Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2004 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2004, these are the rest of the best indie and indie-minded hip hop tracks of 2004, volume two. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2003 and November 30, 2004.

1. Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt “Diesel Truckers Theme”
Diesel Truckers (DMAFT)
2. Rob Sonic “Super Ball” Telicatessen (Definitive Jux)
3. Northstar “Duckie” Northstar (In the Paint/Koch)
4. Nas featuring Doug E. Fresh & Ludacris “Virgo”
Street’s Disciple (Columbia/Sony)
5. Mos Def “Sex, Love & Money” The New Danger (Geffen)
6. Jean Grae “Watch Me” This Week (Babygrande)
7. Dead Prez “Fucked Up” RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta (Sony)
8. Masta Killa “Grab the Mic” No Said Date (Nature Sounds)
9. Rob Sonic “New Car Smell” Telicatessen (Definitive Jux)
10. Beans “Shards of Glass” Shock City Maverick (Warp)
11. Dilated Peoples featuring Kanye West “This Way” Neighborhood Watch (Capitol)
12. Jean Grae “A-Alikes” This Week (Babygrande)
13. Northstar “Luv Allah” Northstar (In the Paint/Koch)
14. Dead Prez “Way of Life” RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta (Sony)
15. Dizzee Rascal “Fix Up, Look Sharp” Boy In Da Corner (XL/Matador)
16. Mos Def “Ghetto Rock” The New Danger (Geffen)
17. Automato “Walk Into the Light” Automato (Coup De Grace)
18. Beans “Death By Sophistication” Shock City Maverick (Warp)
19. Rob Sonic “Shoplift” Telicatessen (Definitive Jux)
20. Beastie Boys “3 the Hard Way” To the 5 Boroughs (Capitol)
21. Dizzee Rascal featuring Wiley “2 Far” Boy In Da Corner (XL/Matador)
22. Jean Grae “P.S.” This Week (Babygrande)