2. DJ Shadow The Private Press (MCA) 14

3. Orchestra Baobab Specialist in All Styles (World Circuit/Nonesuch) 14

4. Imperial Teen On (Merge) 11

5. Kimya Dawson I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean (Rough Trade) 11

6. Northern State Hip Hop You Haven't Heard (Northern State) 8

7. Cornershop Handcream for a Generation (Beggars Banquet) 7

8. The Hives Veni Vidi Vicious (Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph) 7

9. Youssou N'Dour Nothing's in Vain (Coono du réér) (Nonesuch) 7

10. Sleater-Kinney One Beat (Kill Rock Stars) 7

11. Spoon Kill the Moonlight (Merge)

12. Tom Zé Jogos de Armar (Trama import '00)

13. Transplants : Transplants (Hellcat)

14. The Mountain Goats Tallahassee (4AD)

15. Mr. Lif I Phantom (Definitive Jux)

16. Djelimady Tounkara Sigui (Indigo)

17. Oh-OK The Complete Recordings (Collectors' Choice)

18. Orchestra Baobab Pirates Choice (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

19. Northern State Dying in Stereo (Northern State)

20. The Best Bootlegs in the World Ever (No Label import)

21. Electric Highlife: Sessions From the Bokoor Studios (Naxos World)

22. The Roots Phrenology (MCA)

23. The Music in My Head 2 (Stern's Africa)

24. Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali A Better Destiny (RealWorld '01)

25. Alanis Morissette Under Rug Swept (Maverick)

26. Justin Timberlake Justified (Jive)

27. N.E.R.D. In Search of . . . (Virgin)

28. Warren Zevon My Ride's Here (Artemis)

29. Big Lazy New Everything (Tasankee)

30. Daniel Bedingfield Gotta Get Thru This (Island)

31. Rachid Taha Live (Mondo Melodia)

32. Roberto Rodriguez El Danzón de Moises (Tzadik)

33. Colombia (Putumayo World Music '01)

34. Cash Money Records: Platinum Hits (Cash Money/Universal)

35. Steinski Nothing to Fear (Soul Ting)

36. Luna Close Cover Before Striking (Jetset)

37. The Velvet Underground Bootleg Series: Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (Polydor '01)

38. Public Enemy Revolverlution (Koch)

39. Steve Earle Jerusalem (E-Squared/Artemis)

40. Buck 65 Square (WEA import)

41. The Meat Purveyors All Relationships Are Doomed to Fail (Bloodshot)

42. The Donnas Spend the Night (Atlantic)

43. Patti Smith Land (Arista)

44. Rhett Miller The Instigator (Elektra)

45. Atmosphere God Loves Ugly (Fat Beats)

46. The History of Township Music (Wrass import)

47. Africa Raps (Trikont import)

48. Orchestra Super Mazembe Giants of East Africa (Earthworks)

49. Will Rigby Paradoxaholic (Diesel Only)

50. Red Hot + Riot (MCA)

51. Fred Eaglesmith Ralph's Last Show (Signature Sounds '01)

52. Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment (Cartoon Network/Rhino)

53. Tom Waits Blood Money (Anti-)

54. Eminem The Eminem Show (Aftermath)

55. Pretenders Loose Screw (Artemis)

56. The Streets Original Pirate Material (Locked On/Vice)

57. Andrew W.K. I Get Wet (Island)

58. Silkworm Italian Platinum (Touch and Go)

59. Pine Valley Cosmonauts The Executioner's Last Songs (Bloodshot)

60. The Breeders Title TK (4AD/Elektra)

61. Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo Bana Congo (Tumi import)

62. Wire Read & Burn 01 (Pinkflag import)

63. Badly Drawn Boy Have You Fed the Fish? (Artist Direct)

64. Youssou Ndour Rewmi (Jololi import)

65. Wide Right Wide Right (Wide Right)

66. Yohimbe Brothers Front End Lifter (Ropeadope)

67. Aesop Rock Daylight EP (Def Jux)

68. The Reputation The Reputation (Initial)

69. The Best of International Hip-Hop (Hip-O '00)

70. The Bottle Rockets Songs of Sahm (Bloodshot '01)

71. MC Paul Barman Paullelujah! (Coup d'Etat)

72. South African Freedom Songs (Making Music import)

73. Bhundu Boys The Shed Sessions (Sadza import '01)

74. Mr. Lif Emergency Rations (Definitive Jux)

75. Burnt Sugar That Depends on What You Know: Fubractive: Since Antiquity Suite (Trugroid)

76. Meshell Ndegeocello Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (Maverick)

77. Hakim Talakik (Mondo Melodia)

78. Dan Bern The Swastika E.P. (Messenger)

79. Amy Allison Sad Girl (Diesel Only '01)

80. Pixies Pixies (SpinArt)

81. The Rough Guide to Raï (World Music Network import)

82. The Blind Boys of Alabama Spirit of the Century (RealWorld '01)

83. The Capricorns In the Zone (Paroxysm)

84. Wish You Were Here: Love Songs to New York (Village Voice)

85. The Apples in Stereo Velocity of Sound (SpinArt)

86. Raphael Saadiq Instant Vintage (Universal)

87. John Forte i, John (Transparent Music)

88. Corey Harris Downhome Sophisticate (Rounder)

89. Issa Bagayogo Timbuktu (Six Degrees)

90. Kasey Chambers Barricades & Brickwalls (Warner Bros.)

91. Pretty Girls Make Graves Good Health (Lookout)

Singles