Overrated/Underrated Songs and Artists of 2003

[ClassicCase]

This is the third year I make a year end thread for the most overrated and underrated song/artist of 2003. Normally done with R&R's Message Board which is no more to most of us, I also added a honorable mention to the list of unders and overs of your own choice of genre. You can also include your reason along with it. So here's my list of tunes and artist:

Overrated songs:
P.I.M.P. - 50 Cent
Crazy in Love - Beyonce`

Artists:
50 Cent
Ashanti (but has gotten a little better)
Justin Timberlake
Britney Spears & Madonna (for being over the top on MTV)

Honarable mention:
B2K
Chingy
Michael Jackson (for creating ANOTHER controversy)

Underrated songs (mostly urban AC):
Cloud 9 - Donnie
It's All In The Way - Earth Wind & Fire
Say Yes - Floetry
Crazy - Javier
Knock Knock - Monica (and still climbing slowly)
You Don't Have To Cry - Kenny Lattimore & Chante Moore

Artists:
Manhattans
Vivian Green
Streetwize (for their hip-hop styled jazz remakes)

Honorable mentions not available.

[allow that]

ARTISTS:

Overrated:
50 Cent!
Justin Timberlake
3 Doors Down
Chingy
Ashanti
R. Kelly

Underrated:
Jack Johnson
Jewel
Monica
Eve 6
Third Eye Blind
Sarah McLachlan (I mean she deserves more radio support this time around... although her album has goten good reviews so if that's what you mean by underrated, then no).


SONGS:

Overrated:
"In Da Club"
"P.I.M.P."
"When I'm Gone"
"Here Without You"
"Right Thurr"
"Holidae In"
"Bring Me To Life"
"Somewhere I Belong"

Underrated:
"Think Twice" and "At Least We're Dreaming" by Eve 6
"Stand" and "2 Become 1" by Jewel
"Damaged" by TLC
"Crystal Baller" by Third Eye Blind
"Knock Knock" by Monica
"Dosed" by Red Hot Chilli Peppers
"Wasting Time" by Jack Johnson
"Friend Like Me" by Wayne Wonder
"Deliverance" by Bubba Sparxxx
"Heaven" by Live

[Rob64]

underrated

- NElly F - powerless
- TLC - Damaged
- Live - Heaven

overrated

- waaaay too many to mention

[imsoblue]

Overrated songs:
P.I.M.P. - 50 Cent
Crazy in Love - Beyonce`
Baby Boy - Beyonce

Artists:
50 Cent
Beyonce (Miss OVERRATED)
Justin Timberlake

Underrated songs
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Stuck - Stacie Orrico

Artists:
Christina Aguilera
Stacie Orrico
Michelle Branch

[Crushcrushchris]

Overrated artists:
50 Cent
Beyonce
Britney and Madonna (I agree with Classic Case)
Ashanti
Baby Bash
Sean Paul

Overrated songs:
I actually kinda liked In Da Club so I'll go with PIMP
Baby Boy *more like overplayed, but still very overrated*
Every single by Sean Paul
Rock Wit U (Big song of 2003 )

Underrated artists:
Floetry
Nickel Creek (I wish they got more play for This Side and Speak in AC)
Stacie Orrico

Underrated songs:
Say Yes-Floetry
This Side, Speak-Nickel Creek
(There's Gotta Be) More to Life-Stacie Orrico (this song could get a Grammy nod)
Nelly Furtado-Powerless (Say What You Want)
Seether-Driven Under
Revis-Seven (Much better than Caught in the Rain IMO)
Evanescence-Bring Me to Life (Because too much is never enough :))

[irice22]

Question! Overrated and underrated my radio or the boards? I mean, Jewel was underrated by the radio, but not by most people (and not just on the boards).

[Eyeball]

Overrated: Eminem, Christina Aguilera, "Bring Me To Life", "Harder To Breathe", "Are You Happy Now", "Unwell", Justin Timberlake, 50 Cent.

Underrated: Dream, TLC, dance music in general, "Can't Let You Go".

[strong4PMB!]

Overrated:
Beyonce (As much as I never wanted to say that)

Underrated:
Kaci ('I'm Not Anybody's Girl' was supposed to be 'the song')

Rated:
Ashanti (Nice to see both her singles do pretty well w/ no overexposure)

[Love Plastic Love]

overrated on boards
MICHELLE BRANCH
Christina Aguilera (by some members)
There is a glaring other artist that I am forgetting....oh well

Overrated in the music business
Beyonce (sweet mother)
Justin Timberlake

Underrated (boards and music business)
Nelly Furtado
the general song of Evanescence My Immortal-this thing should be flying towards the top
Maroon5 (in the sense that most people will not take them seriously and they are almost guaranteed to be a one song wonder even though their cd is one of the most enjoyable I have heard lately)

[HER MINAJesty]

UNDERRATED ARTIST

Stacie Orrico


OVERRATED ARTIST


Beyonce

[chebingeo]

Overrated Artists:

50 Cent (by a landslide)
Beyoncé (Both her releases were crap)
Sean Paul
Chingy
Lil' Jon
Lil' Kim

Overrated Songs:

In Da Club
21 Questions
PIMP
Rock Your Body
Crazy in Love
Baby Boy
Get Busy
Right Thurr
Magic Sick
Get Low
American Life
Ruben Studdard

Underrated Artists

Anggun
Liz Phair
Celine Dion
Clay Aiken
Seal
Sarah McLachlan
Gloria Estefan


Underrated songs:

Shania Twain - Forever & For Always
Live - Heaven
Celine Dion - I Drove All Night
Celine Dion - Have You Ever Been in Love
Clay Aiken - This is the Night
Seal - Waiting For You
Gloria Estefan - Wrapped
Gloria Estefan - I Wish You (Should be released!!!)
Anggun - Counting Down

[Edf85]

OVERRATED
Beyonce - Crazy In Love, Baby Boy
Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love ???
Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body
Christina Aguilera - Fighter

UNDERRATED
Kiley Dean - Who Will I Run To
TLC - Damaged
Maria - I Give, You Take
Jewel - Stand

[msanoja]

chebingeo said:

Overrated Artists:

50 Cent (by a landslide)
Beyoncé (Both her releases were crap)
Sean Paul
Chingy
Lil' Jon
Lil' Kim

Overrated Songs:

In Da Club
21 Questions
PIMP
Rock Your Body
Crazy in Love
Baby Boy
Get Busy
Right Thurr
Magic Sick
Get Low
American Life
Ruben Studdard

Underrated Artists

Anggun
Liz Phair
Celine Dion
Clay Aiken
Seal
Sarah McLachlan
Gloria Estefan


Underrated songs:

Shania Twain - Forever & For Always
Live - Heaven
Celine Dion - I Drove All Night
Celine Dion - Have You Ever Been in Love
Clay Aiken - This is the Night
Seal - Waiting For You
Gloria Estefan - Wrapped
Gloria Estefan - I Wish You (Should be released!!!)
Anggun - Counting Down

American Life overrated?! No one liked that song!


Anyway here are the overrated artists/albums/songs of 03:

50 Cent/Get Rich Or Die Tryin'/In Da Club and all its follow ups (omg)
Beyonce/Dangerosly In Love/Crazy In Love
Christina Aguilera (as an artist overall)
Avril Lavigne (as an artist overall)

Underrated:

Madonna/American Life/American Life, Hollywood
Pink/Try This/Feel Good Time, Trouble
Jewel/Stand

[singingsparrow]

---------------Overrated Songs of 2003---------------

Bring Me To Life: Evanescence (Very unoriginal and sounds just like a Linkin Park B-side)

Britney Spears: Me Against The Music (Sure, it's losing fast, but Britney is still hogging the news)

3 Doors Down: Here Without You (Just plain bland.)

Justin Timberlake: Senorita (The worst of his "Justified" singles)

Christina Aguilera: Can't Hold Us Down: (Except for "Dirrty", the worst of her "Stripped" singles)

Uncle Kracker: Drift Away: (With 22 weeks at #1 on AC, there's no possible way you can call this bland cover underrated.)

--------------Underrated Songs of 2003----------------

Pete Yorn: Crystal Village: Probably my pick for Most Underrated Song of 2003. Here we have an artist, who writes great songs that are radio-friendly who has the right idea going, and he still hasn't gotten his due after two albums outside of Triple A radio. "Burrito" and "Pass Me By" are also potential hits.

Third Eye Blind: Crystal Baller: Third Eye Blind's future looks bleak with Electra, simply because the band and Electra have failed to cooperate. No videos, no promotion, no hits, simple as that. Sadly "Crystal Baller", one of their best singles yet, faltered in this process.

Jack Johnson: The Horizon Has Been Defeated: It hit #1 on AAA, otherwise it couldn't come close to the success of "Flake". Hot AC ignored him, and he only had limited succcess on Alternative.

Live: Heaven: It did well on Hot AC, but CHR/Pop betrayed them. Only selling 200,000 copies of their latest CD, this underrated band remains far from its "Throwing Copper" days.

matchbox twenty: Bright Lights: It has performed well enough, yet it should have been a Top-10 CHR/Pop sensation. The best matchbox twenty single to date, though far from seven of their other hits.

Damien Rice: Volcano: Where's all the hype for this poor former Juniper star? Even Triple A radio ignored him considerably, as he only had a brief Top 20 appearance.

The Thorns: I Can't Remember: Another debut act widely ignored this year. This track was absolutely radio-friendly, and with Shawn Mullens and Matthew Sweet and Pete Droge being the line-up, you figure this would work. It never paid off.

Dixie Chicks: Top Of The World: There certainly is a logical explanation why this didn't hit, yet this is an epic that was born to hit. Despite failing as a single, the video has hit home among many.

Dave Matthews: Gravedigger: Even Triple A let go of this quickly. It is one of Dave's best-written songs, and the video is also intense and artistic.

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Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[ClassicCase]

irice22 said:

Question! Overrated and underrated my radio or the boards? I mean, Jewel was underrated by the radio, but not by most people (and not just on the boards).

To answer your question: Both.

[Deleted]

I like so many underrated artists, but Lavoyd, I totally have to agree with you on Vivian Green. It was a tragedy how overlooked she was. In my opinion, her singles just keep getting better too.

[af18c]

imsoblue said:

Underrated songs
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
Stuck - Stacie Orrico

Artists:
Christina Aguilera
Stacie Orrico
Michelle Branch

Ya took the words right out of my mouth!

Also underrated:
Ashanti

Overrated:
50 Cent
Britney Spears
Beyonce

[danwxman]

Overrated: Basically all the Rhythmic artists that have come out this year, esp. 50 Cent!

Underrated: Lillix, John Mayer

[Crushcrushchris]

The said:

I like so many underrated artists, but Lavoyd, I totally have to agree with you on Vivian Green. It was a tragedy how overlooked she was. In my opinion, her singles just keep getting better too.

She might get a Grammy nod though.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

My comments will apply to both here and music charts but not music critics. ;)

Kathleen Edwards was underrated. Her CD is among my favourites this year and it's a shame that she didn't get a radio hit in Canada. Her only success was on Triple A barely with 'Six O'Clock News'. Even on the boards, I think I'm the only one that has charted her.

Jason Mraz was underrated too, at least his CD. He's gotton great success with 'The Remedy' but his CD hasn't really benefitted much.

Justin Timberlake is highly overrated.

I don't see the big deal with Stacie Orrico but I've only heard two of her songs.

Michelle Branch seems to have lost some of her overratedness on these boards over the last few months.

Christina Aguilera is highly overrated.

Sheryl Crow is underrated.

Dixie Chicks have been underrated. I think people (radio peeps) know the greatness of their music but it's all political. So I guess I shouldn't say they're underrated, just underplayed.

Avril Lavigne is highly underrated on the boards. People will disagree with me but that's because they don't agree with me on the meaning of what underrated means. To me, it means that they don't get much good comments or recognition. Avril has gotton a lot of bad press on the boards. I think her CD is amazing. Avril, however, is probably overrated with radio... at least the first two singles.

50 Cent: overrated.
Obie Trice: underrated.

Matchbox Twenty: overrated. 'Unwell' has got to be the most overrated song of the year. It's a good song but it's not THAT good.

Evanescence: they're alright but I think they're overrated.

3 Doors Down: they were great but with the two singles from this album so far, both are overrated.

Beyoncé: overrated by radio. On the boards, she's about equal. Not underrated and not overrated.

[Castlevania]

Overrated:

50 Cent
Christina
Beyonce
Justin
Black Eyed Peas
Outkast

Underrated:

Jason Mraz
The Darkness
Junior Senior
Jewel
Ashanti