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

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

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]

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 - Hitler on Steroids

WestSide Gunn - Hitler 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 God 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

Meth - People Say

Royce Da 5'9" - Layers

Heems - Bangladesh

 

[BobOblah]

Verse of The Year

Black Thought "Sway in the Morning Freestyle" verse 1

GOAT’d for this choice. Might have to add that

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

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 - Kill 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 nigga 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 niggas can't relate?

Fuck 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 niggas playin' for power, huh

So our music is ours, niggas own their own houses

Ours was, "Fuck you, pay me" now it's, "Fuck 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"

God sent me to break the chain, I'm the true and livin'

God in the flesh, the rest of these niggas is vain

A stain on the white suit, inferior IQ

Niggas'll rip your shit off TIDAL just to spite you

Ahhhh, what did I do? 'Cept try to free you

Niggas'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, nigga, 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' dirty money like the Teamsters, huh

Shout out to Hoffa back home, he in the church

When I heard you got booked, that shit hurt

Fear for you, bro, we know the system don't work

Take a young nigga 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' kill me, heh

'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the real me

Welcome back Carter, smile

That nigga killed that shyt!!

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]

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 nigga 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 niggas can't relate?

Fuck 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 niggas playin' for power, huh

So our music is ours

Niggas only own houses

Ours was, "Fuck you, pay me"

Now it's, "Fuck 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"

God sent me to break the chain

I'm the true and livin'

God in the flesh, the rest of these niggas is vain

A stain on the white suit, inferior IQ

Niggas'll rip your shit off TIDAL just to spite you

Ahhhh, what did I do?

'Cept try to free you

Niggas'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, nigga, 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' dirty money like the Teamsters, huh

Shout out to Hoffa back home, he in the church

When I heard you got booked, that shit hurt

Feared for you, bro, we know the system don't work

Take a young niggas 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' kill me, heh

'Cause the more I reveal me, the more they 'fraid of the real me

Welcome back Carter, smile"

 

[TheGOAT]

@LcnsdbyROYALTY I can't think of any mixtapes and these days wtf really constitutes as a mixtape ? Doesn't an artist have the right to categorize their own music since they made it in the first place ? I mean he asked for it to be excluded from the Grammies.

I think he asked for it to be excluded because he knew it wouldnt win

 

[TheGOAT]

Im a lil confused on how to nominate some artists.

Like i dont think Krit or Rapsody is an "underground artist". Rapsody just got nominated for a Grammy & Krit was on Def Jam with a solid fanbase.

Also are artists like Jidenna, ChrisRivers, or Joyner Lucas "New"?

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

@LcnsdbyROYALTY I can't think of any mixtapes and these days wtf really constitutes as a mixtape ? Doesn't an artist have the right to categorize their own music since they made it in the first place ? I mean he asked for it to be excluded from the Grammies.

I think he asked for it to be excluded because he knew it wouldnt win

This.

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

Im a lil confused on how to nominate some artists.

Like i dont think Krit or Rapsody is an "underground artist". Rapsody just got nominated for a Grammy & Krit was on Def Jam with a solid fanbase.

Also are artists like Jidenna, ChrisRivers, or Joyner Lucas "New"?

Yea, as time progresses the lines are blurred more and more when it comes to categorization.

 

[TheGOAT]

Artist of The Year

1. Kendrick Lamar

Mixtape of The Year

1. Joyner Lucas

2. NBA Youngboy "AI Youngboy"

Single of The Year

1. "HUMBLE" Kendrick

Best New Artist

1. Jidenna

2. Illa J

3. Chris Rivers

4. JID

5. CyHi

Collaboration/Feature of the Year

1. "Ride w/ Me" Big Krit ft Bun B & Pimp C

2. "Yeah 5x" Step Brothers

Group/Crew of The Year

1. Step Brothers (Don Trip & Starlito)

2. Organized Noize

3. Nappy Roots

4. Cunninglynguist

5. The Cool Kids

Underground Artist of The Year

1. Brother Ali

2. Don Trip

3. Open Mike Eagle

4. Illa J

5. Chris Rivers

Producer of The Year

No ID

Verse of The Year

1. Big Krit "Drinking Sessions"

2. Kendrick "FEEL" 2nd verse

3. Jay Z "Marcy Me" 2nd verse

 

[buttuh_b]

Jidenna had the #1 record in the country 2 or 3 years ago

 

[TheGOAT]

Jidenna had the #1 record in the country 2 or 3 years ago

Yea but that 1 song was all he really had until he dropped a debut album this year.

¯\_(ツ)_/ ¯

 

[BedStuy]

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 - Hitler on Steroids

WestSide Gunn - Hitler 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 God 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

Meth - People Say

Royce Da 5'9" - Layers

Heems - Bangladesh

Realist post in this thread... Word

 

[rip.dilla]

Yeah @achewon87 ... GOAT drop on that Bar Exam 4 tape. Probably the best tape I heard this year...

 

[TonyDubbz]

Artist of The Year:

Jay-Z

Big KRIT

Kendrick Lamar

Migos

Future

Mixtape of The Year:

i'll get back to this one, aint really check for nobody mixtape wise.

Single of The Year:

Future - Mask Off

French Montana ft Swae Lee - Unforgettable

Kendrick Lamar ft Rihanna - Loyalty

2chainz ft Quavo & Gucci Mane - Good Drank

Jay-Z - Story of OJ

Best New Artist:

G-Herbo (Debut album dropped this year)

Tee Grizzly

NBA Young Boy

Collaboration/Feature of the Year:

Big KRIT ft Cee-Lo Green - Get Up 2 Come Down

2chainz ft Quavo & Gucci Mane - Good Drank

Big Boi, Killer Mike & Jeezy - Kill Jill

Group/Crew of The Year:

Migos

Dipset

Underground Artist of The Year:

Big KRIT

Producer of The Year:

Big KRIT

No ID

Metro Boomin

Mannie Fresh

Verse of The Year:

Big KRIT - Price of Fame

Big KRIT - Bury Me in Gold

Big KRIT - Mixed Messages

Jay-Z - Marcy Me

Jay-Z - Family Feud

 

[genocidecutter]

Smh at these lists. I'll drop mine when I get home,

 

[LcnsdbyROYALTY]

Smh at these lists. I'll drop mine when I get home,

Geno, respect tha shyt outta you dude, cuz you be in your own lane unabashedly, but I already know this is gonna result in hilarity.

 

[TonyDubbz]

some of the songs/artist on my list i dont even fuck wit like that but i voted them because there shit was all over the place and could easily be in the discussion for the chosen category

 

[genocidecutter]

Ok no let me show yall we we gonna do this

Artist of the year

Playboy the Beast

B.I.G K.R.I.T

Scum

Lo-Key

The Roc

Mixtape of The Year

Murda ain't crazy 2

Mr.Ugly part 2

(I don't fuc with mixtapes like that)

Single of The Year

Don't have one

Best New Artist

Ouija Macc(ICP's newest artist)

XXTentaction(AKA the only good rapper in that garbage xxl class)

Lyte

Collaboration/Feature of the Year

Get beat the fuck up Playboy The Beast ft. Seed of 6ix


Group/Crew of The Year

Insane Clown Posse

(come on now that an easy one)

Wu-Tang Clan

Underground Artist of The Year

Tech N9ne

(everyyear I gonna vote for Tech period)

Producer of The Year

Michael "Seven" Summers

(This man produces so much heat)

Verse of The Year

Shaggy 2 Dope first verse on psychopathic soldier


and thats my list

 

[genocidecutter]

This thread made me realize how little of a fuck a give about mainstream rap.