Albums |
| 1 | The Roots, How I Got Over Def Jam | Points: 10 |
| 2 | Vampire Weekend, Contra XL | Points: 10 |
| 3 | Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh Universal Motown | Points: 10 |
| 4 | Étoile de Dakar, Once Upon a Time in Senegal: The Birth of Mbalax Stern's/Pi | Points: 10 |
| 5 | Marc Ribot, Silent Movies Pi | Points: 10 |
| 6 | Sleigh Bells, Treats Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. | Points: 10 |
| 7 | Jason Moran & Bandwagon, Ten Blue Note | Points: 10 |
| 8 | Bettye LaVette, Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook Anti | Points: 10 |
| 9 | Gil Scott-Heron, I'm New Here XL | Points: 10 |
| 10 | El Guincho, Pop Negro Young Turks/XL | Points: 10 |
Singles |
| 1 | Cee Lo Green, "Fuck You!" Elektra/Asylum |
| 2 | Janelle Monáe (ft. Big Boi), "Tightrope" Bad Boy/Wondaland Arts Society |
| 3 | Das Racist, "Puerto Rican Cousins" Mad Decent |
| 4 | M.I.A., "Born Free" Interscope/N.E.E.T. |
| 5 | Vijay Iyer, "Epistrophy" ACT Music |
| 6 | Tricky, "Murder Weapon" Domino |
| 7 | Jason Moran & Bandwagon, "Study No. 6" Blue Note |
| 8 | Tom Zé, "Ma" Luaka Bop |
| 9 | Das Racist (ft. Vijay Iyer), "Free Jazzmatazz" Mad Decent |
| 10 | Lisandro Meza, "Shacalao" Soundway |