This might just be the peak of the dynasty. Seven Dr. Dre tracks, some Just Blaze and Havoc mixed in, and plenty of assists from the usual suspects Em, Nate Dogg and the verse of 50's life? It's enough to forgive the constant name-dropping. Godspeed You! Rock's long had orchestral aspirations, but nobody's done it like GY! BE before: dense, meanderingly-focused compositions that build inexorably towards crushing denouements get that French-English dictionary poppin'.
OK, first Jesus, now you're telling us the emperor's black, too? What's next, the president? Barely a singer and definitely not a rapper, Lily Allen was utterly unique when she burst on the scene with Mark Ronson's poppy, mod-hop beats and her infectious, funny sing-songy flows about all the fun things bad girls like to do. Beats that bounce, a tuneful low end, and quirky samples that gnaw at your brain like pleasant mosquitos plus more beats that bounce : MGMT became the dance soundtrack for ' You don't even have to be high to enjoy their charms but it certainly don't hurt.
The album that first gave folks outside the indie rock establishment a hint that there was something special going on with the ambiguously-related duo from Motown.
With no bass and rudimentary drumming, the Stripes still brought a strut to rock that had been missing from the genre for years. Madlib and MF Doom team up for one of few underground rap records that live up to the hype, a disc with equal parts buttery soul samples and delightfully off-kilter obtuse rhymes.
Peanut Butter Wolf thanks them for making him a thousandaire. Remember when 'Ye was pigeon-holed as the "sped-up soul sample" guy? With his sophomore LP, he quickly put that to rest, crafting the most baroque hip-hop album of all time, with Jon Brion playing all the instruments Kanye didn't know how to play.
He had finer efforts during the decade, but LR was the disc where Yeezy officially declared school to be in session. You must learn! Before they gained fame as the most enthusiastic Oscar winners of all time, these Dirty South vets crafted their most unexpectedly soulful record yet, a high energy ode to the good life in the middle of the decade, before the recession and failed reality shows set in.
And maybe a lesson for hip-hop as it enters its fifth decade: it's supposed to be fun, folks. Ben Gibbbard of indie rock darlings Death Cab for Cutie teamed up with producer Jimmy Tamborello and came up with a novel concept for lo-fi hipper than thou rockers: syncopated electronic beats.
Along with LCD Soundsystem, the Postal Service ushered in the "indietronica" movement that ended up as the background music for countless mid-decade advertising campaigns.
Rap had been talking about the coke trade for years, but never with as much style and intricacy as the Thornton Brothers. And with the Neptunes taking a break from their Midas Touch phase to provide the disc with its nerve-jangling albeit still toe-tapping sonic backdrop, Lord Willin' would be a sign of things to come in rap for the rest of the decade.
We're not sure why it's called "emo," 'cause this shit is as hard as it gets. After grinding for years in the punk rock underground, ATDI emerged into the mainstream in with their most sonically mature effort yet. Sadly the group split up soon after ROC , but the groups they went on the form Mars Volta, Sparta would fly the post-hardcore freak flag high for years to come.
Kelly with an inferiority complex. We mean that as a compliment. Kelly called "Kelly's 12 Play. Kelly remixed it and confessed he still does it to his old music too. Back before every rapper was singing his hooks, Devin was still is a singer that could rap his ass off. With his languid, comic flow and beats perfect for the pre, after and after-after parties, JTTL was the Dude at his best.
In a perfect world, he'd be a multi-media superstar by now; as it is, we say give it twenty years, "Doobie Ashtray" becomes this generation's "Born in the U. Sure, "Welcome to Jamrock" was the ubiquitous anthem of '05, but Halfway Tree was Marley's finest album and the most underrated reggae LP of the past 15 years. With production from Swizz Beatz and cameos from Treach and Drag-On, HT 's Jamaican-American mash-up seemed a lot like what we imagine Damian's pops would sound like in the 21st Century—which is high praise indeed.
Rock went back to its stripped down roots in the Aughts, with an emphasis on the basics: guitar, drums, and vocals, and nobody had a voice quite like the Yeahs' Karen O. He did keep it thoro, though. The Keys' sparse whiteboy blues got the Danger Mouse treatment in and saw their sonic ante upped immensely without losing their blasted-out Rust Belt snarl. Sounds good to us, then again, we've been huffing rubber fumes all afternoon.
And it sounded so sweet. It also means "time" in Sanskrit. Even though he was persona non grata at the Roc-A-Fella offices by the time it dropped, Cam's fourth full-length stands on its own within a Roc catalogue that includes Jay's and Kanye's records.
Mr Giles at his non-sequitur-dropping finest: "Computer's putin'. At the dawn of the Aughts, DP got slick and assaulted the mainstream with a synthpop sound that was both relentlessly danceable and influential. Pros: Inspired lots of girls to take Ecstasy and ask for it one more time. Cons: Inspired way too much Vocoder fuckery. Swedish psych rock with a little heavy metal flute. We have no idea what they're saying, but gjasktra denken foofilheifer! Employing more vintage synths than a Moog convention, HC got complicated with their second full-length LP and saw their electro-pop blow up and go pop in ' A sonic stew not unlike Kraftwerk meets R.
We're not saying that Kells actually hit off Kraftwerk's daughters and the ensuing offspring grew up to be Hot Chip, but you know Jack White proved that he wasn't bass-averse, teaming with a trio of indie rock veterans for a side project that was funkier albeit a more conventional than his "day job" in the White Stripes.
Although apparently he was never married to any of his Raconteurs bandmates. Damon Albarn's cartoon supergroup with Del and Dan the Automator was the high point of the '00s rap-rock collabos: the best of both worlds, without the lamery of either.
And if you're curious as to why they didn't name the band after another animal like, say, a cheetah , the answer's simple: 'Cause that little muthafucking cheetah can't hang with a gorilla. Don't front: you thought there was a good chance this ad-lib genius who said he wasn't a rapper would be a flash in the pan, right?
But it turns out Jeezy only made it look easy, and if you peep his debut closely, you can see it was there all along: more wit than bluster, and more flow did someone say je ne sais quoi?
The Philly punk rock vet behind Stiffed dropped a M. We haven't been this psyched to shop at Urban Outfitters since their "Ithaca is Gorges" t-shirts dropped! In , Eminem had been a part of the fame machine for three years, and TES would prove his most complicated work to date, simultaneously outward looking "White America" and inward "Cleanin' Out My Closet". This album, combined with his biopic later in the year, would turn Em from controversial villain into unlikely people's champ and leave the entire nation chanting for an encore.
His debut was largely unremarkable but yielded the regional hit "Dope Boyz" and that became the blueprint to Trap , his superb sophomore release. Backed by Toomp and Kanye, T. Rock music suffered a crisis of leadership after the passing of Nirvana, but this LP became the flagship statement of a hip, lo-fi rock revolution that had been simmering for years in the underground scenes of New York, Detroit, and LA. Coke rap, coke rock, who nose the difference?
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