Official Hip Hop/Rap Music Thread

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

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christ man.

SMH.

[BlueNGold]

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I mean seriously.....

If people want to post their thoughts on their own "awards", let them. I don't care what his name is, whoever you think is the "best artist" or whatever, just post it. We really need to drop this whole "I'm smarter than you because I listen to so and so" feel around here. It's ridiculous.

Yes, not everyone is going to know who some people mention, but is that not half the point of this thread? Finding new artists/songs to listen to.

Anyways, I'll be posting my "awards" later (following NC's outline).

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

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^ For real.

I'm working on mine too. Probably not tonight but sometime in the next couple of days for me. Verses and Song are the hardest...thats the type of thing you gotta keep up with as the year goes on. I know I'm gonna be forgetting a lot, but I'm doin my best to pick out from the notables/what stands out from memory in my library

[The 24th Letter]

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Whatever man, MC Outer Realm is iller that 99.3% of these rappers out.

LOL @ Blind Fury, first time I saw him was on the MTV rap battle for a contract w\ Roca Fella. Whatever happened to the dude thast won that?

[BlueNGold]

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Album of the Year

• Eminem - Recovery
• Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
• Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot
• The Roots - How I Got Over
• Nas & Damian Marley - Distant Relatives

Artist of the Year

• Eminem
• Kanye West
• Big Boi
• J. Cole
• Drake

Rookie/newcomer/rising star of the Year

• J.Cole
• Big K.R.I.T.
• Wiz Khalifa
• Diggy (personally only listened to 1 or 2 songs, but he sounds nice from what I've heard)
• Freddie Gibbs

Best Song of the Year

• Eminem - Not Afraid
• Big Boi - Shutterbugg
• Wiz Khalifa - Black & Yellow
• Kanye West (ft. John Legend) - Blame Game
• Lloyd Banks (ft. Juelz Santana) - Beamer, Benz or Bentley

Best Collabo of the Year

• Nas & Damian Marley - Their entire album, lol
• Kanye West & John Legend - Blame Game
• Reflection Eternal, Mos Def, J. Cole & Jay Electronica - Just Begun
• J. Cole, Omen & Fashawn - Relaxation
• The Roots, Blu, Phonte & Patty Crash - The Day

Disappointment of the Year

• T.I. - No Mercy
• KiD CuDi - Man On The Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager
• Drake - Thank Me Later
• Big Sean - Finally Famous Vol. 3
• Ice Cube - I Am The West

Most Anticipated Album of Next Year (added this one)

• Dr. Dre - Detox (is there really any other answer? )
• J. Cole - The Blow Up (no idea what he's naming it, just a guess)
• Lupe Fiasco - L.A.S.E.R.S.
• Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch The Throne
• Game - The R.E.D. Album

This is what I have so far.

I have the other categories half-filled, but I still need to listen to some stuff I missed out on looking at some of the albums and mixtapes I didn't listen to this year (Jeezy's Trap or Die II, Little Brother's Left Back album, Reflection Eternal's album, Lil Wayne's mixtapes, etc.).

[Buke14]

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Album of year

• Big K.R.I.T. - K.R.I.T. Wuz Here
• The Roots - How I Got Over
• Reflection Eternal - Revolutions per Minute
• Kanye West - MBDTF
• Big Boi - Sir Lucious Leftfoot

Mixtape of year

• J. Cole - Friday Night Lights
• Wale - More About Nothing
• Emilio Rojas - Life Without Shame
• Joe Budden - Mood Muzik 4
• Wiz Khalifa - Kush and OJ

Artist of year

• J. Cole
• Big K.R.I.T.
• Drake
• Eminem
• Kanye

Rookie/newcomer/rising star of year

• J. Cole
• Big K.R.I.T.
• B.O.B.
• Jay Electronica
• Wale

Best verse

• J. Cole's 3rd Verse - "2Face"
• J. Cole's verse - "Looking for Trouble"
• Drake's verse - "Aston Martin Music"
• Lupe Fiasco's 2nd Verse "SLR"
• Eminem's 2nd Verse - "Almost Famous"

Best song

• SLR by Lupe Fiasco
• 2Face by J. Cole
• Hometown Hero by Big K.R.I.T.
• The War by Wale
• Runaway by Kanye West

Best collab

• Tightrope (remix) by Janelle Monae ft. Lupe Fiasco and B.O.B
• Relaxtion by J. Cole ft. Fashawn and Omen
• Encanted by J. Cole ft. Omen
• Love the Way You Lie by Eminem ft. Rihanna
• Lookin For Trouble by Kanye ft. Pusha, Cyhi Da Prince, Big Sean, J. Cole

Disappointment (album or mixtape) of year

• Drake - Thank Me Later
• Rick Ross - Teflon Don
• Eminem - Recovery
• Rebirth - Lil Wayne
• B.O.B. - Adventures of Bobby Ray

Worst song

haha, sadly due to my friends taste in music I actually have some votes for this category lol

• Waka Flocka - Love Dem Gun Sounds
• Yo Gotti - Look in the Mirror
• Yo Gotti - Touchdown
• Waka Flocka - Hard in da Paint
• Gucci Mane - Gucci Time

[eldercaddy]

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Nice thread for the rapper like me.

[TracerBullet]

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Worst song

haha, sadly due to my friends taste in music I actually have some votes for this category lol

• Waka Flocka - Love Dem Gun Sounds
• Yo Gotti - Look in the Mirror
• Yo Gotti - Touchdown
• Waka Flocka - Hard in da Paint
• Gucci Mane - Gucci Time

Sounds like a good list to me.

[Rocky]

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I say we scrap the worst songs category. It's not that I disagree with anything anybody has nominated, but I think some of the songs serve there purpose and come down more to personal taste.

[Beantown]

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Sounds like a good list to me.

Add "Like a G6" [does this even count? ] and you have my list.

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

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I say we scrap the worst songs category. It's not that I disagree with anything anybody has nominated, but I think some of the songs serve there purpose and come down more to personal taste.

you could say that about everything, plus it also serves as a "i wish this song never came out, i want to kill myself every time this came on the radio, i wish this rapper would die" thing...

its the ultimate personal taste thing, which is fine.

[NC State-31 UNC-27]

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Artist of Year
Joel Ortiz - Ortiz went crazy this calendar year. He dropped a dope album (Free Agent), a dope mixtape (Ortiz Manifesto), a FreEp (Farewell Summer), and over 50 other songs and freestyles that he killed with ill punch lines and off the wall flows. He worked with artists from the Slaughterhouse crew, to DJ Premiere, Novel, Maino, Ghostface, the Game, John Regan, Playboy Tre, Jean Grae, Mos Def, and more. Honestly a historic year worth of hip hop he unleashed on us
J. Cole
Quest
Joe Budden
XV

Album of Year
Big Boi - Sir Lucious Left Foot - I slept on this for a month or two, then kept it on repeat for a long time after it got me through a long fantasy football draft. Insane production all around, dope guest features, and a bunch of songs that keep you noddin your head.
Eminem - Recovery
Statik Selektah - 100 Proof: The Hangver (added this one, took out Reflection Eternal. Forgot this came out in February)
The Roots - How I Got Over
Skyzoo and Illmind - Live from the Tape Deck


Mixtape of Year
J Cole - Friday Night Lights - Beginning to end, solid as hell. Really cemented Cole as a top 5 artist out right now in my mind, though I have the feeling his albums won't give us the same feeling that his sort of raw, unpolished in points mixtapes have done.
Royce 5'9 - Bar Exam 3
Quest - How Thoughtful
Budden - Mood Muzik 4
XV - Vizzy Zone

Disappointment Album/Mixtape of Year
Drake - Thank Me Later
Foreign Exchange - Authenticity
Ghostface - Apollo Kids
David Banner and 9th Wonder - Death of a Pop Star
Kanye - MBDTF

Rising Star
J Cole
XV
Quest
Nicki
Freddie Gibbs

more later

[DiceMan]

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Here's my 2 cents for it's worth guys...I'm @ work right now so I can't think too clearly...lol.

Album of the Year

Skyzoo & Illmind-Live from the Tape Deck
Styles P & DJ Green Lantern-The Green Ghost Project
Roc Marciano-Marcberg
Black Milk-Album of the Year
Reflection Eternal-Revolutions Per Minute



Artist of the Year
Kanye West (Not even close)



Rookie/newcomer/rising star of the Year


Jay Electronica (No one else even comes close in my eyes)



Best Collabo of the Year

Kanye West & Too Many To Mention- So Appalled
Reflection Eternal, Mos Def, J. Cole & Jay Electronica - Just Begun
Black Milk, Royce da 5'9" & Elzhi-Deadly Melody
Kanye West, Jay-Z & Pete Rock-The Joy
The Roots & Truck North - Walk Alone


Disappointment of the Year

DJ Premier-Get Used To Us
Redman-Redman Presents... Reggie
Little Brother-Left Back
9th Wonder-9th's Opus: It's A Wonderful World Music Group Volume 1
Ski Beatz-24 Hour Karate School

Most Anticipated Album of Next Year

Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch The Throne

[Beantown]

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I find it interesting that you list Kanye as a not even close winner of Artist of the Year, but you don't think his album is one of the five best.

Did he put out a lot of other work that was unrelated to the album this year that I missed? I know a large portion of the Good Friday tracks ended up on the album...did I miss others?

[NDAlum]

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I'm a h8r so I'll just go ahead and post the worst male and female artists:

Male - Kid Cudi
Female - Nikki Minaj or however you spell her name

I literally become angry when I hear them come on and spit hot garbage. Just the thought is actually agitating me.

I'll put a little positive out there as well.

Best mixtapes of the year:

J. Cole - Friday Night Lights
B.O.B. - No Genre

I wasn't a big fan of many albums this year to be honest. I thought Kanye's album was brutal along with Eminem.