Daveportivo's Cultural Evaluation Facility

So having successfully resurrected the career of Nelly Furtado and helped take Justin Timberlake's career to the next level, the two pop stars decided to return the favour beefing up the first release from Timbaland's tedious Shock Value. Nelly Furtado clearly stole the show with a sexy boastful verse followed by a seductive verse. However having re-shaped pop music Timbaland was in cocky mood and decided to pull no punches with his verse; "I Get A Half A Mil for my beats you get a couple grand...I'm A Real Producer And You Just A Piano Man". It may have been grating but in 2007 Timbaland had earned the right to wear the biggest Cheshire cat grin in pop music. Hear It Here

In 2004 Willy Mason instantly became every students favourite accoustic song writer with the free spirited open eyed day dreaming of Oxygen his follow up So Long proved that Mr. Mason had more to offer than just a solitary protest song. So Long was a gorgeous little ditty, full of earnest earthy sentiment, it never felt preachy it felt more like an introspective day dream or a rambling stream of conscientiousness. It had some remarkably heartfelt and profound lines building up to the tracks final bare chested verse "Where Are Your Shadows Hiding Now? When Anxiety Is A Nightmare Which Hero Is Gonna Come Around?". Hear It Here

It seems so long ago now but in 2004 Growing On Me propelled the Darkness to the top of every rock countdown in recorded history and had them on the verge of world domination. The next single would see the Darkness slay the pop charts but Growing On Me was the foundation on which their success was based. It seems mad to think they headlined Reading Festival but as much as I'm sure people hate to admit it they went down a storm, hell I was there an I can't deny it was alot fun albeit fleetingly, check out the video how did we all get it so wrong? Hear It Here

Keane would be Spiralling downwards by 2008, but while the descent seemed irreversible the soft pop rockers managed to conjure up their best ever single. Spiralling was full of the kind of life and energy that had been so absent from the rest of their work. Ironically it would win more awards than any of their singles since their debut Somewhere Only We Know and yet it would sell miserably, that's how life treats you sometimes. Hear It Here

In 2001 the release of Iowa proved that Slipknot were no mere nu-metal gimmick and had the potential and the impetus to strive for bigger and better things. Left Behind was the first single of the aforementioned album and it would set the tone for everything that was to come this decade, it became the template for the Slipknot lead single, it would be better by Duality and Psychosocial but in 2001 Left Behind proved that Slipknot were the real deal. Hear It Here

In 2006 the Sugababes were in turmoil they'd just lost founder member Mutya and were turning into a bigger and bigger tabloid farce with every passing day, luckily they turned to Girls Aloud hitmakers Xenomania would laid down and irresistible beat and arranged a track that was a sure fire hit. The Sugababes have always known that when everything else fails it's time to get sexy Red Dress brought the spark back to the outfit which appeared to be on it's last legs. Hear It Here

Papoose was always went too smart and too hard to be commercially viable but when it came to the insane one liners and the sickest rhymes no one could touch Papoose. Rather than analyse this track I'm just gonna give you a sample of the best punch lines "Lawyers Are Just Like CDs, If They Don't Get A CD They Fucked Up",

and of course "Niggas Be Getting Too Familar, Gotta Know Whose Your Fam, That Comes From Shaking To Much Hands, I Don't Respect Your Two Buck Mans, So When They Go To Give Me Five, I Leave Them Hanging Like The Ku Klux Klan". Hear It Here

Repetition, Repetition, Repetition, it's not big, it's not clever but it is a hell of a lot of fun, and who doesn't like shouting "Wah-ah-ha-oh"? Well in 2006 We Are Scientist were the lead jokers in the indie scene which was going supernova behind the rise of the Arctic Monkeys. We Are Scientist seized the opportunity to conqueror the nations with their light on complexity high on thrills brand of guitar music. Hear It Here

In 2001 Southern hip hop was blowing up and Nelly was the front runner and was touted to anyone and everyone who'd listen as hip hop next big thing. Over the course of the next eight years he'd be leap frog by Kanye, T.I & Lil'Wayne, as he failed to sustain his early promise. However Nelly started out well enough, with a debut album that had big club jams, hard hip hop tracks and in Ride With Me his laid back cross over smash. Hear It Here

Many fans viewed Pork And Beans as a welcome return to form for Weezer who appeared to have gone of the rails since 2001 Green Album. Pork and Beans saw Rivers return to his quirky paranoid social satire routes as he exposed the hypocrisy and façades of modern culture. Yet the message seemed paradoxical as Pork And Beans shy away from the critical backlash and return to their pop-rock formula. The video was of course timeless and it was great to see Weezer return to the pop charts once more. Hear It Here.