My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #110-101

#110 - The Way We Get By - Spoon

Kill the Moonlight (2002)

#109 - Munich - Editors

The Back Room (2005)

#108 - Girl On the Wing - The Shins

Oh, Inverted World (2001)

#107 - Blue Ridge Mountains - Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes (2008)

#106 - How Near How Far - .....And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead

Source Tags & Codes (2002)

#105 - Flashing Lights - Kanye West

Graduation (2007)

#104 - Cat Faces - Ugly Casanova

Sharpen Your Teeth (2002)

#103 - (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan - Dntel

Life Is Full of Possibilities (2001)

#102 - Fools - The Dodos

Visiter (2008)

#101 - Tribulations - LCD Soundsystem

LCD Soundsystem (2005)

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #130-121

#130 - The Bleeding Heart Show - The New Pornographers

Twin Cinema (2005)

#129 - Someday - The Strokes

Is This It (2001)

#128 - Lover I Don't Have To Love - Bright Eyes

Lifted or The Story Is In the Soil... (2002)

#127 - Humble Mumble - Outkast

Stankonia (2000)

#126 - Roland - Interpol

Turn On the Bright Lights (2002)

#125 - Brother - Annuals

Be He Me (2006)

#124 - Jesus Walks - Kanye West

College Dropout (2004)

#123 - Move Your Feet - Junior Senior

D-D-Don't Don't Stop the Beat (2003)

#122 - She Will Only Bring You Happiness - Mclusky

The Difference Between Me and You.... (2004)

#121 - Untrust Us - Crystal Castles

Crystal Castles (2008)

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #150-141

#150 - Stay Fly - Three 6 Mafia

Most Known Unknown (2005)

#149 - Black - Okkervil River

Black Sheep Boy (2005)

#148 - Skinny Love - Bon Iver

For Emma, Forever Ago (2007)

#147 - Through the Wire - Kanye West

College Dropout (2004)

#146 - Saturdays - Cut Copy

Bright Like Neon Love (2004)

#145 - Haligh, Haligh, a Lie, Haligh - Bright Eyes

Fevers and Mirrors (2000)

#144 - Melody Day - Caribou

Andorra (2007)

#143 - Breathe - Fabolous

Real Talk (2004)

#142 - Anonanimal - Andrew Bird

Noble Beast (2009)

#141 - The Garden - Cut Chemist

The Audience's Listening (2006)

My 250 Favorite Songs of the 2000s - #230-221

#230 - We Major - Kanye West ft. Nas

Late Registration (2005)

#229 - Too Long - Daft Punk

Discovery (2001)

#228 - The Kindness of Strangers - The American Analog Set

Know By Heart - (2001)

#227 - Hotel - Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene (2005)

#226 - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You - Black Kids

Wizard of Ahhhs (2007)

#225 - Hounds of Love - The Futureheads

The Futureheads (2004)

#224 - Gareth Brown Says - Mclusky

Mclusky Do Dallas (2002)

#223 - Pagan Poetry - Bjork

Vespertine (2001)

#222 - Lowdown - My Morning Jacket

At Dawn (2001)

#221 - Walking - The Dodos

Visiter (2008)

My 25 Favorite Artists of the 2000s - #5

#5 - Kanye West

While not being quite my favorite member of the hip-hop community this decade, it's hard to argue that one person had a bigger influence on the genre as a whole than Kanye West had. Beginning early in the decade with his production work on the landmark Jay-Z album The Blueprint, Kanye set himself as someone to watch out for in the world of hip-hop producers. When his first solo album College Dropout was released, however, the world at large was put on notice that this was a man that had his sights set squarely on the complete domination of the music industry. While certainly not being the most technically skilled rapper alive, Kanye's abilities have opened the doors for the underground backpack hip-hoppers to garner some acclaim for themselves as well. While his personal antics at times may overshadow the more positive things about the man (especially lately), Kanye is still one of the most important musicians of our generation and respect must always be given to this man and everything he'll ever do.

My Favorite Albums:

1. Late Registration (2005)

2. Graduation (2007)

3. College Dropout (2004)

4. 808's & Heartbreak (2008)