Wow epic fail by MTV.
G-Unit doesn't deserve to win anything anymore. They haven't been (or never will be) the same since Game and Buck left. Terminate on Sight was so horrible I couldn't even finish listening to it. 50 needs to stop trying to start these little beefs because it just ends up with him looking very stupid.
Drama definantly takes mixtape artist of the year. The Preview with Ludacris was one of the best mainstream mixtapes of the year. I cannot say the same with Dedication 3 because Wayne needs to get off the auto-tune and stop promoting his artists on his mixtapes. I wanna hear Wayne not random Cash Money artists, have them make their own mixtapes.
Lyric wise Nas does take lyricist of the year. He hasn't stopped dropping classic lyric filled albums since debut (and classic album) Illmatic. [End discussion.]
The most slept on album of the year... LAX could take this but I would also have to say The Recession by Jeezy was slept on. It didn't have as many deep lyrics as Game did with LAX but it showed the most "i-can-write-good-lyrics-but-still-have-good-beats-and-flow" side of Jeezy. Some beats on LAX could make me fall asleep.
Album of the year Paper Trail.
I enjoyed watching Atlanta's Birthday Bash concert just because that shit with T.I. and Shawty Lo is entertaining. The Glow in the Dark tour's highlight was seeing Jay-Z do "Jockin' Jay-Z".
Kanye West is definantly one of the top producers of the year but I would give Drumma Boy his props too. He hit big with "Put On" but he also had "Here I Am" with Rick Ross. And he had a couple joints on Paper Trail. Also Jim Jonsin had a good year with "Lollipop" and "Whatever You Like" both hitting number one.
The topic of the year which made me laugh was the whole Rick Ross being a cop scandal. That shit was funnnnnnny .
Breakthrough MC? Shawty Lo? No. I cannot begin to explain why Shawty Lo doesn't deserve any recignition. The only reason people know his name is because of T.I.. He had "Dey Know" which was kind of a hit song, but I would have forgot who sang that realll quick. T.I. is Lo's career. Breakthrough MC is Ace Hood.
Internet superstar is definantly Joe Budden or Plies. Both of them kept putting out video after video of the most random shit... Well actually that was Budden. Plies just advertised on the Internet too much.
Best collabo of 2008. "Swagga Like Us". If you put the four biggest names in hip-hop on one song, it's a hit.
So I just realized I went on a long time about this. So feel free to comment on your opinions. (For the 6 people who know what I'm talking about.)
Bring on 2009.
