Billboard #1 Albums from 2001

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The Blueprint.

that's what i like about these lpi intern girls, man. i get older, they stay the same age.

Survivor - Destiny's Child
Songs in A Minor - Alicia Keys
Aaliyah - Aaliyah
The Blueprint - Jay-Z
The Great Depression - DMX
Britney - Britney Spears

^^these are all absolute classics of their genre and i love them all dearly - 2001 was my first year of university, but even apart from it being a v formative new chapter of my music-listening life, it was probably about as magnificent a year as you can get. just so much going on everywhere. i'll probably go with aaliyah due to it being my favourite album EVER.

all for you is also a fine album and while i never heard the whole of j-lo, its singles were pretty unfuckwithable.

As I voted for "1" last time around, I considered going for something else. But there was nothing worthy of my vote, so, "1" again.

By no means I would call 2001 a horrible year for music (it was actually the best since 1997), but, in the USA in particular, none of the best stuff dominated.

the blueprint is the acknowledged canon favourite, and justifiably so, but the great depression really does go toe-to-toe with it. 'who we be'! 'trina moe'! (repeat for the entire track listing)

Aaliyah, no question.

christ

Jay-Z, then Garth. (Both Now albums look pretty good, though.)

(Both Now albums with numbers, I mean. Not so sure about Maxwell.)

blueprint, aaliyah, take off your pants and jacket

lol I remember buying the Destiny's Child Survivor bootleg cd and wearing that shit OUT - "Nasty Girl," "Apple Pie A La Mode," "Emotions"... plus I knew like all the dance steps from the "Survior" video and would always LOL @ Michelle's part (she tries so hard but Beyonce keeps outdoing her), but like if I were to revisit that album now it's really not that good... at least it hasn't held up like Writings On The Wall anyway (though Destiny Fulfilled prob my fave album of theirs).

I also bought the Britney bootleg. Damn good album!

But I actually had the real CD of Aaliyah so that says something, lots of cool memories to that album. So yeah that gets my vote.

The actual best music here is obviously on 1, but it seems a bit of a cheat so I voted for Toxicity.

the beatles suck

dude

#1 challop of all time

I don't get them, I tried really but no

I know you're supposed to like them but really, no

suggest ban

brainwasher otm

^^^suggest ban

^^^suggest ban

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^suggest ban

im personally shocked that the lex dislikes the beatles

christ you're inane

xp

At the time I would've said Toxicity, but in retrospect, I gotta go with the much more fun and entertaining Take Off Your Pants and Jacket.

i'm personally shocked anyone dislikes the beatles--agreed it is #1 challop for all times

I don't dislike them I just don't care about them

What's weirder than people disliking the Beatles is people admitting they dislike the Beatles. Like, that is not something to be proud of! It's almost like going around saying that you think Shakespeare is overrated.

haha that's totally different--i think both Shakespeare (and the Beatles) are overrated

but i dig em both

i object more to it being seen as a "challop". see, i can't comprehend how anyone could dislike aaliyah/britney/dmx/destiny's child, much more so than the beatles, but i doubt anyone coming in here saying they couldn't get into those acts would be told off for challoping

^^^suggest ban

― lex pretend, Sunday, February 22, 2009 10:46 PM (4 seconds ago)

^^suggest bed

yeah exactly lex, there's this sort of Beatles hegemony when it comes to all things music that is really fucking annoying. I mean... Shakespeare? Seriously?

christ

― nonightsweats, Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:47 PM (1 hour ago)

i agree tho, it's creed

yeah exactly lex, there's this sort of Beatles hegemony when it comes to all things music that is really fucking annoying. I mean... Shakespeare? Seriously?

― kiss on the pearl (The Brainwasher), Sunday, February 22, 2009 10:53 PM (1 minute ago)

btw i think you're both bros but don't be so dense as to appear mystified by the beatles' status.

Didn't Tolstoy dislike Shakespeare? I recall him dissing King Lear somewhere.

the beatles suck

― kiss on the pearl (The Brainwasher), Sunday, February 22, 2009 9:39 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark

re challoping, i think "brtiney sucks" is as much of a challop as "britney sucks" - brainwasher's follow up of "i tried, but no" is much more reasonable

"beatles suck"*

Didn't Tolstoy dislike Shakespeare? I recall him dissing King Lear somewhere.

He preferred Victor Hugo!

Aaliyah and The Bluepring are two of my favorite albums ever, but I'm probably more likely to listen to the former atm.

*Blueprint

the beatles suck

― kiss on the pearl (The Brainwasher)

i think at least a couple were wifebeaters tho

loool

Love a lot of these, but Aaliyah, easy. Hate most songs on 1.

The Beatles are not overrated, but Elvis is. :)

ffs can we just get over the fact that some people like The Beatles and some people do not

Since I didn't vote for any albums that I haven't heard in their entirety, I voted for Tool.

Lateralus

going with my nerd instincts on this one

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Hard to believe that the Green Album's not on there.

Like, how did Lateralus beat that?

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