Welcome to the 2011 HipHopDX Year End Awards. For the last decade, this is when we acknowledge the year, honor its triumphs and uglier moments, and begin our own celebrations leading up to another exciting year giving you the best in Hip Hop.
From December 19 to December 23, the editors at HipHopDX will update this every day with new category winners. Congratulations to the winners and runners-up and may all of our readers have a safe and happy holiday season.
Awards Schedule
Day 1 – Monday Dec 19
Day 2 – Tuesday Dec 20
Day 3 – Wednesday Dec 21
Day 4 – Thursday Dec 22
Day 5 – Friday Dec 23
Emcee of the Year
Tech N9ne
Nobody in 2011 deserved to win this honor more than Kansas City veteran Tech N9ne. Tech released two acclaimed albums this year and appeared in several high-profile places, with All 6’s & 7’s proving to be his magnum opus. As Rap drifted towards limp lyricism and swagger over substance, Tecca Nina’s “chopping” was a rude awakening that it should take precision to be an emcee. Meanwhile, the subject matter on Tech’s two releases, as well as profiled features with the likes of Lil Wayne, Jay Rock and Travis Barker was both personal and inspirational to his hundreds of thousands of “technicians.” With the traditional label system is in limbo, Tech N9ne’s 20 years of grinding have scraped the face off the industry as we knew it.
Runners Up
Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick “penetrated the hearts of good kids and criminals” with his verses.
Freddie Gibbs
Among his peers, Freddie Gibbs single-handedly keeps lyrical Gangsta Rap alive in the skinny-jeans era.
Trend We’d Like To See Die
White People Justifying Their Use
of the N-Word
Honestly, it’s kind of embarrassing to have to write this. But it’s entirely possible that a whole generation missed Q-Tip’s treatise on this matter on Midnight Marauders’ “Sucka Nigga.” With or without an “er” at the end, this word carries a ton of negative history with it. Whether or not you see a grilled-out white chick mouthing the word in ASAP Rocky’s “Purple Swag” video or even secretly say it in your car alone while singing along to Jay-Z & Kanye’s platinum hit, have the common sense not to pull a V-Nasty and assume you have license to use it yourself. Even if you have black friends that address you with this word (another matter entirely), it’s still probably not cool. Because at worst, you might get beat the fuck up, and even at best, you’ll look like more of an idiot than the kids on the Clayton Bigsby skit from the now defunct Chappelle’s Show. Hi, Vanessa!
Runners Up
College Rap
Tom Hanks and Tommy Hilfiger, come pick up your sons. The only Sam Adams we care about is seasonal.
Twitter Tantrums
“It comes off as tacky, unsophisticated, and it’s just not G.”
Slept-On Album of the Year
Action Bronson’s Dr. Lecter
As 2011 comes to a close, Action Bronson is finally on the brink of fame. The Queens burly-man with a Ghostface twang had a slow build throughout 2011. There is no question about it that 2012 will be Bronson’s year. Before that happens though, it’s important to remember that his debut project Dr. Lecter started it all. An admitted foodie and chef, Bronson handles his Rap with food-inspired cuts like “Brunch” and “Shiraz” while mentioning top-dollar eats like truffles. If ‘Ye and Jay can mention Margiela, then Bronson responds with foie gras. It’s not all food talk though; Bronson toughens up with perverse lyrics about the ladies, the streets, and everything in between over-the-top ’90s-minded production from Tommy Mas. As much as he makes us hungry with his verses, these rhymes also feed the Hip Hop soul.
Runners Up
Blueprint’s Adventures In Counter-Culture
Blueprint’s beautiful commentary on life, perseverance and industry in Adventures In Counter-Culture mixed great music with Hot Topic-approved subject-matter.
Thurz’s L.A. Riot
The former U.N.I. emcee channeled the anger, hurt and hate of the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 and made them tangible to everybody with speakers or headphones in 2011.
Producer of the Year
Big K.R.I.T.
As one of the year’s most impactful emcees, Mississippi native Big K.R.I.T.’s production equally astounded us this year. Soulful chops, hard bass and scribbled scratches show K.R.I.T. is influenced by Organized Noize, Pimp C and DJ Toomp. Moreover, in addition to his second album-worthy masterpiece in ReturnOf4Eva, Krilzle stepped in to assist T.I., Ludacris and Smoke DZA with sounds that made outstanding marks in their catalogs. J. Cole, Blu and Kanye West aren’t the only talented ’00s emcees who are also sought after for their sounds.
Runners Up
Clams Casino
New Jersey’s Clams Casino was another exciting new face and sound, bringing blown-out bass to Hip Hop and helping Mac Miller, Lil B and ASAP Rocky sound unique in a crowded climate.
Nottz
Veteran Nottz assisted Pusha T, Rapper Big Pooh and an EP with Asher Roth, providing some of his best work to date in a 16 year career of trunk-knocking basslines.
Tour of the Year
Jay-Z & Kanye West’s Watch The Throne Tour
While the best records of 2011 may have been about everyday life, the best shows were theaters of escape. Without opening acts and entourages in the wings, Jay-Z and Kanye West stole the stage with a stripped-down show of beats and rhymes, and royal declarations. As some performances reportedly had multiple displays of the same song, along with a massive marketing campaign like the days of old, the decadence was still in effect, as two of Rap’s blazers hit the trails once more.
Runners Up
Rock the Bells
Rock The Bells’ classic album-sets created the nostalgia of yesteryear with key Hip Hop pairings like Nas and AZ, Black Moon, and Black Star. The tour also featured performances by Lauren Hill, Mobb Deep, GZA, Raekwon, and Cypress Hill.
Hip Hop & Love
Murs and the Blu Roc crew brought their own smoked out basement party to 52 cities across the U.S. of A. with an array of sounds, all held together with Ski Beatz and the Senseis’ masterful instrumentation. The tour featured performances by Murs, Ski Beatz, tabi Bonney, McKenzie Eddy, and Da$h.
Comeback of the Year
Common
After the letdown of 2008’s Universal Mind Control, Common made the album that fans had been yearning for in The Dreamer, The Believer. The full reunion with No I.D. honed Comm’s range, and let the lyrics elevate for the Chicago icon. Comm made a major comeback, just as he has before (Be) and proved why he deserves to be considered as one of the greatest emcees of the last 20 years. Sometimes going back to the blueprint that made you meaningful to listeners is the best move an artist can make after 20 years of album-making.
Runners Up
Royce Da 5’9
Eminem and Royce Da 5’9 finished what Bad Meets Evil started in the late ’90s. The Shady Records CEO helped the one-time major label castaway earn a gold plaque and reach the mainstream masses with his brand of arrogant lyricism.
2 Chainz
2 Chainz helped himself grow by losing the “Tity Boi” moniker and bringing the personality that he’s long carried in interviews to feature verses and his two mixtapes.
Verse of the Year
Kendrick Lamar in “HiiiPower”
“Who said a Black man in the Illuminati? / Last time I checked, that was the biggest racist party.” Lyrical smart-bombs from Kendrick Lamar made this J. Cole-produced single a true benchmark of excellence this year. The post-racial America themes, and finger-on-the-pistol imagery at play on this Section.80 single helped bring many listeners to the album, along with its brooding beat and charged chorus. Additionally, K-Dot’s mixture of hope and paranoia was very parallel to the zeitgeist of 2011. As the songwriter said, “I won’t sugar-coat it / You’d die from diabetes if these other niggas wrote it.” Food for thought, bitches.
Runners Up
Pharoahe Monch in “Evolve”
A similar sentiment, largely directed at the Hip Hop community in Pharoahe Monch‘s “Evolve,” was a high-point in his stellar W.A.R. album.
Tech N9ne in “Interlude”
With truly dazzling and autobiographical wordplay, Tech N9ne took center-stage on Lil Wayne‘s Carter IV interlude.
Non-Hip Hop Album of the Year
Frank Ocean’s Nostalgia, Ultra
Having written songs for artists like Beyoncé, John Legend, and even Justin Bieber, Odd Future‘s lead songbird had his own debut project shelved by his label. Once his disgruntled demeanor turned to full-on anger, Mr. Frank Ocean put the album out on his Tumblr page. Nostalgia, Ultra is everything a project should be for a man who endured a terrible breakup, has self-diagnosed synesthesia (the ability to see sound in colors), and can write lyrics from the deepest walls of his heart. While “Novacane” was a track about begging for numbness, Ocean’s fan base felt everything he was saying. Even Hip Hop’s vets joined the movement, as Ocean appeared on Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s Watch the Throne, and Ocean is working with Nas on new music as well. Of course, there are the collabs with his OFWGKTA constituents, but for a guy who sings abstract Soul, Frank Ocean gets the major Hip Hop cosign.
Runners Up
Adele’s 21
Adele’s heartbreaking work impressed everybody at HipHopDX, bringing vocal power back into the mainstream.
TV On The Radio’s Nine Types of Light
This was another melodic masterpiece for the veteran Brooklyn group who’s veered into Hip Hop before, courtesy of El-P, Beans and Wale‘s debut.
Disappointing Album of the Year
Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers
Lasers isn’t so much an inherently bad album, as it is a bad Lupe Fiasco album. Hearing the emcee we marveled at as he flipped double entendres, similes and alliterations on “Go Go Gadget Flow,” resort to mailed in verses with Trey Songz hooks was rather confounding. Perhaps the only thing worse was watching Lupe change course by blaming this collection of watered-down singles on Atlantic Records, only to later celebrate the moderate commercial success Lasers achieved. But between the reception of Friend of The People, and his Grammy nomination concert performance alongside Common, LL Cool J, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel and Scorpio, and his efforts in the Occupy Wall Street movement, we’re pretty sure the dude who found something to rhyme with Zach Galifianakis is still around and more than capable. It’s just a damn shame he was rarely found on Lasers.
Runners Up
Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter IV
Weezy F. kept us all waiting a little too long for too little for C4. Despite being 2011’s best-seller Rap album with a bullet, this work was all over the place, figuring out “How To Love.”
Blu’s N o Y o r k
Staff favorite Blu went rogue on Sire/Warner Brothers and self-released N o Y o r k—an action as puzzling as the music.
Rising Star of the Year
Action Bronson
As new movements have popped out of the West, South and even in New York, Action “Bam Bam” Bronson was a pleasure to watch and listen to for fans of ’90s Big Apple Hip Hop, and just gritty music in general. The Queens native made two albums this year and rose the ranks to becoming one of Hip Hop’s most desired collaborators. To hear Dr. Lecter or Well Done is to love Bronson. His culinary skills and self-deprecation may draw comparisons to others before him, but this likable figure of Rap was a welcomed anchor to what we’ve always loved about the genre in a wind of change.
Runners Up
Tyler, The Creator
Tyler, The Creator’s unpredictable show antics and say-anything freedom felt refreshing this last year, along with a jaw-dropping video.
Jon Connor
Flint, Michigan’s Jon Connor built a movement before our eyes, and mobbed his way into the ears of many with hard-nosed raps at a pace that would make Tupac Shakur jealous.
Story of the Year
The Unexpected Passing of Beloved Hip Hop Artists
Death in Hip Hop led the headlines again this year. The morning of March 16 proved particularly shocking, as 213’s Nate Dogg died from stroke complications. The former Death Row Records singer who had been involved in so many classic singles had been battling health issues for years. As Hip Hop embraces the health movement, Nate’s passing, the untimely death of Heavy D and Rick Ross’ seizure were wake-up calls to action.
Runners Up
Mister Cee Busted
Big Daddy Kane deejay-turned Notorious B.I.G. mentor-turned-HOT 97 mainstay Mister Cee’s arrest further moved the discussion of Hip Hop’s acceptance of the GLBTQ community.
Prodigy Tells All
Mobb Deep’s Prodigy shook up some Queens streets matters in his book, My Infamous Life, resulting in some curious revelations about N.O.R.E., Jay-Z and others.
Collaboration of the Year
Lil Wayne featuring Tech N9ne, Andre 3000, Bun B, Nas, Shyne & Busta Rhymes on “Interlude”
Weezy’s Tha Carter IV was met with a lukewarm response, as fans and haters alike expected more from the fourth installment of Lil Wayne’s “Carter” series. However, woven throughout the album are these interludes that take some of the heaviest hitters in Rap and drop them in the midst of this hookless cypher that hooks anyone who listens.
Someone from Tech N9ne’s camp as an act of genius, put all of the interludes together as one song. And voila! It became the best song on the album. While Wayne opens the deconstructed interlude, Tech N9ne joins in with his signature ferocity, Andre 3000 proceeds and the others follow suit for what can arguably be 2011’s first classic track. See? Lil Wayne gets the glory and only did half of the work.
Runners Up
Common featuring Nas on “Ghetto Dreams”
Two early ’90s Rap vets came together in a big way on The Dreamer, The Believer, with nods to both emcees’ essence and evolution.
Pusha T featuring Tyler, The Creator on “Trouble On My Mind”
Skateboards and Ziplocks work together, when you have two dope emcees who both seemed to actually make this far-reaching collaboration feel authentic.
Album of the Year
Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80
For the first time in HipHopDX history, a digital album topped our yearly nod. Compton, California’s Kendrick Lamar made a summer smash in Section.80 that rocked right through December. Lamar’s lyrical versatility and smart-while-seeming-apathetic style made him a staff and reader favorite in 2011. Tracks like “Fuck Your Ethnicity,” “HiiiPower” and “A.D.H.D.” were soundtracks to the movements of the last 12 months. The social commentary found in these songs resonated with the hearts and minds of many – including early supporters in Tech N9ne, Game and Drake. In the face of big budget albums from Jay-Z and Kanye West as well as Drizzy and Lil Wayne, this indie project’s honesty and fledgling cast of features and producers made it a charming, energetic and informed listen. At just 24, K-Dot is wise beyond his years and transmitted that knowledge with some incredibly dope stylings from the Top Dawg Entertainment family.
Runners Up
The Roots’ undun
Black Thought, ?uestlove and the gang made a conceptual masterpiece that scored a perfect rating from DX and proved to be an appropriate soundtrack to many of the year’s headlines and attitudes.
Phonte’s Charity Starts At Home
Phonte’s skillful solo debut, Charity Starts At Home, also affirmed that 2011’s finest albums were not about wealth and prestige, but about self-empowerment, struggle and the everyman lifestyle.
Readers’ Choice Album of the Year
Game’s The R.E.D. Album
By a margin of over 500 votes, another Compton rapper, Game, made the reader-favorite for 2011. R.E.D. was a star-studded album, that attempted the concept and executed the blueprint that the onetime Dr. Dre protege is known for. Dre’s narration on the album, along with Game’s odes to Hip Hop, his street gang and extra-terrestrials made this a stylized listen, with some timely recognition of Kendrick Lamar and Tyler, the Creator. Just under 15,000 voters participated in this year’s election, and an album that staff also championed took this year’s honor.
Runners Up
Tech N9ne’s All 6’s & 7’s
The Kansas City kingpin may be known for his underground status, but his biggest-sounding and best-selling album to date resonated with readers, especially with its emphasis on powerful songwriting and delivery.
Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80
Readers agreed with the staff: K-Dot stays “overly dedicated” to his craft and was among the best of the best in a year of transition.
Video of the Year
Tyler, The Creator’s “Yonkers”
Getting to know Odd Future in ’11 was enhanced so much by the video for Tyler, The Creator’s single “Yonkers.” Like the good ol’ days of Yo! MTV Raps, the self-directed video only brought the lyrics’ attitude to the screen, with splashy visuals to complement the hard bassline: vomiting, cockroaches and even the Los Angeles emcee hanging himself. This video got DX all kinds of excited about Goblin, and like last year’s “Earl” vid, affirmed that anything-goes attitude that has made OFWGKTA so fun to watch, and so essential to bringing some excitement back into Rap.
Runners Up
Jay-Z & Kanye West’s “Otis”
‘Ye and Jay made a simple-but-effective video that predicted the fate of the Maybach (‘Ye’s other, other Benz).
Beastie Boys’ “Make Some Noise”
The Beasties made a star-studded return that not only poked fun at the Rap pioneers’ earliest visuals, but upheld their reputation as music video masters of concept.
Previous Year End Awards
The 2010 Year End Awards
The 2009 Year End Awards
The 2008 Year End Awards
Can’t argue with the emcees of the year.
Thursday results gonna have to be Jon Connor
Tech had a good year but Kendrick and K.R.I.T impressed me most. Everything else is spot on though.
Wtf kendrick should have won that shit or big krit
yeah Big KRIT didn’t even get runner up ,wtf
V-Nasty sucks bad. Agree with all three of these.
this was not even close…. Kendrick Lamar was my MC of the year.
all one has to do is listen to Section 80 and Overly Dedicated or any of his freestyles. he is the future .
Ahoo Ahoo Ahoo!! TECH N9NE!!!!!!
Faggot of the year award goes to: Drake and the whole cash money
drakes album was dope. I bet if Drake was affiliated with TDE or signed to Rhymesayers he’d be respected tons more. This is coming from someone who’s other top albums of the year would be Undun, Return of 4Eva, Section 80,and The Dreamer/The Believer (yea already copped it and have played it 3 times over)
Totally agree with using the n word being offensive, but Im sorry, if you are quoting something, you are quoting it.
Action Bronson is rapidly becoming one of my favourite MC’s of recent times. While a lot of fags might want to accuse him of biting ghost, I’d rather he bit, had some crazy workrate and kept the material sounding 100% Hip Hop than, gay parade on some wack shit like drake, young money and the rest of those virus’ destroying the credibility of hip hop music.
SHUT UP U TROLL HIS WACK N U KNO IT IF U WASNT UR BUDDIES BUDDIES U WOULDNT GIVE TWO SHITS U HOMO ASS FUCK
tech n9ne hell yea no one deserves it more than tech!!
Tech N9ne deserved that award. Nice choice DX.
Tech nine is good, but he is stating to become overrated. Dud is not THAT nice. he’s not even better than twista.
lol…….Tech mixes flows better than Twista, is more lyrical, and has way more variety between songs. The only thing Twista has on Tech is top speed.
How can you say that? His subject matter alone without taking in metaphors, rhyme schemes and unique delivery have totally eclipsed rappers this year. Twista is faster and that’s it. Name one MC this year who has done better than tech
**Twista is faster and that’s it. Name one MC this year who has done better than tech***
MadChild of Swollen Members, not only one of the best mc’s in the game he makes tech look infantile. Also as far as doing more this year how about his 3 solo albums including mixtape produced by madlib, two group albums and a killer tour? metaphores, rhyme schemes and overall lyrical acrobatics, mc battles, no one can touch MadChild. & before the haters who have never even heard one of his verses start in check out swollen members and madchild, and if ur objective n not ridin any one rappers dick there is no argument about skill, whether they ur type of hip-hop or not Need more evidence….. Rock Steady Crew….
(AND YES I’M A HUGE TECH FAN just can look at this objectively and not go for my favorite mc)
once upon a time in hip-hop cats used to recognize skill of an mc, whether they were fan or not
once upon a time in hip-hop cats used to recognize skill of an mc, whether they were fan or not.
^^^
Once upon a time MC of the year meant best rapper for that year, not a lifetime acheivment award. I recognize his skill. Just don’t think he is MC of the year, esp with Kendrick Lamar and Phonte out there.
DWAMMMMM!!TECHHHHH N9NE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To bad you guys never put shit up from college rappers so everyone can hear how talented a lot of them are. Kinetics and One Love, Logic, Chris Webby, Mike Stud, OnCue, even Sam Adams got more skill and lyrical content in one mixtape than most the shitty artists on here have had their entire careers. Thats the only problem with this article, other than that I agree with everything, Tech is my favorite rapper of all time and he defs deserves to be MC of the year. Good call
Sam Adams sucks…
Sam Adams & Chris Webby are awful, the others I never heard of
Quit Cryin
Haters and ignorant fucks, all think they got a monopoly on taste. they jerkin off jammin lil wayne and wanna act like every mc they haven’t heard of is whack
OnCue’s not bad. Chris webby and sam adams are trash though
Agree with everything but in my opinion Thurz shoulda won and Bronson runner up. Also Donald Glover told white people to use the N word. HaHaHa
bronsonelli and tech, dx lookin good so far
Tech9!!! http://www.youtube.com/moguljam
Bronson shoulda been a runner up for mc of the year too…..2 good albums in a year
Glad to see Blueprint getting some recognition
Tech N9ne deserved it not only because of how good this last year has been for him, but because of all the years that he has been overlooked and shunned by the main stream. I’m happy that DX gave it to him, it’s a great way to honor his long career as a rapper. Kendrick has a lot more time he will when emcee of the year in the next few years
Can’t wait to see verse of the year…
SLEPT-ON ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Action Bronson’s Dr. Lecter
I agree with this.
freddie gibbs is the emcee of the year! what the fuck? and HipHop DX, his verse on scottie pippen = best of the year. dont fuck that one up too…
How about this… everyone stop using the word ‘nigga’!
‘Nigga’ is like the Country Club of words. It’s off limits to certain people. Way to perpetuate the use of reverse discrimination! You use a word as a term of endearment in a society that is NO LONGER SEGREGATED and eventually the lines are going to blur on who is allowed and who isn’t allowed to use it. This shit is stupid now. I hear white people use ‘nigga’ all the time and no one down here in South Florida gives a fuck. It seems like white media personalities aren’t allowed to use it but black people are free to discriminate as they see fit. I’m not saying black people are racists and white people aren’t, I’m saying everyone’s a little bit racist. It stems from misunderstanding. But in a modern area where the population is mixed, you rarely see this type of aggressive racist behavior anymore. People say what they want and as long as it’s with good intentions or understood that it’s meant to be humorous (throw in some self degredation) then it’s usually all good. The media drives this supposed wedge as deep as they can to keep the masses seperate. Why? At the end of the day, the only color that matters is green. Poor black people and poor white people have more in common with each other than they do with rich people of their same race. So shit like ‘nigga’ is a way to keep the masses uneasy around each other.
But if you douchebags at HipHopDx are so against the use of the word, quit USING it yourselves. You’re all Yearbook Club NIGGAS anyway. Nerds.
and that’s the truth DX Jewish goof motherfucking child molesters!
white ppl r racist – black ppl are prejudice. there is a difference. aside from that i do agree
And eLZhi doesn’t get an honorable mention?
he bodied that mixtape over the Illmatic beats
Wale: Ambition…most disappointing album of the year, OR Watch The Throne…they we’re both aight but just didnt deliver what i expected outta them
honestly somebody need award from this years of nothing. bad vs evil a high pitched white boy over boring beats…and that the album of year right fuck a hip hop aint no more i only but old school hip hop and r and b
what the fuck are you talking about? learn to speak english please.
Firstly check your motherfucking englis… All I got from that paragraph of garbage is that u hating on one of the decades top 5 rappers.. U probably know fuck-all bout hip hop if u reckon hell the sequel sucked. HATER
Slept On Album of the Year: Dom Kennedy – From the Westside With Love II
Trend that needs 2die: Skinny jeans/swagg movement. shits gay
That’s a mixtape Dunny.
Dunny, that was his first commercial album
WSGT$!!!!!!!
YELAWOLF RADIOACTIVE
BAD MEETS EVIL EP
FUCK LIL WAYNE AND FUCK JAY Z
RAAAAAAANDYYYYY!!!!!
Radioactive was the biggest joke ever. Fucking TERRIBLE! And i actually kind of liked Trunk muzik. LOL
good look on choosing tech, DX. the man deserves it over anyone.
i agree with the dude down there about how you guys dont support college rappers. You probably wouldn’t have even supported mac miller if Premo hadnt cosigned him or if xxl didnt name him as a freshman. Theres tons of talented dudes in college that rap.
I’m not a fan of sam adams either really but he has a huge following and actually does have some bars. Webby, Logic, Tayyib Ali, OnCue all have serious skill and its a shame you guys just skip over that. A so-called hip hop website dissing people who are hip hop.. and you post a ton of garbage rappers on here, thats why ive stopped coming here for my music, get your game up and actually listen to the message
Tech N9ne is a beast lyrically. Very few can hang with him. I have yet to check out Action Bronson’s album, but he’s been solid on the tracks I’ve heard him featured on. Not sure what’s meant by/wrong with ‘College Rap’, though.
thank you talking about the college rap thing.
Verse of the year haS to be Kendrick Lamar’s on The Game’s “The City” track. That K-Dot kid is a legend in the making!
I agree that white folks shouldn’t use the N-word, but how hyprocritical are we (blacks) when we use it? What we’re basically saying is “you can’t degrade us, we’ll do it on our own.”
And for the most part, yall do a great job at it
white rappers using the N word? who cares, aint nothing new. Its only being made a big deal because a white female said it. twiztid has used in atleast 3 songs- 2nd hand smoke, diemuthaf*ckadie, and gothic chick. while as on ill bill’s hour of reprisal he has a track called white n*gg*r and uses the word through out the song.
Twiztid is trash, and Ill Bill is using it in a thoughtful concept.
Best Verse: NAS on OUTRO
(btw. only song ive ever listened to more than once on Carter 4, and one of the only songs i pumped like 100 times in a row)
NAS!
TechN9ne was pro he deserved it and also V-Nasty is complete garbage.
The trend we’d like to see die should’ve been YMCMB.
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agreed …
all you idiots talking like these things are objective (ie “[insert rapper] had the best verse of the year hands down!!!” are idiots.
No one cares what you think bitch
Action is the TRUTH
U STUPID TROLL HE TALKS ABOUT WEED N BITCHES AINT NO TRUTH IN THAT ONLY TYPE OF PERSON THAT TALKS ABOUT THAT IS A BITCH U DUMB FUCK STOP REPLYIN ON HERE WHEN U KNO UR BRONSONS HOMIE U FAKE ASS FUCK
good for Tech, he deserves this recognition
Emcee of the Year: Raekwon
Trend We’d Like to See Die:
Wannabe Hip-Hop/Skateboarder
Slept-On Album of the Year: Saigon(G.S.N.T.)
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Emcee of the Year: Tech N9ne,
RU: Raekwon
Raekwon got the award in ’09. He doesn’t need it again so soon afterwards. And he didn’t really impress on the level of these other guys this year.
Congrats Tech9!!!! I remember back in 2006, I was on here screaming for an album review of Everready: The Religion. That review never came. And as the years went by, Tech started to get recognized on this site. Prior to the release of All 6’s & 7’s was when I noticed HHDX went Tech. Articles, interviews, album reviews. I’m loving it.
Tech definitely deserves the award for 2011. Two great albums (I like Welcome to Strangeland better) and two great tours. Albums released by Jay Rock, Brotha Lynch, Young Bleed, EPs from big scoob, Kutt Kalhoun, and Krizz Kalico. 2011 was definitely STRAAAAAAAAANGGE!!!
That was Paine and the new editorial staff, pretty sure.
MOST SLEPT ON ALBUM should have been
Cunninlynguists: Oneirology
or at least a runner up
^ I second this notion.
AGREED!
J. Cole is emcee of the year to me.
oh of course he is…smh
lmao gtfo. Tech or Kendrick are the ONLY 2 arguements
tech n9ne deserves emcee of the year. he came out with 2 very successful albums. and hell yeah action bronson is the most slept on. i was just bumping dr lecter today and well done. cant wait to hear his shit with alchemist.
Freddie Gibbs is a runner up? Credibility lost
you obviously didnt heard what tech put out this year, and im not even a tech n9ne fan
Top Mixtapes
10. XV – Zero Heroe
9. Freddie Gibbs – Cold Day In Hell
8. Currensy – Covert Coupe
7. Nipsey Hussle – Marathon Continues
6. The Game – Purp & Patron
5. Elite – Awaken
4. Omen – Afraid of Heights
3. Logic – Young Sinatra
2. Lupe – Friend of The People…
1. Elzhi – Elmatic
Runner-Ups:
Sol – Dear Friends Pt. 3
Drekkid – Liberation
Chuuwee – Watching The Throne
best mixtape this yearf was skyzoo’s Great debaters
that xv album was crazy
Where’s Big K.R.I.T.? You lose
I really like this award system HHDX has going. Its sweet as. Wish K Dot got Emcee of the year though, Should definately get rising star of the year, if not him then Cole.
K.R.I.T. or Kendrick should get it. But K.R.I.T. already got producer, so maybe runner up for him.
01. CunninLynguists – Oneirology
02. J. Cole – Cole World: Sideline Story
03. Elzhi – Elmatic
04. Mr. SOS – Cassette Verite
05. J-Live – S.P.T.A. (Said Person of That Ability)
06. Black Milk & Danny Brown – Black & Brown [EP]
07. MarQ Spekt & Kno – MacheteVision [EP]
08. Common – The Dreamer/The Believer
09. Immortal Technique – The Martyr
10. Danny Brown – XXX
11. The Roots – undun
12. Royce Da 5’9″ – Success Is Certain
13. Freddie Gibbs – Cold Day in Hell
14. Random Axe – Random Axe
15. Beastie Boys – Hot Sauce Committee Part Two
16. Roc Marciano & Gangrene – Greneberg [EP]
17. Mighty High Coup – Boom Rap
18. Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne
19. Reks – R.E.K.S. (Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme)
20. Bad Meets Evil – Hell: The Sequel [EP]
Gotta listen more to
– Kendrick Lamar – Section.80
– Big K.R.I.T. – returnof4Eva
– Phonte – Charity Starts at Home
– Death Grips – Exmilitary
– A.Dd+ – When Pigs Fly
Whack
– Pharoahe Monch – W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) (sorry champ)
– Tyler, the Creator – Goblin
– Drake – Take Care
– Yelawolf – Radioactive
– Action Bronson – Dr. Lecter
lulz
wtf Pharoahe Monch’s album was top 5 of the year
Care to elaborate why Pharoahe’s album was wack?
The beastie boys and cole world above hell the sequel? Son u outta ya skull. Hell the sequel should at least be top 10
FUCK 2DOPEBOYZ AND FUCK NAHRIGHT
1) Don’t ever call Pharoahe Monch whack.
2) J Cole, overrated, Cole World actually sucked.
3) Common dissapoints once again, dude hasn’t put out good music since ‘Be’…
And undun is 2011’s best album, there is no comparison, Oneirology was really good, but no where near, XXX really wasn’t that good, Section 80 is probably second and either Black and Brown or Random Axe third.
Pharoahe’s album was fucking incredible.
@Shmet
Pharoahe Monch is wack as fuck. Got a problem? What the fuck are you gonna do about it now? BITCH.
^^^ You dumb. W.A.R. was fucking fire start to finish.
You cant say you want to see college rap die out. Just because there are whack ones (Rich Hill), there are plenty of garbage ‘gangsta rappers’ (french montana, waka flocka). You should have just put ‘whack rappers to an end.
did you seriously just call french montana and waka flocka flame gangsta rappers? they are about the furthest things in hip hop you could find from gangsta rappers. smh
^^^ The “furthest”, really? You dumb
The fact that HHDX even mentions shit like V-Nasty says all you need to know about this website.
Did you see the award she got? Dumb ass
Big KRIT’s title is undisputed !
Game has got to win an award, I mean dude did his thing n even more this year! 3 dope-ass-album-sounding mixtapes & a GREAT, 9/10 album (almost a classic), Album of The Year IMO even haters can’t deny it was one of the BEST albums this year! Game is a legend, real shit. FUCK HATERS. “Soundtrack to Chaos” coming 2012 get ready Hip-Hop!
i’m jus a big Game fan as u are….but don’t post comments like this….it will only get u laughed on…the world hates Game face it
Co-sign^ Game my favorite rapper but alot of people just gonna show you hate for bringin him up. Better to just sit back and enjoy the music.
Purp and Patron was mixtape of the year but dude doesnt know how to pick the right songs for an album. Got murked on like 3 of his own tracks….. Red aint got shit on Section .80 just sayin
as dope as purp & patron was, K.R.I.T definitely had mixtape of the year. that shit was insane
R.E.D. album was terrible. His decline began with LAX. Dude has no artistic integrity, he’s rapping without direction and his albums are build after one formula: what’s hot at the moment. He mimics every trend out there, gets features on almost any track and can’t even outshine them.
Best Verse- Eminem/Royce “Fastlane”—All 3 Verses !
u dumb.
There’s two verses dumb ass
Yo HHDX, thanks for recommending that Big K.R.I.T. tape. I don’t listen to much southern rap but I fucking love this album. The production is some of the smoothest I’ve heard in years.
Our pleasure! EP on iTunes too.
Return of 4Eva >>>
common over royce for comeback of the year? you kidding? no one in the mainstream even knew who royce was until this year, platnium single, gold ep, number one independent album, slaughterhouse, hi rihanna lol, come on now
Common came back from the wackest album of his career to be on everyone’s radar again.
how the fuck dusnt 2chainz get comeback of the year??? he went from being a nobody nigga on dtp called TITIBOY (iknowright) to being featured on everybodys shit within 3-4 month time period. dx. yall slackin
because common and royce are actually quality rappers..when you go from super whack to starting to get a whack little buzz, that doesnt qualify as a come back.
Common came back from the dead, and Royce went gold with Bad Meets Evil after selling something like 4000 units first week in ’09. That’s why.
i like the choices so far this year. definitely gotta give it to K.R.I.T. he will prob end up as the best producer/rapper there is. should have game 2chainz the Lil Jon/T-Pain award dude is on everybody’s song
over Kanye and J.Cole? I think not
eminem you fucking idiot?
Krit has Kanye on lyrics. and has Cole on production. i meant all around. yes they are both great at what they do but Krit does both exceptionally well, he’s not decent at one and great at the other like the later 2. and Em doesnt handle major producing ass hole. dont try to insult my intelligence because you are butt hurt i didnt give credit to your Daddy.
eminem is a shitty producer. j. cole makes ok, repetitive beats. kanye is the only one who can compare to krit but they both have way different styles
^^^ Eminem’s a dope producer, just take a look at his track record dumb ass.
And K.R.I.T. was clearly producer of the year. Everything he touched was dope. Return of 4Eva >>> your favorite album this year. Kanye barely put out any tracks that didn’t have input from others, so he doesn’t deserve a mention this year.
*gave
Royce was comeback of the year hands down lol at least they got honorable mentions right………..
*gave not game
there will still be the list of the 25 best albums of the year, right?
That shit was actually useful, I don’t give a fuck about Emcee of the Year, Tour of the Year, Trend we’d like to see die, etc.
Yep, next week.
Day 5 – Friday Dec 23
“Album of the Year”
every last thing put out this year was garbage. its all equally shity. no body can produce any more. no body is raping. the only people that are impressed by these release are a bunch of teenage no nothings that are easily impressed.
Oh word? I’m glad nobody is raping people.
stop hatin punk. if you think hip hop is dead you’re an ignorant. there are no illmatic or ready to die t this year, but you can’t say nothing is worth listenin to. Grow up and update your music man
Let the anger go brutha. If you think there’s nothing good out there right now then you know a lot less than you think you do. And if you an old head that’s just reminiscing about the glory days then I feel even worse for you. Stay well brutha.
royce never been out to get a come back of the year title!
even though this year was super big for royce ! he’se not been out of the game since 06
h! rihanna
No mention of Statik Selektah? One of the best producers out
Population control was bananas
statik may be in top ten for the year but by no means the best this year
nah man Dumpology has been doin his thang all year man he’s comin up
Trend We’d Like to See Die:
Justin Bieber Freestyle
co-sign
Producer of the Year: Kanye West
Tour of the Year: WTT (11 times NiP?, Nah)
Comeback of the Year: 2 Chainz (Tity Boi)
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Comeback of the Year: 2 Chainz (Tity Boi),
RU: Juicy J (Trippy)
Tity Boi thats whats real good.
2 Chains!
album of the year; “TAKE CARE” DRAKE. runners up, LIL WAYNE C4. haha im fukin with ya’ll YA DIG? SECTION 80.
TECH N9ne is definatly the Emcee of the year!!
ALL hail the Kansas City King!
Boooo! Royce got robbed off his title.
Coz Royce’s last album was released in O9 before Writers block.
Ermm you must’ve missed success is certain then that was released late this year not 09
My Opinion
Yeah, Comeback of the Year: Juicy J
-Rubba Band Business 2 (with Lex Luger)
-Young Nigga Movement (with V.A.B.P.)
-Blue Dream & Lean
-Cocaine Mafia (with Project Pat
& French Montana)
All the “Remix” (ex: Black & Yellow)
& my favorite word “Trippy”
No one listened to any of that wack shit
“You say no to drugs, Juicy J can’t!
That’s wack shit? We Trippy Mane!
but a least HHDX mentions
Tity Boi aka 2 Chainz
hell yeah this nigga got a HUGE comeback
Comeback of the year????? MOBB DEEP!
next year. let the album drop
Their projects were horrible.
and Trag is home! TM3 was hot, narcotic lines is hip hop
come back of next year…ja rule with pain is love 2 …..lol jk
is there no mixtape of the year award? return of 4 eva was pretty much better then every single album.
HiiiPower got verse of the year? I just won a bet!
Seriously, WTF is this shit with no CunninLynguists!? Are you guys for real?? I mean, how can anybody who like rap not putting it in this list? Kno produced 2 great albums last year and isn’t even in the runner-up list. This shit is embarrasing.
Co-sign.
thanks. i was wondering the same thing. probably oneirology won’t get mentioned either for album of the year. what a shame
YOu guys are straight PUSSY for giving jay-z and kanye tour of the year when rock the bells hands down had 50x more talent. Lauryn hill . . . . C-MON SON you guys stay fucking up.
I agree with the lineup. but cmon man you gotta look at that tour lol…it was only three days, and the last date got cancelled. That is BARELY a tour.
meh…didn’t really agree w/ any of this which is kinda funny. Also I think its stupid to say white ppl can’t use nigga…I just don’t think they should have a fuckin field day with it. that’s the problem, its one thing if you use it w/ homies cause u are a homie–basically you should know when its appropriate and if you gotta explain: you’re doing it wrong.
Bullshit n word with no er at the end is fine for anyone to use. The word has evolved gtfo
No one complained when spm used it
No, using the n-word aint fine to use. Some black folks don’t use that word so for YTs to use it is dumb and can get u popped!
the bigger questions is: Why the fck do white ppl WANT to use that word??
No one complained when SPM was butt-ramming boys either. That doesn’t make it okay.
Jerry Sandusky of rap = South Park Mexican.
Elzhi has been robbed. Elmatic SHITS on anything presented here.
Ummmmmm… no. He didn’t come with original tracks on that, just covers.
Nas C4 Outro verse was verse of the year
helll yahhhh
Verse of the Year:
-Em, SH & Yela “Shady 2.0 Boys”
-RU: Common & Nas “Ghetto Dreams”
Non-Hip Hop Album of the Year:
-Bon Iver “Self-titled”
Disappointing Album of the Year:
-Wiz Khalifa “Rolling Papers”
-RU: Lupe Fiasco “Lasers”
Yeah Wiz was wack, but that was expected
I think Lupes was the most dissapointing. Im a huge lupe fan. I Believe that it was the label pushing him to do that shit though. The stuff off FL II sounds great so hopefully thats a classic.
I was with you on verse of the year until I read the the runners up. I forgot about Pharaohe Monch’s Evolve track. That shit gave me goose bumps. I think I had it on repeat for about an hour. That was definitely verse of the year to me.
Tech9 over Phonte? Naw…
Phonte getting really slept on
I know this site doesn’t associate with rock or metal that much but I say that the best non hip hop album was deconstruction by devin townsend project.
thats ur opinion.
thats why he said “i say” you worthless fuck
didnt agree with anything today. if you didnt know C4 was gonna be disappointing then you’re an idiot. I’d give it to Take Care or Blue Slide Park. Ya’ll kill me sayin Lasers sucked just because it had pop beats the lyrics were still there. which leads me to verse of the year- Lupe “Words I Never Said” everyone is just butt hurt cause he called out their savior Osama, I mean Obama. almost every Tech verse could be runner up. Non Hip Hop album- Foster the People “Torches”
No man the reason they did dat was coz lupe is a Friend of the people who talks about government conspiracy and Fiscal law shit. In the music industry it makes no sense.
HiiiPower over everything. best song of the year, by far
K-Dots verse in “Hol’ Up” was better.
Wicked as 80 reverends in a pool
Of fire with devils holding hands
From the distance, dont know
Which one is a Christian.. damn
Who can I trust in 2012? Theres no one
Not even myself, a Gemini screaming for help, somebody
That Kendrick verse was short and not as good
the comeback should be chris brown
The Common album came out two days ago and he already has “Comeback Of The Year” you didn’t have a month to sit with the record. No disrespect to Common but don’t you think it’s too quick for that.
I didn’t listen to or buy the album yet mostlikely next year. The singles are ill as hell though
True. But he also released 3 videos (Blue Sky, Sweet & Ghetto Dreams) along with a few singles leaked (Summer Madness, RAW & Celebrate) prior to the album. Those alone boosted up theanticipation. And after the disappointment of U.M.C., I think it’s valid. Just my opinion though, but I know what you’re saying.
The best albums of 2011 I’ve heard so far are:
Classic (by MED)
Section.80
Cold Day In Hell
LiveLoveA$AP
Doobies & Popcicle Sticks (by Nitty Scott, MC)
I still have to try:
Cats & Dogs
R.E.K.S.
The Dreamer/The Believer
Biggest dissappointments:
Madlib Medicine Show 5 & 11 (those were the only ones I heard and I didn’t feel them at all)
Black & Brown EP
Weekend At Burnie’s (bullshit beats, boring flows & very VERY limited subject matter)
R.E.K.S. might creep up into your top 5
Armor Of God destroys your list.
Wat the fuck C4 should’ve won most disappointing album of the year. Critics fucking hated it. At least Lasers was a good album critics fucking loved it. And the only reason u put dat on there is coz he’s a friend of people and in the music business dat makes no sense.
Couldn’t agree more. Just add W.A.R. and Section.80 to the list
Albums Of The Year….
1.Watch The Throne
2.Return Of 4Eva
3.The Dreamer/The Believer
4.Undun
Alot of people hate on WTT But i was bumpin that shit non stop this summer, that album has maybe to horrible tracks, “Lift Off” and “Welcome To The Jungle”, Other than that the album is classic, same can be said for Return Of 4Eva.
Couldn’t agree more. Just add W.A.R. and Section.80 to the list..
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almost this whole list is joke…How are you gonna say that rock the bells is a runner up to watch the throne? are you fuckig kidding me? rock the bells in a concert of legends, the people who made hip hop what it is today. not jay and some fag dancing around to lasers in neon colored fag rags
how did adeles 21 take second? its the highest selling album this year with 2 number 1 singles on it…
You’re asking why adele didnt make it over frank ocean on a hip hop site? Sales dont always matter either guy…
Saigon… still the most underrated…
Co-Sign
Hiphopdx are dumbfucks haha, i only agree with frank ocean.. and the carter 4 was dope
your in denial.. worst fucking album
Nah he just doesn’t know enough about hip hop to know what good hip hop really is
Carter 4 will never be “dope”, no matter how high you get and no matter how many times you listen to it. Another Weezy dick rider.
Non hip hop: dangermouse-rome
Word, some great songs on that one
Man, I can’t even remember if there has been such a great year for hip hop like 2011! So many up and coming artist doing their thing along with the greats i.e jay-z. Shout out to the albums of 2011 that Im jammin to:
1. WTT
2. Side Line Story
3. Take Care
4. Undun
5. Ambition
6. RED album
7. The Wonder Years
8. Lasers
9. The Dreamer/The Believer
10. Gutter Rainbows
There’s a few in here that are making me scratch my head. And I hope this list isn’t in any specific order.
take lasers and jcole off that list. Undun was also overrated as HELL
Thats a great list, i’m still jammin to 8 of those in some form or another
jg….
No undun was fucking incredible you dumb ass
Couldn’t agree more with Lupe as the disappointment of the year.
crooked on loud noises deserved to be in verse of the year
Well there’s a lot of verses u can put here can’t choose em all. I thought crooked I’s verse on hard white remix was his best from this year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMS7kvnDey0&context=C3f4aac1ADOEgsToPDskLaz1uP3qbUsx1gOm7l01b9
check out my freestyle bitches
fuck off
Couldn’t agree more for verse of the year, and the runner-ups. Evolve was fucking fire.
shut up, you’re so wrong about pretty much everything
Uh verse of the year should be a tech or em verse
have you listened to HiiPower? But i thought nas’s verse on the outro couldve been recognized too. that was fuckin ill
Yo check out Edan’s verse on Blus song Ronald Morgan…….he really tore it up.
Good shit on recognizing Tech N9ne. dudes worked equally as hard every year for the past 5.. Producer of the year how bout Apollo Brown?!?!?!?! he has the perfect recipe for that boom bap soul sampling hip hop. and “Daily Bread” by Apollo Brown and Hassaan Mackey gotta be the most slept on 4sho
Yea, white people need to stop using the nword, and black people while we’re at it.
So far so good on the list. The emcee of the year is debatable but I can live with it.
These awards are spot on for the most part…Kendricks verse was a breath of fresh air!!! and C4 was terrible…Numbers do lie
http://www.thissongslaps.com/2011/09/x-o-check-vol-2-mixtape/
Check out the best fuckin mixtape you never heard
“c4 was terrible, numbers don’t lie”
he sold a milli in a week. your second statement contradicts the first.
He said ”numbers DO lie”, you fcuktard.
fuck lil wayne guy has lost it so badly its unreal because carter 2 was so good everything else released has been bullshit in 20 years u will look back at the great hip hop groups/movements like mobb deep wu-tang ruff ryders outkast and then right at the bottom sumwhere beween souljah boys ”label” and brick squad u will find the whole young money thing
Lupe on Letting Go or Joaquin Phoenix should’ve been verse of the year.
Lupe is fucking wack now. His verses are for people with a shit taste in Hip Hop… like you.
I think there is too much jocking of Kendrick Lamar – What you throw one or two lines in play something a bit different than the masses and it gets praise and applause? Better lines on ADHD
Just My Opinion – Producer of the Year – Evidence , Apollo Brown , Kno Oddisee ( these guys would at least be mentioned
Verse of the Year – could’ve been Eligh –
MC of the Year or Best break out – Evidencee
Hip hop is not the dead – cats and dogs is the evidence
Pretty solid list, only real head-scratcher is Frank Ocean for best non-hip hop album.
Adele’s album was incredible, should have won hands down. There were several other albums that were significantly better including Bon Iver “Bon Iver”, MuteMath “Odd Soul”, The Black Keys “El Camino”, Gary Clark Jr. “Bright Lights EP”, Anthony Hamilton “Back to Love”, etc.
Gary Clark Jr. “Bright Lights EP”…
…a fellow believer!
This guy has so much talent – Love to here some hip-hop collaberations with him – i think lupe or nas would work well!
Tech N9ne, Kendrick Lamar, and Common,what a year hip hop, what a year, he’s to an even better 2012…
love to see bronsonelli and tech
little bit of Tyler jockin goin on here. I would have to agree with the C4 track, Wayne actually used his power to make one dope ass classic even if the album sucked dick. but gotta give mention to “Worldwide Choppers” they rapped their asses off. there is no way Bronson beat out Jon Connor the dude is just an excellent MC. Tyler could get rising retard of the year. and RIP to the greats
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Collab of the year—-2.0 boys!
True that
That’s true
They are recognizing Action Bronson so much, but didn’t even review his album?…
For real???
I never knew Mister Cee is a faggot.
He got caught getting sucked off… wow… if he’s gay, Lil’ Wayne is for sure. His music, fashion, and personality say it all.
With all these Jews in hip-hop, it was bound to go gay. Jews in film are the only people that will use gay comedy that isn’t funny, like guys kissing guys, cross-dressing, ect…
and Mister Cee is caught fag-handed lol
CONNOR!!!!!
Blue city club. You know !!
ill bill and vinnie paz shouldve gotten best collaboration.
next necro and kool g rap.
action bronson is fuckin ill and hella slept on.
you love white people.
Jon Connor is dope and it’s good to see them mentioning him..His buzz aint dat big yet but I hope it gets even bigger next year cuz he should be signed already..Also another rapper named Los is lightyears ahead of these new rappers too
WHY DONT YOU SUCK AND SALIVATE JOHN CONNERS COCK FAGGET BOY!
u prolly dnt even kno who he is but atleast we kno wats on ur mind from ur name..srry i dnt swing dat way
Ima cut off john connors penis and stuff it down your moms throat BITCH! And ima fuck your sister aunt wife and daughter. A HARD BUTT FUCK.ALL at the same time.
Verse of the year:
Common’s 2nd verse on “The Believer”
yes i just heard it and its excellent
NIGGA YOU BETTER STFU BEFORE I RAPE YOUR MOTHER AND FUCK UR SISTER IN THE SAME BED.
Not one mention of Danny Brown at all?
This list is garbage.
there’s a reason for that
Danny Brown is the illest
How did Bad Meets Evil not get best collab……. The track they put up isn’t even official its just a mix of 3 songs with the same beat, and indivually aren’t good enough (although interlude is really good, and outro is pretty good although Shyne kinda ruins it..)
Yeah not even an official track when all the rappers got together in the studio… SMH. That’s not a collab
Mac Miller (re: Rising Artist) perhaps?
Gtfo.
No ones cares about him now that his wack ass album came and went
Lasers biggest disappointment? HiPHopDX I expect WAY better out of you. Carter IV is runner up, thats great, but Lasers was really really good. REALLY REALLY GOOD. Do you not agree with his political views or what? Because I don’t get how anybody can NOT like that album. Watch The Throne, EASILY the biggest disappointment. If you liked that album, then you have horrible taste in music. And I’m also disappointed that your recognized Tech with “Intrelude”, probably because it was on the Cart IV. Yeah, it was good, but not even in Tech’s top 10 from 2011. You guys fucked up.
suck a cock gay gagget
i wud’ve gave it to C4 but either way, Lasers was a dissappoinment cuz it wasa to commercial..If you’ve ever listened to Lupe’s past albulms, then u can tell this one sounds different from the production to the features. I think it was a good albulm but this type of music isnt wat Lupe was known/got famous for
why dont you tell the world how u gerked wayne and lupe at the same time?
HUH FAGGET ASS COCK SUCKIN BITCH NIGGA
I CATCH YOU AND TIE YOU TO A TREE AND LYNCH YO BITCH ASSS
Lasers was shit because it was Lupe’s laziest effort to date. Easily some of the worst writing Lupe has done, considering what the dude is capable of. Dude straight sold out on Lasers, and I’m pretty sure the holdout on releasing and the ensuing “drama” that occurred was pretty much a marketing ploy, considering the complete 180 Lupe did when it was finally released. If he brings the kind of lyricism and ridiculous wordplay he had on F&L and The Cool, then Lupe will stand out again. But as of Lasers, he’s blending right in with the rest of the commercial-ass rappers.
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you’re making him more famous
nas verse on outro wasnt even recognized.this website is nuts
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Rising Star of the Year: all Odd Future
RU: Action Bronson
Story of the Year: Nate Dogg
RU: Wale to Maybach Music Group
Collaboration of the Year:
Common & Nas – Ghetto Dreams
RU: Young Jeezy ft. Jay-Z & Andre 3000- I Do
i do is garbage considering the rappers on it
Just for Jay-Z & Andre 3000.
Collab Of The Year Should have went to Ghetto Dreams and then an honorable mention for Big K.R.I.T.’s. “Country Shit” Remix with Bun B and Luda.
True talk. Or The Roots featuring Dice Raw/Big K.R.I.T. – Make My
action bronson over tyler the creator AND the weeknd?
Yeah such a shit choice. Tyler or Kendrick deserved it more.
Rising Star of the Year – Jon Connor (No Competition!)
Story of the Year – Troy Davis Executed (Only relevant news all year, except for Nate Dogg.)
Collabo of the Year – Carter IV Interlude (Nas, Tech & 3 Stacks all on one song? No-brainer!)
troy davis aint hip hop son
How could I fail to hear that Heavy D passed away?! Forgive my ignorance. Rest in peace.
Rising Star of the Year – Spaceghostpurrp
obviously not. no one knows what the fuck that even means
lots of people know who Spaceghostpurrp is…LOL dude is dope.
Don’t you mean “Rising 3 Six Mafia Knockoff of the Year”?
No love for REKS??
Agreed. It was the album everybody on the net is waiting for. You got the realest Hip Hop right there and people ignore it. SMH at DX.
Tech N9ne deserved that win.
Oh yeah, here is some good hiphop I swear:
http://theinfamousjcity.com/2011/12/22/the-infamous-album-review-tko-prototype-v-free-album-download/
REST IN PEACE GILL SCOTT HERON
If they just cut out shyness verse itd be the best posse cut ever
PL3DGE ????????????????????????????
Agree with most of the awards, but really happy to see Tech and KRIT win something. I think they’re definitely the most deserving of anyone on this list in 2011.
Wtf Kendrick should have got rising star over Action Bronson. Even if he got verse of the year already, he deserved rising star more than that other award. I didn’t even know who dude was at the beginning of the year, now I check for every verse.
Damm, people stopped sleeping on Kendrick! Thats the man right there, the Messiah of hip-hop. Not fucking J. Cole, but Kendrick fucking Lamar.
The best song of 2011 was CLEARLY
nasty by nas
Best verse the 2nd one.
But whole song is unbelibeable.
Did you not remember what happened when he dropped it?
1000 comments in 2 days
10 other rappers freestyled to the beat
Speaking of the beat, it’s was undeniable
That is the best song of 2011.
Watch the throne was the best album out , im still listening to it
Thank you DX for giving Kendrick the nod, certainly was an acceptable choice. I have a couple issues with the albums you DIDN’T consider though..
Shabazz Palaces Black Up was clearly the most intelligent album of the year, yet it didn’t even get a fucking full review. One of the year’s best doesn’t even get that?! Wow.
CunninLynguists Oneirology also got completely overlooked in every single post this week, which is fucking absurd. Wake up DX.
Lastly, no mixtape of the year? Are you kidding me? Where was any mention of Elzhi’s Elmatic, which is arguably the most impressive body of work of ANY album/mixtape all year. That shit is literally cray.
No idea how Game got Readers Choice, as that album was average at best, but I digress.
I am going to be the first to ask…. Who the fuck voted Game’s album for album of the year.
Hahahaha HipHopDX got some die-hard Game dickriding fans…. That album isnt in the conversation of best album of the year, I listened to it twice and never again. Not one song is worthy of being listened to right now. Game tanked with that album and even he knows it….
gotta agree with ya, that album was games worst to date. must be idiots voting for him
co-sign. Game’s album was trash.
Saigon has to the AoTY.
yep, all these fans didnt who voted obviously didnt support game cuz he hasnt even sold 400thousand records yet while J.Cole is goin gold
I had my jaw on the floor, when I red about this.
I never thought that Game’s album can be the best, damn.
For me Section.80, Saigon’s album,Roots and Common definetly they made best albums of 2011.
WOW !!!! Saigon is still the most underrated–DAMN !!!!!!!
compton’s year ! k dot and game well deserved and btw people sayin red album sucks listen to ricky, red nation, the city, martians and goblin al epic songs. in my opinion the city’s second verse should have won verse of the year
Not sure how CunninLynguist’s ‘Oneirology’ wasn’t even mentioned. Mixtape of the year would’ve been pretty pointless ’cause Elmatic would obviously have taken that.
return of 4eva is far more doper than elmatic, elmatic has no original beats
Also, I know Section.80 was brilliant and could easily be argued that it is album of the year, but HHDX gave it 4/5 and put it ahead of ‘undun’, which got 5/5. Bit confused there.
OK! Now we want the top 25 CDs of 2011. Please tell me your doing
That again this year DX.
Last year list was essential for me cause I think I missed like 5 of those CDs when they were released. But I’m pretty sure I listened
To almost everything in 2011 that was good
I’m just waiting for that hidden gem that DX use to give me.
daaamnnnn day five u ucked up!
im not gonna k dot section80 was the shit but i wanted cole world to win or at least runnner up.. shit im glad C4 didnt win or runner cuz that shit was str8 trash only 2 songs i bump outta twenty w.e tracks there is
FINALLY someone recognizes that phontes album was amazing
Finally RED is on the list…best alubum put out this year along with Common’s album n Section 80
All u butthurt throne fans can eat a dick….RED all day biatch
Credible critics everywhere are picking Watch the throne as the only rap album in their lists. Anyone wants to be on those lists and not a mere hiphop dx list, they matter more, and meant for more intelligent audiences.
Really Ted? U listen to critics that know nothing about HipHop? No wonder it sucks now cause kids like u can’t think for themselves. Just look at the Grammy noms, that just proves critics don’t know shit about music. They go with who’s popular
listen ted, most general music reviewers don’t listen to hip hop. they just wanted to be open minded and varied and have their lists appeal to everyone, and this was the most well known album of the year. To keep hip hop listeners happy, they just put on the first hip hop album that popped into their head. half of them probably never even heard WTT.
Game does one interview w/HHDX and all these users go nuts for his albulm..Dats bs, his albulm wasnt better than most of his previous efforts. Not better than Cole World, the dreamer the believer or WTT. Can any1 name any classic tracks on that albulm? He’s gotta few good tracks but nothing incredible..Smh at these Game stans who wnt even support his albulm cuz it he barely sold any records
Come on y’all quit the hate on Game….listen to his whole album The City, Ricky, MvG, Red Nation, Good Bad Ugly, Born In The Trap, Paramedics, Mama Knows…the album is really dope…atleast listen to his album before hating
IM SURE EVERYONE DID THAT’S WHY THERE HATING IT DUMB ASS
i did listen to the album… actually i bought it the day i came out. and iv’e said this a lot of times but if you take out Drug Test, Good Bad Ugly, Heavy Artillery, Paramedics, Hello, All I Know, and All The Way Gone, all the mainstream features, replace it with stuff from his mixtape (e.g. rough with yelawolf) that was better, you have arty.
DJ Quik had one of the best albums this year….smh no one didn’t even bother to mention his album…most slept-on
I liked “The Book of David” but unfortunately it isn’t talked about as much as other albums so HHDX didn’t include it.
I am glad Game got album of the year from the readers, considering barley any of them went to go cop his underappreciated album, I wish more hip hop websites would ignore his personal things and focus on his music, Game is an incredibly talented artist, and the only stopping Game from becoming an even greater artists ..is Game him self, if he could cut back on the name dropping, have some self control and not speak his mind and flip flop, i think alot more media outlets would show him some much earned respect.
GAME FELL OFF
I could not agree more everything from his talent to him having self control. I listen to a lot of the game and he’s dope and though red album was not as good as it could have been it was still better then most shit coming out but I think saigon’s greatest story ever told should have gotten readers choice every track on that is dope just blaze on the beats and it was made in 2007 and still sounds dated. It’s unfortunate that saigon couldn’t drop the album when he had the buzz im sure this would have been aoty or a strong contender for it whatever year it was supposed to drop
AND I WAS A GAME FAN
completely agreed
Whoever voted for The R.E.D. album needs to get off of Game’s dick. That shit didn’t stand out at all.
For the most part, good list though. I’m surprised.
EVERYTHING WAS GOING RIGHT UNTIL DAY 5 AND THAT’S WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED 1ST OFF K-DOT SHOULD NOT HAVE WON BEST ALBUM OF YEAR SORRY IT WAS GOOD BUT NOT A ALBUM!!! IT WAS MORE OF A MIXTAPE AND THEN READERS CHOICE??? THE GAMES D.U.D ALBUM GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE HIP HOP DX IS ALWAYS ON GAMES DICK THAT WAS THE WORST GAME ALBUM I EVER HEARD ALSO THERE’S 4 OR 5 BETTER CHOICES THAN THAT AND LAST IS VIDEO OF THE YEAR I KNOW THIS FAG WON THAT VGA FOR THIS BUT HOW IS THIS A GOOD MUSIC VIDEO ALL HE DOES IS EAT A BUG AND HANG HIMSELF OMG THAT’S SO ORIGINAL I BET ALL THE 8TH GRADERS ARE GOING CRAZY
S.80 is an album though. Its his last independant album. I agree about Game’s album and the video of the year though
@TEXAS: You should really pay more attention when reading through the categories and their proceeding commentaries before you post a comment. Hip Hop DX selected Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80 as their Album of the Year. It was the Fans/Readers who selected The R.E.D. Album as Album of the year. So Hip Hop Dx isn’t on Game’s dick, they didn’t even have his album in their top three, they selected:
Album of the Year: Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80
Runner-Ups: The Roots’ undun & Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80
P.S. If you press the Caps Lock Button a second time, you can toggle the feature off
YOU SHOULD MY COMMENTS MORE CLOSELY I SAID READERS CHOICE YOU DUMB FUCK AND YES DX IS ALWAYS ON GAMES DICK CHECK BACK WHEN THEY GAVE HIM A WHOLE MONTH TO PROMOTE HIS LAME ALBUM AND NO MY CAPS STAYS ON!!!
What should I do? “YOU SHOULD MY COMMENTS MORE CLOSELY”
Still, Hip Hop Dx did nothing to select the R.E.D. album, so your clear hatred should be aimed at the readers that selected it. I personally wouldn’t have voted for it, but it’s not the site’s fault people chose it. I don’t know, maybe it was a joke the readers wanted to pull. Doesn’t matter, there will always be someone who disagrees.
What should I do? “YOU SHOULD MY COMMENTS MORE CLOSELY”
Still, Hip Hop Dx did nothing to select the R.E.D. album, so your clear hatred should be aimed at the readers that selected it. I personally wouldn’t have voted for it, but it’s not the site’s fault people chose it. I don’t know, maybe it was a joke the readers wanted to pull. Doesn’t matter, there will always be someone who disagrees.
yo TEXAS i agree completely but stop with the caps thats just making it hard to understand and not argue with
Roots is by far the best complete album this year. Kendrick album is good but not that good
A pretty good list. Big ups to THE Game for getting the album of the year….he did his thing!
Game seriously has some delusional fans. “The R.E.D. Album” is not his best album and certainly not best album of 2011. DJ Quik, Pharoahe Monch, Saigon, Kendrick Lamar, Elzhi and many more had much better albums.
DJ Quik? You Shittin Me? Dudes a legend but if your Talking about”Book Of David” then your delusional.
From a musical standpoint, Quik had the better album. First half of R.E.D. was good but second half ruined it. Also unnecessary Dr. Dre interludes. Quik had better songs and production throughout.
LOL what is this fag smokin?
RED album topped all this shit fag
so true. gotta disagree with DJ Quik but the rest completely. love the game, but this album horrible guest spots, some bad subjects, and a lot of filler, take out about half the songs and replace it with the best of his mixtures you got a album of the year
People on here on some weird shit!! Game was weak. Roots was OK. Section 80 was very good.Common was very good. Watch the Throne was a great CD. Jeezy was good. Lil Wayne sucked and how is that best clabo. He did do shit on that song Tech9 killed that one. J. Cole did a good job for a first. Drake was very Good. ALL in ALL WWT was the best body of work this year.
don’t complain about who gets elected president! if you don’t vote! R.E.D. bitch!!!!
Can’t argue with Album of the year. Kendrick did his thing. Personally my two favorite are Cats & Dogs and All 6s & 7s. Can’t believe the readers picked RED. I liked it but there were better more superb albums on that list, didn’t see that coming. As far as video I have no opinion didn’t see many maybe Childish Gambinos Bonfire video.
Ayo! For real this some major BS!I have a problem with a lot of stuff on this list but must noteably…
1. Trend We’d Like To See Die: How about lying emcees or better yet pop hip-hop.
2. Producer of the Year: No Kanye or No ID? You kidding me right?
3. Verse of the Year: Not Watch The Throne, Jay-Z for Welcome To The Jungle!? You lost me dude!!!
(Jay-Z)
My dreams is big, Reality set in
Let off a clip from a automatic weapon,
Through shots in the door, it died in Vegas
Though it fought so hard, I knew it wouldnt make it
Im a tortured soul, I live in disguise
Rest in peace to the leader of the Jackson 5
I died in my sleep, Im still Big Pimpin
I ball at the mall, Beginning of the ending
Where the f*ck is the sun?
Its been a while, Momma, look at ya son
What happened to my smile?
My tears is tatted My rag in my pocket
Im just looking for love, I know somebody got it
Champagne for the pain, Weed for the low
God damn Im so high, Where the f*ck did I go?
Im losing myself, Im stuck in the moment
I look in the mirror, My only opponent
Where the f*ck is the press? Where the f*ck is the Pres?
Either they know or dont care Im f**king depressed
No crying in public, Just lying to judges
Risking my life, Im already dying, so f*ck it well
Next!!!
4. Disappointing Album of the Year: Lupe Fiasco’s Lasers. Ayo what the hell are you guys smokin in that building!!!??? I don’t even like him that much but dude made a way better album then most people and I listen to everything!!! Plus I live in Nyc and Jersey and when this album came out I heard it in almost everyones car. Made me cop that shit.
5. Story of the Year: Jay-Z & B having a baby was on most peoples mind and when I mean most people, I mean the white main stream. (Ayo, I don’t even care about this topic that much but this right here shows how far off you guys are)
6. Album of the Year: I fuck with Kendrick Lamar’s Section.80. Dope album but I’m sorry Watch The Throne was the best album. I understand, a lot of people can’t stand how Jay is always winning but damn bro give credit where credit is due. Everyone was rocking to that album. Hell! All you have to do is go outside and you’ll hear it in everyones car! Everyone!!!
7. Readers’ Choice Album of the Year: Game’s The R.E.D. Album. Word?! I know you pick that garbage! Only song on that album that was good was Drug Test Ft Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg and you know for a fact that nigga didn’t write those lyrics!!! He is in a long list of rappers that can’t rap.
I’m done bro, you and many other websites support artist that pay you and if they don’t you jerk them. Hip-hop is becoming more and more like politics, you guys are Fox News and the pop hiphop acts are your supporters. Im done.
GAY-Z FAN ^^^ EVEN THO MS WEST KILLED HIM ON HIS OWN ALBUM OH AND ON WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE MS WEST HAD THE BETTER LINE
suk a dik faggot! game time RED album.. the people have spoken
Kanye put out barely any tracks he produced by himself, how does he possibly deserve producer of the year?
Stop sucking Gay-Z’s dick. Watch the Throne was tight, but nothing on there deserved any awards this year, except maybe Otis for best single or something like that.
Tech’s All 6’s and 7’s was a way better album than games red album. IDK about Section.80 being album of the year there was a lot better albums then that one…
Really glad to see Game get album of the year.
Reader’s Choice I mean.
first off i don’t even classify the roots as strictly hiphop. these dudes make MUSIC, so they’re already in a different league than 90% of this WACK ASS industry. but y’all niggas gone learn man…
Black thought needs to jump on WAY more tracks this year and show how no one in this world compares to his intensity and passion, with the exception of a few rappers.
No Almar..nobody
i personally feel that Undun was better than Section80 & shoulda been album of the year instead,…but Section80 was dope as hell, so i respect it…as long as they ain’t say Tha Carter IV
Way to much credit given to Kendrick, Section 80 is an alright album, But Watch the Throne or Undun deserved to be number 1, and i know it was technically a mixtape but Return of Forever blew Section 80 out of the water, im not saying Kendrick didnt deserve some other awards but not album of the year.
Ummmmm no… Watch the Throne was not better than Section.80. Undun and Return of 4Eva were fire though.
No Immortal Technique in there at all….?
Damn, I know The Martyr was a free d/l but he hits harder & with more truth than ANYONE else out there & he can’t get a mention..? Not even a peak..? It’s enough to make Stevie wonder….
thank you finally someone else says this. yes it was a mixtape but it was better than every album this year. verse of the year was his verse on angels and demons
I need to check out this Kendrick Lamar, I just hesitate because so many new rappers make effeminate, Gay Music, I got so sick of it I stopped checking out new cats altogether this year
damn. hhdx been making pretty good picks (although i dont understand how they can rate one album lower than another but give the lower one AOTY). but the people’s choice pick was TERRIBLE. i mean i’m not a game hater, actually i’m a huge game fan and i think he’s incredible, but this album was largely trash. too many bs features, a lot of filler. if he had taken out songs like drug test, hello, all the way gone, all i know, paramedics, heavy artillery, basically most of the album track 9 onwards, and replaced it with some of the better songs put on his RED mixtapes, this could be a classic, ruined by a lot of filler and crappy features by guys like wayne and ross and jeezy. undun should have won this or at least section 80 or charity starts at home. even all 6s and 7s or watch the throne i wouold have been happier with than this. again im a HUGE game fan and still bought this album, but it was NOWHERE NEAR album of the year.
oh yeah i forgot, section 80 was great. but I just really wish he would release it on CD. i refuse to pay for intangible music. i also refuse to download music. so unfortunately, kendrick lamar releases a near classic, but due to his lack of judgement in making it only digital, i am left without it.
Agree that RED wouldve been aoty if he put his good mixtape shit on it. Im gonna have to go with section 80.
@helleyes, whos fault is it that you dont download music? downloading=free music for the masses. and the fact that you buy all your music explains why your so broke. If want a physical so bad then have one of your friends burn you a cd
i don’t mean mixtures and things i mean illegal downloading not the fact that its illegal but i like to support the artists i like. and you no burning a cd is nothing like the actual thing
^^^ *mixtapes
readers choice goes on to back up why this site is full off idiots
100% true!!
I can’t believe these two albums totally got shunned on every award.
REKS- REKS
Doppleganagz- Lone Sharks
figured both were a lock to win something… at least slept-on album of the year
I seriously think the site rigged this shit. How can Watch the Throne not even be in the runner up section? FUCKING RIDICULOUS
chill
WTT should’ve at least been runner up…. oh well props to game for holdin it down, good album
Westcoast back??
crazy how the only shit comin out of the west are the 2 albums of the year
I thought everyone hated game??? guess dude got some fans
HUGE SNUBS TO:
Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme (REKS)…. Greneberg (Roc Marciano, Alchemist & Oh No)….. From the Westside with Love II (Dom Kenedy)…. Cats and Dogs (Evidence)….. The Greatest Story Never Told (Saigon)…. Heavy Metal Kings (Vinny Paz & Ill Bill)…. The Great Debater (Skyzoo)….. The DIV (Pac Div)…… and For the Record (Torae)….
I don’t see any of these mentioned anywhere. S8 is a good album, but REALLY? To me it was SLIGHTLY above average, but I would listen to any of the above before it.
But really this list is a joke. I mean MARCBERG didn’t even win album of the year, MC or readers choice last year, and its possibly album of the decade. LOL
I agree with you twice. Reks had the album of this year no doubt and Marcberg was the best album of the 2000s.
There is one thing that every album you mentioned had in common… they are all old school style hip hop. and hey nothin is wrong wit liking old school style but you just gotta realize that hip hop journalists will ALWAYS show more love to the rappers being new and innovative. (ex: section 80, undun)
Marcberg was a sick album but it wasn’t really anything we hadnt heard before.
MARCBERG came out last year, r-tard.
I know Marcberg came out last year I was saying it should have won this shit last year but whatever. Also forgot one BLAQ POET SOCIETY dope too.
One last thing I cant agree more about the general consensus hating on the old school shit. I went to see him in San francisco and there was less than 20 people there, it was pretty sad. He killed it anyways tho. I posted a video from it on youtube.com/408acrossyourface
Album of the Year-Cole World!!
i feel u all the way….cause unlike the folks in this category (no dis-respect) but they didn’t get a grammy nomination
Best hip hop albums of 2011
1. Section.80 – Kendrick Lamar
2. Hell: The Sequence – Eminem & Royce da 59
3. Watch the Throne – Jay Z & Kanye West
4. Under the Mistletoe – Justin Bieber
5. Carter IV – Lil Wayne
lol at justin beiber
Fuck you !
wack list gtfoh
GO K.DOT!! Funny things is, Kendrick said that Section.80 was just a warm up 0_o
Game Time bitches!
Wackest year end list: hiphopdx.com 2011, no matter the category.
How the fuck can you leave out Oneirology and Kno completely and still look in the mirror?
you really can’t expect anything that underground to show up on any big hip hop site. at least they reviewed it, unlike most sited
i was pissed freddie gibbs wasnt the emcee of the year,but im glad hes atleast runner up an noticed for his rippen
Completely agree with album of the year and the runner-ups
If u guys all mad about the game’s album why didn’t more of you vote for another one
Where the fuck is Danny Brown’s XXX?
CONGRATZ ON GAME, ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Album of the Year:
Common – The Dreamer, The Believer
RU: Tech N9ne – All 6’s and 7’s
RU: Raekwon – Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang
Mixtape of the Year:
Elzhi – ELMatic
RU: Big K.R.I.T. – Returnof4eva
RU: Game – Purp & Patron
Video of the Year:
Tyler, the Creator – Yonkers
RU: Action Bronson – Brunch
RU: 50 Cent Off & On
Tyler’s video only got attention because it was weird and stupid! Weird and stupid does not means its good. Overrated rapper of the year should go to Tyler the Creator if you ask me. Don’t believe the hype! And what about Immortal Technique? Nothing for him? You should give him Realest Rapper of the century! That guys speaks the truth!
why are you bitching he got emcee of the year..
I was just mentioning the most recent update of the awards. I don’t think he deserved the other awards either. I am not trying to hate because I love hip hop but I just don’t think he is one of the artist my future kids will talk about as being one of the great MC’s.
what could be weird and stupid for you could be genuine to others
Red Cafe shudve had album of the year. n that collab with banks n fab shudve been atleast nominated for top collab. that dude is ill idk wtf tyler the creator is doing on that list
Hahaha, the people fucked their choices up…
fuck u mofuckas who hated game…..u suckas keep barkin at comment,nothin happen’z! let votin do da talkin……
Yea, Kendrick Lamar goes in. I couldn’t get with Tyler, the Creator’s video, though. A little too much for me. Shoutout to Phonte and The Roots for the real hip hop.
so if u liked section 80 better than roots, why did u rate roots higher?
Nice question!
because the roots review was written by 1 person and the entire HHDX staff votes on the year end awards
A$AP ROCKY-LiveLoveA$AP album of the year
im that pretty muthafucka, harlems what im reppin
how does the roots get a PERFECT rating but they arent number 1? HUH!?!
hiphopdx is on some vma 2009 shit… we need kanye to defend the roots hhahahah
Our entire writing staff (@ 60 people) voted on Year End.
fuck all you faggots, black thought and raekwon vs the rest of this list… they lose
Evidence – artist and album of the year
Producer- statik selektah
Evidence haha. yeah right
You can hate on Game all you want but most open minded non-hating hiphop fans will realise R.E.D was album of the year. Game has let himself down, talks a bit too much and gets involved in unecessary beefs but you can’t deny his talent to make good music. His sales were too low. He doesn’t go to award shows and promote himself to the people buying albums these days. He should get out of the hood more.
I agree though R.E.D could do away with 2 or 3 tracks and put in stuffs from his mixtape but the rest of the album was great. Thought he should have put “Bang Along” in there. Though it was released in 2009, that’s a classic hiphop track.
My top 5 albums of the year
1. R.E.D
2. Cole World
3. Section 80
4. Hell the sequel
5. WTT
I’ve heard great things about Tech’s album but unfortnately haven’t listened to it so can’t put it on my list but i’m sure it should be one of the top albums.
The Game album sucked which tells you something about the readers on this website…but the staff got Kendrick Lamar right.
Best albums of 2011:
1. Kendrick Lamar – Section 80
2. WTT
3. Drake – Take Care
4. ASAP Rocky – LiveLoveASAP
5. Shabbaz Palaces – Black Up
The Roots “Undun” and Phonte’s album….boring and predictable. I didnt hate nor love either. They sound like they would be sub-par albums made in 93/94 backpack era. Nothing revolutionary. Am I the only one that finds 90% of the Roots material sounds “intellectually pleasing” but at the same time, in most cases, completely forgetabble? ACTQ, Black Moon and De La were leagues above it. There was just more depth, attitude, more charisma.
Tyler the Creator deserves all the props. He is the new artist of the year though. Best Video is “Yonkers” yes – agreed. But “Trouble on my Mind” is a close second.
How can you big-up Frank Ocean and completely dismiss Drake? One would not exist without the other. In fact, alot of the melody rappers and the Tyler the Creators would not exist without Drake’s shit – hate it or love it (Obviously, hate here).
Common – comeback of the year? Hmm…really? To me, he gets bitch move of the year for calling out Drake because he stole his lady. Pathetic. He’s saying all this sweet stuff and he’s made records with Jonas Bros. and wearing corny outfits/movies like in the “Come Close” video.
YOu def got the dissapointing albums right. I would add WTT though. Even though, I liked the album – Hay-Z and Kanye are titans. Expectations are insane.
Im just saying…
Emcee of the Year:
-Tech N9ne
RU: Big K.R.I.T
Trend We’d Like to See Die:
-Justin Bieber Freestyle
RU: Wannabe Hip-Hop/Skateboarder
Slept-On Album of the Year:
-G.S.N.T. by Saigon
RU: Pl3dge by Killer Mike
Producer of the Year:
-Big K.R.I.T.
RU: Statik Selektah
EP of the Year:
-Covert Soup by Curren$y & Alchemist
RU: Greneberg by Roc Marciano,
Oh No & Alchemist
Comeback of the Year:
-2 Chainz (Tity Boi)
RU: Juicy J
Verse of the Year:
-EM, SH & Yela “2.0 Boys”
RU: Nas “Nasty”
Non-Hip Hop Album of the Year:
-Bon Iver by Bon Iver
RU: Nostalgia, Ultra by Frank Ocean
Disappointing Album of the Year:
-Rolling Papers by Wiz Khalifa
RU: Lasers by Lupe Fiasco
Rising Star of the Year:
-Odd Future (Tyler, Earl…)
RU: Action Bronson
Story of the Year:
-Nate Dogg
RU: Wale to Maybach Music Group
Collaboration of the Year:
-Common & Nas – Ghetto Dreams
RU: Young Jeezy ft. Jay-Z & Andre 3000- I Do
Album of the Year:
-The Dreamer, The Believer by Common
RU: All 6’s & 7’s by Tech N9ne
Mixtape of the Year:
-ELMatic by Elzhi
RU: Return of 4eva by Big K.R.I.T.
bonus: Purp & Patron by Game
Video of the Year:
Tyler, the Creator – Yonkers
RU: Action Bronson – Brunch
bonus: 50 Cent Off & On
Game go hard
He’s the king…….and he be smokin
classik lol
love that damn song
I voted for RED but i didnt think it would actually win……
Game, Tyler, Kendirck…. West is back. respect.
Game still on top haters
Funny how the best albums dont sell shit – RED, 6’s7’s,section 80.
ummmm…. they all sold pretty well, respectively. R.E.D. under-performed, I think, but not as bad as some.
Looks like games got the throne now :'(
Tyler deserved Rising Star of the Year. He won a VMA Award. and where is Wiz Khalifa?
best verse of the year – nas -like smoke with amy winehouse
Nah eminem on welcome 2 hell. That’s seriously being slept on
Yeah Em on Welcome to Hell was slept on..most of his verses on that album were insane but i guess once your the biggest rapper in the world people tend to sleep on you no matter how hard u spit
I see y’al forgot about the Weeknd.
I finally agree with someone’s album of the year
Not sure how seriously I can even take this list. “Highlighter” by People Under the Stairs, “Oneirology” by CunninLynguists, and several of the years best albums weren’t even options to vote on.
The most Slept on album of the year was probably “In Case I Don’t Make It/Conversation B” by Has-Lo. Or maybe “Cinemetropolis” by Blue Scholars…or “The Earn” by yU.
“Well Done” by Action Bronson is actually better than Dr. Lecter.
“Make Some Noise” by the Beastie Boys was the best video of the year.
I agree with “Comeback of the Year”, “Disappointing Album of the Year”, and “Trends We’d Like to see Die” ones though.
Also, “Evolve” by Pharoahe Monch or the “An Introspection” verse by Cise Starr on the CYNE album are the two that I would’ve considered for verse of the year.
comeback of the year>>>>>>>>>>>royce da 5’9 hands down. Royce never was mainstream like Common. Royce was everywhere this year.
Verse of the year>>>>>>>>>>>>Crooked I “loud noises”.
Thank god they got the album of the year right.
MUCH LUV TO RASHID…..”THE DREAMER, THE BELIEVER” LP IS A CLASSIC, NO DOUBT
I don’t know who voted for this shit but this whole shit is a lil sketchy. Some of this shit just came out last week.
Emcee of the Year = Talib Kweli
runners-up = Freddie Gibbs, Jay-Rock
Trend We’d Like to See Die = Drake
runners-up: all the other wack niggas & bitches, This award
Slept-On Album of the Year = MED – Classic
runners-up = DTMD – Makin’ Dollas, Action Bronson – Dr. lecter
Producer of the Year = No I.D.
runners-up = Oddisee, Clams Casino
Tour of the Year = I don’t know, Rock the Bells? who gives a fuck
Comeback of the Year = Common
runners-up = Pete Rock, Royce Da 59
Verse of the Year = just one verse??? fuck outta here
Non-Hip Hop Album of the Year = yeah Nostalgia Ultra was pretty good…
Disappointing Album of the Year = Curren$y = weekend at burnies
runners-up = statik selectah, I guess Lupe (I’m not a fan)
Rising Star of the Year = Freddie Gibbs
runners-up = A$AP Rocky, MellowHype
Story of the Year = the death of legends, runenrs-up = game got killed by tyler the creator on his own shit, big ghost isn’t really ghostface
Collaboration of the Year = Evidence, Raekwon, Rass Kass & The Alchemist on Red Carpet
runners-up = Nas, Common & No I.D. on Ghetto Dreams, Intro/Interlude/Outtro on Carter IV: The Return of the Wack Nigga
Album of the Year = Section.80
runners-up = Cold Day In Hell, Elmatic
Reader’s Choice Album of the Year = wrong choice
Video of the Year = Evidence & Fashawn – Same Folks
runners-up = OTIS, Big Sean – ASS (feat. Nicki Minaj’s big ass)
good list, but Big Sean should never be spoken of or even acknowledged….
man Asap rocky should have def got atleast runner up good list better then dx’s wack ass dick in the booty ass list
I am listening to ‘The Red Carpet’ while i am typing this, amazing track that. I feel Madlib is never acknowledged as a Producer. In 2011 he produced most of MED’s Classic, a hot Blackstar single, Medicine Show, Freddie Gibbs EP etc dude!
I guess I really need to listen to the Phonte album, I am a longtime LB fan and still havent peeped it :/
BUY THAT SHIT, B
Don’t bother that shit was hype. Production was generic (lacking creativity) and It sounds no different to the bullshit Fe+ have been putting out of late. This is coming from the opinion of a true LB fan.
Album of the year: Encore
Video of the year: Eminem “ass like that”
verse of the year: Gucci Mane “trick or treat shitsleet”
U think that’s funny ? Boring ass comment !
WE ALL KNOW YALL AFFILIATED W WAK ACTION BRONSON N THE EVICTED OUTDOORSMEN STOP BEEN BIAS W THAT WAK ASS BULLSHIT N STOP PLAYIN YASELF EVERY FUCKIN SITE ITS UNBELIEVABLE FUCK YALL
Happy to see K.Dot as album of the year.. Section80 is that pifff
So, now you don’t even respect your own ratings? Kendrick Lamar turned out an excellent “mixtape” but that is suddenly better than the only five-star album you reviewed this year? Come on, at some point will you show some f’ing integrity?
I’m not even trying to disrespect Kendrick Lamar because that was an excellent album, but come on, The Roots pushed the envelope to a new level, you rated “perfect”, but I guess it’s not….
Our entire staff voted. This is about subjective favorites.
Action Bronson is dope
HipHopDX are a bunch of biased faggots, deadass. & racists
You mad becuase you didn’t win something? lol .. i see u left a comment under anonymous
The P.I.N.K. album is fucking terrible. I don’t give a fuck who voted for it. The Game MUST own this site cuz I’ve never personally met a human who can stand Game period, never mind the a piece of shit album so humiliating that he should clearly retire.
Raekwon- Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang
tech getin some respect
the STRANGEST OF THE STRANGE SENT ME TECH TECH !!! N9NE N9NE !! STRAAANNGE !! music.. BITCH !
ALL DAY ALL NIGHT NO ONE CAN STOP US NOW ARE ARMY IS FAR TO BIG AND GROWING FAST !! keep it strange -Casey white
its an awesome feeling when your favorite rapper/artist/emcee is awarded emcee of the year he’s deserved that for years now mad love to strange music and every fan for helping tech n9ne get where he is today
STRAAAANGE!!
Shout out to the hardest working dude in the game! Tech N9ne you deserve it, for all the sacrifice and pure talent this award is late!!!!
Tech9 is not gettin’ with Elzhi or Pharoah Monche. End of story.
elzhi is a lazy bum. one album. one album. one album. mixtape over illmatic beats using lifted flows. love elzhi, but tech n9ne grinds harder and been at it way longer. elzhi needs to work harder and work smarter, drop original music, not illmatic love letters.
Tech is alot better these days. But still not emcee of the year.
you stupid nigga
legit picks
Not saying your riding dick DX, but Tech’s name was listed about fourteen hundred times. Also, Carter 4 was the only Wayne album I can listen to and like they said, “Hip-Hop’s best seller.” Because 1 person is disappointed doesn’t make it shitty, haha.
Carter 4 was dog shit.
“Carter 4 the only album I can listen to”….Dude how old are you?
I’m pretty sure there may have been more than one person disappointed with Tha Carter IV. I suppose I could be wrong though.
Carter 4 was one of the worst Hip-Hop albums ever..a lot more than just 1 person felt this way
lil wayne is about as hip hop as the ying yang twins or chingy…he just makes whatever is trendy at the time, only difference is he sells out to each trend. he has never set a single trend but jumps on everyone elses. lil wayne didn’t use to rep skateboarding and now he holds up thrasher shit whenever he can since its trendy for teenagers to have gay shag hair and tight jeans. no joke i think fat joe was right about the gay mafia, lil wayne represents everything homosexual with his overall appearance and the way he represents himself. his voice even sounds kinda flamboyantly doped out when he talks….hes a flame. and if gay people didn’t decide all this would skinny jeans and clothes that don’t fit really be popular? remember when guys dressed like actual men? not like modern day fuckin rocky horror picture show shit
hiphopdx a bunch of dick riders.
emcee of the year: im from KC. i like tech. but no. he’s old, he passed his prime in the turn of the century, and he’s not the best. if you SERIOUSLY think that all 6’s and 7’s was his magnum opus, then you don’t know his music in the least.
trend we’d like to see die: cute. just some filler for your list tho, to space out your dick riding.
slept on album: the winner, and the two follow ups, underground artists. need i say more?
producer of the year: sure. whatever.
tour of the year: prolly the most accurate award in this list
comeback of the year: y’all were prolly sleeping on common until he dissed drake AFTER then turn of the year. now you’re on his dick again.
verse of the year: prolly could go to kendrick. he’s done better verses tho. oh and tech’s a runner up… on an interlude track… smh.
non-hip-hop album of the year: more filler. no comment.
disappointing album of the year: yeah, even lupe was pissed with this album. but y’all were prolly afraid of being called dick riders if you put wayne in this one. wayne’s album was way more disappointing than lasers, and you know it. be real.
rising star of the year: SO YOU REALLY THINK THIS GUYS GONNA BE FAMOUS BY THE END OF 2012?? lololololol
i maybe kinda agree with tyler, the creator tho
story of the year: filler.
collaboration of the year: surprised it wasnt tech’s worldwide choppers. got the next closest thing i suppose. all my friends love tech, but would skip ALL of the interlude tracks on this album. funny how this album was a runner up for most disappointing, but still manage to have a track WIN an award. smh.
album of the year: ok sure. good album. ANOTHER underground artist tho. i mean, big sean couldnt even be a runner up?
reader’s choice album of the year: no comment.
video of the year: i agree with this one the most. yonkers or otis deserved these.
put simply, hiphopdx is good at news. thats it. you’re quick. but you are simple minded and ignorant. your writers are just bloggers, blogging about blogs not being what blogging used to be. and the articles that are posted here are almost always sub-par. the interviews can be good, sometimes. usually the questions are lame tho. this site’s staff really just reminds me of all the fags on youtube who don’t know shit about fuck and say ‘fuck mainstream’ and think hip hop is ‘dead’. get over your own opinions are write something worth… reading. and recognize hip hop for what it truly is.
thus, after reading this album, im unfollowing hiphopdx’s writers on twitter and unliking their facebook page (OOOHH BURN). im finally sure that this site is ran by kids who really don’t listen to a lot of hip hop.
funny how tech n9ne gets all this recognition when he’s at his weakest. hip hop fans are so fickle. they need to be spoon fed good music. they eat only what’s in front of them, go hunting for somethign special you drones.
tech n9ne was rapping for a good 20 years with no media attention and now he’s getting his dick licked cuz he did some tracks with wayne. love tech, just can’t stand hip hop media. every other genre of music has go to journalists that really live the culture. hiphopdx is run by college kids that got into rap via limewire.
very sad to see how hard hip hop fell off as a whole. young ones will say im hating, because they don’t know. the culture is dead, hip hop is defined by internet shit talk and blog hits in 2012. terrible
tech at his weakest? i don’t know what you mean by that his lyrics are more off the wall than they’ve ever been and hes choppin words like nobody else in the industry. but like tech said its nice to finally get that mainstream recognition after a big artist like lil wayne publicly endorsed him and got his name out to the masses. tech n9ne has such a unique style that just like he also said, tech didn’t go mainstream, mainstream went tech. he keeps all of his originality and unique style to this day. nothings changed except his lyrics aren’t so loserish like they used to be…absolute power was great but the lyrics were so much about him being a loser i felt like i could smell his b.o. through the music lol tech isn’t really mainstream anyways. he only sold about 50k his first week and gets all this mainstream applause but everyone calls yelawolfs 40-50k a flop lol…hip hop fans can be such hypocrites
Emcee of the year Tech N9ne? no way in hell. My vote would have to go to Kendrick Lamar.
Trends that need to end is a good list. cliche’ trap lyrics, and singing when you can’t sing could also be on there
slept on album, I didn’t hear bluprint’s work but definitley agree with the other two, Cunninglynguists’ LP Oneirology, Digital Lows from Cities Aviv, and Exmilitary from Death Grips all could have made my list.
Producer of the year I agree on J. Cole had a great year too though
Common would definitley be my comeback of the year but alot of older rappers came back this year.
Verse of the year I would also agree with, also one of my favorite rap songs of the year (produced by J. Cole)
Non-Hip-Hop album is where things start getting really sticky. Did the creators of this list listen to anything else besides rap and these three albums? I did enjoy Frank Ocean but that was not album of the year in any category, same with TV on the radio. Adele I can handle, but wow listen too more music before you make these lists. I would have put Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues and Fucked Up’s David Comes To Life in their, if you say they aren’t hip hop related enough, just wait and see their tracks get sampled.
I wouldn’t call Lupe or Wayne’s albums disapointing because that would imply big expectations. what about Tyler’s Goblin or Wiz’s Rolling Papers those album’s turned me off the idea that i will ever like the artists’ that made them, and that is disapointing.
I like Action Bronson alot but we all know the rising star’s are rarely talented quirky emcees these days. I don’t like it but if i had to put money on it I’d say Big Sean or Childish Gambino will have a big popularity explosion this year. My list of rappers i would like to see have a big year though is Kendrick Lamar, Cities Aviv, Action Bronson, Theophilus London, Danny Brown, and Death Grips (If you think Tyler the Creator has a fresh concept but is over-rated check out those last two.)
Story of the year, okay I agree here also could have put in Jay-Z and Kanye joining forces but i understand the meaning of a list of 3.
Colaberation of the year, again kinda sticky here. I was excited to hear the Lil Wayne one but all in all it under-whelmed me quite a bit. Nas and Common should do more work together, Tyler and Pusha should never work together again. Again no mention of Jay-Z and Kanye West makes me question this list. Was Nigga’s In Paris or Otis just too obvious for you guys to handle?
Album of the year I cannot disagree with except Phonte kind of blew my mind, too many to list that could take that place. If i remember correctly hiphopdx was running some show featuring Phonte or something along those lines. Biased much?
Reader’s please tell me you did not really vote for The Game to have album of the year! If so did you just listen to that and say “yup, this is it, I’m satisfied and won’t be listening to any other album this year.” because In my opinion and just about every one else i know think’s this is not even his best album by a long shot some people even may call it “complete garbage”
And Finally, I would have to completely agree with Yonkers as the video of the year. Too many runners-up to list but if it weren’t for the Yonkers video most people wouldn’t even know who this kid is.
The Weeknd should have at least gotten a nod in the non-hiphop category, The Trilogy (House of Balloons, Thursday, Echoes of Silence) is amazing.
Trends that need to end: Saggin in Skinny Jeans with x-tra medium shirt on. I do agree with white people sayin the “N” word. Fillipinos, asians, Tongans, and Samoans need to quit sayin that shit also, especially when they use it in public like they don’t give a “what”.
Emcee and album of the year should of gone to drake, lets be real. Producer of the year should of gone to 40
OVOXO
Drake is the worst i really hope that was a joke because kendrick lamar was 10 times better
this is one shitty site
Looking back at this, this year, I’m wondering why the fuck was 2.0 Boys by Eminem, Slaughterhouse & Yelawolf not even an honorable mention yet alone collab of the year?