Before the Millennium...

So I was driving to work the other day when none other than TLC came on the radio with "No Scrubs."

I might be the biggest dork ever but I still love them. Was saddened when "Left-Eye" passed, and I still get super excited when I hear their music. I was a huge fan when they came out.

I started thinking then how far music has come along, how the sounds have changed, the style, the beats, and what is big now compared to 10 years ago. So I did some research. 10 years ago, these are the artists that blessed us, (or lack there of,) with their talent:

-We saw the first (but definitely not the last) of Slim Shady a.k.a Eminem. I personally hated him when he first came out, because his songs and voice were super obnoxious. It wasn't until he became angry that I liked him :)

- Destiny's Child was still a threesome and not just Beyonce.

-We could find Blink 182 running across our TV screens naked.

-Both Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears came out with their first songs...

-Will Smith was trying to make us "Get Jiggy Wit It" at every school dance/birthday party/bahtmitzvah that we went to

AND

-Justin Timberlake was rockin' his bleached-blonde curly-Q hair. He sure has come a long way.

BACK TO THE FUTURE:

-Our rap music isn't so gangster these days as it was in the '90's. It has more of a "pop" feeling to it, and I don't think any of the artists are true gangsters like Tupac or Ice-T were.

-Our pop music isn't so "bubblegum teeny-bop" as it was in the '90's either, (except for the likes of Miley Cyrus or Taylor Swift, but who really listens to them anyways?)

-House music has evolved and become really big. It's often played in clubs and can be found remixed with hip-hop on the radio as well. (LOVES IT!)

I just thought this would be a little fun to compare/contrast how our music has changed. I am sure there is a lot that I missed considering all the "really cool bands" we have.

But now I have to get back to my life :)

XOXO

Lauren