Over the course of the year, we in

The DJBooth

have kept you supplied with the latest and greatest in hip-hop and R&B. Now, it’s time for you to weigh in. In anticipation of our sixth annual

Best of the Booth Awards

, we’re inviting our loyal readers to tell us which artists, albums, mixtapes and DJs stood out in 2013. Using your ratings, feedback, plays, downloads and pageviews, we’ve assembled a slate of eight front-runners in each of our 19 categories. At the top of 2014, we’ll reveal your votes for the year’s best, as well the Booth staff’s personal picks.

Unlike in previous years, we’ll be opening the polls gradually, over the course of this week. Starting Friday, December 6, and continuing on the 9th through the 13th, we’ll roll out 2-4 categories daily. Readers will be able to vote on all categories up until noon on Sunday, the 29th, at which point we will tally the final results. Today, we unveil the nominees for

Best Mixtape/Street Album

,

Best R&B/Pop Album

,

Best Hip Hop Album (Unsigned/Independent)

and

Best Hip Hop Album (Mainstream)

. The 2012 reader picks in these categories were (respectively)

Big Sean’s Detroit

,

Frank Ocean’s Channel Orange

,

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s The Heist

and

Kendrick Lamar’s good kid, m.A.A.d city

. Read over the ballot below, then make your selections!

Update

: The results are now in! Find out who our

readers and staff selected

as the “Best of the Booth.”

Nominees are listed in alphabetical order

.

Best Mixtape/Street Album of 2013:

Action Bronson – “

Blue Chips 2

Big K.R.I.T. – “

King Remembered In Time

Chance The Rapper – “

Acid Rap

Gilbere Forte – “

PRAY

Locksmith – “

The Green Box

Nipsey Hussle – “

Crenshaw

Rapsody – “

She Got Game

Vic Mensa – “

INNANETAPE

Best R&B/Pop Album of 2013:

Adrian Marcel – “

7 Days of Weak

Janelle Monáe – “

The Electric Lady

John Legend – “

Love in the Future

Johnny Rain – “

Lullaby of Machine

Justin Timberlake – “

The 20/20 Experience

Nylo – “

Indigo Summer

Robin Thicke – “

Blurred Lines

Stacy Barthe – “

P.S. I Love You

Best Hip Hop Album (Independent) of 2013:

Danny Brown – “

Old

Dizzy Wright – “

The Golden Age

Jared Evan x Statik Selektah – “

Boom Bap & Blues

¡MAYDAY! – “

Believers

Prodigy x Alchemist – “

Albert Einstein

Run The Jewels (EL-P & Killer Mike) – “

Run the Jewels

Tanya Morgan – “

Rubber Souls

Wax – “

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Best Hip-Hop Album (Mainstream) of 2013:

A$AP Rocky – “

LONG.LIVE.A$AP

.”

Big Sean – “

Hall of Fame

Drake – “

Nothing Was the Same

Ghostface Killah – “

Twelve Reasons to Die

J. Cole – “

Born Sinner

Kanye West – “

Yeezus

Mac Miller – “

Watching Movies With the Sound Off

Pusha T – “

My Name Is My Name