| Show Start | | |
| DJ Cam | The Sound of The Street | Liquid Hip Hop | |
| Madlib | Slim's Return | Shades of Blue | Blue Note |
| Madlib | Slim's Return | Shades of Blue | Blue Note |
| Jahi Feat ADL | SOS | Soul Hop | EMI Denmark |
| The Chase | The ARE | Manipulated Murdaders | Independent |
| Mos Def | May-December | Black on Both Sides | Rawkus |
| Ray Barretto | Right On | The Revenge of Mr. Malaguci | Independent |
| James Brown | Funky Drummer | The Revenge of Mr. Malaguci | Independent |
| Various | Tudo Nosso | Antonia Soundtrack | Universal |
| Pete Rock | #1 Soul Brother | Soul Survivor 1 | BBE Records |
| Black Star | Definition | Black Star | Rawkus |
| KRS One | Step Into A World | Retrospective | Jive |
| Eric B & Rakim | I Ain't No Joke | Paid in Full | 4th And Broadway |
| Biz Markie | Make the Music With Your Mouth | Goin' Off | Cold Chillin |
| Biz Markie | Make the Music with your Mouth | Goin' Off | Cold Chilllin |
| Slick Rick | Children's Story | The Great Adventures of Slick Rick | Def Jam |
| The Roots | Love of My Life | The Roots Come Alive | MCA |
| Jill Scott | Free | Experience: 826 Live | Hidden Beach |
| Zap Mama | Sweet Melody | Ancestry in Progress | Luka Bop |
| Les Nubians | Bebela | Princesses Nubiennes | Higher Octave |
| Nobody Beats the Beat Feat Joy Morgan | Can't Be Loved | Prefueled Pres. Brasserie Bleue | Base Point Media |
| Lauryn Hill | Final Hour | The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill | Sony |
| Bob Marley | Sun is Shining (Dub) | Music for Hotels | Goldenlane Records |
| Dawn Penn | U Don't Love Me | No, no, No | Rhino Atlantic |
| Sister Nancy | Bam Bam | One Two | Techniques |
| Digable Planets | Pacifics | Reachin' | Pendulum |
| The Misled Children | Foregone | The Misled Children Meet Odean Pope | Porter Records |
| Sound Directions | Dice Game | The Funky Side of Life | Stones Throw |
| Various | Quanto Vc Quer | Antonia Soundtrack | Universal |
| k-os | Superstar Pt. Zero | Exit | EMI Canada |
| Rick James | Mary Jane (Remix) | Motown Remixed | Motown |
| Les Nubians Feat. The Roots | Sweetest Taboo | Red Star Sounds Vol. 1 | Sony |
| Susana Baca | Afro Blue | Luka Bop Remixed | Luka Bop |
| Deuce Eclipse | The Big Top Feat. Dj D Sharp | Indigenous Noise | Independent |
| Dissolve the Mass Appeal | Dissolve | Om Lounge Vol. 7 | Om Records |
| The Coup | Pam's Song | Kill My Land Lord | Melee Records |
| Janet Jackson Feat. Q Tip | Got Til It's Gone | Velvet Rope | Virgin |
| Little Dragon | Wink | Little Dragon | Indie Europe/Zoom |
| Erykah Badu Feat. Roy Hargrove | Think Twice | Worldwide Underground | Motown |
| Grupo Batuque | Na Batida Do Agogo (Osunlade Remix) | 4Hero Presents Brazilika | Far Out |
| D'Angelo | Jonz in My Bonz | Brown Sugar | Noo Trybe/Virgin |
| Georgia Anne Muldrow | Blackman | Olesi: Fragments of an Earth | Stones Throw |
| Amel Larrieux | For Real | Bravebird | Bliss Life |
| | | |
| Bilal | You Are | 1st Born Second | Interscope |
| Sting | It's Probably Me | Ten Summoner's Tales | A&M |
| Madlib | Montara | Shades of Blue | Blue Note |
| Edwin Starr | War(King Britt Remix) | Motown Remixed | Motown |
| Archie Shepp & Tony Allen | No Agreement | Red Hot + Riot: The Music and Spirit of Fela Kuti | MCA |
| Fela Kuti | Expensive S*&@ | Expensive S*&@ | MCA |
| Bob Marley | Soul Rebel | Roots of a Legend | St.Claire Records |
| Batha Gebre-Heywet | Ewnet Yet Lagegnesh | The Very Best of Ethiopiques | Manteca |
| Dorothy Ashby | Come Live With Me | Afro Harping | Verve |
| Erykah Badu | World Keeps Turning | Worldwide Underground | Motown |
| The Foreign Exchange | Daykeeper | Leave It All Behind | Hard Boiled |
| Guru feat. Bahamadia | Respect the Architect (Buckwild Remix) | Jazzmatazz Vol 2 | Virgin |
| Illadelph Halflife | One Shine | The Roots | Geffen |
| Various | Fresh and Clean (Hidden Beach Remix) | Unwrapped Vol 1. | Hidden Beach |
| The Cinematic Orchestra | Evolution (Versao Portuense) | Man With a Movie Camera | Ninja Tune |
| Bobbi Humphrey | Fancy Dancer | Fancy Dancer | Blue Note |
| 4Hero | Take My Time | Play with the Changes | Raw Canvas |
| Mos Def | Workers Comp | The Ecstatic | Downtown |
