Michael Jackson LL Cool J REGION 4 Mariah Carey NSync ---
**Author:** ![basset\_hound](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/basset_hound/32/1432_2.png) [@basset\_hound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/basset_hound)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/7 "2015-03-23T23:37:53Z")
REGION 1 **Puff Daddy** vs. Jay-Z **Coolio** vs. Will Smith REGION 2 **Oasis** vs. Sublime Meatloaf vs. **Alice in Chains** REGION 3 **Janet Jackson** vs. Michael Jackson **LL Cool J** vs. Metallica REGION 4 **Mariah Carey** vs. Hanson **98 Degrees** vs. NSync ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/8 "2015-03-23T23:46:28Z")
REGION 1 **Puff Daddy** vs. Jay-Z \*\*Coolio \*\*vs. Will Smith REGION 2 \*\*Oasis \*\*vs. Sublime \*\*Meatloaf \*\*vs. Alice in Chains REGION 3 **Janet Jackson** vs. Michael Jackson **LL Cool J** vs. Metallica REGION 4 Mariah Carey vs. **Hanson** **98 Degrees** vs. NSync ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/9 "2015-03-23T23:48:00Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > FYI, for the hell of it, I tallied the total votes that the remaining sixteen artists received during the first two rounds and ranked them 1 through 16. (The higher they are on the list, the more votes they’ve received): > > 1. Janet Jackson > 2. Mariah Carey > 3. Puff Daddy > 4. LL Cool J > 5. Coolio > 6. Oasis > 7. 98 Degrees > 8. Meatloaf > 9. Alice In Chains > 10. NSync > 11. Metallica > 12. Michael Jackson > 13. Sublime > 14. Will Smith > 15. Jay-Z > 16. Hanson > > Interesting that Janet Jackson has received the most hate so far. Interesting that Hanson has received the least hate! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/10 "2015-03-24T00:01:12Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy Coolio REGION 2 Sublime Alice in Chains REGION 3 Janet Jackson LL Cool J REGION 4 Hanson NSync ---
**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 24, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/11 "2015-03-24T00:03:49Z")
Puff Daddy Coolio Oasis Alice in Chains Janet Jackson Metallica Mariah Carey 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 24, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/12 "2015-03-24T00:05:33Z")
I’m just dreading the moment when I have to decide if I hate Metallica or Oasis more. ---
**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 24, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/13 "2015-03-24T00:09:46Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy Will Smith REGION 2 Oasis Meatloaf REGION 3 Janet Jackson Metallica REGION 4 Mariah Carey NSync It’s easy when you reach this level of competition. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/14 "2015-03-24T00:30:48Z")
REGION 1 Jay-Z Coolio REGION 2 Oasis Meatloaf REGION 3 Michael Jackson LL Cool J REGION 4 Hanson NSync ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/15 "2015-03-24T01:29:50Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy vs. **Jay-Z** **Coolio** vs. Will Smith REGION 2 Oasis vs. **Sublime** **Meatloaf** vs. Alice in Chains REGION 3 **Janet Jackson** vs. Michael Jackson **LL Cool J** vs. Metallica REGION 4 **Mariah Carey** vs. Hanson 98 Degrees vs. **NSync** ---
**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 24, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/16 "2015-03-24T01:37:42Z")
REGION 1 Jay-Z Coolio REGION 2 Oasis Meatloaf REGION 3 Janet Jackson Metallica REGION 4 Mariah Carey 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/17 "2015-03-24T02:59:52Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy Will Smith REGION 2 Oasis Alice in Chains REGION 3 Janet Jackson LL Cool J REGION 4 Hanson 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/18 "2015-03-24T03:24:21Z")
REGION 1 Puff Daddy Coolio REGION 2 Sublime Meatloaf REGION 3 Janet Jackson Metallica REGION 4 Mariah Carey 98 Degrees ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2015, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817/19 "2015-03-24T04:02:58Z")
REGION 1 Jay-Z Will Smith REGION 2 Sublime Alice in Chains REGION 3 Janet Jackson Metallica REGION 4 Hanson NSync ---
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> [@Oredigger77](#): > > I’ve got to admit I am very confused by the Sublime hate. Is it just because they weren’t around to keep making awesome music after they got famous? I mean really they’ve easily got 3 of the top 10 90s songs and didn’t last long enough in the spot light to do any terrible damage. Well, the complaint I hear leveled at them most of the time is that they’re white-boy reggae. I don’t personally see that complaint as valid, because Sublime didn’t seem to be trying to appropriate the culture, really. But, folks disagree on these things. I don’t have any particular dislike for them, but I consider them an uneven band. Some very good songs, some quite bad ones. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-madness-most-hated-popular-musical-act-of-the-90s-the-sucky-sixteen/715817.md?page=2)