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Mixes By Year: 2000 Most Recommended Albums

2000- The New Millenium starts with a bang. Four absolute stunners came out that year- Outkast “Stankonia” (one of rap’s best albums), At the Drive-In “Relationship of Command” (the one saving grace of both mu-metal and emo?), Modest Mouse’s major label debut (and still best album) “Moon & Antarctica” and the incomparable “Kid A” by Radiohead- not necessarily topping ’97’s “OK Computer” but such a musical about-face, and work of both beauty and quality that it can stand right beside the band’s greatest work.

Alongside Outkast, Eminem, Ghostface and to a lesser extent the Wu-Tang Clan (with “The W”) delivered classics in the hip hop genre. Ghostface’s “Supreme Clientele” was the first truly worthy Wu release since the overly long but still great “Wu-Tang Forever” in 1997. After the collective totally dominated the rap scene in the mid 90’s, “Clientele” was a return to form after a three year slump. Eminem’s “Marshall Mathers LP” still stands as his best full length release and marked the period where he became perhaps the most well known and polarizing figure in music. Though they weren’t quite household names yet in 2000, super producers Timbaland & the Neptunes (both from coastal Virginia) would begin their total domination of the hip hop and R&B scenes throughout the ensuing decade- check out Tim’s production work on Aaliyah’s “Try Again” and the Neptunes beats on Jay-Z’s “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)” and Ludacris’s “Southern Hospitality” to name just a few examples.

Neo-soul, the return to the rootsier, funky soul sound of the 70’s, had a great year with excellent albums by two of its most important artists’ D’Angelo & Erykah Badu, along with newcomer Erykah Badu and the return of Sade after an almost decade’s-long absence. Chicago rapper Common also combined elements of neo-soul with conscious rap for his “Like Water for Chocolate”.

In the rock world the garage-rock revival began most notably with The Hives and The White Stripes though it wouldn’t really reach the general public for another two years. Most of the rock landscape was dominated by dark & paranoid but very intellectual fair like the aforementioned Radiohead & Modest Mouse, the frantic & angsty music of At the Drive-In, The Deftones (their “White Pony” is still the highlight of their career) & the hard hitting techno of Primal Scream alongside the mellower & mopier Brit-rock of Coldplay, Badly Drawn Boy & Doves. With all of the millennial tension thankfully bands like Queens of the Stone Age (with “Rated R”), The New Pornographers & Sleater-Kinney were also there to inject some much needed fun.

Biggest-rock-band-in-the-world U2 also released the blockbuster “All That You Can’t Leave Behind”, arguably their best album since “Achtung Baby”, if certainly not on par with their best albums. Country-rock flourished in 2000 with Ryan Adams solo debut “Heartbreaker” and excellent albums by Steve Earle & Shelby Lynne (“I Am Shelby Lynne”).

Overall- it’s a very promising start to a new decade.



Radiohead- Kid A

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Clinic- Internal Wrangler

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Ghostface Killah- Supreme Clientele

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Steve Earle- Transcendental Blues

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Sleater-Kinney- All Hands on the Bad One

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Badly Drawn Boy- The Hour of the Bewilderbeast

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Ryan Adams- Heartbreaker

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Outkast- Stankonia

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PJ Harvey- Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

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Primal Scream- XTRMNTR

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At the Drive-In- Relationship of Command

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D’Angelo- Voodoo

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The White Stripes- De Stijl

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Yo La Tengo- And then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out


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Jill Scott- Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Music Volume 1

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Modest Mouse- The Moon & Antarctica

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New Pornographers- Mass Romantic

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Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP


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Elliott Smith- Figure 8

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Smog- Dongs of Sevotion


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Mixes By Year: Best of 2000 Volume 1

Best of 2000 Volume 1 (3/31/03)

1.  Radiohead- The National Anthem

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2.  Outkast- B.O.B.

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3.  Madonna- Music

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4.  Queens of the Stone Age- Feel Good Hit of the Summer

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5.  Sleater-Kinney- You’re No Rock N’ Roll Fun

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6.  The Hives- Main Offender

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7.  The White Stripes- You’re Pretty Good Looking (for a Girl)

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8.  U2- Beautiful Day

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9.  Doves- Catch the Sun

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10.  Coldplay- Don’t Panic

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11.  Modest Mouse- A Different City

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12.  Eminem (Feat. Dido)- Stan

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13.  PJ Harvey- You Said Something

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14.  Shelby Lynne- Your Lies

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15.  Ryan Adams- To Be Young (Is to be Sad, Is to be High)

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16.  Green Day- Waiting

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17.  Jurassic 5- Lausd

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18.  At the Drive-In- Enfilade

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19.  The Deftones- Change (In the House of Flies)

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20.  Jill Scott- A Long Walk

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Mixes By Year: Best of 2000 Volume 2

Best of 2000 Volume 2 (4/2/03)

1.  Outkast- Gasoline Dreams

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2.  At The Drive-In- One Armed Scissor

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3.  Queens of the Stone Age- The Lost Art of Keeping A Secret

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4.  Radiohead- Everything in its Right Place

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5.  Modest Mouse- Gravity Rides Everything

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6.  Ghostface Killah- Cherchez La Ghost

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7.  Erykah Badu- Bag Lady

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8.  Common- The Light

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9.  Coldplay- Yellow

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10.  Nelly Furtado- Turn Off the Light

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11.  Madonna- Don’t Tell Me

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12.  Eminem- The Real Slim Shady

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13.  The Hives- Hate to Say I Told You So

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14.  Jurassic 5- Monkey Bars

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15.  Jill Scott- Gettin’ in the Way

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16.  PJ Harvey (Feat. Thom Yorke)- The Mess We’re In

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17.  The White Stripes- Sister Do You Know My Name?

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18.  D’Angelo- Devil’s Pie

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19.  Elliott Smith- Son of Sam

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Mixes By Year: Best of 2000 Volume 3

Best of 2000 Volume 3 (9/16/05)

1.  At the Drive-In- Arcarsenal

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2.  Ghostface Killah- We Made It (Feat. Superb)

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3,  Outkast (Feat. Erykah Badu)- Humble Mumble

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4.  Common- The 6th Sense (Feat. Bilal)

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5.  The White Stripes- Truth Doesn’t Make A Noise

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6.  Badly Drawn Boy- Camping Next to Water

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7.  Grandaddy- The Crystal Lake

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8.  Ryan Adams- Damn Sam (I Love A Woman that Rains)

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9.  Yo La Tengo- Cherry Chapstick

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10.  PJ Harvey- Good Fortune

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11.  Radiohead- Optimistic

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12.  Sleater-Kinney- All Hands on the Bad One

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13.  The Hives- Die, All Right!

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14.  Sinead O’Connor- Daddy I’m Fine

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15.  Eminem- The Way I Am

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16.  D’Angelo- Untitled (How Does It Feel)

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17.  The New Pornographers- Letter from an Occupant

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18.  Death Cab for Cutie- Company Calls

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19.  Modest Mouse- Lives

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Mixes By Year: Best of 2000 Volume 4

Best of 2000 Volume 4 (9/18/05)

1.  Modest Mouse- 3rd Planet

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2.  Doves- Here it Comes

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3.  Radiohead- Idioteque

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4.  Belle & Sebastian- Legal Man

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5.  The Clientele- Joseph Cornell

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6.  Yo La Tengo- You Can Have It All

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7.  Bob Dylan- Things Have Changed

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8.  The Soggy Bottom Boys- I’m A Man of Constant Sorrow

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9.  Shelby Lynne- Leavin’

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10.  The White Stripes- I’m Bound to Pack it Up

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11.  U2- Walk On

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12.  Badly Drawn Boy- Everybody’s Stalking

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13.  The New Pornographers- Mass Romantic

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14.  Eminem- Drugg Ballad

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15.  At the Drive-In- Sleepwalk Capsules

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16.  Ween- Bananas and Blow

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17.  Outkast- So Fresh, So Clean

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18.  Sade- By Your Side

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19.  Ryan Adams- Oh My Sweet Carolina

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Mixes By Year: Best of 2000 Volume 5

Best of 2000 Volume 5 (11/15/08)

1.  Ghostface Killah- One

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2.  Clinic- The Second Line

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3.  Doves- The Cedar Room

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4.  Badly Drawn Boy-Magic in the Air

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5.  Radiohead- How to Disappear Completely

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6.  Supreme Being of Leisure- Never the Same

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7.  Aimee Mann- Ghost World

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8.  Elliott Smith- Somebody that I Used to Know

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9.  Queens of the Stone Age- In the Fade

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10.  At the Drive-In- Pattern Against User

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11.  The New Pornographers- The Slow Descent into Alcoholism

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12.  Modest Mouse- What People are Made of

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13.  Ryan Adams- Come Pick Me Up

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14.  Steve Earle- The Galway Girl

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15.  Outkast- Ms. Jackson

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16.  Jay-Z- I Just Wanna Love U (Give it 2 Me)

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17.  Aaliyah- Try Again

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18.  Les Savy Fav- Hide Me from Next February

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19.  The Clientele- 6am Morningside

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20.  Smog- Dress Sexy at My Funeral

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Mixes By Year: Best of 2000 Volume 6

Best of 2000 Volume 6 (11/16/08)

1.  Steve Earle- Transcendental Blues

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2.  The Delgados- American Trilogy

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3.  Josh Rouse- Directions

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4.  Jill Scott- The Way

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5.  Dead Prez- It’s Bigger than Hip Hop (Hip Hop Remix)

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6.  Outkast- Xplosion

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7.  Wu-Tang Clan- Gravel Pit

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8.  Ghostface Killah- Wu-Banga 101 (Feat. GZA, Capadonna, Masta Killah & Raekwon)

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9.  Erykah Badu- Penitentiary Philosophy

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10.  Radiohead- Kid A

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11.  Modest Mouse- The Cold Part

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12.  Coldplay- Shiver

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13.  The Clientele- Rain

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14.  Badly Drawn Boy- The Shining

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15.  Clinic- Distortions

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16.  Sleater-Kinney- The Professional

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17.  Granddaddy- Broken Household Appliance National Forest

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18.  Smog- Permanent Smile

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Mixes By Year: Best of 2000 Volume 7

Best of 2000 Volume 7 (5/22/10)

1.  Ghostface Killah- Nutmeg (Feat. RZA)

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2.  Ludacris- What’s Your Fantasy

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3.  Spiller (Feat. Sophie Ellis-Bextor)- Groovejet (If This Ain’t Love)

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4.  Phoenix- If I Ever Feel Better

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5.  Broadcast- Come On Let’s Go

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6.  Elliott Smith- L.A.

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7.  Modest Mouse- Dark Center of the Universe

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8.  At the Drive-In- Quarantined

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9.  Primal Scream- Swastika Eyes (Jagz Kooner Mix)

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10.  Clinic- The Return of Evil Bill

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11.  Radiohead- Morning Bell

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12.  Wu-Tang Clan (Feat. isaac Hayes)- I Can’t Go to Sleep

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13.  Erykah Badu- Didn’t Cha Know

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14.  Outkast- Spaghetti Junction

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15.  D’Angelo- Spanish Joint

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16.  Jill Scott- Do You Remember

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17.  Air- Playground Love

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18.  Beta Band- To You Alone

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Mixes By Year: Best of 2000 Volume 8

Best of 2000 Volume 8 (5/22/10)

1. M.O.P.- Ante Up

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2.  Mystikal- Shake Ya Ass

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3.  Three-6 Mafia (Feat. UGK & Project Pat)- Sippin’ on Some Syrup

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4.  The New Pornographers- The Body Says No

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5.  Clinic- Internal Wrangler

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6.  Primal Scream- Accelerator

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7.  Rage Against the Machine- Renegades of Funk

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8.  Wu-Tang Clan- Careful (Click Click) (Feat. Curse)

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9.  Ludacris- Southern Hospitality (Feat. Pharrell)

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10.  Outkast- We Luv Deez Hoez

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11.  Nelly- Country Grammar (Hot…)

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12.  PJ Harvey- This is Love

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13.  Steve Earle- When I Fall

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14.  Smog- Easily Led

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15.  Bright Eyes- The Calendar Hung Itself

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16.  Madonna- What it Feels Like for a Girl

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17. Schneider TM- The Light 3000

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18.  Sleater-Kinney- Leave You Behind

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