56. Missy Elliott – 4 My People (Basement Jaxx remix) (2001)

Hip-hop and dance were alienated to one another in the nineties, when gangsta-rappers, surrounded in chronic smoke, made laidback heavy records, which had no rapport with the ravings of the ecstasy-driven dance boys. Towards the end of the decade you could here some attempts at bringing them together, and in 2001 Missy Elliott released her masterpiece album Miss E… So Addictive, which was like a drug in itself, but also revealed a change in habits. "Miss E" is one of the monikers Missy has for herself, but E is also the symbol of the famous amphetamine, and this hip-hop-rave record turns her into a priestess of ecstasy. The music proves that rappers can rave as well, and the rap heralds hip-hop's invasion into club world, serving as an anthem for the era that saw the rise of crunk, grime and other styles that combine the two worlds. Dancefloors around the world reacted enthusiastically to Elliott's call, and the record became a hit on the dance charts.

Basement Jaxx's remix, as far as I'm concerned, doesn't add or subtract from the original. But it is this version that came out as a video-clip, so it earns the honor of making the parade.