Nirvana’s 1991 grunge landmark “Smells Like Teen Spirit” inspired untold numbers of loud, gravel-voiced anthems about youthful angst and rebellion. Perhaps the most surprising came from a hardcore hip-hop foursome based in Queens, N.Y. KSID::F235a2413P24914

Now we come to the payoff. In a commendable if inadvertent show of self-awareness, “Good Vibrations,” the 1991 hip-house hit from Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, wastes no time in letting the listener know that the majority of the song — a series of listless couplets by titular rapper Marky Mark, who would go […]