We Need To Make Burned CDs A Thing Again, But I Need To Know What Would Be Your Mix?
If you grew up in the late 90s-2000s you know all about burned CDs. They were the absolute best and we all had that friend that you would go over to their house to burn said CDs. It was a masterpiece in figuring out the perfect 12ish songs to throw on there and making sure it was nothing but fire.
Yeah, I know all about Spotify and that stuff, but this is about nostalgia people. Burnt CDs were a way of life if you were in high school during that time. You’d make a mix to give to your girlfriend/boyfriend. You’d make one the moment you got your car to blast – shout out to the ’95 Jeep Grand Cherokee.
The best thing about these CDs were you had your go-tos. I recently found my collection of CDs from back in the day and noticed that every burned CD had the same 2-3 songs and then a mix of the other 9-10. Everyone had them. I remember arguing with my idiot friends back in the day what ones were the go-tos. For me I had B.O.B by Outkast, Hey Ma and Get Your Roll On for every single CD.
There was something awesome about just slapping in the CD instead of hitting play on your phone. There was something special about not knowing what your buddy put on there to drive to the beach. I’m here to make an effort to bring these CDs back. Every car still has a CD player for a reason, it’s time to use them. Now, I just need to find someone who has the CD burner still.
As I think what would be on my ultimate burned CD from that 2000-05 high school era, I ask what would be yours. I was one to always go with a mix of every sort of music. I think I’d go with:
1. Notorious Thugs – B.I.G./Bone Thugz
2. The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
3. Big Pimpin – Jay-Z
4. Family Business – Kanye
5. Raise Up – Petey Pablo
6. Breathe – Fabolous
7. Mesmerize – Ja Rule/Ashanti
8. Konstantine – Something Corporate
9. Damnit – Blink 182
10. Get Your Roll On – Big Tymers
11. Hey Ma – Cam’ron
12. B.O.B – Outkast
