Complex's 50 Best R&B Songs of the 2000s, Ranked (2000-09)

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Lazarus

1. Usher – "U Got It Bad" (2001) 
2. Mariah Carey – "We Belong Together" (2005) 
3. D'Angelo – "Untitled (How Does It Feel)" (2000) 
4. Alicia Keys – "You Don't Know My Name" (2003) 
5. Ashanti – "Foolish" (2002) 
6. The-Dream – "Rockin' That Shit" (2008) 
7. R. Kelly – "Ignition (Remix)" (2002) 
8. Beyoncé – "Me, Myself and I" (2003) 
9. T-Pain feat. Yung Joc – "Buy U a Drank (Shawty Snappin')" (2007) 
10. Ne-Yo – "So Sick" (2005) 
11. Amy Winehouse – "Back to Black" (2007) 
12. Usher – "U Don't Have to Call" (2001) 
13. Sade – "By Your Side" (2000) 
14. Mýa feat. Jay-Z – "Best of Me, Part 2" (2000) 
15. Aaliyah – "Rock the Boat" (2001) 
16. Amerie – "1 Thing" (2005) 
17. Rihanna feat. Jay-Z – "Umbrella" (2007) 
18. Chris Brown – "Yo (Excuse Me Miss)" (2005) 
19. Erykah Badu – "Didn't Cha Know" (2000) 
20. R. Kelly – "I Wish" (2000) 
21. Usher – "Confessions Part II" (2004) 
22. Janet Jackson – "Someone to Call My Lover" (2001) 
23. Ginuwine – "Differences" (2001) 
24. Monica – "So Gone" (2003) 
25. Beyoncé – "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" (2008) 
26. Ashanti – "Rock wit U (Awww Baby)" (2003) 
27. Destiny's Child feat. T.I. & Lil Wayne – "Soldier" (2004) 
28. Jagged Edge feat. Run – "Let's Get Married (Remix)" (2000) 
29. Ciara – "Promise" (2006) 
30. Carl Thomas – "I Wish" (2000) 
31. Ne-Yo – "Miss Independent" (2008) 
32. Faith Evans – "I Love You" (2002) 
33. Mary J. Blige – "Family Affair" (2001) 
34. Jazmine Sullivan – "Need U Bad" (2008) 
35. Jill Scott – "A Long Walk" (2000) 
36. Lloyd feat. Lil Wayne – "You" (2006) 
37. Kelis – "Milkshake" (2003) 
38. Case – "Missing You" (2000) 
39. Maxwell – "Pretty Wings" (2009) 
40. Bobby V. – "Slow Down" (2005) 
41. Fantasia – "When I See U" (2007) 
42. Joe – "Stutter" / **Joe feat. Mystikal** – "Stutter (Double Take Remix)" (2000/2001) 
43. Anthony Hamilton – "Charlene" (2004) 
44. Robin Thicke – "Lost Without U" (2006) 
45. Keyshia Cole – "Love" (2005) 
46. Cassie – "Me & U" (2006) 
47. Michael Jackson feat. Marsha Ambrosius – "Butterflies" (2002) 
48. Justin Timberlake Feat. T.I. – "My Love" (2006) 
49. Pretty Ricky – "On the Hotline" (2007) 
50. Pharrell feat. Jay-Z – "Frontin'" (2003)

https://www.complex.com/music/a/dimassanfiorenzo/2000s-rnb-best-songs

Ulysses

Yall always complain at every list released around here, but THIS one should be one you REALLY complain about...

Kenneth PRetty :wub:

Withluv4Brandy

Quote from: Ulysses on October 24, 2026, 06:42:25 AMYall always complain at every list released around here, but THIS one should be one you REALLY complain about...

For those of us in the USA you do realize what time it is in the AM right?
 :hmph:

klappa.

vvcxcc pls stop posting these white people on the outside looking in ass lists bbys

Withluv4Brandy

Quote from: klappa. on October 24, 2026, 08:08:16 AMvvcxcc pls stop posting these white people on the outside looking in ass lists bbys

a gurl here thinks you should be stomping the yard over this list, give her what she's he's asking for babes  :tistheseas:

Harlem

If they are basing it off hits, impact, and Billboard success no Mario - Let Me Love You on here is kinda crazy. That could've took Amy Winehouse place b/c i don't consider her R&B

Justaway_

Quote from: Harlem on October 24, 2026, 10:37:15 AMIf they are basing it off hits, impact, and Billboard success no Mario - Let Me Love You on here is kinda crazy. That could've took Amy Winehouse place b/c i don't consider her R&B

Clearly not when that The-Dream song didn't hit Top 20. A little Google Search wouldn't hurt.




Ulysses

Quote from: Withluv4Brandy on October 24, 2026, 07:33:27 AM
Quote from: Ulysses on October 24, 2026, 06:42:25 AMYall always complain at every list released around here, but THIS one should be one you REALLY complain about...

For those of us in the USA you do realize what time it is in the AM right?
 :hmph:
Where in there did I mention that yall should have ALREADY been complaining? Re-read it, Boo

Kenneth PRetty :wub:

RAY7


Ulysses

Yeah. Her no talent gold diggin ass don't belong ANYWHERE NEAR a list like this.

Kenneth PRetty :wub:

Edi90

Cassie made the list but Brandy didn't? Be serious. "Full Moon" and "What About Us?" alone deserved consideration. You can't talk about 2000s R&B and leave Brandy out like she wasn't part of shaping the sound of the genre.

Marilyn


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Marilyn


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Boomz

October 24, 2026, 10:17:08 PM #14 Last Edit: October 24, 2026, 10:18:27 PM by Boomz
That's not even Usher's top R&B song of the time period

Where is Alicia's Fallen?

Where is Badu's Love of My Life?

Where is Brandy's Full Moon?

Where is John Legend's Ordinary People?

If Umbrella isn't pop, where is Crazy in Love?

Justin FUCKIN Timberlake? :uhh: