al ship's top 50 rap/r&b crossover singles of the 00s -- which is your favorite?

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13. Justin Timberlake f/ T.I. - "My Love" (2006) 7
26. Dr. Dre f/ Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Kurupt - “The Next Episode” (2000) 6
2. Twista f/ Kanye West and Jamie Foxx - “Slow Jamz” (2003) 4
39. Jagged Edge f/ Nelly - “Where The Party At” (2001) 3
4. R. Kelly featuring T.I. and T-Pain - "I'm A Flirt (Remix)" (2007) 3
5. Missy Elliott f/ Ludacris - "One Minute Man" (2001) 2
18. John Legend f/ Andre 3000 - "Green Light" (2008) 2
47. Jay-Z f/ Alicia Keys - “Empire State Of Mind” (2009) 2
23. Kanye West f/ Dwele - “Flashing Lights” (2007) 2
43. DJ Khaled f/ Akon, T.I., Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Birdman and Lil Wayne - “We Takin’ Over” (2007) 2
7. Mya f/ Jay-Z - "Best of Me Pt. 2" (200) 2
45. Truth Hurts f/ Rakim - “Addicted” (2002) 2
17. Jennifer Lopez f/ Ja Rule - "Ain't It Funny (Murder Remix)” (2002) 2
24. Keri Hilson f/ Lil Wayne - “Turnin’ Me On” (2008) 1
25. Akon f/ Styles P. - “Locked Up” (2004) 1
21. Ciara f/ Missy Elliott - “1, 2 Step” (2004) 1
15. Joe f/ Mystikal - “Stutter (Remix)” (2001) 1
12. Lloyd f/ Lil Wayne – “You” (2007) 1
11. Ludacris f/ Bobby Valentino - "Pimpin' All Over The World" (2005) 1
9. Young Gunz f/ Rell - "No Better Love" (2004) 1
38. Pharrell f/ Jay-Z - “Frontin’” (2003) 1
6. Fabolous f/ Nate Dogg - "Can't Deny It" (2001) 1
1. Ja Rule f/ Lil Mo and Vita - "Put It On Me" (2000) 1
50. Kanye West f/ T-Pain - “Good Life” (2007) 1
42. Big Punisher f/ Donell Jones - “It’s So Hard” (2000) 1
32. Kanye West f/ Syleena Johnson - “All Falls Down” (2004) 1
35. Snoop Dogg - “Sensual Seduction” (2007) 1
31. Justin Timberlake f/ The Clipse - “Like I Love You” (2002) 1
36. Ghostface Killah f/ Ne-Yo - “Back Like That” (2006) 1
49. Lil Mo f/ Fabolous - “4Ever” (2003) 1
33. Bobby Valentino f/ Lil Wayne - “Tell Me” (2005) 1
10. Young Jeezy f/ Akon - “Soul Survivor” (2005) 0
40. Diddy f/ Keyshia Cole - “Last Night” (2007) 0
8. Plies f/ Ne-Yo - "Bust It Baby Pt. 2" (2008) 0
41. Nivea f/ Lil Jon and the Youngbloodz - “Okay” (2004) 0
46. The Roots f/ Musiq Soulchild - “Break You Off” (2002) 0
48. Cee-Lo - “Closet Freak” (2002) 0
3. LL Cool J f/ Marc Dorsey - "Luv U Better" (2002) 0
44. Drake f/ Trey Songz - “Successful” (2009) 0
37. Mary J. Blige f/ Method Man – “Love @ 1st Sight” (2003) 0
28. Faith Evans f/ Missy Elliott - “Burnin’ Up” (2002) 0
29. Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz f/ Usher and Ludacris - "Lovers & Friends" (2004) 0
30. Fabolous f/ Mike Shorey and Lil Mo - “Can’t Let You Go” (2003) 0
22. Ryan Leslie f/ Cassie and Fabolous - “Addiction” (2008) 0
20. Snoop Dogg f/ Justin Timberlake and Charlie Wilson - "Signs" (2005) 0
19. Lil Bow Wow f/ Jagged Edge - “My Baby” (2003) 0
34. Shade Sheist f/ Nate Dogg and Kurupt - “Where I Wanna Be” (2002) 0
16. Keyshia Cole f/ Missy Elliott and Lil Kim - "Let It Go" (2007) 0
14. Lil Mo f/ Fabolous - "Superwoman Pt. II" (2001) 0
27. Ne-Yo f/ Peedi Crakk - “Stay” (2005) 0


righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:16 (fifteen years ago)

addicted! maybe...

scott seward, Friday, 6 August 2010 22:17 (fifteen years ago)

i'm going 2 meditate on this

righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:18 (fifteen years ago)

me irl listening to bobby valentino

http://thehealthylivinglounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/meditating.JPG

righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:19 (fifteen years ago)

addicted! maybe...

― scott seward, Friday, August 6, 2010 3:17 PM (1 minute ago)

_▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:20 (fifteen years ago)

Good writing on the "Signs," Mary J., and "Like I Love You" blurbs, some dude.

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:26 (fifteen years ago)

boils down to Lovers and Friends vs. Sensual Seduction for me

Party Car! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:30 (fifteen years ago)

Amazingly, I've never heard "Sensual Seduction/Sexual Eruption."

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:35 (fifteen years ago)

whut

that song is so great

righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)

its pretty much a straight early 80s electro-funk homage

but yeah its great

Party Car! (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)

Listening to it now, and, yeah, it's smoove.

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

It got no airplay here and I didn't seek it.

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:38 (fifteen years ago)

video is better than the song

iatee, Friday, 6 August 2010 22:39 (fifteen years ago)

It got no airplay here

i can attest to the contrary

but i digress

righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:44 (fifteen years ago)

You're probably right -- I just have no memory of it.

I voted for "1, 2 Step," just cuz.

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:48 (fifteen years ago)

still don't know what i'm voting for

atm i'm leaning towards "locked up"

righteous lecoq (J0rdan S.), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:51 (fifteen years ago)

I love "Signs" -- really happy it made Stylus' decade best.

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:52 (fifteen years ago)

could you make a case for "Step in the Name of Love" being on this list? I guess it's more R&B.

Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 August 2010 22:53 (fifteen years ago)

1. "The Next Episode"
2. "Pimpin' All Over The World"
3. "Best of Me (Part 2)

Tim F, Friday, 6 August 2010 23:10 (fifteen years ago)

47. Jay-Z f/ Alicia Keys - “Empire State Of Mind” (2009)

ugh, ban al ship

dolores lol'reared-him (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 6 August 2010 23:10 (fifteen years ago)

No

Ciara ft. Ludacris - "Oh"

no fucking credibility

dolores lol'reared-him (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 6 August 2010 23:13 (fifteen years ago)

oh man, haven't heard "put it on me" in so long! thx

christopher dullan (Tape Store), Friday, 6 August 2010 23:25 (fifteen years ago)

There are some more obv choices (Justin, Kanye), but I'm prob going w/ "You" or "Stutter (Remix)"

christopher dullan (Tape Store), Friday, 6 August 2010 23:36 (fifteen years ago)

voted 'no better love'

vandross samples 4 all time

blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, 6 August 2010 23:42 (fifteen years ago)

hey dudes! a few quick posts before i go to bed

some dude, Saturday, 7 August 2010 01:44 (fifteen years ago)

Good writing on the "Signs," Mary J., and "Like I Love You" blurbs, some dude.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, August 6, 2010 6:26 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

thanks!

some dude, Saturday, 7 August 2010 01:45 (fifteen years ago)

47. Jay-Z f/ Alicia Keys - “Empire State Of Mind” (2009)

ugh, ban al ship

― dolores lol'reared-him (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, August 6, 2010 7:10 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

No

Ciara ft. Ludacris - "Oh"

no fucking credibility

― dolores lol'reared-him (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, August 6, 2010 7:13 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

::shrugs:: i thought about trying to be more objective/canonical but ultimately decided to just go with my own gut, which meant shafting a lot of consensus favorites that i'm not that into (Oh, Umbrella, Crazy In Love, Hey Ya, Yeah, Goodies, Crazy, etc.)

some dude, Saturday, 7 August 2010 01:47 (fifteen years ago)

could you make a case for "Step in the Name of Love" being on this list? I guess it's more R&B.

― Gucci Mane hermeneuticist (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, August 6, 2010 6:53 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

one of the forthcoming lists in this series will be pure R&B with no rapping, and "Step" will be waaaay up there on that one

some dude, Saturday, 7 August 2010 01:48 (fifteen years ago)

also voted for "Put It On Me" because obv i put it at #1 and also i'm not sure anyone else will

some dude, Saturday, 7 August 2010 01:49 (fifteen years ago)

Love that all but about 3 or 4 of these have "f/"

2 + 2 is vah-gi-nah (Eric H.), Saturday, 7 August 2010 01:53 (fifteen years ago)

'put it on me' @ #1 is a bold & smart choice imo. heavily influential but somewhat forgotten track also

blap...tremendo (deej), Saturday, 7 August 2010 02:37 (fifteen years ago)

haha i have never heard your no 1!

(this list has been v useful in actually discovering a few of these for the first time - if a song didn't cross over to the uk in 00-02, chances are i've never heard it.)

seeing "okay", "best of me pt 2" and "last night" crop up was really awesome, those are also personal favs that i feel have mostly been forgotten.

"all falls down" - i think this is easily kanye's best single.

my vote will be between "addictive" and "ain't it funny (murder remix)".

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Saturday, 7 August 2010 11:04 (fifteen years ago)

Love that all but about 3 or 4 of these have "f/"

― 2 + 2 is vah-gi-nah (Eric H.), Friday, August 6, 2010 9:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

just 2, Cee-Lo and Snoop. probably coulda been more solo performances if I actually liked Kanye or Andre 3000's rapper-turned-singer stuff.

some dude, Saturday, 7 August 2010 11:14 (fifteen years ago)

HOLD UP

ballerrr (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 August 2010 12:13 (fifteen years ago)

HEYYYYYYYY-EEYYYY

ballerrr (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 August 2010 12:13 (fifteen years ago)

Don't really think of that as a rap/r&b crossover at all tho tbh.

ballerrr (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 August 2010 12:14 (fifteen years ago)

yeah in the blurb i kinda agreed but still felt it needed to be included

some dude, Saturday, 7 August 2010 12:33 (fifteen years ago)

addicted! maybe...

― scott seward, Friday, August 6, 2010 3:17 PM (1 minute ago)

― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Friday, August 6, 2010 10:20 PM (Yesterday)

the dialectic of specs (c sharp major), Saturday, 7 August 2010 12:36 (fifteen years ago)

"where i wanna be" is from 2000 btw

ballerrr (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 August 2010 13:57 (fifteen years ago)

voted Green Light. like that 80's electro feel and hearing Andre 3000 rap again. lots of hot fire in this list tho. "Where the Party At" was my jam in 2001.

DiMarcel Marceaupower (San Te), Saturday, 7 August 2010 14:00 (fifteen years ago)

Top five:

Ghostface Killah f/ Ne-Yo - “Back Like That” (2006)
Kanye West f/ Syleena Johnson - “All Falls Down” (2004)
Keri Hilson f/ Lil Wayne - “Turnin’ Me On” (2008)
Justin Timberlake f/ T.I. - "My Love" (2006)
Missy Elliott f/ Ludacris - "One Minute Man" (2001)

Voting for Miss Keri Baaaabbyyy...

ilxor has truly been got at and become an ILXor (ilxor), Saturday, 7 August 2010 14:15 (fifteen years ago)

6. Fabolous f/ Nate Dogg - "Can't Deny It" (2001)

^^^ underrated classic. for me it's probably between this and "I'm A Flirt", although there's lotsa good stuff on the list (and I agree about the OTMness of celebrating "Put It On Me")

stuff that's what it is (bernard snowy), Saturday, 7 August 2010 14:36 (fifteen years ago)

ooh but I also have an enormous soft spot for "Where the Party At", and might have to vote for it just to make sure it gets some love

stuff that's what it is (bernard snowy), Saturday, 7 August 2010 14:39 (fifteen years ago)

Bobby Valentino f/ Lil Wayne - “Tell Me” (2005)
R. Kelly featuring T.I. and T-Pain - "I'm A Flirt (Remix)" (2007)
Snoop Dogg - “Sensual Seduction” (2007

b/w these 3, leaning towards bobby v

for those about to s1ock, we slutsk you (m bison), Saturday, 7 August 2010 16:01 (fifteen years ago)

I'm voting "Stutter (Remix)" because I dig how frightening/creepy it is (mostly because of Mystikal's verse, jesus!)

christopher dullan (Tape Store), Saturday, 7 August 2010 16:24 (fifteen years ago)

I loved Cedric's routine on that...

"of course you're stutterin when ya got MYSTIKAL hollerin' at ya".

honestly after i heard the remix with him i never wantedt o hear the original again

Obie Once Trice Three Times a Lady (San Te), Saturday, 7 August 2010 16:27 (fifteen years ago)

i wasn't aware that anyone but me legit liked "bust it baby pt 2" that much... for some reason jr rotem's sugary production bugs me on almost all his tracks except that one. but yeah i love it.

umm i voted "the next episode" but this was tough.

teledyldonix, Saturday, 7 August 2010 16:58 (fifteen years ago)

plies & neyo should do a colab that samples "every little thing she does is magic" imo

"mc hammer" (f/ mc hammer) (The Reverend), Saturday, 7 August 2010 17:17 (fifteen years ago)

your blurb about "bust it baby pt 2" was extra-hilarious, alex

horseshoe, Saturday, 7 August 2010 17:18 (fifteen years ago)

lol goontleman

blap...tremendo (deej), Saturday, 7 August 2010 20:06 (fifteen years ago)

i just looked at the scores

k3vin k., Thursday, 12 August 2010 01:33 (fifteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:01 (fifteen years ago)

ah shit i meant to come back here and vote for closet freak. oh well

gg eileen (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:03 (fifteen years ago)

sort of want everyone who voted to state what their vote was. i voted "best of me"!

horseshoe, Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:17 (fifteen years ago)

I voted Green Light

plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:18 (fifteen years ago)

the top two should not be the top two

no one should have voted for "empire state of mind" ffs! how tin must one's ears be to consider that better than anything else here?

i voted j-lo

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:31 (fifteen years ago)

or possibly truth hurts, can't remember

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:31 (fifteen years ago)

ain't it funny is a good one

horseshoe, Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:33 (fifteen years ago)

it
must
be the ass!

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:33 (fifteen years ago)

otm

horseshoe, Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:35 (fifteen years ago)

sort of want to hold forth about how much best of me means to me but i feel sure tim finney has done it already somewhere on ilx.

horseshoe, Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:40 (fifteen years ago)

i was the "locked up" vote!

"my love" probably wouldn't have made my top 25

J0rdan S., Friday, 13 August 2010 00:44 (fifteen years ago)

me neither tbh

horseshoe, Friday, 13 August 2010 00:48 (fifteen years ago)

feel like this poll got a lot of votes from ppl who can recall like three of these tunes

k'naamean (zvookster), Friday, 13 August 2010 00:53 (fifteen years ago)

I also support the banning of figments of my imagination from polls

'ray Clamence (Noodle Vague), Friday, 13 August 2010 00:54 (fifteen years ago)

f u

k'naamean (zvookster), Friday, 13 August 2010 00:55 (fifteen years ago)

changed my vote to 'i'm a flirt' because it is just so joyful

bodily fuiuds (c sharp major), Friday, 13 August 2010 00:59 (fifteen years ago)

voted where the party at.

have to say og best of me >>>>> jay-z one but i know i'm in the minority here. jada kills that track.

a hoy hoy, Friday, 13 August 2010 05:18 (fifteen years ago)

I voted Slow Jamz but thought about Next Episode...should have put it down for my city/coast

life behind bras (admrl), Friday, 13 August 2010 05:28 (fifteen years ago)

I've never heard "My Love"

life behind bras (admrl), Friday, 13 August 2010 05:29 (fifteen years ago)

Cool that someone voted Young Gunz!

life behind bras (admrl), Friday, 13 August 2010 05:29 (fifteen years ago)

voted 'no better love'

vandross samples 4 all time

― blap...tremendo (deej), Friday, August 6, 2010 6:42 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

NOT FUNNY NEEDS MORE GUCCI (deej), Friday, 13 August 2010 12:14 (fifteen years ago)

I voted 'My Love', partly because I feel guilty leaving it out my ballot on the 2005-09 poll, but mostly cos it genuinely is my favourite here. That I know anyway - there's a lot I don't, so will be checking those out shortly.

Ismael Klata, Friday, 13 August 2010 12:18 (fifteen years ago)

yeah i could gripe about how i'm not wild about what got the most votes, i have to say i'm delighted that over 50 votes were spread out over 30 songs

dark twisted fanta girl (some dude), Friday, 13 August 2010 12:30 (fifteen years ago)

will smh for all eternity at some of these votes. 2 for fucking 'green light'??

didn't vote myself naturally but it wouldve been one of the early fab trinity i think - perhaps '4ever'.

'no better love' seems to get realer and realer with age. was pretty real to begin with anyway.

really enjoyed the list in general though, i just liked the quintessential ships-ness of it mainly. (can someone be quixotically common-sense...? haha)

r|t|c, Friday, 13 August 2010 13:18 (fifteen years ago)

oh, also huge grim lol @ "miscarry baby".

(for a while i thought fab was saying "she's my pancetta" on 'can't let u go'.)

r|t|c, Friday, 13 August 2010 13:22 (fifteen years ago)

miscarry baby came from rev, or at least that's where i heard it first

some dude, Friday, 13 August 2010 13:48 (fifteen years ago)

i heard it first when someone on the jukebox (keane tzong iirc) made some offhand comment about a year go re: "miss keri baby" being a really unfortunate thing to say, it was several months until i worked out why though.

لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 13 August 2010 13:56 (fifteen years ago)

oh shit. yesterday my night ended w/ a drunken "i'm a flirt" singalong and i want to vote for that now

The Reverend, Saturday, 14 August 2010 07:39 (fifteen years ago)

hey, so did mine!

Clay, Saturday, 14 August 2010 07:41 (fifteen years ago)

what are the odds?!

The Reverend, Saturday, 14 August 2010 07:48 (fifteen years ago)

~amazing~

Clay, Saturday, 14 August 2010 07:54 (fifteen years ago)

i know

The Reverend, Saturday, 14 August 2010 07:55 (fifteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WYHDfJDPDc&feature=av2e

WHERE WAS THIS

k3vin k., Sunday, 15 August 2010 02:56 (fifteen years ago)

never liked that song

honorary falser (some dude), Sunday, 15 August 2010 15:42 (fifteen years ago)

I can take or leave Nelly. I got Country Grammar and liked it on first listen but I can't say it's the type of thing I'll ever play a lot. I will say I often like him a lot more when he's guesting -- his guest on that one song on T.I.'s Urban Legend was dope.

plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Sunday, 15 August 2010 15:48 (fifteen years ago)

imo this should make anyone's list. heard it the other night an remembered how much i like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tcDXJfAFVw

TN's only candidate for Governor with a handgun carry permit, so... → (will), Sunday, 15 August 2010 19:13 (fifteen years ago)

Always on Time was awesome...

plate of dinosaurs (San Te), Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:48 (fifteen years ago)

you don't know what you mean to meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyeeeeeeeeeee

k3vin k., Sunday, 15 August 2010 22:49 (fifteen years ago)

one of the forthcoming lists in this series will be pure R&B with no rapping, and "Step" will be waaaay up there on that one

― some dude, Saturday, August 7, 2010 1:48 AM (2 weeks ago)

plz do this soon btw

plax (ico), Saturday, 21 August 2010 19:04 (fifteen years ago)

it's not gonna be the next one i do but it is coming

richie goingham (some dude), Sunday, 22 August 2010 00:38 (fifteen years ago)

two months pass...

straight up R&B list is underway btw: http://narrowcast.blogspot.com/2010/11/singles-of-00s-part-4-r.html

some dude, Monday, 1 November 2010 21:39 (fifteen years ago)

two weeks pass...

i know it's not on this list but the second verse of fab's "so into you" is kind of a masterpiece

big smang theory (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 November 2010 09:40 (fifteen years ago)

is that the "my winters been wonderful, my summers been special" verse?

ethnic slizzur (some dude), Friday, 19 November 2010 13:50 (fifteen years ago)

no that's the third, second one's the hypnotic "thinking i'm slippin/dippin/sippin/crippin" one.

first is still my fave though... it's the principle now.

r|t|c, Friday, 19 November 2010 14:04 (fifteen years ago)

I would've traded it all in orderly fashion
My villa in Florida we crashing
Just off the shore so you can hear when the water be splashing

blogosfeer of a black planet (J0rdan S.), Friday, 19 November 2010 17:28 (fifteen years ago)

fab kinda goes ridic on that joint

based lord sotosyn (The Reverend), Friday, 19 November 2010 23:09 (fifteen years ago)

"Can't Let You" and "Into You" are like the most lyrical girl songs ever, though.

― some dude, Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:13 AM Bookmark

based lord sotosyn (The Reverend), Friday, 19 November 2010 23:10 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A5OHPLyW3s

^^oversight

fruit of the goon (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 12 January 2011 23:04 (fourteen years ago)

great track

J0rdan S., Wednesday, 12 January 2011 23:05 (fourteen years ago)


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