Friday 6 March 2015

Generic list post: "can you believe 2005 was a decade ago?" edition

2005: the year Crash won the best movie Oscar, Lost won the best drama Emmy, Little Britain won the best comedy Bafta, Simon Cowell won GQ's TV personality of the year award, Liverpool won the Champion's League, Chelsea won the Premiership title, the Patriots won the Super Bowl, and that Geordie twat who shagged Makosi in the hot tub won Big Brother U.K.

What an absolute nadir for humanity, eh? Here's great 25 rap songs from 2005 to remind you that the year wasn't a total bust in cultural terms:

Z-Ro - Respect My Mind
AZ - Never Change
The Jacka - Barney (More Crime)
Lil' Boosie - Trouble Man
Purple Ribbon Allstars - Kryptonite
Lil' Wayne - Tha Mobb
Jim Jones ft. Max B - G's Up
Purple City - It Ain't Easy
Boyz N Da Hood - Trap N*ggaz
Maino - Rumors
D4L - Do It Like Me Baby
50 Cent - Window Shopper
Three 6 Mafia ft. Young Buck & 8Ball & MJG - Stay Fly
Frayser Boy ft. Mike Jones & Paul Wall - Got Dat Drink
Maceo - Nextel Chirp
Dirt McGirt - Lift Ya Skirt
Mac Mall & Mac Dre ft. E-40 - Dredio
Paul Wall - Internet Going Nutz
M.O.P - Instigator
Ying Yang Twins - Wait (The Whisper Song)
Beanie Sigel - Feel It In The Air
P$C ft. T.I. & Lil' Scrappy - I'm A King (Remix)
Sean Price ft. Tek - Onion Head
KanYe West ft. Paul Wall, GLC & T.I. - Drive Slow (Remix)
Black Rob - Questions And Answers

8 comments:

Ronnie Moore Money said...

Needs "Hate It Or Love It" on here.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

I'd plump for Tony Yayo's Fake Love over anything from Game's first album.

James said...

MakGOATsi more like.

hotbox said...

r.i.p. soul samples

queezy said...

This was a good year for sure

Ruben said...

That ODB track is bonkers.

SE said...

Nice list. The Game was such a joke in '05, still is to some extent, but "Hate It Or Love It" was undeniable. Also:

50 Cent & Mobb Deep - "Outta Control"
Young Jeezy - "Go Crazy"
Juelz Santana - "Mic Check"

I think Back Like Cooked Crack 2 was the first thing I ever downloaded from Dat Piff. Shit's really changed since '05.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Official top 5 honourable mentions:

Tony Yayo - Fake Love
Game ft. 50 Cent - Hate It Or Love It
Young Jeezy - Don't Get Caught
Ludacris - Number One Spot
The Diplomats - Dipset Symphony