follow-ups to the U.S. #1s of 2004

have a real soft spot for "overnight celebrity" - love the way that piano line affects languid glamour even as the sample's gasping and stuttering all over the place, and twista's pygmalion-esque creepo-romanticism w/r/t moulding you and such

cici and usher take joint silver with solid jams

pleasantly surprised that you're voting for Twista over Ciara! "Overnight Celebrity" is a classic to me.

Ciara.

automatic supersonic hypnotic funky fresh.

that Fantasia track is underrated, IMO

Like "Caught Up" better than three of those four songs that went #1.

Outkast - “Roses” (peak: #9), follow-up to: “Hey Ya!” and “The Way You Move”)
Usher - “Caught Up” (peak: #8, follow-up to: “Yeah!” and “Burn” and “Confessions Part II” and “My Boo”)
Fantasia - “Truth Is” (peak: #21, follow-up to: “I Believe”)
Ciara - “1, 2 Step” (peak: #2, follow-up to: “Goodies”)

These are my picks.

How'd you manage to vote for all four?

Between Twista, Ciara, and Snoop for me.

shit, "Caught Up" and "1, 2 Step" are two of my favorite songs ever

I totally butchered the former at karaoke a couple weeks back

I like all the rest, too, except for the Fantasia joint, which I don't remember

Wow, I'm listening to all of these and they're all kind of fantastic. In fact, I'd argue that "Caught Up" and "1, 2 Step" are the worst on the list.

yeah "Caught Up" is just a busy busy drag imo, there's a post somewhere on ILM where i suggest like 5 other songs from Confessions that shoulda been the 5th single instead

"Caught Up" has so many vocal lines I love it's ridiculous

best being:

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It is a tragedy that I cannot change my vote, because repeated listens to Juvenile's "Bounce Back" have made this easily my favorite.

all the #1s except the fantasia one are total classics, but the follow ups are..... not so much -- i dig twista & cici obv but i'm voting for ciara

"roses" is one of my least fav singles of the decade

that song is a personal favorite of Mr. Snrub, nuff said

'nrub said

let's get blown

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that song is a personal favorite of Mr. Snrub, nuff said

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Damn straight.

"The Rooster" would've been a great single though

I like "Roses" as a single but the album version keeps going way after I have stopped caring

When I worked at a music store, a guy tried to return "Speakerboxxx/Love Below," which he had bought solely to have a copy of roses, but hadn't known the song had "the s-word AND the b-word." He got denied.

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