Y2K/Millenium-era pop

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They were simpler times

Pre 9/11 commercials
Remember when disposable cameras were relevant?
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TRL memories

2000

2001

2002

I know Nelly is rap but this shit was all over MTV in the day.
2002



Man this whole genera fucking VANISHED

Mario, Usher, Ne-yo, Chris Brown in 2005 ,

1998 but it came out in December and I remember 1999 this being on regular rotation on MTV. Back when MTV and VH1 actually had music as part of their programming.

2000
you liked it at the time, you know you did

2002
He was a legend
 
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Gonna dox myself as early zoomer by vaguely naming off shit that were on the hit charts when I was in middle school.

2007

Also 2007

2008
 
GHTD said:
Gonna dox myself as early zoomer by vaguely naming off shit that were on the hit charts when I was in middle school.

2007
https://youtube.com/watch?v=2EwViQxSJJQ
Also 2007
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oBIxScJ5rlY
2008
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qcXyXXOCiqQ
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2008 was a whole other life for m but full of classics as well
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1999
1

1999

oh shit I can't believe this wasn't tossed up yet.
Remember when Dane Cook was a thing. He has so much juice on Myspace!
1999
 
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Syaoran Li said:
Not sure if this counts, but I'll give it a go anyway.

Back in the days of the old 90's Sailor Moon dub, they would release CD's as spin-off merch and they usually had music from the DIC/Cloverway dub or covers of mainstream songs by the cast of the anime, most famously a cover of The Beatles' "I Want To Hold Your Hand" which occasionally got a small bit of airplay on pop stations in the graveyard hours.

But then there's this...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_fh4cHJXuRQ
That's right, they did a parody of "The Real Slim Shady" sung by the voice actress of Sailor Mini-Moon. Yes, really.
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This is the single greatest thing in the history of ever.

2001 I was a year old when this came out.
 
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Allegory said:
Remember when disposable cameras were relevant?
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I swear my aunt used those things until 2010 or later.

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Man this whole genera fucking VANISHED

Mario, Usher, Ne-yo, Chris Brown in 2005 ,
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Nah it just got updated. Khalid does R&B slow jams like this.

Allegory said:
2000
you liked it at the time, you know you did
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Nah.

I loved it.

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2002
He was a legend
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I mean... he still is, albeit for different reasons.

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1995 I cant believe it was this early I thought it was a 98 or 99 track
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Savage Garden were amazing. <3

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Remember when Dane Cook was a thing. He has so much juice on Myspace!
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That was later on, like late Noughties.
 
People complain about how hypersexed music is these days, with ex-strippers like Cardi B barking about how wet her puss is. But I look back at acts like Britney Spears and Christina Arugula, and realize how much more subversively sexual they and similar acts of the era were. They would play their music videos on Disney Channel, and advertise their music on Nickelodeon, marketing this stuff to kids. Yet the actual sexual meaning is obvious if you examine the lyrics, and some of the symbolism of the music videos. I never noticed that the astronaut in the "Opps... I Did It Again" music video is being lowered onto Martian Britney while she is wearing all white. Wonder what they were getting at there?

At least with Cardi B, it's a lot easier to say "Haha no kid, you ain't listening to that", as opposed to Britney Spears in 2000, because you're just left just saying "Uhhhh" to a 7 year old who asks why they can't dance around to "Hit Me Baby One More Time."

If I had to pick a personal favorite of the era though...
Some people may say Mariah doesn't count as being apart of the late 90's MK-Ultra Programming Bubblegum Farm , but her sound (at least on singles) and image changed to suit the market at that time. Besides, who can resist an RnB/Pop song that samples a Talking Heads offshoot.

Allegory said:
oh shit I can't believe this wasn't tossed up yet.
Remember when Dane Cook was a thing. He has so much juice on Myspace!
1999
https://youtube.com/watch?v=L_jWHffIx5E
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I find it more funny that the movie "Mystery Men" is only remembered because of that music video, who's song is famous because it was featured in a different movie.
 
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A Humble Ewok said:
Some people may say Mariah doesn't count as being apart of the late 90's MK-Ultra Programming Bubblegum Farm , but her sound (at least on singles) and image changed to suit the market at that time. Besides, who can resist an RnB/Pop song that samples a Talking Heads offshoot.
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That particular song was from 1995 though, a bit earlier than what I'm referring to.

Speaking of her, apparently her music video for "Heartbreaker" was one of the most expensive music videos ever produced. But like... how??? It's just them dancing in a movie theater. Even if they bought the whole place it wouldn't be anywhere near the cost that it supposedly had.


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I find it more funny that the movie "Mystery Men" is only remembered because of that music video, who's song is famous because it was featured in a different movie.
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That song was in so many other movies though, such as Rat Race which was also a total flop/

Though I did like Mystery Men as a kid because it had Kel in it lol.
 
My work's intercom music seems to be quite 2000's heavy, and this is one of the ones they play.

2004. I would've been 9 when this came out.

1998. This plays sometimes at work, but not as often.
 

I was way too young to know about the beef between Brandy and Monica, but this song still fucking slapped. Hell, I still love this song when it plays on the work radio.
 
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