… this is what I mean. Just taking a quick scan down the Wikipedia page for the year 2000 in music, here are the albums that stand out to me:
D’Angelo — Voodoo
Ghostface Killah — Supreme Clientele
Elliott Smith — Figure 8
Death Cab for Cutie — We Have the Facts and We’re Voting Yes
Yo La Tengo — And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
Aimee Mann — The Bachelor No. 2
Eminem — Marshall Mathers LP
Modest Mouse — The Moon and Antarctica
Slum Village — The Fantastic, Vol. 2
Deftones — White Pony
Coldplay — Parachutes
At the Drive-In — Relationship of Command
Radiohead — Kid A
Outkast — Stankonia
The New Pornographers — Mass Romantic