Must Have:
Rage Against the Machine, XX
”Bombtrack”
Best New Beginnings:
Alicia Keys, Girl on Fire:
”Girl on Fire”
Best Synth (and Emo) Overload:
Challenger, The World is Too Much
Best Hip-Hop Collab:
Wu-Block, Wu-Block
”Stick Up Kids”
Honorable Mentions:
Big Dipper, Big Dipper Crashes on the Platinum Planet
The Winter Sounds, Runner
Last Call, Dog Years