Who will win the coveted Golden Afro this year?
The year of two thousand and eight is over. J. Pitts and DJ Nice Rec discuss the best and worst of the year amidst a countdown of their favorite 15 songs.
Oh yeah, Kevin the Robot is out of commission, so we got our friend Newk to take over in his absence.
Stay tuned later this week for the J. Pitts PLUS awards.
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Award Winners for 2008:
Top 15 Songs as chosen by J. Pitts and DJ Nice Rec
15. N.E.R.D. – Sooner or Later
14. Q-Tip – Move
13. C.R.A.C. Knuckles – Love Don’t
12. Pacewon and Mr. Green – Children Sing
11. Royce da 5’9″ and Elzhi – Motown 25
10. Termanology – Watch How it Go Down
9. Lil’ Wayne – A Milli
8. T.I. – I’m Illy
7. Erykah Badu – The Healer
6. Giant Panda – AIM
5. Busta Rhymes – Don’t Touch Me (Throw da’ Water On ‘Em)
4. T.I. – No Matter What
3. Kurupt – Yessir
2. Jay-Z – Brooklyn Go Hard f/ Santogold
1. Royce da 5’9″ – Shake This
Top 5 Albums of the 2008
J. Pitts picks…
Honorable Mention: Pacewon and Mr. Green – The Only Color that Matters is Green
5. Zo and Tigallo – Love the 80′s
4. Lil’ Wayne – Tha Carter III
3. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
2. Blu and Mainframe are Johnson and Jonson
Golden Afro: T.I. – Paper Trail
Nice Rec picks…
Honorable Mention: Koushik – Out My Window
5. T.I. – Paper Trail
4. Rafael Saddiq – The Way I See It
3. Q-Tip – The Renaissance
2. Blu and Mainframe are Johnson and Jonson
Golden Afro: Erykah Badu – New Amererykah part one (4th World War)
MC of the Year
Nice Rec picks…
Golden Afro: Royce da 5’9″
J. Pitts Picks…
Honorable Mention: Blu
Golden Afro: Royce da 5’9″
Producer of the Year
Nice Rec picks…
Honorable Mentions: Black Milk, Mainframe
Golden Afro: Flying Lotus
J. Pitts picks…
Golden Afro: DJ Premier
Rookie of the Year
Nice Rec & J. Pitts pick…
Golden Afro: Termanology
Anything But Rap Award:
Nice Rec picks…
Golden Afro: Menahan Street Band – Make the Road by Walking
J. Pitts picks…
Golden Afro: Portishead – Third
Pierogies and Ranch Dressing Award
aka our Favorite Pittsburgher(s) award.
Nice Rec picks…
Golden Afro: J. Malls and G-Man
J. Pitts picks…
Golden Afro: Nakturnal promotions
Gits and Shiggles (Guilty Pleasure) Award:
Nice Rec picks…
Golden Afro: Katy Perry
J. Pitts picks…
Golden Afro: Rihanna
Biggest Letdown of the Year:
Nice Rec picks…
Common, please do better.
J. Pitts picks…
Kanye West, please do better.
Looking forward to in 2009:
Nice Rec is looking forward to:
- Eminem – Relapse
- Exile – Radio
J. Pitts is looking forward to:
- Juelz Santana and Lil’ Wayne – I Can’t Feel My Face
- Eminem – Relapse
- Watchmen feature length movie
- J. Pitts 100th episode
Slept on Tracklist for 2007:
These songs would have probably made our top tracks last year, but we hadn’t heard about them until this year. We definitely slept on …
Jay Electronica – Eternal Sunshine
Junk Science – Do It Easy
Masta Ace – Nostalgia
