Hiphop Playa Awards reveal nominated artists

[unreal.livejournal.com]

Korea's biggest music website for hiphop music recently revealed their nominees for the "2011 Hiphop Playa Awards." The awards showcase the best and most well-known hiphop artists and releases of the past year, as well as rookie artists, waiting for their time to shine.

The awards consist of a group of artists, gathered in various categories such as "Album of the Year," "Rookie of the Year," "Single of the Year," "Producer of the Year," and "Featuring of the Year." Nominees include Leessang, Tablo, Verbal Jint, SAN E, DOK2, Block B's Zico, Vasco, Swings, Supreme Team's Simon D, and many others. The full list of nominees is added at the bottom of this article.

Voting started from January 11th, and will run until February 5th. Be sure to cast out your vote before nominations close!


Album of the Year:
DOK2 - "HUSTLE REAL HARD"
Eluphant - "Man on the Earth"
MC META & DJ WRECKX - "DJ AND MC"
Simo & Mood Schula - "Simo & Mood Schula"
Simon D - "Simon Dominic Presents 'SNL LEAGUE BEGINS'"
Tablo - "열꽃"
Vasco - "'GUERRILLA MUZIK' Vol.1: Prologue"
Verbal Jint - "Go Easy"
Leessang - "Asura Balbalta"
소리헤다 - "소리헤다"

Rookie of the Year:
40 - "Got Faith"
8Dro - "오늘은"
Basick - "CLASSICK"
Crucial Star - "A Star Goes Up"
JTONG - "부산"
Mad Clown - "Anything Goes"
Optical Eyez XL - "Wreckage"
Simo & Mood Schula - "Simo & Mood Schula"
Together Brothers - "청춘의 소리"
소리헤다 - "소리헤다"

Producer of the Year:
Deegie, DJ Wreckx, DOK2, J-Sin, Loptimist, psycoban, Shimmy Twice, Simo, Vida Loca, 소리헤다

Featuring of the Year:
Beenzino, B-Free, JJK, junggigo, Mad Clown, MC META, SAN E, Simon D, ZICO, Zion.T

Music Video of the Year:
Butcher Boyz - "Chainsaw Music"
Deepflow - "이 구역에 미친놈은 나야 (Feat. 지구인, NewChamp)"
Defconn - "FIRST CLASSIC feat.대팔,SIDE-B,가리온,주석,DJ WRECK"
Eluphant - "키덜트 (Feat. 윤두준 of Beast)"
Huckleberry P - "Man In Black"
JTONG - "똥"
Nuol - "I need a beat (Per. Minos, Bizzy-B, MC Meta)"
Verbal Jint - "좋아보여 (Feat. 검정치마)"
Verbal Jint - "깨알같아"
Wu-Tan - "오랑우탄"

Single of the Year:
Tablo - "출처 (Scratch by DJ Tukutz of Epik High)"
SOUL DIVE - "주먹이운다 (Feat. 임재범)"
Verbal Jint - "좋아보여 (Feat. 검정치마)"
LEO KEKOA - "안달났어(Handalas) (Feat. MC META & BEENZINO)"
SAN E - "불행했음 좋겠다 (Feat. Bee Of Rphabet)"
Eluphant - "분실물"
MC META, DJ WRECKX - "무까끼하이"
Soulman - "너에게로"
MC META, DJ WRECKX - "그 순간 (Feat. 나찰)"
junggigo - "Waterfalls"
리쌍 - "TV를 껐네... (Feat. t윤미래, 권정열 of 10cm)"
The Quiett - "The Real Me"
DOK2 - "That's Me (Feat Rado)"
Paloalto - "Stay Strong (feat. Tiger JK)"
Simon D (Simon Dominic) - "Stay Cool (Feat. Zion.T)"
Vida Loca - "She's There (Feat. Beenzino, Zion.T)"
Together Brothers - "Ollehhhhh"
소리헤다 - "Night Lights (Feat. RHYME-A-)"
Loptimist - "Love is Over (Feat. Paloalto, Dead'P, 남예지)"
Swings - "I'll be There (Feat. 박재범)"
The Quiett, Dok2 & Beenzino - "Illionaire Way"
Nuol - "I need a beat (Per. Minos, Bizzy-B, MC Meta)"
Swings - "For the Hustlers"
Born Kim & Pento - "DIRTY GHETTO PRINCE"
Zion.T - "CLICK ME (Feat. Dok2)"
junggigo - "BLIND"
Jazzyfact - "BIG"
Jazzyfact - "Always Awake"
Tablo - "Airbag (Feat. 나얼 of Brown Eyed Soul)"
Vasco - "0에서1, 無에서有"

Source: hiphopplaya & koreaboo

Comments

[bulleusekat.livejournal.com]

I love Simon D's album ! I don't really know the others tho =/ but I expected Clover ??

Side note: While I think it's good idols aren't included, I'm really curious how GD&TOP would have ranked (without the cray fans). I know that even though they're doing "idol" music you can't deny they still have a presence on the Hip Hop scene... Of course, it's not (at all) as big as the other acts. Oh well, sometimes I don't know what they really are considered as. On one hand, they are rappers; on the other hand, they greatly contributed to the development of gimmickry rap in idol songs and thus, not so serious and legitimate acts... Or maybe that's simply because they don't only do Hip Hop music.

[racquelle2005.livejournal.com]

imo G-top's ability to write/produce a good pop song doesn't make them any less of a rapper. Because they don't limit themselves to the whole "rapper" image and stick mainly to hip hop people doubt their credibility and that makes me angry.

[turdferguson.livejournal.com]

well, they're idols first and foremost. even if they did an album that has features from other established rappers that album will still be looked at as a pop album

[shigeshoshii.livejournal.com]

Hype that was perfect for a perfect album :|

[waltz-in-code.livejournal.com]

my personal votes (◡‿◡✿)

album of the year: leessang - asura balbalta
rookie of the year: mad clown - anything goes
producer of the year: shimmy twice
featuring of the year: beenzino
mv of the year: eluphant - kidult
single of the year: jazzyfact - big

[laeryn.livejournal.com]

I don't know half the artists here which is obviously a sign of the universe telling me to go and check them ASAP, so thanks for the post :D

열꽃 and Asura Balbalta are glorious albums, though. I can't get over them.

[honeebs.livejournal.com]

Interesting mix.
Seems HHP is also a popular boys club.

[kiku-cha8-8.livejournal.com]

khip hop is really good. i wish i knew who to look up and such, i should probably look into a fansite recommending artists.

was jamming to dynamic duo's 출첵 earlier. so good :)

[zumbie-kitten.livejournal.com]

BEST MV of the year for me ;)

[waltz-in-code.livejournal.com]

vampire bizzy is so fine i can't

also mc meta killed it

[extremely-loud.livejournal.com]

"and if Dok2 wins anything i will punch myself in the face >.>"

LOL

[katiewenchh.livejournal.com]

agreed about dok2. so over him.

[waltz-in-code.livejournal.com]

tbh i don't think the quiett's music dropped in quality after joining illionaire, but i was worried about that too at first. did you check out back on the beats vol 2?

also dok2 is a little piece of shit

[waltz-in-code.livejournal.com]

illionaire's image is tacky beyond tacky and so is dok2, but don't judge the other two members by it :(

[regnsky.livejournal.com]

I don't know much about k-hh so: LeeSsang for all the awards! Except that they're just nominated in one category, oh well ^^

[lamahkun.livejournal.com]

they're nominated for 2 awards (:

[regnsky.livejournal.com]

So I see! I read the singles section to fast. But then I will cross my fingers for them twice :D

[lamahkun.livejournal.com]

same here qurrllllll! flawless icon by the way!

[missurine.livejournal.com]

my votes:
Album of the Year: Verbal Jint - "Go Easy"
Rookie Of The Year: JTONG - "부산"
Producer Of The Year: Shimmy Twice
Featuring Of The Year: Beenzino
Music Video Of The Year: Nuol - "I Need A Beat (Per. Minos, Bizzy-B, MC Meta)"
Single Of The Year: Jazzyfact - "Always Awake"

[shadowfax.livejournal.com]

I wish Mad C and Simo would get some wins! <33

And Music Video of the Year for Huck P.

[madelyn93.livejournal.com]

jumping on the wagon!

album of the year: leessang - asura balbalta
rookie of the year: soriheda - soriheda
producer of the year: shimmy twice
featuring of the year: beenzino
mv of the year: verbal jint - 깨알같아 (like a sesame)
single of the year: tablo - airbag (featuring naul)

soriheda's album was pretty amazing to me, and his name popped into my mind even before i read the nominees. as for tablo, he's my #1 obsession, ranking above everything and everyone, so he has my vote.

i see that we're all jazzyfact fans here n______n

[frequency.livejournal.com]

i still have to get around to listening to leessang's album, but tablo and simon d had some really great ones.
and even though they're not nominated, dynamic duo's latest album was pretty damn awesome.

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

I hope Tablo wins some awards cause that album was great. Also, Hip Hop Playa awards is a terrible awards name

[extremely-loud.livejournal.com]

Recommendations?
I really like Double K, but who knows when his album will be coming out... I already heard the Tablo album and I'm not a big fan of Dok2 unless he's with Double K.

[katiewenchh.livejournal.com]

do you listen to supreme team/simon d? bc his solo album is really good

[lamahkun.livejournal.com]

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

E.via needs to come back and slay them all.

[thebluemonk.livejournal.com]

mte

with more phallic imagery on her albums!

[umbrella-smile.livejournal.com]

Yes please, and another song like Oppa can I do it.

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

I can't decide if I like E.via or not. She just seems so gimmicky. And in some songs she just reminds me of Kreayshawn.

[katiewenchh.livejournal.com]

simon d & zion.T for all the awards!
in all seriousness, SNL LEAGUE BEGINS is an amazing album

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

I get why Gil Me is loyal to Eun Ji Won and ilh too but tbh she needs to be solo again. Would've loved to see her nominated for something.

[obeytheempress.livejournal.com]

no clover? :(

[purechy914.livejournal.com]

I'm suprised no one's mentioned Zico yet XD Can someone please add Block B in the tags...? He's nominated for Best Featuring! He was so humble when he received the news...telling fans not to vote on popularity but actual talent. Which kind of makes me want to see him win even more.