Except for the songs that made my Top 20 songs of 2002 and the representative tracks from my Top 20 Albums of 2002, these are the rest of the best soul/r&b/funk tracks of 2002. To be eligible, a song needed to be included on an album released in the United States between December 1, 2001 and November 30, 2002.

1. Raphael Saadiq “Be Here” Instant Vintage (Universal)
2. Remy Shand “Take A Message” The Way I Feel (Motown)
3. Glenn Lewis “Don’t You Forget It” World Outside My Window (Epic/Sony)
4. Cee-Lo “Suga Baby” Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections (La Face/Arista)
5. Heather Headley “Like Ya Used To” This Is Who I Am (RCA)
6. Avant “Makin’ Good Love” Good Love” Ecstasy (MJM/MCA)
7. India.Arie “Slow Down” Voyage to India (Universal)
8. Floetry “Floetic” Floetic (Dreamworks)
9. Raphael Saadiq “Still Ray” Instant Vintage (Universal)
10. Cee-Lo “Closet Freak” Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections (La Face/Arista)
11. Craig David “What’s Your Flava?” Slicker Than Your Average (Atlantic)
12. Remy Shand “Everlasting” The Way I Feel (Motown)
13. Glenn Lewis “One More Day” World Outside My Window (Epic/Sony)
14. India.Arie “Good Man” Voyage to India (Universal)
15. Joi “Crave” Star Kitty’s Revenge (Universal)
16. Jean Grae “Thank Ya” Attack of the Attacking Things
(Third Earth)
17. Cee-Lo “Gettin’ Grown” Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections (La Face/Arista)
18. Craig David featuring Sting “Rise and Fall” Slicker Than Your Average (Atlantic)
19. Raphael Saadiq featuring Angie Stone “Excuse Me”
Instant Vintage (Universal)
20. India.Arie “Talk To Her” Voyage to India (Universal)