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 - #170-161

#170 - Hey Ya! - Outkast

Speakerboxx/The Love Below (2003)

#169 - Nude - Radiohead

In Rainbows (2007)

#168 - Province - TV On the Radio

Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)

#167 - Accordion - Madvillain

Madvillainy (2004)

#166 - The Bachelor and the Bride - The Decemberists

Her Majesty..... (2003)

#165 - Just Abandoned My-Self - Boris

Pink (2005)

#164 - Jesus, Etc. - Wilco

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)

#163 - Little Bit - Lykke Li

Youth Novels (2008)

#162 - Alan Is a Cowboy Killer - Mclusky

Mclusky Do Dallas (2002)

#161 - Losing My Edge - LCD Soundsystem

Losing My Edge (2002)

My 25 Favorite Artists of the 2000s - #23

#23 - Outkast

While the late 90s were definitely the group's heyday, Andre 3k and Big Boi began this decade off in a remarkable fashion, releasing one of my favorite hip-hop albums of all time, Stankonia. Taking their strong lyrical style and fusing it with beats that sounded at the time like they came straight from outer space, this was one of the most groundbreaking releases of our time. A few years later things began to change as the two started to drift apart, releasing Speakerboxx/The Love Below which was basically a collection of solo albums packaged together under the Outkast name. Overall the content wasn't quite as strong, as Big Boi just wasn't the same without Andre, and Andre completely drifted off to another planet with his half of the double album.

My Favorite Albums:

1. Stankonia (2000)

2. The Love Below (2003)