Okay. following up on some of the criticisms of Rolling Stone's "50 Coolest Albums" list (see http://prince.org/msg/8/268407), the criticism was that the list didn't feature many contemporary albums.

So cast your votes for the so-called "coolest" (not necessarily "best") albums of the decade. I'll start.

Madvillain -- Madvillainy (2004)

Marc Cary -- Focus (2006)

The Bad Plus -- These Are The Vistas (2003)

Beck -- Guero (2005)

Jazzanova -- in between (2002)

Zero 7 -- simple things (2001)

De La Soul -- The Grind Date (2004)

Ghostface -- Fishscale (2006)

D'Angelo -- Voodoo (2000)

Me'Shell Ndegeocello -- Comfort Woman (2003)

The RH Factor -- Hard Groove (2003)

Nuspirit Helsinki -- Nuspirit Helsinki (2002)

Lisa Shaw -- Cherry (2006)

blue six -- a beautiful tomorrow (2002)

Micatone -- Is You Is (2003)

MF Doom -- Special Herbs Vols. 9+0 (2006)

Koop -- Waltz For Koop (2001)

Josh Rouse -- 1972 (2003)

JayLib -- Champion Sound (2003)

J Dilla -- Donuts (2006)

Gnarls Barkley -- St. Elsewhere (2006)

Common -- Like Water For Chocolate (2000)

Bebel Gilberto -- Tanto Tempo (2001)

there's more but those make for a good overview of my personal
fav/cool albums of the 00's.

looking back there's already been a hell of a lot of good music
out this decade.

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Timmy84 said:

Somebody needs to tell Anthony to comb his beard

bboy87 said:

His beard IS scraggly than a mothafucka tho.

The reason the original list didn't feature many new albums is because that list was made in 2002.

Moonbeam said:

With that much appreciated correction, we continue on . . .

namepeace said:

Sorry. I didn't mean to be snotty, and I'm the last person to stop people from making lists! I just thought I'd point out the reason why that original list didn't feature many new albums.

namepeace said:

don't know more than half of those names

Here are my contributions!

PJ Harvey- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
Björk- Vespertine (2001)
Missy Elliott- Miss E... So Addictive (2001)
N.E.R.D.- In Search Of (2001)
RES- How I Do
David Bowie- Heathen
Kylie Minogue- Body Language (2003)
The Strokes- Room on Fire (2003)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs- Fever to Tell (2003)
Peaches- Fatherfucker (2003)
M83- Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts (2003)
Annie- Anniemal (2004)
Franz Ferdinand- Franz Ferdinand (2004)
!!!- Louden Up Now (2004)
Death from Above 1979- You're a Woman, I'm a Machine (2004)
Xiu Xiu- Fabulous Muscles (2004)
Gorillaz- Demon Days (2005)
Wolf Parade- Apologies to Queen Mary (2005)
Bat for Lashes- Fur and Gold (2006)
The Knife- Silent Shout (2006)
LCD Soundsystem- Sound of Silver (2007)
Chromeo- Fancy Footwork (2007)
!!!- Myth Takes (2007)
Justice- Cross (2007)

Dewrede said:

Well, they're just my votes, after all . . .

velvet eden-street of alice

baroque said:

Scott Walker – The Drift
Final Fantasy – He Poos Clouds
Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much in Love
The Books – Lost and Safe
Mountain Goats – The Sunset Tree
Orange Peels – So Far
The Delgados – Hate
Vincent Gallo – When
Lambchop – Nixon
Primal Scream – XTRMNTR