Top 100 songs nominated by Time magazine editors

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:heheh: I'm the guy who champions music from the 90's on and even I don't care much for the particular ones picked. I mean I like about 3 or 4 of the songs but none of them would've been on my list. I've never been one to get shaken up by list. They are all irrelevant to me. About the only thing that justifies looking at them is if they break it down or give a blurb about why they pick them. Even if I don't agree with it at least I can see the reasoning behind the personal picks. I mean some of the ones on the list were just plain HUGE songs in popularity and that's just the way it is. For example, I got tired of "Hey Ya" after all the exposure but it was a phenom of a song and different for radio at the time. It had young and old audiences with that song hooked in their heads. It was a perfect pop song. Most people will piss on it now because they can only remember it got burned into their brains and got tiresome because radio played it to death. Others will write it off because it's more hip-hop and they just plain hate Hip-Hop. Well facts say it did it's job and was a huge song in the 2,000's. Just giving one example of a song that is justified on a list like this that won't make sense to people here simply because of the demographic.
 

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I remember how huge Hey Ya! was Soots. I still have Speakerboxxx/The Love Below and it was a great double album IMO!
 

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Get Ur Freak On is a club song at best. They really add to the mindset that all hip-hop or R&B is shallow crap. You can actually find some deep, soulful stuff if you try. :bonk:

Seems to me they tried to incorporate a wide variety of genres into this list, whereas you'd usually see a whole lotta rock music and timeless iconic pop tunes on most lists. I think they overcompensated. I mean, California Love? Give me a break!

Oh, and Borderline? I'd have chosen Like a Prayer or Holiday over Borderline as far as Madge goes.

Hey, I love "California Love"! It was 2Pacs most widely exposed and commercial song that dominated MTV forever. 2Pac in the rap genre is still a huge name that's recognized with all modern rap names like Eminem, Kanye and Lil' Wayne. I think it's justified! :grinthumb
 

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Hey, I love "California Love"! It was 2Pacs most widely exposed and commercial song that dominated MTV forever. 2Pac in the rap genre is still a huge name that's recognized with all modern rap names like Eminem, Kanye and Lil' Wayne. I think it's justified! :grinthumb

Cartman did it better! :grinthumb
 

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