Best Song of 2000: Heat #4

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Heat #3 was even closer than Heat #2! Kelis gets two more songs through with the help of ODB; the rest of the Wu Tang Clan join Spiller & Sophie E-B in the final. But it's a six-way stalemate for 5th place! Look for the tie-breaker at the end of this poll...

• You get a maximum of TEN TICKS over the three bits of the poll. The top five will go through to the next stage.



• If you want to change your vote (or tick too many by mistake), you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'.



• UK chart placings given in brackets.



• You have until Friday lunchtime to vote.



• Rep for your favourites in the comments!

[Poll #1416502]

Comments

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

First heat that I couldn't tick 10 off the bat...got two spare ticks if anyone feels like pimping songs out. Intend to check out the Alecia Elliott for sure, and will go back to Kirsty MacColl/Mandy Moore/Phoenix/Modjo which I remember hearing & liking at the time but not to the extent that I cared about them particularly.

Cheerleading LIL' KIM in he tiebreaker! Even if I didn't have reservations about the release dates of the Missy and Dead Prez, it's still my favourite by some way, and we have to send SOME ho-rap through...

Talking of ho-rap, I encourage everyone to tick Trina's 'I Need' here. The internet is not providing so here it is (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ky322b). I love those shiny turn-of-the-century Slip'n'Slide hip-house beats and her first verse is AMAZING:

Nigga, I'm a first class ho, money in the stash hoe
Fast ho, love it when you lick tha asshole
And if you wanna pass go
I need 20 grand or better
Real go-getter out for the flo' getter

Love it when it goes into that "I FUCK!" "YOU FUCK!" call-and-response too.

This is also the first heat where I actively hate a lot of the nominees...Radiohead, as ever, need to fuck off and die, BOREDS of Canada more like, how the hell did Primal Scream even get nominated are you SERIOUS, and the Kid606 title alone makes me break out in hives.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Ayyyy! Primal Scream with the same number of ticks as Jay-Z (which I assumed would be way out in front due to it being an all-timer) and Sonique (ditto), and no one else ticking Kristine Blonde?????? Ayyyyyy Poptimists don't do this to me.

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

sorry, the prml scrm was my fault, but i nommed it because i did listen to it a lot in 2000, and it's the best track off of xtrmntr...

[chezghost.livejournal.com]

MBV Arkestra is better cos no Bobby ;]

[carsmilesteve.livejournal.com]

that's why i picked KAH over sw4st1k4 4rse though, less bobby...

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

Hmph.

But thanks for reminding me about the Kirsty! I went back to it and was like OHHHH it's this one, I owned the album at the time (long lost, sadly - think I might just grab it off Amazon MP3 again). GREAT for today's weather too.

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I had so much trouble ticking this heat that I almost gave my 10th vote to KAH.

[jeff-worrell.livejournal.com]

I nommed it too, so not all yr fault.

Lots of my noms have turned up in this heat. Decisions, decisions...