If 2002 spoiled us with a wealth of phenomenal new music by some of the industry's most creative forces -- Beck, Wilco,
Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age spring to mind -- then 2003 will be remembered as little more than a yearlong hangover,
with a handful of gems floating amid a sprawling sea of mediocrity. Among them:
50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin
The White Stripes, Elephant
Outkast, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Andrew W.K., The Wolf
A Perfect Circle, Thirteenth Step
Led Zeppelin, How the West Was Won
Bubba Sparxxx, 'Deliverance'
