Tuesday, January 5, 2010

The 101 greatest records of the naughties

The first decade of the third millennium just ended, and this is a good time to pause and reflect. Most summations I've read went on about how terrible and depressing the decade was, but that's not exactly how I feel about it. Following are my choices for the 101 greatest records of the naughties, telling the story of how I experienced this decade.

  1. Eminem - Stan
  2. Mary J. Blige - Family Affair
  3. Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
  4. OutKast - Bombs Over Baghdad
  5. Christina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink - Lady Marmalade
  6. Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
  7. Dr. Dre feat. Eminem - Forgot About Dre
  8. Beyonce feat. Jay-Z - Crazy in Love
  9. The Black Eyed Peas feat. Justin Timberlake - Where is the Love?
  10. Britney Spears - Toxic
  11. Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
  12. Christina Aguilera - Fighter
  13. Kylie Minogue - Can't Get You out of My Head
  14. Snoop Dogg feat. Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake - Signs
  15. Missy Elliott feat. Ludacris & Trina - One Minute Man
  16. Eminem - Without Me
  17. Beyonce - Naughty Girl
  18. Christina Aguilera feat. Redman - Dirrty
  19. Amy Winehouse - Rehab
  20. Kylie Minogue -Slow
  21. Santana feat. the Product G&B - Maria Maria
  22. The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army
  23. Angie Stone - Brotha
  24. Usher feat. Lil' Jon & Ludacris - Yeah!
  25. Alicia Keys - Fallin'
  26. So Solid Crew - 21 Seconds
  27. Kelis - Young Fresh N' New
  28. Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
  29. Destiny's Child - Independent Woman
  30. Erykah Badu feat. Common – Love of My Life (an Ode to Hip-Hop)
  31. Moloko - The Time is Now
  32. M.I.A - Galang
  33. Rage Against the Machine - Renegades of Funk
  34. Britney Spears - I'm a Slave 4 U
  35. Jay-Z - Change Clothes
  36. Dam - Da Dam
  37. Christina Aguilera - Beautiful
  38. 2Pac - Ghetto Gospel
  39. Nas feat. Will.i.am - Hip-hop is Dead
  40. Missy Elliott feat. Ciara & Fatman Scoop - Lose Control
  41. Britney Spears - Piece of Me
  42. Punjabi MC feat. Jay-Z - Beware of the Boys
  43. Dido - White Flag
  44. Pharrell feat. Jay-Z - Frontin'
  45. Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U
  46. Vitalic - La Rock 01
  47. Eve & Gwen Stefani - Let Me Blow Ya Mind
  48. Shakira - Whenever, Wherever
  49. Eminem - Lose Yourself
  50. Madonna - Music
  51. Johnny Cash - Hurt
  52. Blu Cantrell feat. Sean Paul - Breathe
  53. Baby Cham feat. Alicia Keys - Ghetto Story
  54. Sugababes - Freak Like Me
  55. Spiller feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor - Groovejet (if this ain't Love)
  56. Missy Elliott - 4 My People (Basement Jaxx remix)
  57. The Streets - Has it Come to This?
  58. Crazy Frog - Axel F.
  59. No Doubt - Hella Good
  60. The Pussycat Dolls feat. Busta Rhymes - Don't Cha (2005)
  61. Daddy Yankee - Gasolina
  62. Arcade Fire - Wake Up
  63. Eminem - The Real Slim Shady
  64. Busta Rhymes feat. Pharrell - Light Your Ass on Fire
  65. Kylie Minogue - Spinning Around
  66. 50 Cent - In da Club
  67. Morrissey - First of the Gang to Die
  68. Lil' Jon - Get Crunk
  69. Mary J. Blige & U2 - One
  70. Missy Elliott - Work It
  71. Lady Gaga - Paparazzi
  72. Fischerspooner - Emerge
  73. David Bowie - Sunday
  74. Kanye West - Through the Wire
  75. Wiley - Wot Do U Call it?
  76. Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne - Changes
  77. Jay-Z - Big Pimpin'
  78. Arctic Monkeys - I bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor
  79. OutKast - Hey Ya!
  80. Macy Gray - Sexual Revolution
  81. Prince - Black Sweat
  82. DeScribe & Y Love - Change
  83. M.I.A - Paper Planes
  84. Snoop Dogg feat. Pharrell & Charlie Wilson - Beauiful
  85. Mylie Cyrus - Fly on the Wall
  86. Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
  87. Ronan Keating feat. Yusuf - Father and Son
  88. Christina Aguilera - Ain't No Other Man
  89. Common feat. Kanye West & the Last Poets - The Corner
  90. Beyonce - Work It Out
  91. Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind
  92. Twista feat. Kanye West & Jamie Foxx - Slow Jamz
  93. Scarlett Johansson - Falling Down
  94. Aaliya - try Again
  95. Eminem - Like Toy Soldiers
  96. Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Thou Shalt Always Kill
  97. Daft Punk - One More Time
  98. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Whatever Happened to My Rock'n'roll (Punk Song)
  99. t.A.T.u - All the Things She Said
  100. Snoop Dogg feat. Tanvi Shah - Snoop Dogg Millionaire
  101. Joe Woody - McDonald's Rap

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