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1 Let's Get It Started Yoshiaki/Pajon/Frat 3:36
2 Lean Back Storch/Cartagena/Sm 4:07
3 Goodies Jefferson/Love/Smit 3:43
4 I Like That Bailey/Prudholme/Mi 3:46
5 Ch-Check It Out Beastie Boys 3:10
6 My Place DeBarge/Moore/Jorda 4:31
7 Sunshine Hassan/Weston/Lal 3:40
8 You & Me Jones/Williams/Kent 4:23
9 Why Hamilton/Moerien/Mu 4:01
10 Locked Up Thiam 3:49
11 Baby It's You Dixon/Mason/Thomas/ 3:12
12 Angels Chambers/Williams 4:03
13 One Thing Anderson/Black 4:30
14 Dare You to Move Foreman 4:06
15 Cold Sloan 3:13
16 Pieces of Me Simpson/DioGuardi/S 3:35
17 Take Me Out Huntley/Kapranos/Mc 3:56
18 1985 Allen/Allen/Reddick 3:12
19 Here for the Party Big Kenny [Big & 3:16
20 Days Go By Urban/Powell 3:44
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Now, Vol. 17

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Capitol

Category: Rap

Now, Vol. 17

UPC: 724387420328

Release Date: 11/02/2004

Original Release Date: 11/02/2004

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Let's Get It Started, Lean Back, Goodies, I Like That, Ch-Check It Out, My Place, Sunshine, You & Me, Why, Locked Up, Baby It's You, Angels, One Thing, Dare You to Move, Cold, Pieces of Me, Take Me Out, 1985, Here for the Party, Days Go By]
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Andy Kellman

The week prior to the release of Now 17, the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart was 75 percent rap and R&B. Now 17 is just over half rap and R&B, which goes to show that it might not be the fairest indication of what dominated the mainstream during part of 2004. To make matters worse, there were much better selections to be made within rap and R&B. Inferior follow-up singles from J-Kwon, Lil' Flip, and Nelly -- all of which happen to be their compromising, "Yes, I can go soft and make other concessions for crossover appeal" hits -- could've been replaced by any number of smarter picks. This volume continues to show how mainstream rock was a wasteland in 2004, exemplified by Switchfoot's "Dare You to Move" and Crossfade's "Cold" -- a pair of explosively lukewarm anthems. And then there's Bowling for Soup's charming/irritating "1985," a punk-pop novelty song that attempts to catch the spirit of that year but name checks a band that broke up in 1982. Poor Gretchen Wilson ("Here for the Party"), who represents country with Keith Urban ("Days Go By"), gets tacked on near the end for a second consecutive volume of the series. Jadakiss' "Why," Black Eyed Peas' "Let's Get It Started," Terror Squad's "Lean Back," Akon's "Locked Up," and Houston's "I Like That" were ubiquitous in one way or another -- sporting events, video programs, urban radio -- during 2004 and help rescue the disc from being woefully misrepresentative of the period. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi