From: isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles L Isbell)
Newsgroups: alt.rap
Subject: Last year's awards:  THE RESULTS (1/2)
Date: 13 Dec 92 17:19:10 GMT
Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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For the newcomers, I'm posting the results of last year's First Annual
New Jack Hip Hop Awards.  Especially note the DJ award.  Only one
person was nominated and after the awards people came up with maybe 2
million people they thought were better.  Don't let this happen with
your favorite group/dj/producer/single/album.  Nominate somebody.  You
don't HAVE to nominate in every category, just the ones you want.

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Sorry for the delay peoples.  This is part 1 of 2.  *You* voted for the
nominees and *you* voted for the winners.

This time:
	Crossover
	Braggadacio
	Bohemian
	Misc 1
	Misc 2
Next time:
	Nasty
	Gangsta
	Misc 3
	Political
	Hall of Fame

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Our first category is *Crossover Rap*, counted by fletch1 who resides
here at MIT.  Crossover is *not* to be confused with hip-pop like
Vanilla Wafer.  This is the rap that really "crosses" to R&B and even
pop while actually remaining both good *and* true to hip hop.  Well,
you know what I mean.  The results:

	Dopest Crossover Group

49%	Digital Underground
24%	PM Dawn
16%	Urban Dance Squad
10%	Salt 'N Pepa

No contest.  Digital Underground led the whole way, probably helped by
their latest album _Sons of The P_ and the popular "Kiss You Back"
single.  PM Dawn did fairly well also, despite the recent flack
'tween them and KRS-One of Boogie Down Productions.  The peoples have
spoken.  Go buy DU, then PM Dawn.  Oh yes, someone wrote in Definition
of Sound.

Technically, by the way, PM Dawn isn't a group by our definition, but
we'll pretend that didn't happen.

	Dopest Crossover Male Rapper

67.5%	Heavy D
32.5%	Shabba Ranks

Even less of a contest.  Many voters wondered exactly *why* Shabba
Ranks was even on this list, reflecting his trouncing.  Well, I don't
know, but look at it this way:  if Heavy D were an incumbent
president, this would be seen as a message.

	Dopest Crossover Female Rapper

54.5%	Monie Love
45.5%	Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah remained in the race until the about halfway through.
Since Monie's album came out much earlier in the year than the
Queen's, this either says something about Monie's popularity or the
Queen's lack thereof.

	Dopest Crossover Single

39.1%	"Down Wit OPP", Naughty by Nature
28.7%	"Summertime", DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
18.4%	"All Around The World", Digital Underground
 6.9%	"Now That We've Found Love", Heavy D and the Boyz
 6.9%	"Hip Hop Junkies", Nice 'N Smooth

The mega-overplayed "Down Wit OPP" takes top honors.  Jeff and the
Prince surged at the last minute but it was too little too late.
Somewhat surprisingly, Heavy D found himself at the very bottom,
barely tying with newcomers Nice N Smooth.  This was a bit of a trend
for both Heavy D and DU.  Despite high votes for them as *rappers*,
they received low votes for the singles.

	Dopest Crossover Album

41.9%	_Peaceful Journey_, Heavy D and The Boyz
37.8%	_Of The Heart, of The Soul and of The Cross:  The Utopian
	Experience_, PM Dawn
20.3%	_Life 'N Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover_, Urban Dance
	Squad

There was a late surge for PM Dawn, but they seem destined for second.

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Our second category is *Braggadacio* counted by dav@dartmouth.  This
is sort of the default category, but "Default Rap" seemed a bit lame.

	Dopest Braggadacio Group

33.7%	Digital Underground
29.1%	EPMD
23.3%	Naughty By Nature
11.6%	N.W.A
 2.3%	Run-DMC

As if to point out just how ridiculous it is to try to categorize
rappers, Digital Underground decided to win this category as well.
They barely pulled it off though, having been neck and neck the whole
time with EPMD.  Unlike DU, EPMD's presence in 1991 wasn't as hard
felt, with their third album _Business As Usual_ actually released in
1990 (but a few singles off that album charted in 1991).  Naughty By
Nature made a respectable third and NWA edged out Run-DMC who received
a few sympathy votes.

	Dopest Braggadacio Male Rapper

40.5%	LL Cool J
17.9%	Kool Moe Dee
14.3%	Tim Dogg
14.3%	Big Daddy Kane
13.1%	Chubb Rock

Well, LL crushed the competition, winning twice as many votes as his
arch-rival Kool Moe Dee who barely beat the rest of the pack.  Nothing
much to say here, LL does brag well and has already registered his ego
with the police as a deadly weapon.

	Dopest Braggadacio Female Rapper

50%	MC Lyte
36.25%	Queen Latifah
13.75%	Roxanne Shante

Roxanne never had a chance, not even a little one.  Latifah, like PM
Dawn, also seems destined for second, at least behind the relatively
hard MC Lyte.

	Dopest Braggadacio Single

39.5%	"Mama Said Knock You Out", LL Cool J
37.2%	"Down Wit OPP", Naughty By Nature
14%	"How Kool Can One Black Man Be", Kool Moe Dee
 9.3%	"The Chubbster", Chubb Rock

LL once again surprised me utterly, always staying one step ahead of
NbN.  Moe Dee Again fell behind LL, but at least he can feel better
than the Chubbster.

	Dopest Braggadacio Album

45.8%	_Mama Said Knock You Out_, LL Cool J 
29.3%	_Business As Usual_, EPMD
15.7%	_Penicillin On Wax_, Tim Dogg
13.2%	_Funke Funke Wisdom_, Kool Moe Dee

LL swept this whole category, trouncing the competition once again.
EPMD made a nice second and Tim Dogg f*cked Compton long enough to edge
out Moe Dee.

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Bohemian Rap.  Well, no one (even John Murphy, who counted this vote)
seems to know exactly what this is.  But we do know that the Native
Tongue Family and people like them belong there.  Maybe "Progressive
Rap" would be better, but then maybe not.

	Dopest Bohemian Group

37.6%	Tribe Called Quest
26.6%	De La Soul
16.5%	PM Dawn
12%	Black Sheep
7.3%	Brand Nubians

Quest's _Low End Theory_ worked big for them this year, leading to a
nice margin of victory, even over the heavyweight De La Soul and the
airplay kings PM Dawn.  Black Sheep received almost no votes at first,
but got more and more as time passed.  Although Brand Nubians came in
last, they can take comfort in the fact that they are in a strong
group.

	Dopest Bohemian Male Rapper

57.7%	Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest
18.6%	Del, the Funkee Homosapien
12.4%	Grand Puba Maxwell, of Brand Nubians
11.3%	Phife, of A Tribe Called Quest

You may have noticed that (so far) no one has won any award by a
majority (except for the cases where there are only two nominees), so
Q-Tip's overwhelming victory is pretty stunning.  Newcomer Del made a
nice showing, edging over the popular Puba and Phife.  The biggest
surprise is that Phife came in last!  I guess Tribe fans prefer
Q-Tip's particular style of speak.

	Dopest Bohemian Female

62.2%	Queen Latifah
37.8%	Monie Love

So, Queen beats out the same woman she lost to earlier.  This means
Monie is a better crossover rapper and Latifah is a better Bohemian
rapper.

Sue, why not?

	Dopest Bohemian Single

22.1%	"Check The Rime", A Tribe Called Quest
19.2%	"Set Adrift On Memory Bliss", PM Dawn
17.3%	"Ring, Ring, Ring", De La Soul
17.3%	"Buggin' Out", A Tribe Called Quest
16.4%	"Flavor of the Month", Black Sheep
 7.7%	"Slow Down", Brand Nubians

Tribe is on its way to a sweep.  Still, this was a close race with a
just a few votes between each participant (except for "Slow Down"
which peaked last summer).  Again, a strong field--a very hard one to
choose from.

	Dopest Bohemian Album

41.2%	_Low End Theory_, A Tribe Called Quest
21.7%	_De La Soul Is Dead_, De La Soul
15.5%	_Of The Heart..._, PM Dawn
 8.25%	_All For One_, Brand Nubians
 8.25%	_A Sheep In Wolf's Clothing_, Black Sheep
 5.1%	_Mr Hood_, KMD

And the sweep is swept.  And this time, no real contest.  It's a Tribe
Called Quest and De La Soul world.  PM Dawn made another not-quite
first place showing, while the other nominees lagged further behind.

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The following misc categories were counted by Philip Duvalsaint.

	Funniest Rap

62.9%	"Bitties In The BK Lounge", De La Soul
37.1%	"U Mean I'm Not", Black Sheep

Ice T's "Bitches 2" got a write-in also.  Black Sheep held on for a
while but were finally slain by the end, beaten over the head with a
BK tray.

	Hardest Dis

35.4%	"No Vaseline", Ice Cube
25.3%	"Fuck Compton", Tim Dogg
24.1%	"Pop Goes The Weasel", 3rd Bass
15.2%	"Death Blow", Kool Moe Dee

Ice Cube's strong dis for his one-time partners egded out Tim Dogg's
Compton-bashing and 3rd Bass's Vanilla Ice Cream Cone smack.  Oh, and
Moe Dee got some dap for his anti-LL lyric-fest.

	Best Comeback

78.4%	LL Cool J for _Mama said Knock You Out_
21.6%	Kool Moe Dee for _Funke Funke Wisdom_

Poor Moe Dee.  I guess LL has won round one, G.

	Dopest New HipHopster

23.6%	Leaders of the New School
19.4%	Del, The Fonkee Homosapien
18%	PM Dawn
16.7%	Paris
15.3%	Son of Bazerk
 7%	Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy

A clooooose call for sure except for last place.  Busta Rhymes and his
crew took top honors, with almost everyone else basically taking
second.  One vote would have made all the difference.

	Leaders of the New School
	(not to be confused with the group, this is for the rappers
	 who have taken the genre in a new direction)

72%	A Tribe Called Quest
16%	PM Dawn
12%	Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy

The Quest crushed the competition utterly.  Totally.  This was
contestless.  This wasn't a majority, it was a slaughter.  Geez.

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These were counted by Kwatsi at MIT, the Atomic Playboy.

        Dopest Lyric
 
38%     "Down Wit OPP", Naughty By Nature
26%     "Check The Rime", A Tribe Called Quest
16%     "Love's Gonna Getcha", Boogie Down Productions
16%     "The Wrong Nigga Ta Fuck Wit", Ice Cube
 4%     "Death Blow", Kool Moe Dee
 
NbN beat everyone up, beating out Quest for longest lyrical pipe.  Of
course, as your impartial judge I have nothing to say.  [Well, since
it's a year later I do:  what were you people thinking?]
 
        Most Slammin' Beat
 
48.9%   "Can't Truss It", Public Enemy
31.9%   "Mind's Playin' Trix On me", Geto Boys
19.2%   "The Band Gets Swivey On The Wheels", Son of Bazerk
 
No contest.  PE lead all the way.
 
        Dopest DJ
 
        Terminator X
 
There was no vote here, of course, as he won the nomination.  Never
daunted, several DJ lovers got into it late with Magic Mike getting a
write-in and Eric B getting two.
 
        Best Live
 
62.5%   Public Enemy, various
25%     Ice-T, Lallapoloza Tour
 9.375% Boogie Down Productions, _Live Hardcore Worldwide_
 3.125% Highjack, Lallapoloza Tour
 
PE grabs their own majority win here.
 
        Dopest Producers
 
43.9%   Bomb Squad, various
24.4%   Grand Ministers of Funk, _Apocalypse '91..._
17.1%   Prince Paul, _De La Soul Is Dead_
 9.8%   Sir Jinx, various
 4.9%	Boogie Men, _Death Certificate_

The two PE-associated producers won top honors, with the Bohmeian
Prince Paul taken third and the harder Bomb Squad-like Sir Jinx and
Boogie Men taking up the end.  Dj Aladin and SLJ got a write in for
_OG:  Original Gangsta_.

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And that's the end of part one.  See you tommorrow.

Peace in?  Peace out!
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