Yes… Technically I am getting aged as I turn 33 today. However, I don’t feel as if I am aging at all…. I hit the gym daily, I still consider myself as being fly (no FILA short sets with knee high church socks), and I still run Madden and Black Ops with the best of em . But being 33 makes me think back to when I turned 22. The year 2000 was supposed to be the year that the earth came to a standstill.
I was in Nashville, Tennessee embarking on my last year of college, having pool parties, road trips, and the thing I miss most which is just sitting around and doing nothing every now and then.
But what was really hot in 2000….
* Well every rapper that was hot at the time had to have their own clothing line…
* No Limit was on the way out.. Three 6 and Cash Money were beast mode. * Love and Basketball was and still is one of my top 5 movies of all time….
* No Limit was on the way out.. Three 6 and Cash Money were beast mode. * Love and Basketball was and still is one of my top 5 movies of all time….
* Peter Warrick stunned the crowd as his performance paced a BCS championship for Florida State. However, young Michael Vick stole the show in a losing effort. One has become an NFL great while the other….
Could someone please.... please put out an APB for Peter Warrick???? .... Please
* Steve McNair and the Titans fell a yard short as the Rams “featuring the greatest show on turf” won Super Bowl XXXIV
* The series went 6, with Kobe and the Lakers… or should I say Shaq and the Lakers…. Either way, they closed the Pacers out on this day. It wasn’t as exciting as watching MJ dismantle the Utah Jazz two years earlier, but it was still fun to watch.
With all that said, I have to focus on what was in everyone’s cd player back then. Things were different with both BIG and PAC leaving us years earlier. Diddy became a sucker for love with every song having and underlying message for J-LO. (I NEED A GIRL – WTF WAS THAT?)
Anyways… this not a straight top hip-hop top 10, however these are the tracks that came to mind first when I thought back to the year 2000…. See if you can remember what you were doing when you heard these for the first time….
OutKast – So Fresh and So Clean
Everybody feels it…. Everyone says it…. But only a few can achieve it…. Andre 3000, Sir Lucious Left Foot, and Sleepy Brown showed us that fresh and clean aren’t just adjectives, but a way of life.
Everybody feels it…. Everyone says it…. But only a few can achieve it…. Andre 3000, Sir Lucious Left Foot, and Sleepy Brown showed us that fresh and clean aren’t just adjectives, but a way of life.
Black Rob – Whoa
Lox left and Mase retired like Whoa….. So I put the Label on my back like Whoa. (Yeah, that was the remix, but the track is still hot)
Lox left and Mase retired like Whoa….. So I put the Label on my back like Whoa. (Yeah, that was the remix, but the track is still hot)
Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz – Uptown Baby
Party Track that will get continuous airplay… I am sure Peter is lacing Cory with some of that studio knowledge.
Method Man – Break Ups 2 Make Ups
Meth and D’Angelo… Hopefully D’Angelo had his clothes on for this track. Meth always goes hard when he graces the Mic.
Jay Z – Change the Game
Jay, Beans, and Bleek…. Jump off to the Dynasty album.. What more need I say?
Party Track that will get continuous airplay… I am sure Peter is lacing Cory with some of that studio knowledge.
Method Man – Break Ups 2 Make Ups
Meth and D’Angelo… Hopefully D’Angelo had his clothes on for this track. Meth always goes hard when he graces the Mic.
Jay Z – Change the Game
Jay, Beans, and Bleek…. Jump off to the Dynasty album.. What more need I say?
Talib Kweli – The Blast
This was forever on rotation, however the final track of the Album “Four Women” was one of the most lyrically advanced tracks that I have ever heard.
This was forever on rotation, however the final track of the Album “Four Women” was one of the most lyrically advanced tracks that I have ever heard.
Eminem – The Way I Am
Whenever you need to get hype for a game, a workout, or just need to vent, Eminem is the way to go. I am positive that The Way I Am served as a release for a few Million people.
You think it’s over now… we gonna have to take it back 11 more years to 1989 and see what you youngin’s were really about...(Skating Rink... Ice Ice Baby.... Don't act like you don't know)
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- Slim
