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 mainstream 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. Terror Squad “Hum Drum” True Story (Universal)
2. J-Kwon “Tipsy” Hood Hop (So So Def/Arista)
3. Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz featuring Lil Scrappy “What U Gon Do” Crunk Juice (TVT)
4. Trillville “Neva Eva” The King of Crunk & BME Recordings Present: Trillville (Reprise/Warner Brothers)
5. Juvenile featuring Mannie Fresh “In My Life” Juve the Great (Cash Money/Universal)
6. Lloyd Banks featuring Eminem, 50 Cent & Nate Dogg
“Warrior Part 2” The Hunger For More (G Unit/Interscope)
7. Kanye West featuring Jay-Z “Never Let Me Down”
The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella)
8. Nas featuring Olu Dara “Bridging the Gap” Street’s Disciple (Columbia/Sony)
9. Jadakiss featuring Snoop Dogg & DJ Quik “Shine”
Kiss of Death (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
10. Terror Squad featuring Big Pun & Big L “Bring ‘Em Back” True Story (Universal)
11. Eminem “Mosh” Encore (Shady/Aftermath/Interscope)
12. Jin “Learn Chinese” The Rest Is History (Virgin)
13. Fabolous featuring Pharrell “Tit 4 Tat” Real Talk
(Desert Storm/Atlantic)
14. Nas “Nazareth Savage” Street’s Disciple (Columbia/Sony)
15. D12 “Get My Gun” D12 World (Shady/Interscope)
16. Jadakiss “Shootouts” Kiss of Death (Ruff Ryders/Interscope)
17. Raekwon “Clientele Kidd” The Lex Diamond Story (Universal)