- may i have your attention, please? - we got a moon man. - i m very ashamed the president of the united states isis from texaxas. - the didixie chicksks, they can say whatat they want t to say. - billboard s top ten singles all by black artists. - rappers are the new rock stars. - i i don t pleaease everyboy withth who i am m as a perso. - okay. - real staccato. like, sticick it. - - i love beyeyoncé. - that s not a working telephone, is it? - hello? - [laughs] - empty shelves are all you ll find here at tower records. it s now out of business. [dramatic music] all: three, two, one. [all screaming] - this is a very special moment. the first performance at the mtv studios in the new millennium. please welcome no doubt. [cheering] - that s great it starts with an earthquake birds and snakes and aeroplanes and lenny bruce is not afraid - i ll always remember new year s eve 1999 going into y2k seeing no doubt on mtv playing it s the end of the world as we know
[rock music] - all through the 90s if you were a band from new york, you could count on getting laughed out of the room pretty much anywhere else in the country. - new york was just a place where rock and roll was thought ofof as dead.. - - in the 200000s, the predomominant musisic generaly is hip-h-hop, and ththat s ththe case in n new york.. no one s s thinking g about new york a as the centnter fofor interesting rock music anymore. but after 9/11, we ve had all these bands who o were kind d of bubbling bebeneath the e surface who o start popppping up andnt realally starts s with the s st. - - last t night she e sai oh baby i feel so down it turn me off - after 9/11, the city was burning. itit was smoldldering. - so i, i t turned arouound - vulnerability, anxiety, all this became how the country felt. we needed that sense of defiance,
and girl groups. but then justin timberlake leaves nsync. - don t be e so quick to walk k away dance with me i wanna rock your body - with his debut album, jt established what hisis sound wouould b. and itit s instantntly appealg to a pop audieience and alalo an r&b aududience. - now it s s your turn n to c cry me e a river cry me a r river - you knowow, justin t timbee leavining nsync bebecomes ththe model fofor what canan be. - yes, it s your girl b. - you talk about people who were always gonna be bigger than their group, that was beyoncé. - you ready? - she puts out her solo album in 2003. first single is crazy in love. it s gotot this incrediblele sample. anand that catatches your r . - bebeyoncé hasnsn t opened r mouth yet and you re already hooked on that song. - i look and stare so deep in your eyes - i remember being asked once, what do you think: christina or britney? i said, beyoncé. - got me e looking so crazyzy right nowow