2017 Reason Awards Music Edition Nomination Thread (vote closes in a week)

5th Letter
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edited April 2018 in The Reason
5 nominees in each category. Since @TheGoat already started a album of the year thread we'll go with whichever albums make the top 5 from that thread.

Artist of The Year
Mixtape of The Year
Single of The Year
Best New Artist
Collaboration/Feature of the Year
Group/Crew of The Year
Underground Artist of The Year
Producer of The Year
Verse of The Year
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  • Turfaholic
    Turfaholic Members Posts: 20,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    Artist of The Year
    Cardi B

    Mixtape of The Year
    The Tonite Show with DJ Fresh & Rydah J. Klyde

    Single of The Year
    The Story Of OJ

    Best New Artist
    Tee Grizzley

    Collaboration/Feature of the Year
    Hustle Gang "Friends"

    Group/Crew of The Year
    Taylor Gang

    Underground Artist of The Year
    Shady Nate

    Producer of The Year
    The Mekanix

    Verse of The Year
    Jay-Z


    You wanna know what's more important than throwin' away money at a strip club? Credit
    You ever wonder why Jewish people own all the property in America? This how they did it
    Financial freedom my only hope
    ? livin' rich and dyin' broke
    I bought some artwork for one million
    Two years later, that ? worth two million
    Few years later, that ? worth eight million
    I can't wait to give this ? to my children
    Y'all think it's bougie, I'm like, it's fine
    But I'm tryin' to give you a million dollars worth of game for nine ninety-nine
    I turned that two to a four, four to an eight
    I turned my life into a nice first week release date, mm
    Y'all out here still takin' advances, huh?
    Me and my ? takin' real chances, uh
    Y'all on the 'gram holdin' money to your ear
    There's a disconnect, we don't call that money over here, yeah

  • Busta Carmichael
    Busta Carmichael Members, Moderators Posts: 13,161 Regulator
    I swear if y'all nominate cardi b or tekashi69
  • Turfaholic
    Turfaholic Members Posts: 20,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I swear if y'all nominate cardi b or tekashi69

    I nominated Cardi on the strength of the come up. As many female reality stars we see that claim to be artist, Cardi was nominated for a Grammy. No album dropped and she's in the race with the likes of Kendrick, Hov, Killer Mike, & Big Boi. I respect it. I want to see the little ? win.
  • Busta Carmichael
    Busta Carmichael Members, Moderators Posts: 13,161 Regulator
    Turfaholic wrote: »
    I swear if y'all nominate cardi b or tekashi69

    I nominated Cardi on the strength of the come up. As many female reality stars we see that claim to be artist, Cardi was nominated for a Grammy. No album dropped and she's in the race with the likes of Kendrick, Hov, Killer Mike, & Big Boi. I respect it. I want to see the little ? win.

    I respect your opinion. But if we're going by skills. Shes garbage. Remy is dope and actually dropped bars this year.
  • BobOblah
    BobOblah Members Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    Gonna do some listening and come back and edit but this is what I got so far.

    Artist of The Year
    Joey Bada$$
    Big Krit
    Jay Z
    Kendrick Lamar
    Talib Kweli

    Mixtape of The Year
    ??

    Single of The Year
    Joey- Land of The Free
    Wu- People Say
    K.dot- DNA
    Jay Z- Story of OJ
    Jay Z- Bam

    Best New Artist
    A$AP Twelvvy I guess

    Collaboration/Feature of the Year
    Joey Badass & Chronixx- Babylon
    Joey Badass & Schoolboy Q- Rockabye Baby
    Talib Kweli & Styles P- Last Ones
    Talib Kweli & Jay Electronica- All Of Us
    Jay Z & Damian Marley - Bam

    Group/Crew of The Year
    Wu Tang Clan
    A$AP Mob

    Underground Artist of The Year
    Big Krit?
    Rapsody

    Producer of The Year
    Big Krit
    No ID
    Mathematics

    Verse of The Year
    Jay Electronica- All of Us
    Inspectah Deck- People Say
    Method Man- If Time is Money
    Black Thought Sway freestyle
  • buttuh_b
    buttuh_b Members Posts: 13,544 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How is there no Album of the Year Jamaica ? ?
  • Busta Carmichael
    Busta Carmichael Members, Moderators Posts: 13,161 Regulator
    buttuh_b wrote: »
    How is there no Album of the Year Jamaica ? ?

    He already explained why
  • Turfaholic
    Turfaholic Members Posts: 20,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Turfaholic wrote: »
    I swear if y'all nominate cardi b or tekashi69

    I nominated Cardi on the strength of the come up. As many female reality stars we see that claim to be artist, Cardi was nominated for a Grammy. No album dropped and she's in the race with the likes of Kendrick, Hov, Killer Mike, & Big Boi. I respect it. I want to see the little ? win.

    I respect your opinion. But if we're going by skills. Shes garbage. Remy is dope and actually dropped bars this year.

    I agree
  • 5th Letter
    5th Letter Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 37,068 Regulator
    buttuh_b wrote: »
    How is there no Album of the Year Jamaica ? ?

    He already explained why

    I wasn't gonna say nothing.
  • LcnsdbyROYALTY
    LcnsdbyROYALTY Members Posts: 13,763 ✭✭✭✭✭
    buttuh_b wrote: »
    How is there no Album of the Year Jamaica ? ?

    ? the reason is the OP. Ol start a test without reading the directions ass ? . I bet you write essays for multiple choice tests. Lol
  • TheGOAT
    TheGOAT Guests, Members, Writer, Content Producer Posts: 15,916 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Honestly thought the site would be closed by now.

    My AOTY thread was made before CyHi dropped

    Dont know if he would get top 5 votes or not
  • rip.dilla
    rip.dilla Members Posts: 17,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think AOTY should still have been added in this thread. I didn't even know about the other thread or maybe I just bypassed it...
  • buttuh_b
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    Artist of The Year
    Future
    Big K.R.I.T.
    Kendrick Lamar
    Kodak Black
    Joey Bada$$
    (Honorable mention) Lil Uzi Vert

    Mixtape of The Year
    Peewee Longway - Blue M&M 3
    G Perico - All Blue
    Lil B - Black Ken
    Moneybagg Yo - 3X Federal
    Kodak Black - Project Baby 2

    Single of The Year
    Future - Mask Off
    Kodak Black - Tunnel Vision
    Playboi Carti - Magnolia
    Cardi B - Bodak Yellow
    Meek Mill - 1942 Flows

    Best New Artist (I know some of these artists been around for a while but they really picked up steam in 2017)
    Cardi B
    Mozzy
    Tee Grizzley
    Moneybagg Yo
    NBA Youngboy

    Collaboration/Feature of the Year
    Future/Young Thug - Relationship
    Jay-Z/Damian Marley - Bam
    Lil Uzi Vert/Pharrell - Neon Guts
    Meek Mill/Yo Gotti/Rick Ross - Connect the Dots
    Big K.R.I.T/Cee-Lo/Sleepy Brown - Get Up 2 Come Down

    Group/Crew of The Year
    Wu-Tang Clan
    Migos
    The Roots
    A$AP Mob
    The Pollyseeds

    Underground Artist of The Year (no major deal I consider underground)
    Peewee Longway
    Young Dolph
    Hoodrich Pablo Juan
    Blac Youngsta
    Fredo Santana

    Producer of The Year
    9th Wonder
    Cardo
    808 Mafia
    No ID
    Metro Boomin

    Verse of The Year

    Kendrick Lamar - "Fear" verse 1, 2 and 3
    Kendrick Lamar - "Duckworth"
    Black Thought "Sway in the Morning Freestyle" verse 1
  • 5th Letter
    5th Letter Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 37,068 Regulator
    rip.dilla wrote: »
    I think AOTY should still have been added in this thread. I didn't even know about the other thread or maybe I just bypassed it...

    That thread has like 4/5 pages with most of the reason posters contributing to it so I figured I'd use that as opposed to doing a whole new thing.
  • BobOblah
    BobOblah Members Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    5th Letter wrote: »
    rip.dilla wrote: »
    I think AOTY should still have been added in this thread. I didn't even know about the other thread or maybe I just bypassed it...

    That thread has like 4/5 pages with most of the reason posters contributing to it so I figured I'd use that as opposed to doing a whole new thing.

    Just have people add their AOTY list if they missed that thread.
  • 5th Letter
    5th Letter Members, Moderators, Writer Posts: 37,068 Regulator
    BobOblah wrote: »
    5th Letter wrote: »
    rip.dilla wrote: »
    I think AOTY should still have been added in this thread. I didn't even know about the other thread or maybe I just bypassed it...

    That thread has like 4/5 pages with most of the reason posters contributing to it so I figured I'd use that as opposed to doing a whole new thing.

    Just have people add their AOTY list if they missed that thread.

    The 5 is already set though.
  • rip.dilla
    rip.dilla Members Posts: 17,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    5th Letter wrote: »
    BobOblah wrote: »
    5th Letter wrote: »
    rip.dilla wrote: »
    I think AOTY should still have been added in this thread. I didn't even know about the other thread or maybe I just bypassed it...

    That thread has like 4/5 pages with most of the reason posters contributing to it so I figured I'd use that as opposed to doing a whole new thing.

    Just have people add their AOTY list if they missed that thread.

    The 5 is already set though.



    No worries. I'll just pop over to that thread
  • rip.dilla
    rip.dilla Members Posts: 17,412 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LOL @buttuh_b funnily enough that G Perico tape on my playlist currently. I sympathise with Crips...



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  • buttuh_b
    buttuh_b Members Posts: 13,544 ✭✭✭✭✭
    rip.dilla wrote: »
    LOL @buttuh_b funnily enough that G Perico tape on my playlist currently. I sympathise with Crips...



    33t3ulzzmo4i.png

    All my people on The Coast that bang are blue rag.. It's natural I got hella love.. but yo did you hear the Perico project with Jay Worthy and Cardo.. that ? so hard and production is crazy... the only reason I omitted it from my list is because it's only 22 minutes..

    2 The Left drops next week. Perico gotta keep that momentum going. We'll see if he's able to eventually get to a YG level
  • LcnsdbyROYALTY
    LcnsdbyROYALTY Members Posts: 13,763 ✭✭✭✭✭
    TheGOAT wrote: »
    Honestly thought the site would be closed by now.

    My AOTY thread was made before CyHi dropped

    Dont know if he would get top 5 votes or not

    This...
  • achewon87
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    Artist of The Year
    Conway The Machine
    WestSide Gunn
    Benny The Butcher
    Mach-Hommy
    Jay-Z

    Mixtape of The Year
    Conway - More Steroids
    WestSide Gunn - ? on Steroids
    WestSide Gunn - ? Wears Hermes 5
    Conway - Reject on Steroids
    Benny - Butcher on Steroids
    HM: Royce Da 5'9" - The Bar Exam 4, Domo Genesis - The Red Corolla

    Single of The Year
    Wu-Tang - People Say Ft. Redman
    Rick Ross - Santorini Greece
    Pardison Fontaine - In The Field
    Your Old Droog - Bangladesh Ft. Heems
    Jay-Z - Bam

    Best New Artist
    Nick Grant
    Pardison Fontaine
    J.I.D.

    Collaboration/Feature of the Year
    WestSide Gunn & Conway - RIP Bobby
    Conway & Benny - Spurs 1/Spurs 2
    WestSide DOOM - Gorilla Monsoon/2 Stings
    Royce Da 5'9" - Gov Ball Ft. WestSide Gunn & Conway
    Sean Price - The 3 Lyrical P's Ft. Prodigy & Styles P

    Group/Crew of The Year
    Griselda by Fashion Rebels #GxFR

    Underground Artist of The Year
    Mach-Hommy
    Hus Kingpin
    Oddisee
    Tha ? Fahim
    Planet Asia

    Producer of The Year
    Daringer
    The Alchemist
    Oddisee
    No I.D.
    Apollo Brown

    Verse of The Year
    Benny - Spurs 2
    Conway - Barbarik
    ? - People Say
    Royce Da 5'9" - Layers
    Heems - Bangladesh
  • BobOblah
    BobOblah Members Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    buttuh_b wrote: »
    Verse of The Year
    Black Thought "Sway in the Morning Freestyle" verse 1

    GOAT’d for this choice. Might have to add that
  • LcnsdbyROYALTY
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    Artist of The Year

    Kendrick Lamar
    Jay-Z
    Rapsody
    Big K.R.I.T.



    Mixtape of The Year

    Didn't follow

    Single of The Year

    Jay-Z - The Story of OJ
    Kendrick Lamar - DNA
    Kendrick Lamar - Loyalty (Feat. Rihanna)


    Best New Artist

    J.I.D.
    EarthGang




    Collaboration/Feature of the Year

    Lil Uzi Vert - Neon Guts (Feat. Pharrell)
    Ty $ - Stare (feat. Pharrell & Wiz Khalifa)
    Big K.R.I.T. - Get Up 2 Come Down (feat. Sleepy Brown and Ceelo Green)
    Tyler, The Creator - Who Dat Boy (feat. A$AP Rocky)
    Big Boi - ? Jill (feat. Jeezy & Killer Mike)

    Group/Crew of The Year

    TDE
    A$AP Mob
    Spillage Village



    Underground Artist of The Year

    Didn't follow

    Producer of The Year

    NO I.D.
    Sounwave
    MikeWillMadeIt




    Verse of The Year
    [Verse 3: JAY-Z]
    I mastered my aesthetics
    I know you often heard me wax poetic 'bout bein' back in the Lexus
    But trust me, that was nothin' a ? up in
    The hundreds of millions, I have no ceilings, ah, this that feelin'
    I'm that boy
    Anita Baker's "You Bring Me Joy" slappin' out of the toy
    The separation is clear in my rear-view mirror
    Objects is further than they appear
    Oh yeah, I was born with a pair, playin' for high stakes
    Norman's Cay, he looked up and out of the Lear
    How ? can't relate?
    ? a slice of the apple pie, want my own cake
    In charge of my own fate, respect Jimmy Iovine
    But he gotta respect the Elohim as a whole new regime
    And ? playin' for power, huh
    So our music is ours, ? own their own houses
    Ours was, "? you, pay me" now it's, "? payin' me, I pay you
    Put the rest away for Blue"
    That blood money I giggle at it, can't even support my miss' habit
    Jewelry shoppin' in Pa- all ya jewelers should be embarrassed
    Huh, lood diamonds drippin' with guilt, I still ain't trippin'
    That's life, winners and losers
    Drug dealers and abusers, America likes me ruthless
    My therapist said I relapsed
    I said, "Pre-haps I Freudian slipped in European whips"
    ? sent me to break the chain, I'm the true and livin'
    ? in the flesh, the rest of these ? is vain
    A stain on the white suit, inferior IQ
    ? 'll rip your ? off TIDAL just to spite you
    Ahhhh, what did I do? 'Cept try to free you
    ? 'll love you but hate you 'cause they can't be you
    Dump 'em all in the bayou, uh
    Everybody wave bye to the guy you thought you could lie to
    This was meant to be a haiku, huh
    But my story's too wide to fit inside the line or two
    Oh, these that drugs, heron flow, I spaz on the stove
    This is Hov, no flex zone, ? , who lied to you?
    Look, you a pedestrian, don't ever question the security I provided you
    Oh y'all thought I was washed? I'm at the cleaners
    Launderin' ? money like the Teamsters, huh
    Shout out to Hoffa back home, he in the church
    When I heard you got booked, that ? hurt
    Fear for you, bro, we know the system don't work
    Take a young ? freedom over some dirt
    Yet it's legal in Colorado, yeah, we deny
    Black entrepreneurs, free enterprise
    That's why it's a black market, that's why it's called the trap
    That's why it's called the projects 'cause it's exactly that
    All these people was gon' ? me, heh
    'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the real me
    Welcome back Carter, smile

    That ? killed that ? !!

    I'll try to update later.

    @Sion More Life was a studio LP. FOH with that "Playlist" bullshyt he used in attempt to condone it's trashness.
  • GetoBoy
    GetoBoy Members Posts: 3,879 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited December 2017
    Artist of The Year:
    Jay Z (another classic album and had the whole hip hop culture ears on every word)

    Mixtape of The Year:
    IDK what is or isn't a mixtape no more is More Life a mixtape?? Is Freddy Vs Jason a mixtape??? I'll just leave that one alone

    Single of The Year:
    XO Tour Life
    Bodak Yellow
    Bad and Boujee
    DNA
    Humble
    (Any one would do)

    Best New Artist:
    Cardi B (sorry but any time you can get the #1 song in the country of ANY genre as a new artist I gotta give you that title)

    Collaboration/Feature of the Year:
    Rick Ross/Raphael Saadiq "Apple of my Eye" (TOO slept on)

    Group/Crew of The Year:
    Migos (easily)

    Underground Artist of The Year:
    Mozzy (if he counts that's my choice)

    Producer of The Year:
    No ID (Perfect production)

    Verse of The Year:
    Jay Z "Smile" 3rd verse

    "I mastered my aesthetics
    I know you often heard me wax poetic
    'Bout bein' back in the Lexus
    But trust me, that was nothin'
    A ? up in the hundreds of millions
    I have no ceilings, ah, this that feelin', I'm that boy
    Anita Baker's "You Bring Me Joy"
    Slappin' out of the toy, the separation is clear
    In my rear-view mirror, objects is further than they appear
    Oh yeah, I was born with a pair
    Playin' for high stakes
    Norman Cake, he looked up and out of the Lear
    How ? can't relate?
    ? a slice of the apple pie, want my own cake
    Chargin' my own fate
    Respect Jimmy Iovine
    But he gotta respect the Elohim as a whole new regime
    And ? playin' for power, huh
    So our music is ours
    ? only own houses
    Ours was, "? you, pay me"
    Now it's, "? payin' me, I pay you
    Put the rest away for Blue"
    That blood money, I giggle at it
    Can't even support my Mrs. habit
    Jewelry shoppin' in Paris
    All y'all jewelers should be embarrassed, huh
    Blood diamonds drippin', we cute
    I still ain't trippin', that's life, winners and losers
    Drug dealers and abusers, America likes me ruthless
    My therapist said I relapsed
    I said, "Prehaps I Freudian slipped in European whips"
    ? sent me to break the chain
    I'm the true and livin'
    ? in the flesh, the rest of these ? is vain
    A stain on the white suit, inferior IQ
    ? 'll rip your ? off TIDAL just to spite you
    Ahhhh, what did I do?
    'Cept try to free you
    ? 'll love you but hate you 'cause they can't be you
    Dump 'em all in the bayou, uh
    Everybody wave bye to the guy you thought you could lie to
    This was meant to be a haiku, huh
    But my story's too wide to fit inside the line
    And too old, these that drugs
    Heroin flow, I spaz on the stove
    This is Hov, no Flex zone, ? , who lied to you?
    Look, you a pedestrian
    Don't ever question the security I provided you
    Oh y'all thought I was washed?
    I'm at the cleaners
    Launderin' ? money like the Teamsters, huh
    Shout out to Hoffa back home, he in the church
    When I heard you got booked, that ? hurt
    Feared for you, bro, we know the system don't work
    Take a young ? freedom over some dirt
    Yet it's legal in Colorado
    Yeah, we deny
    Black entrepreneurs, free enterprise
    That's why it's a black market, that's why it's called "the trap"
    That's why it's called "the projects" 'cause it's exactly that!
    All these people was gon' ? me, heh
    'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the real me
    Welcome back Carter, smile"