2NE1 Scored #9 & #3 on Spin's 21 greatest K-Pop songs of all time with Ugly and I Am the Best, respectively.
Source: http://www.spin.com/#articles/21-gre...songs-all-time
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9. 2NE1 - "Ugly" (2011)
Though "Ugly" scans like aggressive homage (or a rip, if you'd like) to TLC's 1996 body-image breakdown "Unpretty," its impact is more akin to the world-beating bubble-grunge of Kelly Clarkson's "Since You've Been Gone." Loud and brash, tender yet heroic, it encapsulates just about everything that's so immediate about the 2NE1 crew. And on the strength of CL's volcanic vocals, the four unleash here what's arguably the most ferocious chorus in K-pop history. D.B.
3. 2NE1 - "I Am the Best" (2011)
"I Am the Best" might've been the best single released on the planet in 2011, even if not for its apocalyptic/futuristic video that kicks off on a catwalk and escalates into straightjackets, train-track break-dancing, ice cream cone rabbit-ear hats, and devil-horned hairstyles well before the aluminum bats and machine guns come out so 2NE1 can smash and shoot up the place. The stomping title hook sounds like "Neh-guh-ché Challa-GAH"; other big nonsense hook is the machine-gunned "bum-ratta-TATTA ta-tatta tah-tah." Then there's the froggie-reggae dancehall ("hot-hot-hot-hot FI-ya") and Alice Cooper ("billion dollar baby") references. Lyric plot: Hitting the city, taking no ****. World-class throat: CL. C.E.
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Also here are some pictures of 2NE1 performing at Silla University in Busan on 5/31/12:
Source: oh-dara.com
I really like CL's hair color. I think she finally found a color that suits her, so I hope she keeps it.