TwistedElegance™ Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 2002 was the year President Bush accused Iraq, Iran and North Korea of forming an "axis of evil"; Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was tragically killed in a car accident; and American Idol debuted on television.It was the year of Nelly. The St. Louis rapper born Cornell Haynes, Jr. had two songs in the Top 4 of the year, the first artist to do so since Monica had a pair of songs in the Top 4 of 1998. Hot In Herre and Dilemma were successive chart-toppers in the summer of 2002, making Nelly the sixth artist in the rock era to replace himself in pole position, following Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Boyz II Men, Puff Daddy, and Ja Rule. Nelly first appeared on a year-end list in 2000, when Country Grammar was No. 36 for the year. In 2001, he had four songs on the annual recap, none higher than No. 17, easily making 2002 the best chart year of his career. Hot In Herre was produced by The Neptunes. Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams based the groove on a No. 1 R&B hit from 1979, Bustin' Loose by Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers. "We like being inspired by old grooves," says Hugo. "We wanted something simple and everything else was up to Nelly." Once the rapper heard the track, it didn't take him long to write the lyrics. "An idea jumped in my head when I heard it," he recalls. "When I hear the beat, I usually get an idea right away." In this case, the lyrical hook suggesting that you "take off all your clothes" helped send the song to No. 1.The follow-up, Dilemma, sampled a Patti LaBelle track, Love, Need and Want You, written by Kenny Gamble and Bunny Sigler. Producers Bam (Antoine Macon) and Ryan Bowser came up with the idea for Dilemma while playing Tetris. They were in the studio one night listening to the track they had written when Bam started humming the Gamble-Sigler song. That's when Nelly decided to incorporate the older song into Dilemma. "Once I heard it, I wanted to do something special with it," says Nelly. "That was the reason we brought Kelly (Rowland) into the picture. I thought getting her on a solo tip as opposed to getting her in the group (Destiny's Child) would be hot."The No. 2 single of 2002 was also a rap song. Marshall Mathers topped the box office and the Hot 100 with his film 8 Mile ending up No. 1 its first week in release and the song from the movie, Lose Yourself, having a 12-week reign on the Hot 100. Director Curtis Hanson wanted a song written from the point of view of Eminem's character. While on location in Detroit, Eminem worked out of a makeshift recording studio in his trailer so he could work on the music while filming the movie.While Nelly's two songs in the Top 4 is impressive, another artist went him one better, with three songs in the year-end Top 10. Even more amazing, they were her first three entries. Ashanti Douglas was 14 when she signed to the Jive label. That didn't work out, nor did a deal with an Epic imprint. But Ashanti didn't give up. She was introduced to Murder Inc. founder Irv Gotti, but his label focused on hip-hop and he wasn't interested in an R&B singer. "I was persistent," says Ashanti. She kept showing up at Gotti's studio and his office and he found ways to employ her, whether it was singing on the hook of someone else's record or writing songs. When writer/producer 7 Aurelius was working on a track for Craig David, Ashanti came up with lyrics and recorded the song herself. Foolish spent 10 weeks at No. 1 and finished the year in third place. Ashanti also ranked seventh as the featured artist on Fat Joe's What's Luv? and ninth as the featured singer on Ja Rule's Always On Time.Only two artists who were in the Top 10 of 2001 repeated in 2002. Usher, No. 3 in 2001 with U Got It Bad, was No. 10 in 2002 by virtue of his featured spot on P. Diddy's I Need a Girl (Part One). Jennifer Lopez, No. 4 in 2001 with Ja Rule on I'm Real, teamed up with Ja Rule again and placed fifth with Ain't It Funny. It really was a repeat performance. Just as there were two very different versions of I'm Real, there were two different tracks called Ain't It Funny. Producer Corey Rooney explains, "It worked so well, we needed to do it again." The first version of Ain't It Funny was inspired by a movie Lopez starred in, The Wedding Planner, although it wasn't used in the film. The second Ain't It Funny was created when Ashanti stopped at Irv Gotti's studio and found Ja Rule playing video games when he was supposed to be working on the Lopez track. Ashanti wrote two verses for the song and recorded a demo version. Lopez recorded that song in Los Angeles; in the middle of the session Ashanti was asked to write one more verse. She wrote it over the phone so the recording session could proceed. Lopez had two other songs on the 2002 recap: Jenny From the Block at No. 19 and I'm Gonna Be Alright at No. 34.Pop music made a resurgence in 2002, led by the No. 8 single of the year, Complicated by Avril Lavigne. She was just 17 when her debut effort spent two weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100. Born in Ontario, Canada, she started writing songs early and was in the studio when Arista chief L.A. Reid heard her playing and offered her a contract. Lavigne followed Complicated with the upbeat Sk8er Boi which became another Top 10 single and the No. 67 song of 2002.America was blissfully unaware of a British phenomenon that began October 5, 2001. Pop Idol took that country by storm, and by the series' finale, the top two finalists, Will Young and Gareth Gates, were famous all over the United Kingdom. Young won the competition with 4.6 million votes and Gates finished second with 4.1 million. Both were signed to recording contracts and both had mega-selling No. 1 singles. Series creator Simon Fuller tried to sell the concept in America and was turned down everywhere, even by the Fox network, until CEO Rupert Murdoch's daughter Elisabeth told her father about Pop Idol and suggested he broadcast an American version. American Idol debuted on June 11, 2002, retaining many of the elements of its British cousin, including acid-tongued judge Simon Cowell, who was joined by recording artist Paula Abdul and music executive Randy Jackson. The 100-plus contestants were whittled down to 30 and then to a Top 10. Week after week, finalists were voted off the show by the public until two remained standing. On the season finale, broadcast September 4, Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini stood on the stage of the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, waiting for Ryan Seacrest to pronounce one of them the first American Idol.One day after being named the winner, Kelly Clarkson was on the radio airwaves. The song she performed on the finale, A Moment Like This, was shipped the day after the show, but radio stations were already playing the live version from the TV soundtrack. Foreshadowing the impact American Idol would have on the Billboard charts, Clarkson's A Moment Like This rocketed from 52 to 1 on the Hot 100. It was the biggest jump to the top in the chart's history, besting the 38-year-old record held by The Beatles' Can't Buy Me Love, which zoomed from 27 to 1 in 1964. Click the link below to see all the songs which made it to the Top 5 of Billboard's Hot 100 for 2002. Submit your vote by scoring each song out of 10 (10 being the greatest). The average will then determine our Singles Rate for the year. Votes must be submitted in the next 72 hours. VOTE HERE! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrylf Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 #SoEXCITED!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Available soon? Have you been talking to Janet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Yas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrylf Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TwistedElegance™ Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Not much time left to get your votes in. Please register now if you haven't already! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VelvetKnowledge1814 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Just sent mine in. Excited for this Rate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Can we get a time and date when the registration phase is over? 72 hours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotboy06 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Ugh. Not a very memorable year. Ashanti and Ja Rule were slaying though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Ugh. Not a very memorable year. I thought I was the only one who noticed. It was a pretty meh year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Can we get a time and date when the registration phase is over? 72 hours? I'm in a different time zone to most of you. If I say 72 hours then you can just look at the time the original post was made. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 I'm in a different time zone to most of you. If I say 72 hours then you can just look at the time the original post was made.I know where you are Im being difficult 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Just waiting on Bu and Kenny... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bu. Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Oh shoot I didn't see the link. I'll do it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennita jo Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Submitted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyricalLesson Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Hope I made it in time! There were a lot of good ones on this list...I gave out a lot of 7's 8's and 9's! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Hope I made it in time! There were a lot of good ones on this list...I gave out a lot of 7's 8's and 9's!I forgot about you, sorry J! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Keep registration open until Saturday Night for the late comers? Or is it usually the same people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted May 4, 2016 Author Share Posted May 4, 2016 Keep registration open until Saturday Night for the late comers? Or is it usually the same people?I think we have all our regulars now. 12 players have registered. That's our best so far! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock & Roll Hall of Game Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 (edited) I think we have all our regulars now. 12 players have registered. That's our best so far!nice!!!!! Edited May 4, 2016 by Game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwistedElegance™ Posted May 5, 2016 Author Share Posted May 5, 2016 The results are in! We have a couple of ties to get us started... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyricalLesson Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Disappointing...I REALLY like "Blurry", mad that it tied for last place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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