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MEMORIES: OPX/MJ & Friends (The 20 Aughties)

By the year 2000, the Y2K Bug scare had fizzled, and 9/11 was only known as the phone number you dialed in case of a severe emergency. In entertainment, the musical divide between mainstream and alternative was as wide a chasm as its ever been due to the internet, cable television and the coming of 'The Age of Choice', and MJ was beginning a new lifetime as a decidedly anti-Pop rave DJ. We now had not only Backstreet Boys, but also Nsync, 98 Degrees, Britney and Christina. The closest thing to alternative cool was this new kid called Eminem who was laying mainstream Pop icons in the industry to waste left and right.

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