So much was going on in August 2000 it's a wonder I had any time to listen to music, but I did:
Craig David - 7 Days
Craig David moved away from garage and made an R&B record with this. There was a garage version as well though. Music aside, you have the story and the Groundhog Day style video to go with the story. At this point in time he showed he could make a decent R&B record, though he did make some terrible ones in later years.
Wookie ft Lain - Battle
Wookie worked with Soul II Soul prior to UK garage being a thing. This was his big hit and it was on pretty much every garage set I was hearing around this time. You can almost imagine Soul II Soul sounding like this had they started out around this time.
Richie Dan - Call It Fate
Yes it's another garage record but this just shows how addicted I was to garage at the time. The fact of the matter was that a lot of the tunes getting into the Top 40 were tunes you'd hear on the garage tapes from the raves. I found it sad in the way that there appeared to be no underground garage anymore, but the music was great.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication
There was a pub in town that I started going to a lot more around this time for the simple fact it acquired a late license. There was a video jukebox in the pub which was a relatively new concept at the time and I remember this tune coming on a lot. What I'm not sure about was whether I'd bought the "Californication" album by this point.
JJ72 - Oxygen
When I watch music videos from yesteryear it's quite common for me to look at the band/artist and think wow I don't remember them looking that young. In the case of JJ72 though I do remember them looking young at the time, but then they're similar in age to me and I was a young student at the time. I do feel part of the problem with indie music is that it's the dross that truly makes it big and there's plenty of good bands that get nowhere. JJ72 managed to scrape the Top 40 but didn't really get any further than that.
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