best of the booth awards
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A Tribe Called Quest’s ‘We got it from Here…’ is the Best Hip-Hop Album of 2016 #BOTBAwards
After almost two decades of tension between Tip and Phife, Tribe’s return was as timely as it was triumphant.
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Kanye West’s “Ultralight Beam” is the Best Hip-Hop Song of 2016 #BOTBAwards
In a year that felt more like a solar eclipse than a sunny Sunday afternoon, we needed “Ultralight Beam.”
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Anderson .Paak’s ‘Malibu’ is the Best R&B/Pop Album of 2016 #BOTBAwards
.Paak owned 2016 and ‘Malibu’ marks the full-throated arrival of one of the most powerful R&B voices we’ve heard in years.
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Cardo is the Best Hip-Hop Producer of 2016 #BOTBAwards
From Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q to Drake and Travis Scott, Cardo blessed all your favorite rappers in 2016.
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21 Savage is the Best New Artist of 2016 #BOTBAwards
Without question, this is the year 21 Savage entered the big league as rap’s new bad guy.
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2014 Best of the Booth Award Winners (The Complete List)
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. No, Outkast didn’t reunite and drop a new album. No, that Rihanna sex tape hasn’t leaked. Even better. It’s the Best of the Booth Award Winners! Let’s be honest, the Grammys haven’t exactly…
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Best Emcee of 2014 (Best of the Booth Awards Winners)
It’s that moment we’ve all been waiting for – we obviously saved the best and most important (as far as we’re concerned) for last. This was the category with by far the most votes, and while it was a close…
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Best Producer of 2014 (Best of the Booth Award Winners)
Everyone loves to debate the best rapper alive because of course, but without the producer they’d just be some guys saying words into the air. It’s the producers who really make the world go around, and so we’re proud to…
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Best New Artist of 2014 (Best of the Booth Award Winner)
In the modern age it can be a little hard to figure out who’s “new.” Artists could be putting out mixtapes for years before they hit that almost impossible to definite tipping point and burst onto the national radar, but…
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Best Non Hip-Hop Album of 2014 (Best of the Booth Winners)
Frankly we struggled a bit with what to call this category. R&B didn’t feel quite right, neither did pop, neither did soul. What would you call an album like Raury’s Indigo Child? Theophilus London’s Vibes? So we settled on Best…
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Best Hip-Hop Album of 2014, Mainstream (Best of the Booth Winners)
They say that albums don’t matter as much anymore, that it’s a singles driven game now. Really? Then why are the debates around Best Hip-Hop Album of 2014 so passionate and popular? Great albums are still cultural landmarks, which is…
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Best Hip-Hop Album of 2014, Indie (Best of the Booth Winners)
Throughout 2014 we heard that it was a down year for hip-hop albums, but that was only true if you were only listening to the mainstream. An almost mind-blowing amount of great indie hip-hop albums came out last year, which…