GAF-Hop presents: The 2012 Hip-Hop Awards (Results are up!)

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I'd rather listen to those 3 black hippy tracks than the bulk of stuff coming from MMG/GOOD/Whatever other crew you wanna throw up.


Not sure Zulu Guru and Death Grips count, but good shit nonetheless.

I figured someone would say something, so I kept em in the back half so they wouldn't cause too much of a ruckus.

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I'd rather listen to those 3 black hippy tracks than the bulk of stuff coming from MMG/GOOD/Whatever other crew you wanna throw up.
You fuck with death grips though and they released two albums *shrugs*. you already named it, might as well go another mile
 
Rather get my dick sucked than do the sucking myself. But it's cool whatever makes people happy


Edit: I could see them doing an EP to introduce ab, q, and rock to mainstream which would be hilarious

they should theme it on some dazed and confused shit and call it Black Trippy
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I thought you were the guy who never got mad at what other people like? Either way i'm putting LLA in my top five next year unless we get some major surprises, so i'm content with that. It's A$AP's fault for running scared from GKMC anyway.

Just clownin mane.

Not like ASAP is going to win. I mean, I like LongLive a lot, but I hope there's a substantially better hip hop album waiting in 2013.
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Jesus Piece would probably make my biggest flop award. I don't get the love. I just can't get past the corn. Even the Ali Bombye joint. Beat is nice, features is nice, but his blatant Meek biting is too much. Every track is like pure HFCS. Dude is to the point that his new shit tainted his old shit. I can barely even fuck with Documentary these days because it's Game rapping on it.

Big Boi album and Ross would be contenders too. I put more effort into this post then the combined effort of those two albums. Especially Big Boi's. He's got the "any shit that comes out of my mouth must be cool" disease that ate up Snoop Dogg.
 
Big Boi album and Ross would be contenders too. I put more effort into this post then the combined effort of those two albums. Especially Big Boi's. He's got the "any shit that comes out of my mouth must be cool" disease that ate up Snoop Dogg.
Ayo, lmaooo. Can't even disagree with this although that's why I fuck with Snoop :(
 
Big Boi album and Ross would be contenders too. I put more effort into this post then the combined effort of those two albums. Especially Big Boi's. He's got the "any shit that comes out of my mouth must be cool" disease that ate up Snoop Dogg.
Yup, Big Bois album was my most anticipated this year, even over Kendrick, and it just disappointed. Definitely a few bangers on there, but nothing like what I wanted.

Needed more shit like In The A and Gossip.
 
Don't like In the A. One track he did with Phantogram, forget the name, and all the tracks he did with Little Dragon are super dope and my favorites.
 
Tbh, I haven't listened to much this year and I'm not gonna just list shit I liked one or two tracks of

1. Killer Mike - R.A.P Music
2. The Alchemist - Russian Roulette
3. Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid Maad City

Keeping it lean.

Might have to check out Mic Tyson
 
Just clownin mane.

Not like ASAP is going to win. I mean, I like LongLive a lot, but I hope there's a substantially better hip hop album waiting in 2013.
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Jesus Piece would probably make my biggest flop award. I don't get the love. I just can't get past the corn. Even the Ali Bombye joint. Beat is nice, features is nice, but his blatant Meek biting is too much. Every track is like pure HFCS. Dude is to the point that his new shit tainted his old shit. I can barely even fuck with Documentary these days because it's Game rapping on it.

Big Boi album and Ross would be contenders too. I put more effort into this post then the combined effort of those two albums. Especially Big Boi's. He's got the "any shit that comes out of my mouth must be cool" disease that ate up Snoop Dogg.
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oh wow i forgot OF put out a tape last year...huh

all these H&C > GKMC toku votes...i'm taking it as folks being ironic


gaf hop likes q too much, delusional
 
i gotta listen to reks & gibs again to see if they'd rank for me, PD had Ka - Grief Pedigree and i aint even heard of that one

but after the noms im halfway through Sean Price - Mic Tyson and this shit is nice, might have to redo my list a bit

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Especially Big Boi's. He's got the "any shit that comes out of my mouth must be cool" disease that ate up Snoop Dogg.

goddamn, that's gonna stick with me now
 
Albums

#1. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions ; 4 points
#2. 2 Chainz - Based on a Tru Story ; 3 points
#3. Ab-Soul - Control System ; 3 points
#4. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city ; 2 points
#5. Meek Mill - Dreams and Nightmares ; 2 points
#6. Freddie Gibbs - Baby Face Killa ; 2 points
#7. Skeme - Alive & Living ; 1 point
#8. Big Sean - Detroit ; 1 point
#9. Future - Pluto ; 1 point
#10. Big K.R.I.T. - Live from the Underground ; 1 point

Miscellaneous

Artist/Group of the Year - Schoolboy Q / Black Hippy
Producer of the Year - Mike Will Made It
Rookie of the Year - Deniro Farrar
Feature Killer of the Year - 2 Chainz
Biggest Surprise - Meek Mill - Dreams and Nightmares
Biggest Disappointment - Mellowhype - Numbers

Song of the Year - Skeme ft. Schoolboy Q - Kidz With Gunz
Verse of the Year - Kendrick Lamar - m.A.A.d city
 
i gotta listen to reks & gibs again to see if they'd rank for me, PD had Ka - Grief Pedigree and i aint even heard of that one

but after the noms im halfway through Sean Price - Mic Tyson and this shit is nice, might have to redo my list a bit

You'd like Grief Pedigree. Its a good album. Just has no energy. Too monotone for me lol. I'm vaguely considering finding a place for reloaded on my list. I havent given it enough time (speaking of monotone)

as for Mic Tyson, me n Des were spewing praise for it, ol wait n see ass...
 
I'd vote Q over Kendrick simply because the bulk of Q's songs can be listened to standalone from the album.
This is probably the biggest thing working against GKMC. Plus the highs on H&C are much higher (Druggies Wit Hoes Again, Nightmare on Figg. St., Sacrilegious, There He Go, etc.). Kendrick just gets a lot of bonus points for being more cohesive, and having a great theme that's delivered great.

I have already accepted I will go back to H&C more.
 
36 chambers has how many tracks with every member? 1? 2? The year had incredible Q and Kendrick tracks, Ab-Soul and Q tracks, Kendrick and Jay Rock...
So you are really going to compare a group of 9 rappers to a group of 4 lol. Okay. Plus Wu-tang is a collective group. You notice Kendrick and them only use Black Hippy when it is all 4 of them together. They don't make a track with just Soul and Q and call it a black hippy track, because it isn't. But whatever, make sure yall come up for some air while yall are down there
This is probably the biggest thing working against GKMC. Plus the highs on H&C are much higher (Druggies Wit Hoes Again, Nightmare on Figg. St., Sacrilegious, There He Go, etc.). Kendrick just gets a lot of bonus points for being more cohesive, and having a great theme that's delivered great.

I have already accepted I will go back to H&C more.

Pretty much.
 
i gotta listen to reks & gibs again to see if they'd rank for me, PD had Ka - Grief Pedigree and i aint even heard of that one

but after the noms im halfway through Sean Price - Mic Tyson and this shit is nice, might have to redo my list a bit

also:



goddamn, that's gonna stick with me now

Also listen to Lo-Fi Finghaz by Gensu Dean, and if you didn't that Black Belt Theatre goes hard as fuck too. Reks put out two albums. Duality is the best Odd Future featured thing to drop this year. Skyzoo also dropped some nice shit.
 
I originally had a larger write up for everything...but browser lost it somehow..so yeah it's a bit more lazy.

Ab-Soul - Control System; 4 Points
I have done a lot of flip-flopping on this album. Some days I think it is really great, while other days I think it is boring. There's something about Ab-Soul's flow that kind of bothers me,but regardless I feel like it forces me to pay attention to what he is saying and it's definitely worth it. This guy knows the most random ass shit, I swear. Who else would think about making a song around the Bohemian Grove? He is definitely an asshole though, but one that makes me laugh a bit especially with just little one lines such as "Oh you the kid? I'm Joseph Kony". I felt a little bit bad after laughing after that line, but either way I feel like Ab-Soul really proved himself with this project, he even touches on some subjects that are rarely talked about within rap(like kendrick did with S.80) with the song Double Standard.

Top 3 Favorite Tracks - SOPA, Mixed Emotions, and Double Standards

Killer Mike - RAP Music; 3 Points
I honestly didn't I would enjoy this album throughout this whole year. Something about albums with instant gratification tend to get old for me, but nope not with this album. I enjoy it just as much as I did day one. Killer Mike is destroying these track and stays switching up his flow in every track. I'm also really impressed with El-P did with the beats on this album. I think both of them might have a bit of a resurgence in their career this year or at least I hope so.


Top 3 Favorite Tracks - Southern Fried, Don't Die, and Big Beast

Troy Ave - Bricks in My Backpack 3; 3 Points
I have a really odd love for this project. There's just a lot of things I love about it. He reminds me of a mix between 50 cent and Clipse. I'm sure he is self aware of that too because of the references he tends to make to both of them. He is full of charisma and his ad-libs have me cracking up so much. Troy Ave definitely deserves to be mentioned up there with up and coming NY rappers to me. Just an entertaining coke rapper. Ain't no business like snow business.

Top 3 Favorite Tracks - Cokeamania, Red Cup, and Snow

Captain Murphy - Duality; 2 Points
This came out of nowhere for me. I never really listened to the tracks he released this year and while I like Flying Lotus, I don't check for him like that. I pretty much went into this with zero expectations and what I got out of it was this hilarious personality created. This is really just filled with a lot of quotable references, dope beats, and rhymes just shitting on rappers. What I really love about it too is how well the beats flow together. I'd easily recommend this to fans of MF Doom.

Top 3 Favorite Tracks - Between Friends, The Killing Joke, and Mighty Morphin Foreskin

Ka - Grief Pedigree; 2 Points
This is pretty much nostalgia rap of the 90s. Ka can definitely be monotone, but I feel like his rhymes are so good he always is catching my ear to pay attention to what he says next. He comes off like an old wise dealer who just stuck to what he knows how to do best because other things didn't work out for him. His rhymes are just filled with imagery.

Top 3 Favorite Tracks - No Downtime, Iron Age, and Decisions

Dom Kennedy - The Yellow Album; 2 Points
Dom Kennedy isn't a great rapper, nor does he really try to be, but I would be lying if I said he didn't entertain me. This album has some really great sounding beats and Dom Kennedy does enough to make them even more hype with his occasional ridiculous lines. I don't really ever feel like his verses make listening to this unbearable. Oh and there's a great Too Short feature on here too

Top 3 Favorite Tracks - Been Thuggin, We Ball, and Don't Call Me
Deniro Farrar - Destiny.altered; 2 Points

Deniro manages to deliver an album coupling dark, paranoid, schizophrenic raps with somewhat experimental future-garage trap beats that match the large ambiance of his topics with a bass-driven wall of sound. Deniro is special because of his ability to meld the introspective with the shallow and then mold the subsequent contradiction into something interesting.
Yeah, lazy, but I agree with this


Top 3 Favorite Tracks - No First Night Sex, They Don't Come, and Faith in Something

Schoolboy Q - Habits and Contradictions; 1 Point
Great album, a bit uneven, but the highs are so high it doesn't bother me at all. I feel like Q really step it up with this album when it comes to beats and his flow. It'd be interesting to see how much he improves on his next album. Either way I am definitely a fan after this especially since his previous album was only used as audio nyquil for me.

Top 3 Favorite Tracks - Sacrilegious, Sexting, and Druggys With Hoes Again

Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid, Maad City; 1 Point
Obviously this is a great album, but like some great movies I don't feel the need to rewatch them all the time. I rather watch Drunken Master 2 than go back to Requiem for a Dream.

Top 3 Favorite Tracks - Money Trees, Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe, and Maad City

Shawn Chrystopher - Lovestory; 1 Point
I don't really know much about this guy, but he put together a really incredibly chill project that isn't boring to me at all. Has some great beats on here and he tends to mix up his flow so the project doesn't come off too mellow. It helps that it isn't that long of a mixtape either, it ends before you get tired of it.

Top 3 Favorite Tracks - Htown, One of My Homies, and Hi(gh)



Man of the Year - 2Chainz
Sorry, I just don't care bout no ratings Kendrick's album got. 2Chainz was simply everywhere this year. Kendrick simply didn't standout, not that it's a bad thing but he waited in the shadows and let his project speak for itself, but besides that album. I see nothing else he has done to deserve it. 2chainz had Black Thought acting as his hypeman/sidekick aka 2 Ribbons. 2 Chainz songs and such was referenced a lot within mainstream and underground. His presence was simply felt throughout the whole year and that is what qualifies as man of the year for me.

Producer of the Year- Mike Will Made It
This was his year without a doubt. Dude produced so many singles this year that ran hip-hop radio. He is easily one of the most sought out producers and it is looking like 2013 is already beginning great since he produced French Montana and Wayne's next hit.

Feature Killer of the Year - Danny Brown
I don't feel like making links for all his features again :(, but here is a link I found to all the songs with youtube.
 
okay so Sean Price might make the list, Grief pedigree was nice but escha called it, shit was mad monotone (dont say shit @ guru tguys)

on Des' say-so, Lo-Fi Fingahz is nice. gonna hit up the other ones he mentioned if i get time tonight, list might really need some revising...i love big boi but he might fall off
 
Feel guilty about not spending enough time on Reloaded. May need more listens to come around on it, i was busy as hell when it dropped and didnt give it the time out of the car.
 
Man, more peoples need to be showing Cartoons and Cereal love. Shit's at the very least on par with the best on good kid.
 
1. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
2. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
3. Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
4. Freddie Gibbs - Baby Face Killa
5. 2 Chainz - Based on a Tru Story
6. Big K.R.I.T. - Live from the Underground
7. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music


Those are the only albums I remember right now.
 
1. Schoolboy Q - Habits & Contradictions
2. Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
3. Big Boi - Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors
4. Freddie Gibbs - Baby Face Killa
5. 2 Chainz - Based on a Tru Story
6. Big K.R.I.T. - Live from the Underground
7. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music


Those are the only albums I remember right now.

Could HnC edge out GKMC?
 
I admit, it's going to be a lot closer than I thought it'd be. I thought it'd be a GKMC win easy, with RAP Music second, but damn Q be eatin.
 
Going to throw up an early SOTY list for me.

1. Goldie - A$AP Rocky
2. Hands on the Wheel - Schoolboy Q feat. A$AP
3. Cartoons and Cereal - Kendrick Lamar Feat. Gunplay
4. Money Trees - Kendrick Lamar Feat. Jay Rock
5. Take Dis - Gunplay
6. Mercy - GOOD Music
7. I Got This - Big KRIT
8. Bloody Murdah - Rittz
9. Gossip - Big Boi Feat. UGK & Big KRIT
10. Terrorist Threats - Ab-Soul feat. Danny Brown
 
HnC won't win because even though everyone put HnC as number 1, everyone put GKMC as number 2.

But out of everyone who put GKMC as number 1, barely anyone put HnC as anything higher than 1 point, if at all.

I added it up real fast, and GKMC has about 130 votes, HnC has about 80. I don't think anything else is even close to HnC though so it'll probably get second... which is honestly surprising.

Like, I know I'm a Q stan but I didn't know he resonated so well across all of you guys too. It's kinda bizarre because I feel like it's only a small handful who ever even mention him in the thread.
 
Album of the Year

1.) Childish Gambino - Royalty
2.) Chance The Rapper - #10 Day
3.) Macklemore X Ryan Lewis - The Heist
4.) Kendrick Lamar - GKMC
5.) GOOD Music - Cruel Summer
6.) Mega Ran - Language Arts
7.) Murs and Fashawn - This Generation
8.) DeStorm - Be Careful

Song of the Year

1.)Rip - Childish Gambino ft. Bun B
2.) Can't Hold Us - Macklemore ft. Ray Dalton
3.) Finally Free - Destorm ft. Talib Kweli
4.) Windows - Chance The Rapper ft. Alex Wiley and Akenya Seymour
5.) Poetic Justice - Kendrick Lamar ft. Drake
 
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