25 Years Since....April 2000

In April 2000 Sara Cox took over the Radio 1 breakfast show, one of those out with the old in with the new moments in this new century we entered. Here's the music I was enjoying:

Blink 182 - All The Small Things

I remember listening to the first Sara Cox breakfast show on radio and she played this record. Around this time I'd started listening to Green Day again and this was presented as a sort of Green Day for the 21st century. 

My only complaint was it was a bit slow, but later down the line when I dug into the Blink 182 archives I found a lot of their tunes were faster than Green Day. Although this was their breakthrough record into the mainstream UK audience they'd been going a few years and were on their 4th album off which this was taken and was released in 1999.

Dr Dre ft Snoop Dogg - Still Dre

Another record that's actually from 1999. It was lead single from Dr Dre's long awaiting "2001" album and like his debut hit "Nothing But A G Thang" it features Snoop Dogg, though his vocal contributions are quite minimal on this record.

It came to light later on that this record was ghostwritten by Jay-Z, a rapper thant I've never thought much of. Still a good record is a good record regardless of who wrote it. 

Rank 1 - Airwave

The year 2000 was the year mainstream trance music started to lose it's way, but there were still some gems coming out such as this record. It's probably helped by the fact this is a 1999 record that didn't chart until 2000.

It was the only Top 40 hit by Dutch duo Rank 1 but like several dance acts they'd return under another alias, in this case Jonah. Member Benno De Goeij would also return as Dutch Force.

Shola Ama - Imagine

Shola Ama was someone who'd had just 2 records of note in 1997 after being spotted singing on the tube. In truth she never really went away and had a few minor hits thereafter and although this was also a minor hit it was viewed as a bit of a comeback in the garage scene.

Some may liken this to people like Victoria Beckham jumping on the garage bandwagon, but the first time I heard this was on a garage tape from a rave and I had no idea what it was but I liked it. Much like the other records in this post so far, it's a 1999 tune from her 1999 album "In Return".

Hurley & Todd - Sunstorm

It's a full house of 20th century records that charted in April 2000 that I was enjoying at the time. What I like about this record is its sampling of "Song For Guy" by Elton John which the best thing Elton John has done in my opinion.