Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2003 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2003, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded hip hop tracks of 2003, volume two. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2002 and November 30, 2003.

1. Common “Soul Power” Electric Circus (MCA)
2. J-Live “Car Trouble” Always Will Be EP (Fatbeats)
3. K-Os “Superstar, Part Zero” Exit (Astralwerks)
4. Lifesavas “What If It’s True?” Spirit In Stone
(Quannum Projects)
5. Murs “Got Damned?” The End of the Beginning
(Definitive Jux)
6. Aceyalone featuring Goapele “Moonlit Skies” Love & Hate
(Project Blowed/Decon)
7. Akrobatik “Hypocrite” Balance (Coup D’Etat)
8. Prince Paul featuring Tash, Beatnuts & Tony Touch “Original Crhyme Pays” Politics of the Business (Razor & Tie)
9. K-Os “Fantastique” Exit (Astralwerks)
10. Lifesavas featuring J-Live “Selector” Spirit In Stone (Quannum Projects)
11. Nappy Roots “Roun’ The Globe” Wooden Leather (Atlantic)
12. Bubba Sparxxx “Comin’ Round” Deliverance (Interscope)
13. Aesop Rock featuring P.F.A.C. “Cook It Up” Bazooka Tooth (Definitive Jux)
14. Gang Starr “Skills” The Ownerz (Virgin)
15. GZA “Fame” Legend of the Liquid Sword (MCA)
16. Lifesavas “It’s Over” Spirit In Stone (Quannum Projects)
17. Prince Paul featuring Kardinal Offishall & Sly Boogie “What I Need” Politics of the Business (Razor & Tie)
18. Nappy Roots “Work In Progress” Wooden Leather (Atlantic)
19. Murs “The Scuffle” The End of the Beginning (Definitive Jux)
20. Beans “Toast” Tomorrow Right Now (Warp)