| Show Start | | |
| The Coup | Pam's Song | Kill My Land Lord | Melee |
| Madlib | Montara | Shades of Blue | Blue Note |
| Mos Def | Revelations | The Ecstatic | Downtown |
| Joi | 17" of Snow | Star Kitty's Revenge | Umvd Labels |
| Joy Denalane | Hoechste Zeit | Mamani | Four Music |
| Nina Simone | I Can't See Nobody | Remixed and Reimagined | Sony Legacy |
| Slum Village | Tell Me | Fantastic Vol. 2 | Goodvibe |
| Me'Shell Ndegeocello | Criterion | Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape | Maverick |
| Zap Mama Feat. Erykah Badu | Bandy Bandy | Ancestry in Progress | Luka Bop |
| G&D | Time | The Message Uni Versa | Look |
| Tre Hardson | Playing House | Liberation | BMG |
| Sergio Mendes Feat. India Arie | Timeless | Timeless | Concord |
| Orishas | 537 C.U.B.A | A Lo Cubano | Universal Latino |
| Little Dragon | Wink | Little Dragon | Indie Europe/Zoom |
| Johnny "Guitar" Watson | Love That Will Not Die | Ganster of Love: The Best of Johnny "Guitar" Watson | Collectables |
| Ray Charles | What'd I Say | Ray! Motion Picture Soundtrack | Atlantic/WEA |
| Marvin Gaye | Funky Space Reincarnation | Here My Dear | Motown |
| Raphael Saadiq Feat. Rosie Kaye | Skyy, Can you Feel Me | Instant Vintage | Umvd Labels |
| Erykah Badu | Boogie Nights/All Night Long | Erykah Badu LIVE! | Motown |
| Jill Scott | Love Rain (Suite) | Experience: Jill Scott 826 LIVE | Hidden Beach |
| Bob Marley Feat. Rakim | Concrete Jungle | Chant Down Babylon | Island |
| Afrodisiac Sound System | Fela Vs. Ron Hunt | Afroheats Vol. 1 - 3 | |
| Fela Kuti | Shuffering and Shmiling | Shuffering and Shmiling/ No Agreement | Universal |
| Jimi Tenor/Tony Allen | Three Continents | Inspiration Information 4 | STRUT |
| Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 | Many Things | Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 | Tot Ou Tard |
| | | |
| Desmond Dekker | Shanty Town | The Harder They Come Soundtrack | Island |
| Brand New Heavies | People Giving Love | Brother Sister | Delicious Vinyl |
| K-os | Higher | Exit | EMI Canada |
| Knaan | The Messengers | J Period and Knaan | Independent |
| | | |
| Charles Earland | Always and Forever | Ready and Able | Muse |
| Art Farmer | Rise to the Occasion | Ph.D. | Contemporary |
| Johnny Lytle | Meet Ben Bailey | Moonchild | Muse |
| Roy Hargrove | Public Eye | Public Eye | Novus |
| Lou Rawls | Willow Weep for Me | Anthology | Capitol |
| The Harper Brothers | Reflection | Artistry | Verve |
| Nicolas Bearde | Never Let Go | Crossing The Line | Right Groove |
| Nicolas Bearde | And It Goes 'Round and 'Round | Crossing The Line | Right Groove |
| Lee Morgan | The Sidewinder | Blue Breakbeats | Blue Notes |
| Sam Riney | Let Me Into Your Heart | Talk To Me | Spindletop |
| New York Voices | Do You Want To Know What I Want? | What's Inside | GRP |
| The Hartfield Brothers | Step In The Name Of Love | The Hartfield Brothers | IND |
| Donald Byrd | Change | Places and Spaces | Blue Note |
| The Crusaders | Free As The Wind | Finest Hour | verve |
| Teena Marie | 365 | It Must Be Magic | Motown |
| James Brown | Do It To Death | 40th Anniversary Collection | Polydor |
| James Brown | It's Too Funky In Here | 40th Anniversary | Polydor |
| Ricardo Scales | That's All | Yes I'm Ready | Bay Sound Records |
