Artist	Song
Mariah Carey	We Belong Together
from The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
50 Cent & Olivia	Candy Shop
from The Massacre (2005)
Snoop Dogg & Pharrell Williams	Drop It Like It's Hot
from R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) - The Masterpiece (2004)
Game & 50 Cent	How We Do
from The Documentary (2005)
Kanye West & Jamie Foxx	Gold Digger
from Late Registration (2005)
Chris Brown	Run It!
from Chris Brown (2005)
Mario	Let Me Love You
from Turning Point (2004)
The Black Eyed Peas	My Humps
from Monkey Business (2005)
Ciara	Oh
from Goodies (2004)
Game & 50 Cent	Hate It or Love It
from The Documentary (2005)
Ying Yang Twins	Wait
from United State of Atlanta: Chopped and Screwed (2006)
50 Cent	Just a Lil Bit
from The Massacre (2005)
Alicia Keys	Karma
from The Diary of Alicia Keys (2003)
Missy Elliott featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop	Lose Control (Featuring Ciara & Fat Man Scoop)
from The Cookbook (2005)
Bobby Valentino	Slow Down (12" Version)
from Disturbing Tha Peace Presents Bobby Valentino (2005)
Lyfe Jennings	Must Be Nice
from Lyfe 268-192 (2004)
Bow Wow	Like You
from Like You (feat. Ciara) - EP (2005)
Destiny's Child	Cater 2 U
from Destiny Fulfilled (2004)
Young Jeezy & Akon	Soul Survivor
from Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (2005)
Mariah Carey	Shake It Off
from The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
Eminem	Mockingbird
from Encore (Deluxe Version) (2004)
Trillville & Cutty	Some Cut
from The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Lil' Scrappy (2004)
Fat Joe	Get It Poppin' (Featuring Nelly)
from All or Nothing (2005)
Dem Franchize Boyz featuring Jermaine Dupri, Da Brat & Bow Wow	I Think They Like Me (Remix)
from On Top Of Our Game (2006)
The Black Eyed Peas	Don't Phunk With My Heart
from Monkey Business (2005)
Amerie	1 Thing
from Touch (2005)
Ciara	One, Two Step
from Goodies (2004)
Pretty Ricky	Grind With Me
from Bluestars (2005)
Fantasia	Free Yourself
from Free Yourself (2004)
Destiny's Child	Soldier
from Destiny Fulfilled (2004)
R. Kelly	Trapped In the Closet Chapter 1
from TP.3 Reloaded (2005)
Baby Bash & Akon	Baby, I'm Back
from Super Saucy (2005)
T.I.	Bring Em Out
from Urban Legend (2005)
Ludacris & Bobby Valentino	Pimpin' All Over the World
from The Red Light District (2010)
50 Cent	Disco Inferno
from The Massacre (2005)
Usher	Caught Up
from Confessions (2004)
Charlie Wilson	Charlie, Last Name Wilson
from Charlie, Last Name Wilson (2005)
Bow Wow featuring Omarion	Let Me Hold You (Featuring Omarion)
from Let Me Hold You (Featuring Omarion) - Single (2005)
Frankie J	Obsession (No Es Amor)
from The One (2005)
Trick Daddy	Sugar (Gimme Some)
from Thug Matrimony - Married to the Streets (2004)
Boyz N Da Hood	Dem Boyz
from Boyz N Da Hood (2005)
Eminem	When I'm Gone
from Curtain Call - The Hits (Deluxe Version) (2005)
T-Pain	I'm Sprung
from Rappa Ternt Sanga (2001)
Will Smith	Switch
from Lost and Found (2005)
Paul Wall	Sittin' Sidewayz
from The People's Champ (2005)
John Legend	Ordinary People
from Get Lifted (2004)
Omarion	O
from O (Bonus Track Version) (2005)
Mariah Carey featuring Juelz Santana & Bone Thugs-n-Harmony	Don't Forget About Us
from Don't Forget About Us (Remix featuring Juelz Santana & Bone Thugs-n-Harmony) - Single (2005)
Akon	Bananza (Belly Dancer) [12" Version]
from Trouble (2006)
Mike Jones, Mr. Collipark & Ying Yang Twins	Badd
from United States Of Atlanta (2005)
Twista & Trey Songz	Girl Tonite (Featuring Trey Songz)
from The Day After (2005)
Eminem	Like Toy Soldiers
from Encore (Deluxe Version) (2004)
Mariah Carey	It's Like That
from The Emancipation of Mimi (2005)
50 Cent	Outta Control
from The Massacre (2005)
Three 6 Mafia	Stay Fly
from Most Known Unknown (2005)
David Banner	Play
from Certified (Bonus Track Version) (2005)
Marques Houston	Naked
from Naked (2005)
112	U Already Know
from Pleasure & Pain (2005)
Kem	I Can't Stop Loving You
from Album II (2005)
Webbie & Bun B	Give Me That (Featuring Bun B)
from Savage Life (2005)
Jill Scott	Whatever
from Beautifully Human - Words and Sounds, Vol. 2 (2004)
Faith Evans	Again
from The First Lady (2005)
Pretty Ricky	Your Body
from Bluestars (2005)
Frankie J	How to Deal
from The One (2005)
Ludacris	Number One Spot
from The Red Light District (2010)
Ashanti	Only U (No Intro)
from Concrete Rose (2004)
Nelly	N Dey Say
from Suit (2004)
Snoop Dogg, Charlie Wilson & Justin Timberlake	Signs
from R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) - The Masterpiece (2004)
Juelz Santana	Mic Check
from What the Game's Been Missing! (2005)
Akon	Lonely (Old Version)
from Trouble (2006)
Mike Jones	Back Then
from Who Is Mike Jones? (2005)
Lil Rob	Summer Nights
from Twelve Eighteen, Pt. 1 (Bonus Version) (2005)
Cassidy	I'm a Hustla
from I'm a Hustla (2005)
Keyshia Cole	I Should've Cheated
from The Way It Is (2005)
Nivea featuring Lil Jon & YoungBloodZ	Okay
from Complicated (2005)

Comment:

What a wild and wooly year 2005 was, especially in the scrappy, trend-setting world of hip-hop and R&B. Welcome to our wrap-up of how it all went down, headlined by the Bobby Vinton samples ("Lonely") and brilliant Fun Boy Three/Buffalo Springfield combos ("Bananza") of Akon; the pointed parting shots of Eminem (the alter-ego attacks of "When I'm Gone," the sputtering death-march drums and beef-squashing truces of "Like Toy Soldiers"); the carefully-plotted pop direction of Black Eyed Peas (the Bollywood nods of "Don't Phunk With My Heart," the old-school electro/hip-hop samples of "My Humps"); and the one and only [i]Emancipation of Mimi[/i], Mariah Carey's finest full-length since the unstoppable winning streak that made her a superstar in the '90s.

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