The 90s are here in more ways than one this summer from boy bands (Hanson, Backstreet Boys), rap (Wu-Tang Clan) and Brit trip hop (Tricky) to alt rock (Alice in Chains), emo (Jimmy Eat World) and R&B (Ashanti), artists who defined our summers 20 years ago are still at it in 2013. Ahead, discover how the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Click here for a Spotify playlist previewing some of the music ahead.

This story appears in the special Summer Issue of our weekly iPad magazine, Huffington, in the iTunes App store , available Friday, May 24.