Albums |
| 1 | Mos Def, The Ecstatic Downtown | Points: 20 |
| 2 | Maxwell, BLACKsummers'night Columbia | Points: 17 |
| 3 | Otis Taylor, Pentatonic Wars and Love Songs Telarc | Points: 13 |
| 4 | Matt Wilson Quartet, That's Gonna Leave a Mark Palmetto | Points: 9 |
| 5 | Visqueen, A Message to Garcia Local 638 | Points: 9 |
| 6 | Darius Jones, Man'ish Boy AUM Fidelity | Points: 7 |
| 7 | Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion Domino | Points: 7 |
| 8 | The Avett Brothers, I and Love and You American/Columbia | Points: 6 |
| 9 | Lucero, 1372 Overton Park Universal | Points: 6 |
| 10 | Lura, Eclipse Col | Points: 6 |
Singles |
| 1 | Camera Obscura, "French Navy" 4AD |
| 2 | Mos Def, "Quiet Dog" Downtown |
| 3 | Mos Def, "Auditorium" Downtown |
| 4 | Keri Hilson (ft. Kanye West & Ne-Yo), "Knock You Down" Interscope |
| 5 | Gossip, "Heavy Cross" Columbia |
| 6 | Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody" RCA |
| 7 | Maxwell, "Bad Habits" Columbia |
| 8 | Ghostface Killah, "Baby" Def Jam |
| 9 | Lucero, "Smoke" Universal/Republic |
| 10 | Roots, "How I Got Over" Def Jam |