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 electrofunk/hip-hop/r&b tracks of 2004. 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. Kelis “Trick Me” Tasty (Star Trak/Arista)
2. Cee-Lo featuring Timbaland “I’ll Be Around” Cee-Lo Green…Is the Soul Machine (La Face/Arista)
3. K-Os “Crabbuckit” Joyful Rebellion (Astralwerks)
4. N.E.R.D. “Backseat Love” Fly Or Die (Virgin)
5. Alicia Keys “Heartburn” The Diary of Alicia Keys (J-Records)
6. Kelis “Keep It Down” Tasty (Star Trak/Arista)
7. N.E.R.D. “The Way She Dances” Fly Or Die (Virgin)
8. Cee-Lo featuring Ludacris “Childz Play” Cee-Lo Green…Is the Soul Machine (La Face/Arista)
9. Kanye West “The New Workout Plan” The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella)
10. Kelis featuring Nas “In Public” Tasty (Star Trak/Arista)
11. Alicia Keys “Karma” The Diary of Alicia Keys (J-Records)
12. Prince “What Do U Want Me 2 Do?” Musicology (NPG/Columbia)
13. K-Os “Man I Used to Be” Joyful Rebellion (Astralwerks)
14. N.E.R.D. “Don’t Worry About It” Fly Or Die (Virgin)
15. Prince “Musicology” Musicology (NPG/Columbia)
16. K-Os “Dirty Water” Joyful Rebellion (Astralwerks)
17. N.E.R.D. “Thrasher” Fly Or Die (Virgin)
18. Prince “If Eye Was the Man In Ur Life” Musicology (NPG/Columbia)
19. K-Os “Crucial” Joyful Rebellion (Astralwerks)
20. N.E.R.D. “Breakout” Fly Or Die (Virgin)
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