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 three. 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. Rob Sonic “Strange Hammer” Telicatessen (Definitive Jux)
2. Kool Keith & Kutmasta Kurt “The Orchestrators” Diesel Truckers (DMAFT)
3. Masta Killa featuring Raekwon and Ghostface “D.T.D.”
No Said Date (Nature Sounds)
4. Ghostface “Beat the Clock” The Pretty Toney Album (Def Jam)
5. Tony Touch “Dimelo” The Piece Maker 2 (Koch)
6. K-Os “Emcee Murdah” Joyful Rebellion (Astralwerks)
7. Dizzee Rascal “Dream” Showtime (XL)
8. Gift of Gab “Rat Race” 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up
(Quannum Projects)
9. Jean Grae “Not Like Me” This Week (Babygrande)
10. The Roots “Duck Down!” The Tipping Point (Geffen)
11. X-Ecutioners featuring Ghostface, Trife & Black Thought
“Live From the PJs” Revolutions (Sony)
12. De La Soul “Verbal Clap” The Grind Date (Sanctuary)
13. Madvillain “All Caps” Madvillainy (Stones Throw)
14. Northstar featuring Shacronz Don “Redrum” Northstar
(In the Paint/Koch)
15. Ghostface featuring Jadakiss “Run” The Pretty Toney Album (Def Jam)
16. Raekwon “Pa-Blow Escablow” The Lex Diamond Story (Universal)
17. Masta Killa “Masta Killa” No Said Date (Nature Sounds)
18. Jean Grae “The Wall” This Week (Babygrande)
19. The Roots “I Don’t Care” The Tipping Point (Geffen)
20. De La Soul “Shopping Bags (She Got From You)”
The Grind Date (Sanctuary)
21. Madvillain “Figaro” Madvillainy (Stones Throw)
22. Gift of Gab “Stardust” 4th Dimensional Rocketships
Going Up (Quannum Projects)