Electric Relaxation: Goodbye 2000's - Favorite Songs

I really wasn't going to try and do a best of 2000's but after seeing the Songs of the Decade Trend on Twitter and the Rolling Stone list of great songs, I got inspired. This is just some of my favorite songs from the decade, when I got exposed to way more music.

Some of these songs are influential on the decade. Some still sound fresh as when I heard them for the first time. Some are personal favorites for various reasons ("Virgo" anyone?). But anyway here they are. Happy New Year, everyone :)

Eminem - Stan

Jay-Z - Takeover

Jay-Z - Roc Boys

Missy Elliot - Get Ur Freak On

Alicia Keys - Fallin (the true queen of R&B this decade)

Nas - Stillmatic Intro, Made You Look, One Mic, Virgo

AZ - The Essence (f. Nas): The last official partnership we have for now :(

Lecrae - Jesus Muzik

Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor

The Strokes - Last Night

Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out

Kanye West - Jesus Walks/Touch The Sky/Addiction/Celebration/Everything I Am

The Roots - Rising Down, Long Time

Common - The Light, The Corner

The Vines - Get Free

The Hives - Hate To Say I Told You So

Outkast - B.O.B., Hey Ya, I Like The Way You Move, Art of Storytellin Pt. 4

Mary Mary - Shackles

Tonex - Real With U

50 Cent - In Da Club

Clipse - Grindin, Mr. Me Too

Lupe Fiasco - Kick, Push/American Terrorist/Theme Music to a Drive By

The White Stripes - Fell In Love With A Girl/Seven Nation Army/Icky Thump

Foreign Exchange - Sincere/The Answer

Little Brother - Lovin It/The Yo-Yo/Speed/Hiding Place

Blue Scholars - Loyalty

Usher - Yeah/Confessions Pt. 2/U Got It Bad/U Remind Me

Talib Kweli - Get By/Say Something/We Got The Beat

John Legend - Ordinary People/Save Room (that whole 2nd album is underrated)/Green Light

Cee-Lo - I'll Be Around (how many of yall bought his solo albums?)

Gnarls Barkley - Crazy/Smiley Faces

Musiq Soulchild - Love/Just Friends/Halfcrazy/Forthenight/Womanopoly/Soulstarr

Slum Village - Fall N Love (one of the 1st J Dilla beats I heard after his passing)

Big L - Ebonics

Big Pun - Dream Shatterer

Q-Tip - Gettin Up/Life Is Better

Angels and Airwaves - Do It For Me Now

+44 - Lycanthrope

Bubba Sparxxx - Deliverance (an underrated collabo partner in Timbaland's camp)

Aaliyah - Rock The Boat (if you don't know why, you're too young)

Coldplay - Shiver (hated Yellow)/The Scientist/Amsterdam/Viva La Vida

Craig David - Fill Me In

Craig David - Walking Away

Green Day - American Idiot/Minority/Jesus of Suburbia

Jadakiss - Why

T.I. - Bring Em Out

Nappy Roots - Po' Folks

Incubus - Wish You Were Here/Dig/Warning

Jurassic 5 - Quality Control/What's Golden/The Game/A Day At The Races

Justin Timberlake - Like I Love You/Love Stoned/Senorita

K-Os - Sunday Morning

Run-DMC - Queens Day

Silversun Pickups - Lazy Eye
Sean Paul - Temperature

N.E.R.D. - Lapdance

Red Hot Chili Peppers - Dani California

MIA - Galang/Paper Planes

Kidz in the Hall - Driving Down The Block

Maxwell - Pretty Wings

UGK - Chrome-Plated Woman/Int'l Player's Anthem