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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Sept 7, 2007 9:18:07 GMT -5
I only really enjoyed Craig David's first album, which was really good... everything after that was kinda meh
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Post by goodie on Sept 8, 2007 7:51:57 GMT -5
#49. R. Kelly
Biggest Hit of the 00s: Ignition (Remix)
Biggest Album of the 00s: TP-2.com
Other Singles from the 00s: Fiesta (with Jay Z.), I Wish, Feelin' On Yo Booty, The Greatest Sex, The World's Greatest, We Thuggin' (with Fat Joe), Feelin' On Yo Booty, Snake (with Big Tigger), Thoia Thoing, Hotel (with Cassidy), Wonderful (with Ja Rule & Ashanti), Trapped In The Closet, That's That (with Snoop Dogg), Go Getta (with Young Jeezy), I'm A Flirt (with T.I. & T-Pain) & Same Girl (with Usher).
Biography of the 00s: R. Kelly is an American urban R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and occasional rapper.
Kelly's songs often include explicit sexual references, such as "Bump N' Grind", "Feelin' on Yo Booty", and "Ignition (Remix)." Kelly has also had hits such as "I Believe I Can Fly", "I'm Your Angel" (the Grammy-nominated duet with Céline Dion), "If I Could Turn Back The Hands Of Time", "I Wish", "Rise Up" & "Step in the Name of Love (Remix)". Kelly released rap soap opera mini-opera/film Trapped in the Closet. Kelly has released 12 LPs, sold 35 million albums in the U.S., 15 million singles, and over 50 million albums worldwide making him the most successful R&B male artist of the 1990s. R. Kelly released his eighth solo album "Double Up", on May 29, 2007.
On June 6, 2002, Kelly was indicted on 21 counts of having sexual intercourse with a minor. The charges, which were later reduced to soliciting a minor for child pornography, stemmed from a video tape allegedly showing Kelly having sex with a 14 year old girl. To date, Kelly still faces 14 of the original charges.
After being noted for singing hooks on hip-hop tunes by The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, Puff Daddy and Jay-Z, there were talks that his collaborations with the latter rapper led to what was supposed to be a memorable project as the rapper and the singer teamed up to record an album together. Released in 2002, The Best of Both Worlds debuted at #2 on the Billboard pop albums chart, but no music videos were shot for the album. Commercially, the album was a disappointment for both R. Kelly himself and for Jay-Z, though its sales increased with Kelly's later commercial success.
During late 2001 and early 2002, Kelly began working on the follow up to his album TP-2.com entitled Loveland. The album was scheduled to be released in November 2002, but like the BOBW (The Best of Both Worlds) project before it, it was affected by heavy bootlegging. Due to this, Kelly went back to the studio and recorded another album Chocolate Factory which was released February 28, 2003, to great anticipation and success. The album did feature several of the bootlegged tracks - and many have cropped up elsewhere, as seen below. it also came as a six track bonus disc with the initial pressings of Chocolate Factory. Other tracks including "Loveland", "Heaven I Need A Hug", "Raindrops", "What Do I Do" and "Apologies of a Thug" may have also been part of the album, but were released on the bonus Loveland disc of Chocolate Factory (Bootlegged tracks are listed in this footnote).
After the Loveland controversy, Kelly released the critically-acclaimed Chocolate Factory in 2003. The album became a big success yielding the number two hit remix of "Ignition" and the top 10 single, "Step In the Name Of Love," as well as the top 20 single, "Snake." Kelly's success continued not only with his own projects but also with now-defunct boy band B2K when he produced the #1 hit "Bump, Bump, Bump". He produced an album by frequent collaborators The Isley Brothers, titled Body Kiss, which became the group's first album in their career to debut at the top spot of the Billboard Top 200 album charts. In 2004, he released a two-CD set, Happy People/U Saved Me. Happy People showcased sex-free secular dance tracks while U Saved Me was an inspirational album. Due to the album being released as a double CD set, the album sold over three million copies, despite the modest charting of singles "Happy People", "U Saved Me" and "Red Carpet (Pause, Flash)".
Kelly and Jay-Z released a follow up to the album The Best of Both Worlds in October 2004, Unfinished Business, which included eleven previously unreleased tracks by the duo. It debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200 albums chart. This release was timed to coincide with The Best Of Both Worlds Tour. The tour was troubled almost from the start with Kelly often arriving a couple of hours late. The singer, according to Jay-Z, often complained that the touring lights weren't directed towards him and often left during the middle of sets. Another night during the concert, Kelly stayed in his tour bus for two hours before finally coming out to perform an uninspired set.
Jay-Z eventually removed R. Kelly halfway through the tour, after a member of Jay-Z's entourage attacked R. Kelly with Mace or pepper spray. On April 25, 2006, it was confirmed that Jay-Z's childhood friend, Tyran (Ty-Ty) Smith confessed in a Manhattan Criminal Court to pepper-spraying R. Kelly and four of his bodyguards at Madison Square Garden in October 2004. Smith had been charged with assault, but was allowed to plead guilty to disorderly conduct for four days of community service. After the original incident, Jay-Z made Smith an executive of Def Jam Records. A Kelly rep said that Kelly's $16 million lawsuit against Jay-Z and Smith is close to a settlement. Kelly also launched a $75 million lawsuit against Jay-Z for removing him from the tour, which received a countersuit by Jay-Z which was thrown out by the judge.
Kelly had a pop hit with rapper Ja Rule and singer Ashanti titled "Wonderful." He released a new album titled TP-3: Reloaded in August 2005, which heralded back to his classic 12 Play period. In April 2005, Kelly released the long-awaited "In the Kitchen", well-known among fans attending his live shows. The song was intended to be the album's lead single and received major radio airplay for a couple of months, but Kelly eventually decided to leave it as a buzz single after the song's failure to top the R&B charts. It was quickly followed just weeks later with his "Trapped In The Closet" mini-opera, which rapidly climbed, and then quickly vanished from, the R&B and urban charts nationwide.
After the novelty success of the five-chapter song, which Kelly had likened to an audio version of Desperate Housewives before its release, Kelly revealed that he was working on parts six through ten of the song. They were released to radio later in the summer, in a similar fashion to how the first five were released, and Kelly promised to tie up some loose ends that the first five left. Later that year, he released audio and DVD versions of chapters 6-12, which concluded with yet another cliffhanger. Another song off the album was a duet with rapper The Game titled "Playas Only", which despite an earlier climb failed to ignite the charts, quickly dropping off as fast as it peaked. At the MTV Video Music Awards on August 28, Kelly notably gave a six-minute-long lip-synched performance of his "Trapped in the Closet" suite, which was given mixed reviews.
Kelly was confirmed to be on a charity single hosted by singer Michael Jackson on the single, "I Have This Dream", which was to pay tribute to Hurricane Katrina victims. Several articles stated Kelly was producing the track while other articles said that he's one of the performers. It was never released. Kelly was recently on his own solo "Mr. Show Biz Presents: The Light It Up Tour", which concluded on Mother's Day 2006 in Atlanta. Trapped In The Closet 13-22 is set to release July 24, 2007.
Filmed in Oakland, California on one of the last few days of his "Mr. Show Biz Presents: The Light It Up Tour", this DVD is the first live concert feature from R. Kelly. The musical genius performs his most-loved hits for a packed crowd at the Paramount Theatre. The DVD is over 60 minutes long and includes special features with behind the scenes footage as well as a bonus disc with more behind the scenes footage that lets you into the mind, heart, and soul of R. Kelly. The DVD was released on March 20, 2007 and was directed by Jim Swaffield. Kelly released his brand new album 'Double Up' on May 29, 2007. It was leaked onto P2P networks on May 21, 2007.
'Double Up' will include the latest single "I'm a Flirt (Remix)", featuring T.I. and T-Pain. The original track entitled "I'm a Flirt", also produced and co-written by R. Kelly, appeared as a hidden track on Bow Wow's The Price of Fame (2006). However, Kelly never gave the rights for the song to be released as a formal single, although it was played by many radio stations before the remix version, Kelly's first single from 'Double Up', was released. Bow Wow is not featured on the remix. In Kelly's video for "I'm a Flirt (Remix)", he encourages fans to call a number which flashes up quickly on the screen. Fans called the number and were greeted by a recording of Kelly talking about his upcoming album and playing snippets of new songs in the studio.
During the recording, Kelly revealed that the album is set to feature guest appearances & production by The Neptunes, The Runners, Mysto & Pizzi, Kanye West, Young Jeezy, Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, T.I. & T-Pain. He explains that due to the success of his current collaborations with rappers like Young Jeezy and Ludacris, he thought, "why not put some of that magic on my album?" Well, Kelly didn't just put some of what he calls "magic" on the album, during the phone recording, he says 70 percent of the record will be up tempo but he assures fans that "there will be some slow jams on there." According to MTV News, Usher collaborates with R. Kelly on a song called Same Girl.
R. Kelly recorded a song called "Rise Up" in tribute of the victims of the Virginia Tech massacre. The song was officially released on May 15, 2007 via download and proceeds will be donated to the Hokie Spirit Memorial Fund, a fund that is helping family members of the victims of the shootings and also provides counselling and support for those who were affected.
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Post by goodie on Sept 8, 2007 7:52:54 GMT -5
r.kelly is ok!!! ignition n fiesta were 2 great songs!!!
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Sept 8, 2007 8:04:31 GMT -5
R. Kelly had a few good songs this decade, particularly "The World's Greatest" and "Ignition"... however, I find that he's gone downhill recently
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Post by **TAMINA** on Sept 8, 2007 20:56:20 GMT -5
Lifehouse are ok, a fing their music is a bit overplayed. Busta Rhymes I only like on the songs he's a featured artist like the Pussycat Dolls song. I do like the Mariah Carey song too. Hilary Duff has some boppy songs which are ok too. I love Robbie Williams. He should be much higher than 51. I liked Craig David's first album but haven't liked much after that. R. Kelly's slow songs I like but his sexual songs I find more annoying. I didn't mind Ignition but after a while it got annoying. =0)
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Post by goodie on Sept 9, 2007 6:22:59 GMT -5
#48. John Mayer
Biggest Hit of the 00s: Your Body Is A Wonderland
Biggest Album of the 00s: Room For Squares
Other Singles from the 00s: No Such Thing, Bigger Than My Body, Why Georgia, Daughters, Clarity, Who Do You Think I Was, Waiting On The World To Change, Gravity & Dreaming With A Broken Heart.
Biography of the 00s: John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Originally from Connecticut, he briefly attended Berklee College of Music before moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1998, where he refined his skills and began gaining a following. His first two studio albums, Room for Squares and Heavier Things, did well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy for "Your Body Is a Wonderland".
Mayer began his career performing mainly acoustic rock, but gradually made a transition towards the blues genre in 2005 (including collaborations with renowned blues artists such as BB King) and formed the John Mayer Trio. The blues influence can be seen on his album Continuum, released in September 2006. Mayer won Best Pop Vocal Album for Continuum and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Waiting on the World to Change" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007.
Mayer's career pursuits have extended to stand-up comedy, design, and writing; he has written pieces for magazines, most notably for Esquire. He is also involved in philanthropic activities through his "Back to You" fund and his efforts in reversing global warming. John Mayer has sold over 12 million albums in the US.
Mayer's reputation began to build, and a March 2000 appearance at the South by Southwest Music Festival brought him to the attention of "launch" label Aware Records. After touring in the Aware Festival concerts and having his songs included on Aware compilations, in early 2001, Aware released Mayer's internet-only album entitled Room for Squares. During that time, Aware inked a deal with Columbia Records that gave Columbia first pick in signing Aware artists, and so in September of the same year, Columbia remixed and re-released Room for Squares. As part of the major label "debut", the album's artwork was updated, and the track "3X5" was added. The re-release also included reworked studio versions of the first four songs from his indie album, Inside Wants Out.
By the end of 2002, Room for Squares had spawned several radio hits, including "No Such Thing", "Your Body Is a Wonderland", and ultimately "Why Georgia" (a radio-only single). In 2003, Mayer won a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Your Body Is a Wonderland". In his acceptance speech he remarked, "This is very, very fast, and I promise to catch up." He also figuratively referred to himself as being sixteen, a remark that many mistook to mean that he was only sixteen years old at the time.
In 2003, Mayer released a live CD and DVD of a concert in Birmingham, Alabama entitled Any Given Thursday. The concert featured songs previously not recorded, such as "Man on the Side" (co-written with Cook) and "Something's Missing", which later appeared on Heavier Things. The concert also included "Covered In Rain". According to the accompanying DVD documentary this song is "part two" of the song "City Love", which features the line "covered in rain". Commercially, the album quickly peaked at number seventeen on the Billboard 200 chart. The CD/DVD received conservative, although consistent, praise, with critics torn between his pop-idol image, and (at the time) emerging guitar prowess. Erik Crawford (of All Music Guide) asked "Is he the consummate guitar hero exemplified when he plays a cover of Stevie Ray Vaughan's 'Lenny', or is he the teen idol that the pubescent girls shriek for after he plays 'Your Body Is a Wonderland?'"
Heavier Things, Mayer's second album, was released in 2003 to generally favorable reviews. Rolling Stone, All Music Guide and Blender all gave positive, although reserved, feedback, with PopMatters describing the album as "a sophomore effort that doesn't have as many drawbacks as one might assume". The album was commercially successful, and while it did not sell as well as Room for Squares, it peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart. Mayer earned his first number one single with the song "Daughters", as well as a 2005 Grammy for Song of the Year, beating out fellow contenders Alicia Keys and Kanye West. He dedicated the award to his grandmother, Annie Hoffman, who died in May 2004. He also won Best Male Pop Vocal Performance, beating Elvis Costello, Prince, and Seal for the award. At the 37th Annual Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2006, Mayer was honored with the Hal David Starlight Award.
Mayer again recorded live concerts across seven nights of his U.S. tour in 2004. These recordings were released to the iTunes music store under the title as/is, indicating that the errors were included along with the good moments. A few months later, a "best of" CD was compiled from the as/is nights. The album included a previously unreleased cover of Marvin Gaye's song "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", featuring a solo from Mayer's support act —- jazz and blues turntablist DJ Logic. All the album covers of the as/is releases feature drawings of anthropomorphic bunnies.
With increased exposure, Mayer's talent came into demand in other areas. Steve Jobs invited Mayer to perform during the keynote address of Apple's annual Macworld Conference & Expo, in January 2004, as Jobs introduced the software application GarageBand. The gig led to Mayer becoming a fixture of the event. He rejoined Jobs on stage for a solo performance at Macworld 2007, following the announcement of the iPhone. Additionally, in 2004, Mayer had one-shot half-hour comedy special on VH1, entitled John Mayer Has a TV Show, with antics including wearing a bear suit and anonymously teasing concertgoers in the parking lot outside one of his concerts. Mayer has also done endorsements, such as a Volkswagen commercial for the Beetle's guitar outlet and for the BlackBerry Curve.
Mayer began to collaborate extensively, often with artists working outside of his own genre. He worked with hip hop artists Kanye West and Common, appearing on Common's song "Go!" and on West's "Bittersweet Poetry", Due to these collaborations, Mayer received praise from rap heavyweights like Jay-Z and Nelly. Spoofing his sudden ubiquity, TV comedy Family Guy referenced John Mayer in the 2005 episode Brian the Bachelor. When asked about his presence in the hip hop community, Mayer said, "It's not music out there right now. That's why, to me, hip-hop is where rock used to be."
It was around this time that Mayer began hinting a change in his musical interests, announcing that he was "closing up shop on acoustic sensitivity." In 2005, he began a string of collaborations with various blues artists, including Buddy Guy, B.B. King, Eric Clapton, as well as the jazz artist John Scofield. He also toured with legendary jazz pianist Herbie Hancock, which included a show at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee. These collaborations led to recordings with several of these artists, namely, Clapton (Back Home, Crossroads Guitar Festival), Guy (Bring 'Em In), Scofield (That's What I Say) and King (80). Although Mayer has maintained a reputation for being a sensitive singer-songwriter, he has also gained distinction as an accomplished guitarist, influenced by the likes of the above artists, as well as Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray and Freddie King.
In the spring of 2005, Mayer formed the John Mayer Trio with bassist Pino Palladino and drummer Steve Jordan, both of whom he had met through previous studio sessions. The trio played a combination of blues and rock music. In October 2005, the Trio opened for The Rolling Stones during a sold-out club tour of their own, and that November, released a live album called Try! The band took a break in mid-2006. On September 12, Mayer announced plans for the Trio to begin work on a future studio album.
Mayer's latest album, entitled Continuum, was released on 2006-09-12, and was produced by Mayer himself and Steve Jordan. Mayer suggested the album was intended to combine his signature pop music with the feel, sound, groove and sensibilities of the blues. In that vein, two of the tracks from his trio release Try! — the funky "Vultures" and the blues centerpiece "Gravity" — also were included on Continuum.
The first single from Continuum was "Waiting on the World to Change," which debuted on The Ron and Fez Show. The song was the third most downloaded song of the week on the iTunes Music Store following its release on July 11, 2006, and debuted at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. On August 23, 2006, Mayer debuted the entire album on the Los Angeles radio station Star 98.7, giving commentary on each track. A subsequent version was released the next day on the Clear Channel Music website as a streaming sneak preview. On September 21, 2006, Mayer appeared on CSI, playing "Waiting on the World to Change" and "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room". The song "Gravity" was featured on the television series House in the episode "Cane & Able". He recorded a session for the British program Live From Abbey Road at Abbey Road Studios on October 22, 2006.
On December 7, 2006, Mayer was nominated for five 2007 Grammys, including "Album of the Year". John Mayer Trio also received a nomination for their album Try!. He won two: Best Pop Song with Vocal for "Waiting on the World to Change" and Best Pop Album for Continuum. Mayer remixed an acoustic version of his single, "Waiting on the World to Change" with vocal additions from fellow musician Ben Harper. In preparation for recording Continuum, Mayer had booked the Village Recorder in Los Angeles to record five demo acoustic versions of his songs with veteran musician Robbie McIntosh. These recordings became The Village Sessions, an EP released on December 12, 2006. As usual, Mayer oversaw the artwork of the release.
In a December 2006 blog entry, Mayer announced he had begun writing new material. He also indicated that he was in the studio experimenting with music in a sort of a blend of jazz (citing Elvin Jones as inspiration) and pop music — aiming to produce what he calls today's "modern music," as jazz was once called.
Mayer made the cover of Rolling Stone (#1020) in February 2007, along with John Frusciante and Derek Trucks. He was named as one of the "New Guitar Gods" and the cover nicknamed him "Slowhand, Jr.," a reference to Eric Clapton. Additionally, he was selected by the editors of Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People of 2007, and was listed among artists and entertainers.
John Mayer has recently completed his summer tour, and is now taking a break before entering the studio to work on his next record, which he states has already been named.
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Post by goodie on Sept 9, 2007 6:29:40 GMT -5
john mayer rocks!!! i thought he would rank higher but still he cracked the top 50 so that's still good!!! his concert was 1 of the best concerts i've been 2!!! he's got loads of talent!!!
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Sept 9, 2007 9:58:42 GMT -5
I really liked the "Room For Squares" album from him, one of my favourites ever. "Heavier Things" was good too, but "Continuum".... meh, he's gone downhill
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Post by goodie on Sept 12, 2007 6:23:08 GMT -5
#47. Ja Rule
Biggest Hit of the 00s: Mesmerize (featuring Ashanti)
Biggest Album of the 00s: Pain Is Love
Other Singles from the 00s: Between Me And You (with Christina Milian), Put It On Me, I Cry (with Lil' Mo), Livin' It Up (featuring Case), Always On Time (featuring Ashanti), Rainy Dayz (with Mary J Blige), Down 4 U (with Irv Gotti), Down Ass Chick, Thug Lovin' (with Bobby Brown), Reign, The Crown, Clap Back, New York, Wonderful (with Ashanti & R. Kelly), Caught Up (featuring Lloyd), & Uh-Ohhh!!
Biography of the 00s: Jeffrey Atkins, better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper and actor from Hollis, New York.
In 1998, he was signed to Def Jam Recordings, with his first major appearance alongside Jay-Z on the song "Can I Get A...". In 1999, he released his solo debut, Venni Vetti Vecci, and had a hit single "Holla Holla". The album went on to platinum status.
In 2000, Atkins was also featured on Irv Gotti's successful album, Irv Gotti Presents: The Murderers. This album featured other Murder Inc. record label artists as well as DMX, Jay-Z and Busta Rhymes.
In 2000 Atkins released Rule 3:36, his second album. The first released single was "Between Me & You" featuring Christina Milian, which proved to be a hit and was followed by another successful single, "Put It On Me" featuring Lil' Mo and Vita. The album received an unexpected level of support, and went on to go triple platinum.
On October 2, 2001, Atkins released his third album, Pain Is Love. The first single, "Livin' It Up", was a hit. It featured guest vocals by R&B singer Case and sampled Stevie Wonder's "Do I Do". The follow up single, "Always On Time", was released in December of the same year and was yet another success. The song introduced the public to singer Ashanti, who performed the chorus. The album also featured the successful remix "I'm Real" with Jennifer Lopez. Finally, the album included the song "So Much Pain", a tribute to Tupac Shakur, and also went on to become triple platinum.
His fourth studio album, The Last Temptation, was released on November 19 2002. Although the album was fairly successful (it was certified platinum), it failed to carry the momentum brought by his previous album. Lead singles, "Thug Lovin" (featuring Bobby Brown) and "Mesmerize" (featuring Ashanti) were successful.
In 2002, Atkins appeared on Irv Gotti Presents: The Inc. and Irv Gotti Presents: The Remixes. Both albums were successful, spawning such hits as "Down 4 U" and "Ain't It Funny Remix."
Atkins' fifth album, Blood in My Eye, was known for tracks which were brutally aimed at rappers 50 Cent, Eminem, Dr. Dre, D-12, G Unit and Busta Rhymes.
Atkins released R.U.L.E. on November 9, 2004, and had hits with "Wonderful" (featuring R. Kelly), "New York" (featuring Fat Joe and Jadakiss), and "Caught Up" (featuring Ashanti & Lloyd). The album was certified Platinum in the U.S.
Atkins recently released new tracks from his upcoming mixtape on his myspace page. The mixtape features contributions from artists such as Ashanti, Fat Joe, Nas, Black Child, Caddillac Tah and 0-1, as well as brand new signees Harry O, Young Life and The Gift. He also is releasing his first single from his upcoming album, The Mirror, titled "Body" and has shot a video for another song "Uh Oh" featuring Lil Wayne.
He appeared on the remix of "Rakata" by Wisin Y Yandel.
Atkins was rumored to be in the upcoming movie Saw IV, which was filmed in April, 2007 in Toronto and is scheduled to be released October 26, 2007. With the release of the official cast list he will not be starring in the upcoming flick.
Atkins collaborated with rock band Metallica on the song "We Did It Again."
He was featured in the 1999 Hard Knock Life Tour, also featuring DMX, Jay-Z, DJ Clue, Memphis Bleek, Redman, Method Man and many other mainstream artists.
Atkins and Fat Joe recently collaborated for a remix of Musiq's song entitled "Buddy."
Atkins recently appeared on a remix of Snoop Dogg's "Imagine", featuring Dr. Dre
He is involved in several business interests. They include: The Inc Records, which he co-owns; the clothing line ErvinGeoffrey; a film production company; a deluxe liquor company; real estate properties; and an online casino, "StarsOnPoker.Com". He also has his own record label, Mpire Records.
Atkins teamed up with associates of Tupac Shakur's organization and founded L.I.F.E Foundation, which opens its doors to underprivileged kids. The foundation has various programs which include art, music, poetry and sports.
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Post by goodie on Sept 12, 2007 6:23:54 GMT -5
i liked always on time but i liked ashanti's vocals pretty much!!! ja rule has a horrible voice!!!
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Sept 12, 2007 9:19:38 GMT -5
Ja Rule was okay for a while... but lately he's been REALLY downhill. Not surprised to see him in this list... he was dominant in 2001-02, both on his own songs and others
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Post by Courage on Sept 12, 2007 15:56:35 GMT -5
EWWW Ja Rule!
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Post by goodie on Sept 13, 2007 7:05:43 GMT -5
#46. Shaggy
Biggest Hit of the 00s: It Wasn't Me (featuring Ricardo "Rikrok" Ducent)
Biggest Album of the 00s: Hot Shot
Other Singles from the 00s: Dance And Shout, Angel (featuring Rayvon), Luv Me Luv Me (featuring Samantha Cole), Christmas In Jamica (with Toni Braxton), Me Julie (with Ali G), Hey Sexy Lady, Gebt Das Hanf Frei (with Stefan Raab), Strength Of A Woman, Get My Party On, Your Eyes (featuring Ricardo "Rikrok" Ducent), Wild 2Nite (featuring Olivia), Ultimatum (featuring Na'Sha) & What's Love (featuring Akon).
Biography of the 00s: Shaggy is a Jamaican reggae deejay who takes his nickname from Scooby-Doo's companion, a nickname given to him by his friends, during his teenage years in which his hair bore a similarity to the Scooby Doo character. He is especially notable for his distinctive sub-baritone voice.
Upon his return from the Persian Gulf, he decided to pursue his music career and his first hit in 1993: "Oh Carolina", was a dancehall re-make of a ska hit by the Folkes Brothers. The same year, Shaggy appeared on Kenny Dope's hip hop album "The Unreleased Project". He worked together with producers such as Sting Intl., Don One (who cut his first track), Lloyd 'Spiderman' Campbell and Robert Livingston. He had further big hits, including "Boombastic" in 1995, the theme tune of a popular Levi commercial.
He then had a major comeback in 2001, featuring worldwide number-one hit singles "It Wasn't Me" and "Angel," the latter of which was built around two song samples - Merrilee Rush's 1968 hit "Angel of the Morning" (which was remade in 1981 by Juice Newton), and The Steve Miller Band's 1973 hit, The Joker. The album Hot Shot, from which those cuts came, would hit number one on the Billboard 200.
However, his 2002 release Lucky Day, and the 2005 album Clothes Drop failed to match Hot Shot's success.
Shaggy recorded the theme for Showtime, a 2002 movie.
On 11 March 2007, Shaggy performed the official song of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, entitled "The Game of Love and Unity", with Barbadian entertainer Rupee and Trinidadian Faye-Ann Lyons at the opening ceremony at The Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny, Jamaica.
Shaggy left Geffen and will be releasing his latest album under his own label Big Yard Records with distribution by VP Records.
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Post by goodie on Sept 13, 2007 7:06:24 GMT -5
some good songs by shaggy!!! it wasn't me was a clever piece of work!!!
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Post by FreakyFlyBry on Sept 13, 2007 9:27:47 GMT -5
Shaggy I've usually liked, particularly during the "Hot Shot" era ;D
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