2002

Download the 2002 mix here.

I made a lot of personal choices on this mix. I like "Gossip Folks" better than "Work It," "Time For Heroes" better than "Wot a Waster," and "I Luv You" better than "Fix Up Look Sharp." Plus, I stuck "My Block" on the mix, which isn't too important, but I just think is a fantastic single.

Similarly, I think "Do You Realize???" is more important than "Fight Test," I think "Cry Me a River" is bigger than "Like I Love You," or "Rock Your Body," and don't even complain about "Lose Yourself" over something from Eminem Show; it won an oscar for chrissakes.

Then there are the unusual choices. I love the remix of Dinah Washington's "Is You Is" by Rae and Christian off Verve Remixed (not to mention I think the remix fad is a pretty noteworthy movement). Ms. Dynamite didn't hitnearly as big as Britain expected her to, but that song is so fantastic I don't want to ignore it (and I want to get as much female hip hop represented as I can).

I will also point out that there are two of the best neptunes beats ever on this mix: "Hot in Herre," and "Grindin'."

A big song I'm leaving out is "A Stroke of Genie-us" by Freelance Hellraiser. Certainly the most famous mash up (of the recent era anyway), it was actually released as an offical single once it got so popular that they figured they could at least make a little money off of it. I didn't put it on here because it sucks. It's terrible, and every time I try to listen to it, I feel a part of my soul die inside.

Songs I left out besides that: Weezer's "Burndt Jamb" or "Dope Nose," Beck "Lost Cause," The Walkmen's "We've Been Had," Coldplay "Clocks" and "In My Place," DJ Shadow "Six Days," Hot Hot Heat "Bandages," The Coral, "Dreaming of You," the Vines "Get Free," the remix of Elvis's "A Little Less Conversation (A Little More Action)," anything from Thought For Food, Bright Eyes' Lifted, RJD2's Deadringer, or Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Oh, and I hate "Danger! High Voltage!"

I also plan to add the Chris Martin version of "Dry Your Eyes" to my 2004 post later in the day, so look for that if you are interested. Post comments on this mix below.

1. Losing My Edge - LCD Soundsystem - 7:51
2. Hot In Herre - Nelly - 3:48
3. Lapdance (feat. Lee Harvey & Vita) - N*E*R*D - 3:29
4. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby (Rae & Christian Remix) - Dinah Washington - 4:58
5. Cry me a river - Justin Timberlake - 4:52
6. The Way We Get By - Spoon - 2:40
7. Hate To Say I Told You So - The Hives - 3:22
8. No One Knows - Queens Of The Stone Age - 4:14
9. The Seed (2.0) - The Roots - 4:27
10. Dy-Na-Mi-Tee - Ms. Dynamite - 3:39
11. Lose Yourself - Eminem - 5:31
12. Made You Look - NaS - 3:22
13. Gossip Folks (featuring Ludacris) - Missy Elliott - 3:54
14. Grindin' - Clipse - 4:24
15. I Luv You - Dizzee Rascal - 4:05
16. Time For Heroes - The Libertines - 2:40
17. Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips - 3:32
18. My Block - Scarface - 3:31
19. Weak Become Heroes - The Streets - 5:32