1991 was the first year that Nielsen started tracking music sales data.

I find it super interesting to look at this and see how current artists stack up against artists of the past so I broke it down into a few charts.

Charts By Year

1991 - Nielsen begins to track music sales data.

A lot of data was impossible for me to find here. If I had to guess, N.W.A.'s "Niggaz4Life", Ice Cube's "Death Certificate", MC Hammer's "Too Legit to Quit", Public Enemy's "Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black", DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's "Homebase", and Various Artist's "Boyz n the Hood (soundtrack)" probably round out the top 5.

1992 - N.W.A succeeds as solo acts

Couldn't find much data for 92. I'm going to guess that Dr. Dre's "The Chronic", Beastie Boys' "Check Your Head", Too $hort's "Shorty the Pimp", MC Ren's "Kizz My Black Azz", and Ice Cube's "The Predator" (193K) round out the top 5.

1993 - The Rise of Snoop Dogg

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

In the honor of music's biggest night taking place within the next couple of weeks, I went back and looked at the previous winners in the rap categories. AND HOLY SHIT. We have some incredibly terrible Grammy winners and nominees.

This post is all about correcting the mistakes the Grammys have made since 1996 where Best Rap Album was first introduced.

Partly inspired by this article.

Disclaimer: I will not be changing the nominees, but I will point out the most notable snubs. Also, keep in mind that this IS NOT my picks, but more what I think the Grammys could and should have done.

1996

• Naughty By Nature - Poverty's Paradise (real winner)
• 2Pac - Me Against The World (new winner)
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
• Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version
• Skee-Lo - I Wish

The inaugural Best Rap Album was given to Naughty By Nature. This is such a weird pick by the academy. A completely average group during the 90's winning the award over Tupac, Bone, and ODB?! To me, they could've picked any between these 3 releases and that would be satisfying, but I am going for Tupac. Bone might have had the edge sales-wise, but Pac had been in the game for years in '96, and this was his biggest album yet. Giving Pac the Grammy also has a great storyline, due to him being fresh out of jail, being recently signed to Death Row, and having a heartfelt song about his mother on the album. I think ODB is simply too weird of a pick to receive the Grammy

Biggest snubs

• Mobb Deep - The Infamous
• Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...

In my opinion, these should've been nominated instead of Naughty By Nature and Skee-Lo. Especially Skee-Lo. Big L's definitely has the quality to be nominated, but he was still an underground act at this point and it was his first album, unlike Mobb Deep and Rae (counting the Wu-Tang album).

1997

• The Fugees - The Score (same winner)
• 2Pac - All Eyez On Me
• A Tribe Called Quest - Beats, Rhymes & Life
• Coolio - Gangsta's Paradise
• LL Cool J - Mr. Smith

This award is between Fugees and Pac. In my opinion, The Score is much better overall album than All Eyez On Me, where Pac's album might have some stronger single songs. The Grammys could've gave Pac the award in 97 just after his death, but they might have even given The Fugees the award, since picking Pac at this point could be too

Past Threads

Source is RIAA website.

#Singles

The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”

“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.

Mentos

(I will see myself out)

The doctor says it terminal.

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

Do your worst!

How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?

Mathematical puns makes me number

We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.

Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.

But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.

They were cooked in Greece.

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

He lost May

Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.

Said if she ever hosts a gender reveal party, when it comes time to pop the balloon she'll spray everyone with water.

Gender is fluid.

Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?

Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"

Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"

But let me give it a shot.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

He’s the new temp.

And now I’m cannelloni

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

But that’s comparing apples to oranges

And boy are my arms legs.

Amy

Put it on my bill

Heard they've been doing some shady business.