Well, it's that time people. Time to have a little fun...after taking a look back at this interesting year in hip hop, we here at GFHH have compiled our lists of Nominees for the Year-End Awards. Although we have our favorites in each category, we're not going to pick winners because we like to think everyone's a winner...(or a loser depending on the category) So without further ado...Here are the "Winners" of the YEAR-END AWARDS....
Album of the Year
American Gangster - Jay Z
Eardrum - Talib Kweli
Graduation - Kanye West
*Little Brother - GetBack (GFHH personal favorite)
Blu & Exile - Below the Heavens
Jesus Price Supastar - Sean Price
Finding Forever - Common
Ghostface - Big Doe Rehab
The Undisputed Truth - Brother Ali
Desire - Pharoahe Monch
Biggest Surprise/Disappointment
Surprise - Kanye Beating 50 in 1st week CD sales. Didn't see that coming.
Disappointment - The fact that The Roots didn't pop off while on Def Jam
Surprise - Cam'ron and Jim Jones at odds...
Disappointment: No albums from M.O.P., no Fugee Reunion
Disappointment: A generation of folks that will only know Favor Flav for his TV show.
Surprise: Jay, Diddy and 50 putting their egos aside (at least for a moment) for the "I Get Money" remix
Hip Hop related News Story of the Year
The Imus flack
The attack on Hip Hop from our own people
Tony Yayo smacking Jimmy Henchman's son then subsequently getting his mom house shot up
T.I. getting arresting for buying enough guns and ammo to take on all of ATL
T.I. choking Chaka Zulu at an event during the BET Awards
Federal agents raiding top mixtape man DJ Drama's office in ATL
Oprah's one-sided town meeting on Hip Hop
Death of Pimp C
Baby and Lil Wayne kissing each in the mouth (because "that's the way the mob does it.")
The UPS is Hiring Award
Young Berg
MIMS
Soulja Boy
J Hood
Tony Yayo
DJ Unk
Best Collabo
Outkast & UGK -International Players Anthem
50 Cent feat. Diddy and Jay Z - I Get Money - Forbes 1,2,3
Kanye West and Dwele - Flashing Lights
Cassidy, Kanye, Ne-Yo - Drink and My 2 Step (remix)
Styles P & Talib Kweli - Testify
Lupe Fiasco & Matthew Santos - Superstar
Scarface & Trey Songz - Girl You Know
Fabolous feat. Ne-Yo - Make Me Better
Swizz Beatz feat. Weezy, Jada and R. Kelly - It's Me Snitches (rmx)
Worst Collabo
Young Berg, Jim Jones and Rich Boy - Sexy Lady Remix
Follow My Lead - 50 Cent ft. Robin Thicke (keep it gully 50, enough of the pop collabos)
Most Slept on Album/Artist
Album - Get Back - Little Brother
Album - Eardrum - Talib Kweli
Album - Below the Heavens - Blu & Exile
Artist - Talib Kweli
Artist - LB
Artist - Pharoahe Monch
Who got next Award
Rich Boy
Papoose
Saigon
Joell Ortiz
Crooked I
Serius Jones
Best/worst/ funniest quotes of the year
"It's gonna be a hot fu*king summer" - Cam'ron
"My album is better than Illmatic" - Saigon
" I have the best album in the past 2 1/2 years. Kanye? Curtis? I'm killing these fools! - David Banner
"We like Jimmy more than we like Cam" - 50 Cent
"Atlanta ain't the South" - Pimp C (R.I.P.)
"Anybody got a problem with me and I'ma make them smell my cologne." Pimp C (R.I.P.)
"Whoever don't like what I'm saying can suck four thousand wee wees." Pimp C (R.I.P.)
"I've Never heard "Midnight Marauders" (By ATCQ), and I don't care to." Lupe Fiasco
"The RZA is like a Hip Hop Hippie right now. Walking around with a guitar and all that." Raekwon
Artist of the Year
Talib Kweli
Kanye West
9th Wonder
Common
Little Brother
Jay-Z
50 Cent
Lil Wayne
T.I.
Ghostface
The "We Don't Believe You, You Need More People" Award
Uncle Murda
Freakey Zekey
Hurricane Chris
Rocco
Club Bangers for 2007
50 Cent - I Get Money
I'm So Hood - DJ Khaled
Jay Z - Roc Boys
Fab - Make Me Better
Trill Fam (Boosie & Webbie) - Wipe Me Down (we can't front, this killed the clubs)
T.I. - Big Things Poppin
Kanye - Can't Tell Me Nothing
Rich Boy - Throw Some D's On It
Hottest "16" of the Year
Andre 3000's verse on International Players Anthem
Jay-Z's 2nd verse on Ignorant Sh*t
Methos Man's verse on Blow Treez on "Red Gone Wild"
Kanye West's verse on the "No One" remix by Alicia Keys
Cassidy's verse on the "Drink and My 2 Step" remix
What/Who We Want To See More Of in 2008
Nas
Joe Budden
More collabs btwn top flight artists from NY/NJ
More Redman
A mentally healthy and lyrical Lauryn Hill
Dame Dash (I miss Dame)
More conscious Hip Hop....we need balance people!
The Clipse/Re-Up Gang
Rappers with reality shows about their families (Run's House, Irv Gotti's Show)
Ja Rule (fu*k it)
More Videos on MTV and BET...
What/Who We Want to See Less Of in 2008
Less rapper beef, more high profile collaborations
Less ringtone rap music
Program directors at radio stations
Superhead
DJ Khaled
T-Pain
Less emphasis on record sales
Rappers with clothing lines and liquor (none of these ni**as can build a community center?)
The "Put a Quarter in your Ass" Award:
(For the person who played themselves the most in '07)
Cam'ron - Do we need to explain?
Cassidy - For telling Jay Z to change his release date
Foxy Brown - For thinking she was a bigger star than what she was .
T.I. - "I got a hundred guns, a hundred clips...."
Most anticipated albums for 2008 (at least the first few months)
Lil Wayne
Nas
Jadakiss
Dr. Dre
Joe Budden
Saigon
OutKast
3 Bold Predictions for 2008
Nas and Jay Z will do an album together produced by DJ Premier
Dr. Dre will finally drop the long awaited 'Detox" album summer of 2008
T.I. won't do a minute in the slammer
A remix of "Self Destruction" will be recorded with some of the biggest artist in Hip Hop
Most Underrated/Overrated MC
Underrated - Kanye West
Overrated - T.I.
Evan= Shan
The main reason I'm posting this is because of the perfect description XXL gave of Ja Rule concerning the last few years.
