ALBUMS
1 King Sunny Ade The Best of the Classic Years [SHANACHIE] 20
2 Buck 65 Talkin’ Honky Blues [WEA IMPORT] 19
3 Drive-By Truckers Decoration Day [NEW WEST] 12
4 The Wrens The Meadowlands [ABSOLUTELY KOSHER] 12
5 Liz Phair Liz Phair [CAPITOL] 11
6 Fountains of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers [S-CURVE] 6
7 Lyrics Born Later That Day . . . [QUANNUM PROJECTS] 5
8 The Libertines Up the Bracket [ROUGH TRADE] 5
9 Kimya Dawson My Sweet Fiend Sweet Princess [IMPORTANT] 5
10 Missy Elliott This Is Not a Test! [ELEKTRA] 5
11 Yo La Tengo Summer Sun [MATADOR]
12 The Rough Guide to Highlife [WORLD MUSIC NETWORK IMPORT]
13 The Shins Chutes Too Narrow [SUB POP]
14 Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt God Bless Jug and Sonny [PRESTIGE ’00]
15 Wire Send [PINKFLAG]
16 OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below [ARISTA]
17 Down in the Basement [OLD HAT]
18 Fannypack So Stylistic [TOMMY BOY]
19 Kaito U.K. Band Red [SPINART]
20 Rancid Indestructible [HELLCAT]
21 Warren Zevon The Wind [ARTEMIS]
22 Amy Rigby Til the Wheels Fall Off [SIGNATURE SOUNDS]
23 Festival in the Desert [WORLD VILLAGE]
24 Lucinda Williams World Without Tears [LOST HIGHWAY]
25 The Handsome Family Live at Schuba’s Tavern [DCN ’02]
26 Electric Six Fire [XL]
27 Brother Ali Shadows on the Sun [RHYMESAYERS ENTERTAINMENT]
28 Four Tet Rounds [DOMINO]
29 Lifesavas Spirit in Stone [QUANNUM PROJECTS]
30 The Rapture Echoes [STRUMMER/UNIVERSAL]
31 The Fever Pink on Pink [KEMADO]
32 Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around [AMERICAN ’02]
33 The Black Eyed Peas Elephunk [A&M]
34 The Dandy Warhols Welcome to the Monkey House [CAPITOL]
35 Mamani Keita & Marc Minelli Electro Bamako [PALM]
36 Bettye Lavette A Woman Like Me [BLUES EXPRESS]
37 Bettie Serveert Log 22 [PALOMINE]
38 Kaito The Montigola EP [DEVIL IN THE WOODS ’02]
39 The Bottle Rockets Blue Sky [SANCTUARY]
40 Timbaland & Magoo Under Construction Part II [BLACKGROUND]
41 Todd Snider Todd Snider Live: Near Truths and Hotel Rooms [OH BOY]
42 Murs . . . The End of the Beginning [DEFINITIVE JUX]
43 Arabesque Tlata 3 [REACT IMPORT]
44 Akrobatik Balance [COUP D’ETAT]
45 Panjabi MC Beware [SEQUENCE]
46 Gaby Kerpel Carnabailito [NONESUCH]
47 Craig David Slicker Than Your Average [WILDSTAR/ATLANTIC ’02]
48 The Postal Service Give Up [SUB POP]
49 The Klezmatics Rise Up!/Shteyt Oyf! [ROUNDER]
50 Lftr-Pllr Soft Rock [THE SELF-STARTER FOUNDATION ’02]
51 The Rough Guide to the Music of Egypt [WORLD MUSIC NETWORK IMPORT]
52 Koffi Olomide Best of Koffi Olomide [NEXT MUSIC IMPORT ’02]
53 Television Live at the Old Waldorf [RHINO HANDMADE]
54 Aaliyah I Care 4 You [BLACKGROUND ’02]
55 The Kings of Highlife [WRASSE IMPORT]
56 Ragga Ragga Ragga! 2003 [GREENSLEEVES]
57 NOFX The War on Errorism [FAT WRECK CHORDS]
58 Extra Yard [BIG DADA IMPORT ’02]
59 The Rough Guide to South African Gospel [WORLD MUSIC NETWORK IMPORT]
60 Al Green I Can’t Stop [BLUE NOTE]
61 Amy Allison No Frills Friend [DIESEL ONLY]
62 Ndala Kasheba Yellow Card [LIMITLESS SKY ’02]
63 Jean Grae The Bootleg of the Bootleg EP [BABYGRANDE]
64 Ramiro Musotto Sudaka [FAST HORSE]
65 Mr. Lif Sleepyheads [THOUGHT WIZARD]
66 The Guitar and Gun [STERN’S AFRICA]
67 McEnroe Disenfranchised [PEANUTS AND CORN]
68 Gilad Atzmon Exile [ENJA]
69 The Blue Series Continuum GoodandEvil Sessions [THIRSTY EAR]
70 Jon Langford and His Sadies Mayors of the Moon [BLOODSHOT]
71 James Blood Ulmer No Escape From the Blues [HYENA]
72 Horace X Sackbutt [OMNIUM]
73 The Naysayer Pure Beauty [CARROT TOP]
74 The Go-Betweens Spring Hill Fair [CIRCUS/JETSET ’02]
SINGLES
1 Panjabi MC featuring Jay-Z “Beware of the Boys (Mundian To Bach Ke)” [SEQUENCE]
2 Fannypack “Hey Mami” [TOMMY BOY]
3 Justin Timberlake “Senorita” [JIVE]
4 Lil Jon & the Eastside Boyz “Get Low Remix” [TVT]
5 Todd Snider “Beer Run” [OH BOY]
6 MC Hawking “Entropy” [NO LABEL]
7 Justin Timberlake “Rock Your Body” [JIVE]
8 OutKast “Hey Ya!” [ARISTA]
9 Yerba Buena “Guajira” [RAZOR & TIE]
10 Vybz Kartel “Sweet to the Belly” [GREENSLEEVES]