Artist	Song
OutKast	Hey Ya!
from Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (2003)
50 Cent	In da Club
from Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
Beyoncé	Crazy In Love
from Dangerously In Love (2003)
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz & Ying Yang Twins	Get Low
from Kings Of Crunk (2002)
R. Kelly	Ignition
from Chocolate Factory (2002)
Sean Paul	Get Busy
from Dutty Rock (2003)
OutKast	The Way You Move
from Speakerboxxx / The Love Below (2002)
50 Cent	21 Questions
from Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
Chingy	Right Thurr (Remix)
from Jackpot (2003)
Beyoncé	Baby Boy
from Dangerously In Love (2003)
Snoop Dogg	Beautiful
from Paid Tha Cost to Be Da Bo$$ (2002)
Jay-Z	Excuse Me Miss
from The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002)
Justin Timberlake	Cry Me a River
from Justified (2002)
Murphy Lee, Nelly & P. Diddy	Shake Ya Tailfeather
from Murphy's Law (2003)
Busta Rhymes, Mariah Carey & The Flipmode Squad	I Know What You Want
from It Ain't Safe No More... (2002)
YoungBloodZ	Damn!
from The Best of YoungBloodZ: Still Grippin' tha Grain (2006)
Monica	So Gone
from After the Storm (2002)
Fabolous	Into You (feat. Ashanti)
from Street Dreams (2009)
Ginuwine	In Those Jeans
from The Senior (2003)
Jay-Z & Beyoncé	03' Bonnie & Clyde
from The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (2002)
Lil' Kim	Magic Stick
from La Bella Mafia (2005)
Ashanti	Rock Wit U (Awww Baby)
from Chapter II (2003)
Ludacris & Shawnna	Stand Up
from Chicken-N-Beer (2003)
The Black Eyed Peas & Justin Timberlake	Where Is the Love?
from Elephunk (2004)
Tyrese	How You Gonna Act Like That
from I Wanna Go There (2002)
Justin Timberlake	Rock Your Body
from Justified (2002)
Missy Elliott	Work It
from Under Construction (2004)
50 Cent	P.I.M.P.
from Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2003)
Baby Bash	Suga Suga
from Tha Smokin' Nephew (2003)
Jennifer Lopez	All I Have
from This Is Me...Then (2002)
Ja Rule	Mesmerize
from The Last Temptation (2002)
Chingy	Holidae In
from Jackpot (2003)
B2K & P. Diddy	Bump, Bump, Bump (B2K and P. Diddy)
from B2K: Greatest Hits (2004)
Fabolous	Can't Let You Go (feat. Mike Shorey & Lil' Mo)
from Street Dreams (2009)
Missy Elliott	Gossip Folks
from Under Construction (2004)
Nelly	Air Force Ones
from Nellyville (2002)
Mary J. Blige	Ooh!
from Love & Life (2003)
T.I.	24's
from Trap Muzik (Deluxe Edition) (2008)
Mýa	My Love Is Like...Wo
from Moodring (2003)
Jagged Edge	Walked Outta Heaven
from Jagged Edge: The Hits (2006)
Lumidee	Never Leave You - Uh Ooh, Uh Oooh!
from Almost Famous (2003)
Young Gunz	Can't Stop, Won't Stop
from State Property Presents the Chain Gang, Vol. 2 (2003)
Nas	I Can
from God's Son (2002)
Talib Kweli	Get By
from Quality (2002)
Eminem & Dina Rae	Superman
from The Eminem Show (2002)
Lil' Kim	The Jump Off (Album Version)
from La Bella Mafia (2005)
Mary J. Blige & Method Man	Love @ First Sight
from Love & Life (2003)
Thalía	Me Pones Sexy (I Want You)
from Thalia: Greatest Hits (2004)
50 Cent	Wanksta
from 8 Mile (2002)
Brandon Casey, Brian Casey & Mystikal	Don't Mess With My Man
from Nivea (2002)
Field Mob	Sick of Being Lonely
from From tha Roota to tha Toota (2002)
Sean Paul	Like Glue
from Dutty Rock (2003)
The Isley Brothers & The Pied Pipers	What Would You Do?
from Body Kiss (2003)
R. Kelly	Step In the Name of Love
from Chocolate Factory (2002)
Ashanti	Rain On Me
from Chapter II (2003)
Missy Elliott	Bomb Intro/Pass That Dutch
from This Is Not a Test! (2003)
2Pac & Anthony Hamilton	Thugz Mansion (7 Remix)
from Better Dayz (2002)
Lil' Mo	4 Ever (feat. Fabolous)
from 4 Ever (feat. Fabolous) - Single (2003)
DMX	X Gon' Give It to Ya
from The Definition of X: Pick of the Litter (2007)
Kem	Love Calls
from Kemistry (2003)
Bow Wow	Let's Get Down
from Unleashed (2003)
Murphy Lee	Wat Da Hook Gon Be
from Murphy's Law (2003)
Heather Headley	I Wish I Wasn't
from This Is Who I Am (2002)
Westside Connection	Gangsta Nation
from Terrorist Threats (2003)
Floetry	Say Yes
from Floetic (2002)
Bubba Sparxxx	Deliverance
from Deliverance (2003)
Ginuwine featuring R. Kelly, Baby & Clipse	Hell Yeah (Remix)
from The Senior (2003)
David Banner & Lil' Flip	Like a Pimp
from Mississippi: The Album (2003)
Bone Crusher	Never Scared
from AttenCHUN! (2003)
Joe Budden	Pump It Up
from Joe Budden (2003)
Musiq Soulchild	Dontchange
from Juslisen (2002)
Dru Hill	I Love You
from Dru World Order (2002)
Amanda Perez	Angel
from Angel (2003)
Joe Budden, Marques Houston & Pied Piper	Clubbin'
from Marques Houston (2003)
Wayne Wonder	No Letting Go
from Diwali Riddim (2002)

Comment:

If you're like us and sang, "Shake it like a Polaroid picture" [i]at least 1,000 times[/i] in 2003, then this Essentials playlist — a rundown of timeless hip-hop/R&B tracks from that very year, "Hey Ya!" included — is for you. Beyond the runaway success of OutKast's [i]Speakerboxxx/The Love Below[/i] double album, it includes Justin Timberlake's King of Pop bids ("Cry Me a River," "Rock Your Body," the Black Eyed Peas-led "Where Is the Love?"), a pair of collabs from a true dream couple (Beyoncé and Jay-Z, who absolutely demolish the bonkers beats of "Crazy In Love" and the surprisingly-subdued "03' Bonnie & Clyde"), and game-changing selections from not one but two Missy Elliott albums, [i]Under Construction[/i] and [i]This Is Not a Test![/i].

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