| Pazz & Jop 2002: Dean's ListAlbums- Mekons:OOOH! (Quarterstick)14
- DJ Shadow:The Private Press (MCA)14
- Orchestra Baobab:Specialist in All Styles (World Circuit/Nonesuch)14
- Imperial Teen:On (Merge)11
- Kimya Dawson:I'm Sorry That Sometimes I'm Mean (Rough Trade)11
- Northern State:Hip Hop You Haven't Heard (Northern State)8
- Cornershop:Handcream for a Generation (Beggars Banquet)7
- The Hives:Veni Vidi Vicious (Sire/Burning Heart/Epitaph)7
- Youssou N'Dour:Nothing's in Vain (Coono du réér) (Nonesuch)7
- Sleater-Kinney:One Beat (Kill Rock Stars)7
- Spoon:Kill the Moonlight (Merge)
- Tom Zé:Jogos de Armar (Trama import '00)
- Transplants:Transplants (Transplants)
- The Mountain Goats:Tallahassee (4AD)
- Mr. Lif:I Phantom (Definitive Jux)
- Djelimady Tounkara:Sigui (Indigo)
- Oh-OK:The Complete Recordings (Collectors' Choice)
- Orchestra Baobab:Pirates Choice (World Circuit/Nonesuch)
- Northern State:Dying in Stereo (Northern State)
- The Best Bootlegs in the World Ever (No Label import)
- Electric Highlife: Sessions From the Bokoor Studios (Naxos World)
- The Roots:Phrenology (MCA)
- The Music in My Head 2 (Stern's Africa)
- Rizwan-Muazzam Qawwali:A Better Destiny (RealWorld '01)
- Alanis Morissette:Under Rug Swept (Maverick)
- Justin Timberlake:Justified (Jive)
- N.E.R.D.:In Search of . . . (Virgin)
- Warren Zevon:My Ride's Here (Artemis)
- Big Lazy:New Everything (Tasankee)
- Daniel Bedingfield:Gotta Get Thru This (Island)
- Rachid Taha:Live (Mondo Melodia)
- Roberto Rodriguez:El Danzón de Moises (Tzadik)
- Colombia (Putumayo World Music '01)
- Cash Money Records: Platinum Hits (Cash Money/Universal)
- Steinski:Nothing to Fear (Soul Ting)
- Luna:Close Cover Before Striking (Jetset)
- The Velvet Underground:Bootleg Series: Volume 1: The Quine Tapes (Polydor '01)
- Public Enemy:Revolverlution (Koch)
- Steve Earle:Jerusalem (E-Squared/Artemis)
- Buck 65:Square (WEA import)
- The Meat Purveyors:All Relationships Are Doomed to Fail (Bloodshot)
- The Donnas:Spend the Night (Atlantic)
- Patti Smith:Land (Arista)
- Rhett Miller:The Instigator (Elektra)
- Atmosphere:God Loves Ugly (Fat Beats)
- The History of Township Music (Wrass import)
- Africa Raps (Trikont import)
- Orchestra Super Mazembe:Giants of East Africa (Earthworks)
- Will Rigby:Paradoxaholic (Diesel Only)
- Red Hot + Riot (MCA)
- Fred Eaglesmith:Ralph's Last Show (Signature Sounds '01)
- Dexter's Laboratory: The Hip-Hop Experiment (Cartoon Network/Rhino)
- Tom Waits:Blood Money (Anti-)
- Eminem:The Eminem Show (Aftermath)
- Pretenders:Loose Screw (Artemis)
- The Streets:Original Pirate Material (Locked On/Vice)
- Andrew W.K.:I Get Wet (Island)
- Silkworm:Italian Platinum (Touch and Go)
- Pine Valley Cosmonauts:The Executioner's Last Songs (Bloodshot)
- The Breeders:Title TK (4AD/Elektra)
- Papa Noel & Papi Oviedo:Bana Congo (Tumi import)
- Wire:Read & Burn 01 (Pinkflag import)
- Badly Drawn Boy:Have You Fed the Fish? (Artist Direct)
- Youssou Ndour:Rewmi (Jololi import)
- Wide Right:Wide Right (Wide Right)
- Yohimbe Brothers:Front End Lifter (Ropeadope)
- Aesop Rock:Daylight EP (Def Jux)
- The Reputation:The Reputation (Initial)
- The Best of International Hip-Hop (Hip-O '00)
- The Bottle Rockets:Songs of Sahm (Bloodshot '01)
- MC Paul Barman:Paullelujah! (Coup d'Etat)
- South African Freedom Songs (Making Music import)
- Bhundu Boys:The Shed Sessions (Sadza import '01)
- Mr. Lif:Emergency Rations (Definitive Jux)
- Burnt Sugar:That Depends on What You Know: Fubractive: Since Antiquity Suite (Trugroid)
- Meshell Ndegeocello:Cookie: The Anthropological Mixtape (Maverick)
- Hakim:Talakik (Mondo Melodia)
- Dan Bern:The Swastika E.P. (Messenger)
- Amy Allison:Sad Girl (Diesel Only '01)
- Pixies:Pixies (SpinArt)
- The Rough Guide to Raï (World Music Network import)
- The Blind Boys of Alabama:Spirit of the Century (RealWorld '01)
- The Capricorns:In the Zone (Paroxysm)
- Wish You Were Here: Love Songs to New York (Village Voice)
- The Apples in Stereo:Velocity of Sound (SpinArt)
- Raphael Saadiq:Instant Vintage (Universal)
- John Forte:i, John (Transparent Music)
- Corey Harris:Downhome Sophisticate (Rounder)
- Issa Bagayogo: Timbuktu (Six Degrees)
- Kasey Chambers:Barricades & Brickwalls (Warner Bros.)
- Pretty Girls Make Graves:Good Health (Lookout)
Singles- Mystikal: "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Up Against the Wall)" (Jive)
- Freelance Hellraiser: "Smells Like Booty" (n/a)
- Pet Shop Boys: "The Night I Fell in Love" (Sanctuary)
- Pink: "Don't Let Me Get Me" (Arista)
- Eminem: "My Dad's Gone Crazy" (Aftermath)
- OutKast: "The Whole World" (Arista)
- Tweet: "Oops (Oh My)" (The Goldmind, Inc./Elektra)
- Justin Timberlake: "Cry Me a River" (Jive)
- Yo La Tengo: "Nuclear War" (Matador)
- Bruce Springsteen: "The Rising" (Columbia)
Village Voice, Feb. 18, 2003
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