These songs, and more are now just as old as someone who can legally drink in most places. (Unliked the US because I don’t know why specifically 21)

Snoop Dogg – Drop It Like It’s Hot

I know this is not your first encounter with the D-O-Double-G but this was mine. My first exposure to him, Pharell, and even crip walking. As a kid in highschool, crip walking was one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen and I tried to practice day and night to do it. I mean I can do it decently now, but not as good as back then lol. This was the first time I saw some questionable pixelated parts like Pharell’s shoes, though I really didn’t know why those were pixelated – no wait, I just googled, and found out just now that the shoes were Reebok’s Ice Cream shoes and they were blurred out because the Viacom-owned BET obscured the shoe because of a policy covering all prominently branded products in visuals, but it worked for Pharell’s favor given that people got curious and checked out the shoe. Winner winner chicken dinner for the 4 beats before the start of every-song Producer. Wait, what do you mean by 4 beats? I mean you know when you know.

JoJo – Leave (Get Out)

You had a crush on this girl. I did. I know you did. Everyone did. This girl was just jaw-dropping gorgeous! When this came out, I believe she was just 13 years old and normally when teens become pop artists they would sing songs relative to what’s happening around them, but normally happy-cutesy stuff, but not JoJo. This song was a breakup song that was performed with a lot of soul to it. A lot more soul than people expected and at your local high-schools during this time, it became a break-up moving-on song that you use as a backdrop when you post on your MySpace profiles how this person cheated on you and they were “..just a waste of time.” (Insert nails emoji). Man she disappeared after a long while, but I have to know why and where she is now. Not that I’m stalkerish or anything like that. I’m just curious how an artist like her just poofed out of the limelight. People need to put some respect on JoJo name.

Ciara – Goodies

You know this song. You heard this song in every pub, every bar, every club, and every party, every wedding reception, and in every single night out, you know and danced to this song. I’m just gonna keep it short and sweet. This song became the longest running number one debut single by a female artist since 1977! And 20 years on, this song is still as relevant as it was back then. At the time, this was one of the female-empowerment songs teens use at the prom and any house party I’ve been to. Ciara just living the good life now with then Future and now Russell Wilson.