Angry, downtuned, and wearing baggy jeans, nu-metal dominated MTV's TRL (a feat previously unthinkable for heavy rock). Linkin Park was the giant of the era. "In the End" (2001) didn't matter—the piano line, the rap verses, the screaming chorus. It was the anthem for every alienated teenager.
Whether you were burning a CD for your crush or downloading a single on LimeWire (and hoping it wasn't a virus), the hits of the 2000s were the soundtrack to a singular moment in history—right before the smartphone changed everything. music hits from the 2000s
While hip-hop and R&B topped charts, rock hits emerged from MTV’s Total Request Live and Warped Tour. and wearing baggy jeans