I agree with that - 99-01 in Britain at least definitely feels like its own unique era. Not least because its the garage era and for years that's been the equivalent of the heyday of disco, the bit that producers reach back into when they want a handy dose of nostalgia. It's been happening for years and is probably on the way out now.
More generally there's a song on the new Little Mix album that quotes from Livin La Vida Loca, the Thong Song and Mis-Teeq's Scandalous. It's shamelessness is offset by the fact that it works.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 11 December 2018 09:01 (five years ago) link