Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2000 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2000, these are the rest of the best electro funk/r&b/hip hop tracks of 2000. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 1999 and November 30, 2000.

1. Black Eyed Peas “Weekends” Bridging the Gap (Interscope)

2. Morcheeba “Shallow End” Fragments of Freedom (Sire)

3. Outkast “Humble Mumble” Stankonia (La Face)

4. Wyclef Jean “Low Income” The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II A Book (Columbia/Sony)

5. Eightball & MJG “Space Age 4Eva” Space Age 4 Eva (8 Ways/Interscope)

6. Jurassic 5 “The Influence” Quality Control (Interscope)

7. Black Eyed Peas “Get Original” Bridging the Gap (Interscope)

8. Kelis “Caught Out There” Kaleidoscope (Virgin)

9. En Vogue “Beat of Love” Masterpiece Theatre (East West)

10. Erykah Badu “Penitentiary Philosophy” Mama’s Gun (Motown)

11. Jungle Brothers “Get Down” V.I.P. (V2)

12. Black Eyed Peas “Hot” Bridging the Gap (Interscope)

13. Jurassic 5 “Great Expectations” Quality Control (Interscope)

14. D’Angelo “Devil’s Pie” Voodoo (Virgin)

15. Erykah Badu “Booty” Mama’s Gun (Motown)

16. Jill Scott “One Is the Magic Number” Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1 (Hidden Beach)

17. En Vogue “No No No (Can’t Come Back)” Masterpiece Theatre (East West)