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 Club Anthem
and
Best Street Banger
of 2013. The 2012 reader picks in these categories were (respectively)
G.O.O.D. Music
‘s “
” and
Kendrick Lamar
‘s “
.” Read over the ballot below, then make your selections!
Update
: The results are now in! Find out who our
as the “Best of the Booth.”
Nominees are listed in alphabetical order
.
Best Club Anthem of 2013:
2 Chainz – “
ft. Lil Wayne”
A$AP Rocky – “
ft. Skrillex & Birdy Nam Nam”
French Montana – “
ft. Nicki Minaj”
Major Lazer – “
ft. Bruno Mars, Mystic & Tyga”
T-Pain – “
ft. Ace Hood & Busta Rhymes”
Timbaland – “
ft. T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Missy Elliot”
Trinidad James – “
”
Wale – “
ft. Nicki Minaj, Juicy J”
Best Street Banger of 2013:
50 Cent – “
ft. Kendrick Lamar”
B.o.B – “
ft. 2 Chainz”
Curren$y – “
‘ ft. Wiz Khalifa & Rick Ross”
Drake – “
”
Game – “
ft. 2 Chainz & Rick Ross”
Juicy J – “
ft. Jeezy & Big Sean”
Pusha T – “
”
ScHoolboy Q – “
”