2000: The Good Old Days? - October

I can almost pin point this as being the time when I first properly got into rap music. It began with my purchase of "The Marshall Mathers LP" by Eminem and I already knew "The Way I Am" prior to purchasing which was a new entry this month. The only other rap new entry was "Nursery Rhymes" by British rapper Iceburg Slimm which wasn't so good.

The beginning of me properly getting in R&B was the Honeyz who had a new entry this month with "Not Even Gonna Trip". It would be a few more months until that time came though. The only other R&B new entry this month came from R Kelly with "I Wish" which is amongst his best hits.

Another contributing factor for me getting in R&B was my love of UK garage. This month we had R&B group Damage jump on the bandwagon with "Rumours" which is OK but is also my least favourite UK garage new entry this month.

The best is also the best record overall this month which is "Body Groove" by Architechs & Nana. I was annoyed at this getting into the charts, I wanted it to stay underground. Another big garage record this month was "Dooms Night" by Azzido Da Bass. So big that when it came on a garage tape I was listening to in my car, my mate said that was the first time he'd heard a tune in my car that he actually knows.

The other garage records this month were "Ain't No Stoppin Us" by DJ Luck & MC Neat & JJ, "Sorry (I Didn't Know)" by Monsta Boy featuring Denzie and "Something In Your Eyes" by Ed Case. I feel like we're in a golden period of garage with these records.

Plenty of other dance music in the charts this month but not much of it was any good. We had "Pasilda" by Afro Medusa which is good and "The Lonely One" by Alice Deejay which I like despite it being of the vocal trance/eurodance variety which is the main reason a few of the other records were crap.

On the chill out side of things we have "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad" by Moby which I remember being on the advert for the TV show "Hearts & Bones" which I never watched but it still makes me feel nostalgic. We also had "Eternity" by Orion which was also on an advert at the time, I can't remember what it was for but like the tune.

Here's a list of the records with the best on top, worst at the bottom and the good ones in green, OK ones in amber and rubbish ones in red (and in no particular order):

Score: 38%

Here's a look at the chart:

Now we have the best October so far but not quite the best month overall.