2000 reconsidered
Albums:
1. Enon - Believo!
2. Faraquet - The View From This Tower
3. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
4. Lake Trout - Alone At Last: Live With DJ Who
5. The Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
6. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
7. Ludacris - Back For The First Time
8. Two Dollar Guitar - Weak Beats and Lame Ass Rhymes
9. Beanie Sigel - The Truth
10. 8Ball & MJG - Space Age 4 Eva
11. Radiohead - Kid A
12. Jay-Z - The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
13. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
14. D'Angelo - Voodoo
15. Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
16. Trick Daddy - Book Of Thugs: Chapter AK Verse 47
17. J Mascis And The Fog - More Light
18. Mystikal - Let's Get Ready
19. Outkast - Stankonia
20. Youngblood Brass Band - Unlearn
21. The Mercury Program - All The Suits Began To Fall Off EP
22. Common - Like Water For Chocolate
23. Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo
24. Green Day - Warning
25. Trans Am - The Red Line
So this is where I wind up the whole year-by-year thing I started back in February, at least for now (I'm gonna do the big decade list at some point in the next couple months, and probably somewhere down the line will start working my way back through the '90s, just because this whole exercise is pretty fun). 2000 was a big year for me, in that I turned 18, graduated high school, started college, and had my first little taste of being a music critic during my brief stint with Pitchfork. As much music from that year that I loved at the time, or came to love later, though, I was writing about very little of it at the time, and was mostly grinding through the promo pile; in fact, of the 30 albums I reviewed that year, exactly one of them is on the above list. I actually was kinda relieved when I was let go, because it meant I didn't have to cough up a top 20 albums at the end of the year. I'd only heard about half of the above albums at the time, but now I feel pretty good about this list, almost a decade later.
Singles:
1. Jay-Z f/ Pharrell - "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
2. Ludacris - "What's Your Fantasy?"
3. Method Man & Redman - "Da Rockwilder"
4. Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg - "The Next Episode"
5. Ja Rule f/ Lil Mo and Vita - "Put It On Me"
6. M.O.P. - "Ante Up"
7. Mya - "Case of the Ex"
8. Outkast - "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)"
9. Limp Bizkit - "Rollin'"
10. Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter"
11. Mya f/ Jay-Z - "Best of Me (Remix)"
12. Sisqo - "Thong Song"
13. D'Angelo - "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
14. C Murder f/ Magic and Snoop Dogg - "Down for My N's"
15. Jay-Z f/ Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek - "Change The Game"
16. Trick Daddy f/ Trina, Co and Duece Poppito - "Shut Up"
17. Nelly Furtado - "I'm Like A Bird"
18. Three 6 Mafia - "Who Run It"
19. U2 - "Beautiful Day"
20. The Disturbed - "Stupify"
21. Jay-Z - "Hey Papi"
22. Cam'ron - "What Means The World To You"
23. Memphis Bleek f/ Jay-Z and Missy Elliott - "Is That Your Chick?"
24. Shade Sheist f/ Nate Dogg and Kurupt - "Where I Wanna Be"
25. Blink 182 - "Adam's Song"
26. Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady"
27. Carl Thomas - "I Wish"
28. Big Tymers - "Get Your Roll On"
29. N Sync - "Bye Bye Bye"
30. Ludacris - "Southern Hospitality"
31. Big Tymers - "#1 Stunna"
32. Common f/ Bilal - "The 6th Sense"
33. No Doubt - "Bathwater"
34. Big Punisher - "It's So Hard"
35. Jay-Z f/ UGK - "Big Pimpin'"
36. Outkast - "Ms. Jackson"
37. Destiny's Child - "Jumpin' Jumpin'"
38. 8Ball & MJG f/ DJ Quik - "Buck Bounce"
39. Limp Bizkit - "Break Stuff"
40. Nelly - "E.I."
41. Three 6 Mafia f/ UGK and Project Pat - "Sippin' On Some Syrup"
42. Beenie Man f/ Mya - "Girls Dem Sugar"
43. Ja Rule f/ Christina Milian - "Between Me And You"
44. Da Brat f/ Tyrese - "What Do You Like"
45. Da Brat - "That's What I'm Looking For"
46. Wu Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"
47. Nelly - "Country Grammar"
48. Lucy Pearl - "Dance Tonight"
49. R. Kelly - "I Wish"
50. Destiny's Child - "Say My Name"
I feel like I say this about almost every year's singles, but man this was such an awesome awesome time to listen to the radio or turn on MTV. One thing I will say is that if you ever have any doubt about what year represents Jay-Z's absolute peak as a hitmaker and singles artist, look at this list.
1. Enon - Believo!
2. Faraquet - The View From This Tower
3. Reflection Eternal - Train of Thought
4. Lake Trout - Alone At Last: Live With DJ Who
5. The Boredoms - Vision Creation Newsun
6. Ghostface Killah - Supreme Clientele
7. Ludacris - Back For The First Time
8. Two Dollar Guitar - Weak Beats and Lame Ass Rhymes
9. Beanie Sigel - The Truth
10. 8Ball & MJG - Space Age 4 Eva
11. Radiohead - Kid A
12. Jay-Z - The Dynasty: Roc La Familia
13. The New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
14. D'Angelo - Voodoo
15. Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water
16. Trick Daddy - Book Of Thugs: Chapter AK Verse 47
17. J Mascis And The Fog - More Light
18. Mystikal - Let's Get Ready
19. Outkast - Stankonia
20. Youngblood Brass Band - Unlearn
21. The Mercury Program - All The Suits Began To Fall Off EP
22. Common - Like Water For Chocolate
23. Aimee Mann - Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo
24. Green Day - Warning
25. Trans Am - The Red Line
So this is where I wind up the whole year-by-year thing I started back in February, at least for now (I'm gonna do the big decade list at some point in the next couple months, and probably somewhere down the line will start working my way back through the '90s, just because this whole exercise is pretty fun). 2000 was a big year for me, in that I turned 18, graduated high school, started college, and had my first little taste of being a music critic during my brief stint with Pitchfork. As much music from that year that I loved at the time, or came to love later, though, I was writing about very little of it at the time, and was mostly grinding through the promo pile; in fact, of the 30 albums I reviewed that year, exactly one of them is on the above list. I actually was kinda relieved when I was let go, because it meant I didn't have to cough up a top 20 albums at the end of the year. I'd only heard about half of the above albums at the time, but now I feel pretty good about this list, almost a decade later.
Singles:
1. Jay-Z f/ Pharrell - "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)"
2. Ludacris - "What's Your Fantasy?"
3. Method Man & Redman - "Da Rockwilder"
4. Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg - "The Next Episode"
5. Ja Rule f/ Lil Mo and Vita - "Put It On Me"
6. M.O.P. - "Ante Up"
7. Mya - "Case of the Ex"
8. Outkast - "B.O.B. (Bombs Over Baghdad)"
9. Limp Bizkit - "Rollin'"
10. Janet Jackson - "Doesn't Really Matter"
11. Mya f/ Jay-Z - "Best of Me (Remix)"
12. Sisqo - "Thong Song"
13. D'Angelo - "Untitled (How Does It Feel)"
14. C Murder f/ Magic and Snoop Dogg - "Down for My N's"
15. Jay-Z f/ Beanie Sigel and Memphis Bleek - "Change The Game"
16. Trick Daddy f/ Trina, Co and Duece Poppito - "Shut Up"
17. Nelly Furtado - "I'm Like A Bird"
18. Three 6 Mafia - "Who Run It"
19. U2 - "Beautiful Day"
20. The Disturbed - "Stupify"
21. Jay-Z - "Hey Papi"
22. Cam'ron - "What Means The World To You"
23. Memphis Bleek f/ Jay-Z and Missy Elliott - "Is That Your Chick?"
24. Shade Sheist f/ Nate Dogg and Kurupt - "Where I Wanna Be"
25. Blink 182 - "Adam's Song"
26. Eminem - "The Real Slim Shady"
27. Carl Thomas - "I Wish"
28. Big Tymers - "Get Your Roll On"
29. N Sync - "Bye Bye Bye"
30. Ludacris - "Southern Hospitality"
31. Big Tymers - "#1 Stunna"
32. Common f/ Bilal - "The 6th Sense"
33. No Doubt - "Bathwater"
34. Big Punisher - "It's So Hard"
35. Jay-Z f/ UGK - "Big Pimpin'"
36. Outkast - "Ms. Jackson"
37. Destiny's Child - "Jumpin' Jumpin'"
38. 8Ball & MJG f/ DJ Quik - "Buck Bounce"
39. Limp Bizkit - "Break Stuff"
40. Nelly - "E.I."
41. Three 6 Mafia f/ UGK and Project Pat - "Sippin' On Some Syrup"
42. Beenie Man f/ Mya - "Girls Dem Sugar"
43. Ja Rule f/ Christina Milian - "Between Me And You"
44. Da Brat f/ Tyrese - "What Do You Like"
45. Da Brat - "That's What I'm Looking For"
46. Wu Tang Clan - "Protect Ya Neck (The Jump Off)"
47. Nelly - "Country Grammar"
48. Lucy Pearl - "Dance Tonight"
49. R. Kelly - "I Wish"
50. Destiny's Child - "Say My Name"
I feel like I say this about almost every year's singles, but man this was such an awesome awesome time to listen to the radio or turn on MTV. One thing I will say is that if you ever have any doubt about what year represents Jay-Z's absolute peak as a hitmaker and singles artist, look at this list.
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