Channel O was the 'go-to' then.

This list is 80% apt. I don't think the first two songs should qualify. The legit list began from 3. I'll give those slots to

1. 7 DAYS by Craig David
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5lmb5-tnM0?si=uUxV3Sau_9wru6Oi

2. MY LOVE IS YOUR LOVE by Whitney Houston.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxZD0VQvfqU?si=xeCKIyXyyDgCe21U

DoctorAyukebot:
The will never be an era like the 90's and early 2000's in R&B and music in general. Back to back hits were the norm with strategic rhymes and beats to match..It was a magical moment in Western urban music..

In addition to your list,

Craig David's album Born to do it, spunning tracks like I am walking away,Seven Days, Fill Me in was a hit of it's own class amongst Africans

50 Cent, In Da Club took Hip hop to a different level

Beyonce after a successful pompous carrier as the head of the Destiny's Child paired up with Jay Z to bring to air Bonny and Clyde and a host of other hits

Shaggy's wasn't me brought other Jamaicans that forever defined dancehall with greats like Kevin Little, Wayne Wonder, Rupee, and Sean Paul etc..

Rihanna's master stroke Umbrella ft Jay Z, brought another star to behold..

R.Kelly after a successful 90's carried the momentum to the 2000's with his critical acclaim TP2.com album of salacious hits. Fiesta Remix was the bomb. Ignition, Chocolate factory, Trapped in the closet, You saved me, Happy People..

If you grew up as an African teenager and didn't know Joe Thomas then you weren't on planet earth

Akon brought his own style in the mid half of the 2000's featuring with almost every A list artist

Sisqo after a successful career with the group Dru Hill unleashed the dragon in 2000 with a tinted hair and style to match

Timbaland, Timberlake, Missy Elliot, Katy Perry, Nelly Furtado, Black Eyed Peas...It's a never ending list of good music..We should talk about the 90's sometime so greats like Keith Sweat can be celebrated too..

All this without mentioning Usher?

He literally defined the mid 2000s with his Confessions album

Rapmoney:
Back then, romance was a different thing entirely (90s to early 2000s). After this era, things changed drastically in our social life. Then, relationship was characterized by style and doings. Today, everything centres around money, sex and material things. Females of this generation want money while the males want sex. These are now the two pillars on which almost every relationship stands on.

Na these songs we take dey do romance that year. Don't forget that modern Nigerian pop music was not around then, in case you were born in the decade after 1999.

Let's go!

1. Bow Wow ft. Omarion - Let Me Hold You


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX2Acz35XWY&pp=ygUXbGV0IG1lIGhvbGQgeW91IGJvdyB3b3c%3D

2. Smilez and South star - Tell Me


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_wwEglFUb4&pp=ygUcdGVsbCBtZSBzbWlsZXogYW5kIHNvdXRoc3Rhcg%3D%3D

3. Ja Rule ft. Ashanti - Mesmerize


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcP96KbFIIU&pp=ygUTZmF0IGpvZSB3aGF0J3MgbG92ZQ%3D%3D

4. Nelly ft City Spud - Ride With Me


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtSDWq6HsJE&pp=ygURbmVsbHkgcmlkZSB3aXQgbWU%3D

5. Wyclef Jean ft Mary J. Blige - 911


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiNRIR8tjFc&pp=ygUcOTExIHd5Y2xlZiBqZWFuIG1hcnkgaiBibGlnZQ%3D%3D

6. Mariah Carey - Touch My Body


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b8erWuBA44&pp=ygUUdG91Y2ggbXkgYm9keSBtYXJpYWg%3D

7. Sean Kingston - Beautiful Girls


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrTz5xjmso4&pp=ygUdc2VhbiBraW5nc3RvbiBiZWF1dGlmdWwgZ2lybHM%3D

8. Angie Martinez ft Wyclef Jean - Coast To Coast


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijvGoaUJfU4&pp=ygUdY2x1Y2sgY2x1Y2sgd3ljbGVmIGplYW4gdmlkZW8%3D

9. Busta Rhyme ft Mariah Carey - I Know What You Want


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDaNJW_jEBo&pp=ygUeYnVzdGEgcmh5bWVzIGFuZCBtYXJpYWggY2FyZXkg

10. Ja Rule ft. Ashanti - Always On Time


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tcDXJfAFVw&pp=ygUWYWx3YXlzIG9uIHRpbWUgamEgcnVsZQ%3D%3D

I feel this is a direct attack on ma hommies

Tupac
Sean Paul
R Kelly
The game

If not for anything

Me and my girlfriend

California love

Etc

saintnegroid:
God bless you for this sweet memories.... Please don't stop.... Keep on posting them

Thanks bro. I will do my best.

Yahoo changed everything....it destroyed the foundation of everything.

DoctorAyukebot:


He is in Longomba..Lol

Bros Dem di talk romantic songs you di talk zaiko..Lol

abi

Where are all the members of the spaghetti generation? Make una come out o!

toffyz:
No Craig David's 7 days
No West Life, "I lay my love on you"

Your list isn't complete my brother

Bro, the title says 'Hiphop'. Craig David is RnB and West Life is Blues.

Gggjhhj:


E dae exist for America

Usher I need a girl was lit too

Yea p diddy n usher need a girl it had part 1 and 2, then r kelly fiesta, them no put aunty celine dion the mama and oga kpatakpata of pop n love matter, that woman highnotes fit resustitate heart wey don die.

hotwax:


genZ wont understand a single line in your writeup.

I still feel music has left the planet...thank God for Afro-hiphop thats bringing the vibe in a little way they can, american music is dead..thanks to their woke, dreadlock gang crying on microphone in the name of singing...

once they lace their teeth with metals and dreadlock hair, they feel they know how to sing..

and you must now look ugly so people can believe you know how to sing a.k.a seyi vibez...

As for me, I stick to my old school songs, if u come visit me or you attend my party, thats what i play..if u don't like get out...

my car is loaded with rkelly, Joe, Puff daddy and mase...

Each time I watch a YouTube video of an American classic the comments remind me of Cry the beloved country.. You can feel the pain of every commentator in regret and shock at how American music has degraded as good old memories float the air..

In the past ten years I have listened to very few American songs done after 2014. In my huge repertoire of musical collections I only have Bruno Mars's Smoking through the Window alongside Leave the Door open and that's evidently cos they are sounds reminiscent of an era..

Little wonder Taylor Swift is being worshiped cos there is nothing in the name of quality to match her songs I suppose. Not like I know any of her songs..

As much as I am not a big fan to most Afrobeats I still enjoy Kiss Daniel and several big hits to the teeth gnashing of the sagging trousers and tainted teeth American newbie hip-hop stars

No one is talking about ursher ray, let it burn, bozs to men, water runs dry, black I pea, I see you when you get there. West life, coast to coast. Black street bozs, mecheal lens to Rock, maize, ice cub, puff daddy.

Those years we wore fubu, Sean John, and other baggy hoods! Thank God for Jesus.

KushLyon:
Sean Paul ft Sasha - I'm still in love
Kevin Lyttle - turn me on
2pac - me and my girlfriend (romantic song for the criminally-inclined couples out there )


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4TW5Z8eu0?si=QDXekjjfQak7xWs3

Was waiting for this post. Thread would have been incomplete without this particular hit. My ring tone back then

Sean Kingston Beautiful girl

DoctorAyukebot:


Shaggy's wasn't me brought other Jamaicans that forever defined dancehall with greats like Kevin Little, Wayne Wonder, Rupee, and Sean Paul etc..

.

Try an give credit to Shaba ranks...
B/4 Shaggy take the stage ..

Bro don't forget Fat Joe and Ashanti - What's Love {Put da f**kin' mic on..}

OgidiHerbals2:
Good old days ,Ashanti and ja rule collaborations always on point

DoctorAyukebot:
The will never be an era like the 90's and early 2000's in R&B and music in general. Back to back hits were the norm with strategic rhymes and beats to match..It was a magical moment in Western urban music..

In addition to your list,

Craig David's album Born to do it, smashing tracks like I am walking away,Seven Days, Fill Me in was a hit of it's own class amongst Africans

50 Cent, In Da Club took Hip hop to a different level

Beyonce after a successful pompous carrier as the head of the Destiny's Child paired up with Jay Z to bring to air Bonny and Clyde and a host of other hits

Shaggy's wasn't me brought other Jamaicans that forever defined dancehall with greats like Kevin Little, Wayne Wonder, Rupee, and Sean Paul etc..

Rihanna's master stroke Umbrella ft Jay Z, brought another star to behold..

R.Kelly after a successful 90's carried the momentum to the 2000's with his critical acclaim TP2.com album of salacious hits. Fiesta Remix was the bomb. Ignition, Chocolate factory, Trapped in the closet, You saved me, Happy People..

If you grew up as an African teenager and didn't know Joe Thomas then you weren't on planet earth

Akon brought his own style in the mid half of the 2000's featuring with almost every A list artist

Sisqo after a successful career with the group Dru Hill unleashed the dragon in 2000 with a tinted hair and style to match

Timbaland, Timberlake, Missy Elliot, Katy Perry, Nelly Furtado, Black Eyed Peas...It's a never ending list of good music..We should talk about the 90's sometime so greats like Keith Sweat can be celebrated too..

You’re sure a music lover that have taste. Missy Elliot was one of my favorite but I consider her freaky at times😁. You’re old as well mehn😂

Great songs that year.

oz4real83:
This list is incomplete without dilemma by Nelly ft Kelly Rowland

Even more incomplete without Celine Dion and westlife,

A New dawn, omo, that song by Celine Dion Rock new year Day in the very early 2000s, like no other

KushLyon:
Sean Paul ft Sasha - I'm still in love
Kevin Lyttle - turn me on
2pac - me and my girlfriend (romantic song for the criminally-inclined couples out there )


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4TW5Z8eu0?si=QDXekjjfQak7xWs3

I still have these songs on my phones

Still have bow wow ft omarion - Let me hold you on my phone as we speak...

Also Bow wow - Outtaa my System

Someone please call 911☺️☺️

tiswell:
Op,try add square,bizzybody!



Na correct gbedu that year✌️

Before dem come burst everywhere with "Do me"

DoctorAyukebot:
The will never be an era like the 90's and early 2000's in R&B and music in general. Back to back hits were the norm with strategic rhymes and beats to match..It was a magical moment in Western urban music..

In addition to your list,

Craig David's album Born to do it, smashing tracks like I am walking away,Seven Days, Fill Me in was a hit of it's own class amongst Africans

50 Cent, In Da Club took Hip hop to a different level

Beyonce after a successful pompous carrier as the head of the Destiny's Child paired up with Jay Z to bring to air Bonny and Clyde and a host of other hits

Shaggy's wasn't me brought other Jamaicans that forever defined dancehall with greats like Kevin Little, Wayne Wonder, Rupee, and Sean Paul etc..

Rihanna's master stroke Umbrella ft Jay Z, brought another star to behold..

R.Kelly after a successful 90's carried the momentum to the 2000's with his critical acclaim TP2.com album of salacious hits. Fiesta Remix was the bomb. Ignition, Chocolate factory, Trapped in the closet, You saved me, Happy People..

If you grew up as an African teenager and didn't know Joe Thomas then you weren't on planet earth

Akon brought his own style in the mid half of the 2000's featuring with almost every A list artist

Sisqo after a successful career with the group Dru Hill unleashed the dragon in 2000 with a tinted hair and style to match

Timbaland, Timberlake, Missy Elliot, Katy Perry, Nelly Furtado, Black Eyed Peas...It's a never ending list of good music..We should talk about the 90's sometime so greats like Keith Sweat can be celebrated too..

We jam like crazy then. I was mostly listening on radio, RayPower 100.5. We dey record then with tape. My guy get TV cos pupsy no gree repair ours, we go down to watch jam. It wasn't me and sisqo was crazy. We started calling him Sisqo and his girlfriend Owosisqo cause her surname has Owo.
My Bros loved more money more problem.
There was another jam he loved crazy.
The list is endless.
Mehn, music then was original and dope.

Willie2015:


Try an give credit to Shaba ranks...
B/4 Shaggy take the stage ..

Then were small .... Mr lover man willy willy
Mr lover man Shaba

Good old days... Fat Joe and Ashanti(Whats luv), Jarule and Ashanti (Mesmerize ), Nelly and Kelly Rowland (Dilemma) e.t.c. Channel O and MTV those days😊

Bananapill:


We jam like crazy then. I was mostly listening on radio, RayPower 100.5. We dey record then with tape. My guy get TV cos pupsy no gree repair ours, we go down to watch jam. It wasn't me and sisqo was crazy. We started calling him Sisqo and his girlfriend Owosisqo cause her surname has Owo.
My Bros loved more money more problem.
There was another jam he loved crazy.
The list is endless.
Mehn, music then was original and dope.

This is me

KushLyon:
Sean Paul ft Sasha - I'm still in love
Kevin Lyttle - turn me on
2pac - me and my girlfriend (romantic song for the criminally-inclined couples out there )


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ4TW5Z8eu0?si=QDXekjjfQak7xWs3

I done become young man when he sang this.
Do you know Mark Morrison who sang return of the Mark?

hotwax:


This is me

E get another one Mark Morrison " Return of the Mark"
My Bros dey play am nonstop, my Papa tire sef 😀

Touch my body remix sweet pass the original version.

ShoeGetSize:
But I'm telling the truth. There's a certain 7th century village idiot who created a global cult and according to him, members of that cult who listen to music will burn in hell forever

Did you miss road from religion section. Sweet thread and you Carry religion wan spoil am.