1996 Top 20s

Albums 1-20
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing... | Mo Wax/FFRR
Tricky - Pre-Millennium Tension | Island
Claude Young - DJ-Kicks | !K7
Ghostface Killah - Ironman | Epic
Jay-Z - Reasonable Doubt | Roc-a-Fella/Priority
Porter Ricks - Biokinetics | Chain Reaction
OutKast - ATLiens | LaFace
Mobb Deep - Hell on Earth | Loud
Jeff Mills - Live at the Liquid Room, Tokyo | React
Tortoise - Millions Now Living Will Never Die | Thrill Jockey
Stereolab - Emperor Tomato Ketchup | Elektra
Nearly God - Nearly God | Durban Poison/Island
Underworld - Second Toughest in the Infants | Wax Trax!
Aaliyah - One in a Million | Blackground
Maxwell - Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite | Columbia
De La Soul - Stakes Is High | Tommy Boy
Mojave 3 - Ask Me Tomorrow | 4AD
Labradford - Labradford | Kranky
The Detroit Escalator Co. - Soundtrack (313) | Ferox
Baader Meinhof - Baader Meinhof | Hut

Singles 1-20
OutKast - Elevators (Me and You) | LaFace
DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World | Mo Wax/FFRR
De La Soul - Stakes Is High | Tommy Boy
Jay-Z - Dead Presidents | Roc-a-Fella/Priority
Roy Davis Jr/Peven Everett - Gabrielle (Live Garage) | Large
Moodymann - Don't Be Misled! | KDJ
Underworld - Pearl's Girl | Wax Trax!
Burger/Ink - Twelve Miles High | Harvest
Ginuwine - Pony | 550 Music
Aaliyah - One in a Million | Blackground
Camp Lo - Luchini (AKA This Is It) | Profile
Everything But the Girl - Walking Wounded | Atlantic
Junior MAFIA - Gettin' Money (The Get Money Remix) | Big Beat
Broadcast - The Book Lovers | Duophonic
Lil' Kim - No Time | Big Beat
Origin Unknown - Valley of the Shadows | RAM
Mobb Deep - Drop a Gem on 'Em | Loud
Ghostface Killah - Daytona 500 | Epic
Mike Ink - Paroles | Warp
Cocteau Twins - Violaine | Capitol