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Discussion: This.Was.2000. - Top 25
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THIS WAS 2000
Presenting you... 5 of the most critically acclaimed albums of the tumultuous year of 2000. The year that brought us more exciting Teen-Pop, tons of Post-Grunge that we all totally remember today, and a really awkward transition in Hip-Hop, here are five of the most critically acclaimed and lauded albums of the year. We will rate each song from a scale of 0-10, however in this rate, you will be allowed to give one song a score of 11. Choose wisely. Then we will rank them as a whole based on the averages. Please PM me with your scores by April 20. Thenk u. |
Eminem released his third sophomore album, The Marshall Mathers LP to great commercial success and immense critical praise. It holds the record for highest selling debut week by any solo act in the United States, and critics praised the album for creating depth within his own personal character while still managing to pull off cartoonish, cynical tracks, and Dr. Dre's production. The album, like pretty much everything he did from 1997-2003, came with a large amount of controversy. Was the album homophobic and misogyny? Is it a satire of the culture at the time? Does it matter?
 Marshall Mathers LP Tracklist- "Kill You"
- "Stan"
- "Who Knew"
- "The Way I Am"
- "The Real Slim Shady"
- "Remember Me"
- "I'm Back"
- "Marshall Mathers"
- "Drug Ballad"
- "Amityville"
- "Bitch Please II"
- "Kim"
- "Under the Influence"
- "Criminal"
- "The Kids"
PJ Harvey's fifth solo album, Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea was a light contrast compared to the dark direction she went on To Bring You My Love and Is This Desire. It's probably her "poppiest" album but knowing PJ, it still is gritty and unconventional. The album was met with some negative reception upon release but now it holds just about every accolade in Britain an artist can get.
Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea Tracklist
- "Big Exit"
- "Good Fortune"
- "A Place Called Home"
- "One Line"
- "Beautiful Feeling"
- "The *****'s Hustle and the Hustler's *****"
- "This Mess We're In"
- "You Said Something"
- "Kamikaze"
- "This is Love"
- "Horses in my Dreams"
- "We Float"
- "This Wicked Tongue"
Kid A marked a giant shift in Radiohead's discography, where they officially embraced electronic music, with Aphex Twin and many classical electronic composers serving as their influence, they created an album that blended their previous Alternative Rock/Britpop sound with a more progressive format. The album divided Radiohead fans, but now it is considered a landmark release, and one of the greatest and most important modern albums ever by many critics.
Kid A Tracklist
- "Everything in its Right Place"
- "Kid A"
- "The National Anthem"
- "How To Disappear Completely"
- "Treefingers"
- "Optimistic"
- "In Limbo"
- "Idioteque"
- "Morning Bell"
- "Motion Picture Soundtrack"
Who Is Jill Scott? Well, Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1, Jill Scott's debut album has the answer to that. It was released with rave reviews claiming her to be one of the leaders of the pack in the Neo-Soul subgenre and complimenting her songwriting and her already fully formed persona.
Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol. 1 Tracklisting
- "Do You Remember"
- "Exclusively"
- "Gettin' In the Way"
- "A Long Walk"
- "I Think it's Better"
- "He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)"
- "It's Love"
- "The Way"
- "Honey Molasses"
- "Slowly Surely"
- "One is the Magic #"
- "Watching Me"
- "Brotha"
- "Show Me"
- "Try"
- "Love Rain"
Stankonia is the album that finally made Outkast change from critic darlings and Hip-Hop stars to an almost household name. The album features some of their biggest hit singles, and the album is known to be one of Hip-Hop's most diverse, eclectic, and experimental releases, especially in the mainstream. Critics praised André 3000's blend of singing and rapping, Big Boi's rapping, and the group's ambition.
Stankonia Tracklisting
- "Gasoline Dreams"
- "So Fresh, So Clean"
- "Ms. Jackson"
- "Snappin' & Trappin'"
- "Spaghetti Junction"
- "I'll Call Before I Come"
- "B.O.B."
- "Xplosion"
- "We Luv Deez Hoez"
- "Humble Mumble"
- "?"
- "Red Velvet"
- "Gangsta ****"
- "Toilet Tisha"
- "Slum Beautiful"
- "Stanklove (Stankonia)"
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"Kill You"
"Stan"
"Who Knew"
"The Way I Am"
"The Real Slim Shady"
"Remember Me"
"I'm Back"
"Marshall Mathers"
"Drug Ballad"
"Amityville"
"Bitch Please II"
"Kim"
"Under the Influence"
"Criminal"
"The Kids"
"Big Exit"
"Good Fortune"
"A Place Called Home"
"One Line"
"Beautiful Feeling"
"The *****'s Hustle and the Hustler's *****"
"This Mess We're In"
"You Said Something"
"Kamikaze"
"This is Love"
"Horses in my Dreams"
"We Float"
"This Wicked Tongue"
"Everything in its Right Place"
"Kid A"
"The National Anthem"
"How To Disappear Completely"
"Treefingers"
"Optimistic"
"In Limbo"
"Idioteque"
"Morning Bell"
"Motion Picture Soundtrack"
"Do You Remember"
"Exclusively"
"Gettin' In the Way"
"A Long Walk"
"I Think it's Better"
"He Loves Me (Lyzel in E Flat)"
"It's Love"
"The Way"
"Honey Molasses"
"Slowly Surely"
"One is the Magic #"
"Watching Me"
"Brotha"
"Show Me"
"Try"
"Love Rain"
"Gasoline Dreams"
"So Fresh, So Clean"
"Ms. Jackson"
"Snappin' & Trappin'"
"Spaghetti Junction"
"I'll Call Before I Come"
"B.O.B."
"Xplosion"
"We Luv Deez Hoez"
"Humble Mumble"
"?"
"Red Velvet"
"Gangsta ****"
"Toilet Tisha"
"Slum Beautiful"
"Stanklove (Stankonia)"
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I'm down, didn't know Jill was so acclaimed tho.
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Not this dragging on the first post 
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Love those Eminem and OutKast albums, and I'm interesting in hearing Jill Scott's as well, but I have a feeling that I'm not going to like the "alt" albums.  They're not really my style.
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Cooool. I've only actually heard Outkast and Jill in full! And out of curiosity, what do you use to find out the most acclaimed albums of that year? Pazz & Jop or is there something else?
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Originally posted by Penk
Cooool. I've only actually heard Outkast and Jill in full! And out of curiosity, what do you use to find out the most acclaimed albums of that year? Pazz & Jop or is there something else?
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Ask Ace. But I'm pretty sure it's P&J, plus we wanna have diversity of genres/sounds/etc. so it's probably not just like, the top 5.
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Originally posted by Flashing Lights
Love those Eminem and OutKast albums, and I'm interesting in hearing Jill Scott's as well, but I have a feeling that I'm not going to like the "alt" albums. They're not really my style.
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Luckily, they're the shortest ones!
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Haven't listened to PJ or Jill's album but if I have time I wanna do this.
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definitely here for it. Stories and Stankonia >>>>>>>>>>>
although i haven't heard the jill scott album.
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i don't like eminem, and i only like 1 or 2 radiohead albums and i can't remember if Kid A was one i liked, though. but i will definitely participate.
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Jill and Outkast 
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I would like to but...
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Originally posted by conatus
i don't like eminem, and i only like 1 or 2 radiohead albums and i can't remember if Kid A was one i liked, though. but i will definitely participate.
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Kid A is definitely one of their most popular so it might but... or not! 
Yay!
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This will actually be hard. All of these albums are really good.
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the only ones I love are PJ's and Stankonia. I haven't listened to any of the others in a long time but I remember hating them. (except Jill's.. I haven't listened to that)
So anyways I'm here for a PJ and Outkast takeover but I know stupid Radiohead is gonna destroy this rate.
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I've been wanting to listen to that PJ album for awhile now, so this is perfect. I'll do it over my spring break!
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Doing this.
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Jill Scott's debut album is in my top 40 best evah. Also love the one's by Outkast and Radiohead's. PJ's is really great, even through I actually prefer both 'Rid of Me' and 'To Give You My Love' when it comes to her catalogue.
All in all great choices, except for that trash by Mr. Mathers.
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Originally posted by Latinazza
Jill Scott's debut album is in my top 40 best evah. Also love the one's by Outkast and Radiohead's. PJ's is really great, even through I actually prefer both 'Rid of Me' and 'To Give You My Love' when it comes to her catalogue.
All in all great choices, except for that trash by Mr. Mathers.
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Are u gonna participate?
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