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[hit-song-showdown]

Year-End Poll #55: 2004

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*Sorry 2004 by Ruben Studdard plays softly in the background*

Now we're really starting to see the hold the South will have on the sound of rap and hip-hop in the 2000's. Just about every region that isn't the East Coast (and let's be real: New York specifically) had to fight to get their style of rap to be taken seriously. And when the East vs. West debate was reaching it's peak in the 90's, the South was treated like the third party option. I've linked to an article about André 3000's famous speech at the 1995 Source Awards, a moment that is marked by many as a turning point in southern hip-top.

Now in the 2000's, the impact of southern rap can no longer be questioned. This is partially due to the rising popularity of crunk, which has really taken off this decade. With Yeah! and Goodies, crunk was able to find a wider audience by fusing the genre with R&B (Crunk&B). This was also the year Billboard started publishing its ringtone charts, which was set to be published in late 2004. The ringtone era turned out to be bolstered greatly by this shift in the sound of popular music, as a majority of the songs making this chart would be rap.

But crunk was far from the only style of rap coming out of the south. Especially with the presence of iconic southern hip-hop act, OutKast. With the release of their double album, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, André 3000 and Big Boi were not only able to experiment with different sounds and genres, but this album (these albums?) also introduced them to an even larger audience.

[tha-wrecka-stow]

[thewaysoundtravels]

(Boadicea (2009 Remaster) by Enya)

Famously sampled by The Fugees on Ready Or Not. Check out the story behind use of the sample by Wyclef.

And by Diddy on the Mario Winans track I Don't Wanna Know.

And there's this which makes the Enya sample more explicit.

And this rendition.

[kriole]

Creepin' | dir. by Christian Breslauer (2023)

[my-chaos-radio]

Release:  February 17, 2004

Lyrics:

I just can't believe this, man

It's just another night of these thoughts

Can't get this out of my head

Yeah

Somebody said they saw you

The person you were kissing wasn't me

And I would never ask you

I just kept it to myself

I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

Oh, oh, baby

I think about it when I hold you

When lookin' in your eyes, I can't believe

I don't need to know the truth

Baby, keep it to yourself

I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

Did he touch you better than me? (Touch you better than me)

Did he watch you fall asleep? (Watch you fall asleep, baby)

Did you show him all those things that you used to do to me? (Oh, do to me, baby)

If you're better off that way (better off that way)

Baby, all that I can say (all that I can say)

Just go on and do your thing and don't come back to me (oh, stay away from me, baby)

Yo, I don't wanna know your whereabouts or how you're movin'

I know when you in the house or when you cruisin' (that's right)

It's been proven, my love you're abusin'

I can't understand how a man got you choosin' (yeah)

Undecided, I came and provided

My undivided, you came and denied it (why?)

Don't even try it, I know when you lyin' (I know when you lyin')

Don't even do that, I know why you cryin' (stop cryin')

I'm not applyin' no pressure, just wanna let you know

That I don't wanna let you go (I don't wanna let you go)

And I don't wanna let you leave

Can't say I didn't let you breathe

Gave you extra cheese (come on), put you in a SUV

You wanted ice so I made you freeze

Made you hot like the West Indies (that's right)

Now it's time you invest in me

'Cause if not, then it's best you leave, holla, yeah

Songwriter:

I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

If you're playin' me, keep it on the low

'Cause my heart can't take it anymore

And if you're creepin', please don't let it show

Oh, baby, I don't wanna know

Chauncey Lamont Hawkins / Eithne Ni Bhraonain / Mario Winans / Michael Jones / Nicky Ryan / Parrish J. Smith / Roma Ryan

SongFacts:

👉📖

[falling-down-the-scroll-hole]

@itsjmaine

[dxsturbia]

I was absent because I could not be intimate with my partner but Harold sure could

Jess could 

I don’t have to ask you you tell me you’re an ass hole

[leschanceux]

@mattellaneous asked for a line from song 69 ( heh ) from my spotify wrapped! -

"I don't wanna know if you're playin' me," Sami warns, turning back to one of his best mates with an uncharacteristically serious look in his dark eyes, "keep it on the low." Paranoia. Suspicion. Mistrust. It's been a while since it's hit him this hard, but it does happen sometimes, especially when shit goes sideways. Especially when he's exhausted after a very near brush with death. "Listen, I just... I need some space for a while. It's not personal."

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

F2 is racing in Austria this week so here is motorsport number twos US edition for the drivers. Enjoy 😊😊

Juan Manuel Correa (9th August 1999) & Ritomo Miyata (10th August 1999) - Destiny's Child - Bills Bills Bills

Kush Maini (22nd September 2000) - Janet Jackson - Doesn't Really Matter

Richard Verschoor (16th December 2000) - Mya - Case Of The Ex (Whatcha Gonna Do)

Victor Martins (16th June 2001) & Enzo Fittipaldi (18th July 2001) - Lifehouse - Hanging By A Moment

Rafael Villagomez (10th November 2001) - Jennifer Lopez ft Ja Rule - I'm Real

Amaury Cordeel (9th July 2002) - Eminem - Without Me

Dennis Hauger (17th March 2003) - Jennifer Lopez ft LL Cool J - All I Have

Franco Colapinto (27th May 2003) - 50 Cent ft Nate Dogg - 21 Questions

Zane Maloney (2nd October 2003) - Beyonce ft Sean Paul - Baby Boy

Joshua Durksen (27th October 2003) - Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz ft Ying Yang Twins - Get Low

Paul Aron (9th February 2004) - Outkast ft Sleepy Brown - The Way You Move

Roman Stanek (25th February 2004) - Usher ft Lil Jon & Ludacris - Yeah!

Taylor Barnard (1st June 2004) - Mario Winans ft Enya & P.Diddy - I Don't Wanna Know

Isack Hadjar (28th September 2004) - Terror Squad - Lean Back

Gabriel Bortoleto (14th October 2004) - Usher ft Alicia Keys - My Boo

Zak O'Sullivan (6th February 2005) - Ciara ft Missy Elliott - 1, 2 Step

Jak Crawford - (2nd May 2005) & Ollie Bearman (8th May 2005) - The Game ft 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It

Pepe Marti (13th June 2005) - Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl

Kimi Antonelli (25th August 2006) - Gnarls Barkley - Crazy

All added to this playlist 😊

[wonderfulworldofmichaelford]

So I’m a pretty big fan of the Enya song “Boadicea.” It’s basically just her humming over the most ominous synth music I’ve ever heard. It’s haunting to an absurd degree and I love it.

Now, many people probably know it from being prolifically sampled. The most notable example is the Fugees’ “Ready or Not,” which uses the sample fantastically:

But funnily enough, another song sampled “Boadicea” by accident since it sampled “Ready or Not.” That song is “I Don’t Wanna Know” by Mario Winans.

So here’s why I bring this up: Aside from Enya, there’s another artist credited on this song due to popping up for the third verss. And, uh, recent events really make that verse take on a new light, let’s say.

[erik-powery-for-america]

Check out "No More Drama" (P. Diddy/Mario Winans Remix [feat. P. Diddy] by Mary J. Blige feat. Sean "Diddy" Combs on Amazon Music https://music.amazon.com/albums/B000W1UFIE?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_zBa0YFR4fTrv10Pkcvx83blTc&trackAsin=B000W1UATS #AmazonMusic : Produced by Mario "Yellowman" Winans for Hitmen Productions.

[anotherblogaboutguys]

I want to do something that I did for the first time on my other blog around this time last year. These are some of my favorite songs from 2023. They're not necessarily at the very top of my list of favorite songs of the year. But they're a sampling of songs that put a smile on my face during the year. Enjoy!

Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam

One of THE songs of Summer 2023. Although I like a handful of her songs, I've never been the biggest Kylie Minogue fan (Sorry!). This ditty about the electricity of a first meeting (or is it about a certain throb during oral sex? - maybe that's just my dirty mind at work) was too catchy to deny, though.

Luke Combs - Fast Car

This Country remake of Tracy Chapman's flawless 1988 tale of love and the harsh realities that sometimes come later had a lot of fans, but is also a song that some found problematic. Regardless of everything else, I appreciated how faithful Combs stayed to the original...right down to leaving the original pronouns intact, which some often DON'T do when remaking a song originally recorded by someone of the opposite gender

Metro Boomin' featuring The Weeknd & 21 Savage - Creepin'

This one is a quasi-remake of a song about cheating and betrayal named I Don't Wanna Know that was originally released in 2004 by Mario Winans. Even though some aspects of the new version are different from the original, I liked the new feel that noted producer Metro Boomin' put on it.

Pink - Never Gonna Not Dance Again

Never Gonna Dance Again was a pure fun way to bring 2022 to a close and kept me dancing well into 2023. Things can sometimes get so heavy that we forget to stop and enjoy life. This was a perfect reminder to not get so bogged down in your own bullshit or anyone else's that you lose your happy. Advice we could all stand to keep in mind.

Sza - Nobody Gets Me / Kill Bill / Snooze

R&B singer/songwriter, Sza, probably had the biggest 2023 of any artist NOT named Beyoncé or *shudder* Taylor Swift. She's been a rising star in the genre since 2017 and had a breakout 2023. I enjoyed all three of the songs listed above and didn't want to leave any of them out of this spotlight. While Snooze is a song about passion for a relationship, Nobody Gets Me and Kill Bill are essentially breakup songs on opposite sides of a coin. One is soft and the other - inspired by the Quentin Tarantino movie of the same name - uh...isn't.

The Weeknd featuring Playboi Carti & Madonna - Popular

Popular was associated with the short-lived show, The Idol, which The Weeknd co-created and co-starred in with Lily-Rose Depp. I liked this tale about a celebrity who enjoys the limelight. Plus, as someone who knows a lot about the limelight herself, it was cool to hear Madonna's voice on this one.