When I think of songs from the 60's, I think:

My Girl, I Feel Good, Grapevine, Respect, etc


When you think of songs from the 70's, I think:

Staying Alive, Superstition, Yesterday,What's Going On, etc


When I think of songs from the 80's, I think:

1999, Like A Virgin, Sweet Dreams, Bille Jean, Kiss, etc


When I think of songs from the 90's, I think:

Get Off, No Ordinary Love, That's The Way Love Goes, etc


What do we have for the 00's thus far?

There's of coure and there're YET to come, personaly:

-The Rainbow Children
-Mama's Gun-Erykah Badu
-The Unplugged-Lauryn Hill

Thats all I could think of right now!

Duh R.Kelly "Chocolate Factory"/"Loveland" the Best Music&Artist of the 00's In a Breeze IMHO.nobody can touch "DA Kang of Modern R&B" aka the Pied Piper of R&B.

The mere fact that the Rainbow Children, Lauren Hill Unplugged and RKelly r the only ones named so far in this thread speaks 4 itself: no (or very little) classics so far. (note: i'm no fan of rap, but there have been quite some decent albums lately, so i'd say that's somewhat the 'genre' of the 00's so far).

[This message was edited Tue Apr 15 12:53:09 PDT 2003 by SpcMs]

SpcMs said:

Overall Rap-Hip-Hop Rules Everything but the closes Badd Album I've heard in Rap in the 00's is Dead Prez.dug that Album alot.but Singles are the biggest thing of this Era overall thus far IMHO in all Fields&Styles.

The 00s ain't doing too badly IMO. Some favourites of mine:

D'Angelo-Voodoo
Prince-The Rainbow Children
Bilal-1st Born Second
Outkast-Stankonia
Dungeon Family-Even In Darkness
TTD-Wildcard
R. Kelly-Chocolate Factory
Lynden David Hall-The Other Side
Dead Prez-Let's Get Free
Slum Village-Fantastic Vol 2
Talib Kweli-Reflection Eternal & Quality
Omar-Best By Far

Essence said:

Some of these releases are pre-00(like Voodoo)

Harlepolis said:

Nope they're all 2000 and beyond, Voodoo was released February 14th 2000 in the UK.

Essence said:

If so then I might as well put that in the list and R.Kelly's Chocolate Factory too

Harlepolis said:

Well it came out late 99 in the USA so you can't have it.

mistermaxxx said:

you like R Kelly? Since when?!

R Saadiq

rdhull said:

And that too along with Lucy Pearl's,,DANG my big momma have a stronger memory,,whats wrong wit me?

a song is a 'classic' when YOU love it and at the same time you KNOW that everybody else loves it too. an example of a 'classic' is of course michael jackson's 'billie jean'. it's that song where you're almost certain that you speak for the rest of the world when you say: "now, that's a great song!" unfortunately, i haven't had that feeling in this decade yet. i've definitely heard some great music. they just don't live up to my understanding of the honorable title 'classic'.

i can, however, give you a list of songs from this decade that have moved me the most (not necessarily in this order):

- 'poetry' by roy hargrove, q-tip and erykah badu;
- 'sometimes' by bilal;
- 'penitentiary philosophy' by erykah badu;
- 'untitled' by d'angelo;
- 'rainbow children' by prince;
- 'ms. jackson' by outkast;
- 'jimi was a rock star' by common and erykah badu;
- 'chicken grease' by d'angelo.

these are the songs that hit me hard at first listen and still do everytime i hear them..

Harlepolis said:

Dance Tonight

Essence said:

Voodoo was released Jan or Feb of 2000 in the US

Harlepolis said:

Yep Saadiq LP is cool too, always been at least one hot LP per year since 2000 IMO. 2002 I found a little slow but 2003 exploded with Chocolate Factory.

classic77 said:

You're right, US release was late January I think, it had just been doing bootleg rounds for so long things get blurred. I waited til Feb 14th here though and got it official day.

Harl, you may have Voodoo.

rdhull said:

Dance Tonight is great but I wouldn't quite put the Lucy Pearl LP up there overall.

I gotta add Meshells'"Cookie".

Essence said:

I agree--Im just talkin about the single...and the marching band cd cut hehe

classic77 said:

Oh hell yeah! Everything Meshell releases is an instant classic..but this one she wrecked shoit with I dont care if it gets no airplay..Dead Ngr Blvd, Hot Night, Berry fFrms etc..shit. Nobody can fuck with this funk.

rdhull said:

Harlepolis said the full album. The marching band reminiscing interlude is tight yeah. Anyone know if it's true he had written the song back then in his school/college days?

I can't think of any songs from 2000-2003 that will live on decades from now.

Also Tweet, I think alot of ppl here dislike her but I really enjoy her effort. Very mellow with mature writing talent

rdhull said:

If Not for Our Past History I Might digify that Re-Mark but due to the Undertones&knowing the Loaded Element that comes along with it&You knew that some folks like re-sparkling a Feud I'm not gonna Say When.Ask Essence how long?

God, it's so nice to hear Bilal, Lucy Pearl's "Dance Tonight" (LOVED the Love and Basketball soundtrack), D'Angelo (though he doesn't count) and of course Meshell being mentioned.


[This message was edited Tue Apr 15 14:00:51 PDT 2003 by INSATIABLE]

intha916 said:

I don't think some of you get it. The songs I meantion above aren't my favorites of the period but rather songs that helped define the period. I love TRC but 20 years from now most people won't think TRC when they think of the 00's. I have a few I think might:

"Ms. Jackson" Outkast
"Country Grammer" Nelly
"Fallen" Alicia Keys
"Stan" Emenim
"In Da Club" 50 Cent
"Hizzo" Jay-Z
"Rock The Boat" Aaliyah


While I personally don't like 3 of the 7 songs I listed, all were monster hits by acts that are/were high profile in the 00's. When its all said and done, Nelly and Emenim have the best shot of being the Michael and Prince of the 00's talent not withstanding.

Essence said:[quote]

rdhull said:

yeahh well intha916 stated about songs from each decade


. too specific edit hehe
[This message was edited Tue Apr 15 14:08:35 PDT 2003 by rdhull]

mistermaxxx said:

I know man, I jus fuckin around, dang.