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- From: isbell@ai.mit.edu (Charles L Isbell)
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- Subject: NOMS: Second Annual New Jack Hip Hop Awards nominations
- Message-ID: <ISBELL.92Dec22091029@pop-tarts.ai.mit.edu>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 17:10:29 GMT
- Organization: MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
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- Well, my fellow hip-hop fans, this is it: The Second Annual New Jack
- Hip Hop Awards. Let's see what happens.
-
- In order to make this easier on the rest of us, I ask that you follow
- the directions below exactly.
-
- This is the Official Nominations Form(tm). You should fill it out and
- send it to me, isbell@ai.mit.edu, as soon as poosible (no, really).
- You can nominate only *three* people/songs/groups/whatever for each
- award. You can nominate less, but, you know, try to think of three.
-
- For USENET people using 'rn' 'gnus' and similar such programs:
-
- To send this to me, you can probably just hit "R". This will include
- everything that I've posted with ">"'s or spaces in front of each
- line. This is perfectly okay. DO NOT DELETE ANYTHING BETWEEN THE
- LINES THAT TELL YOU NOT TO. After each award, type in your nominees.
- When you're done, send it off in whatever way you normally would.
-
- For people on mailing lists:
-
- To send this to me, you can probably just hit "r". This will not
- include everything, so you need to figure out how to do so.
- Hopefully, you know how. Once you've done that, follow the directions
- for USENET people above.
-
- For everyone else:
-
- I have no idea, but hopefully you can figure it out if you don't
- already know.
-
-
- Here's an example below. After hitting "R" (or whatever) you see:
-
- ...
- >---> Rappers With Big Heads Awards
- > Woman with biggest head
- > Man with biggest head
- ...
-
- So, then, you type:
-
- ...
- >---> Rappers With Big Heads Awards
- > Woman with biggest head
- Lady Roxxane Jo Jo
- Big Head In Effect
- Women With Big Heads
-
- > Man with biggest head
- Kool Moe Head
- LL Big Head
- 2 Big Heads Crew
- ...
-
- You get the idea. Anyway, nominations are open from Tuesday Dec 15
- 1991 to Wednesday January 13 1992. That should give everyone plenty of
- time. You can only nominate once. Oh, yeah, don't forget that people
- are only eligible if they did what they did between Dec 15 1991 and
- Dec 14 1992. See the rules for more clarification. Invalid
- nominations will be ignored and maybe returned.
-
- Finally, a *group* must have more than one rapper.
-
- Example: Run DMC and Public Enemy are groups, but neither Monie
- Love nor DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince are.
-
- Peace. Happy Holidays.
-
-
- ------ Don't even think about deleting anything below this line -----
-
- ====----> Bohemian/Progressive/Jazz Rap This is a complicated gaward.
- The "bohemian/progressive" part is best described by its members.
- Groups like De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest (and in fact the whole
- Native Tongue Family), as well as PM Dawn and the like fall into
- this class. I can't do much better. Try looking up "bohemian" in
- the dictionary. The "jazz" part is more obvious and, in fact, some
- of the above groups fit in that category.
-
- Phattest Bohemian Rap Group
- Phattest Bohemian Male Rapper
- Phattest Bohemian Female Rapper
- Phattest Bohemian Rap Single
- Phattest Bohemian Rap Album
-
- ====----> Political Hip-Hop
- I think this is pretty obvious. Rap with an explicit social and/or
- political message.
-
- Phattest Political Group
- Phattest Political Male Rapper
- Phattest Political Female Rapper
- Phattest Political Rap Single
- Phattest Political Rap Album
-
- ====----> Gangsta Hip-Hop
- Well, this is everyone from NWA to Ice Cube to Ice T and back. Use
- your judgment.
-
- Phattest Gangsta Group
- Phattest Gangsta Male Rapper
- Phattest Gangsta Female Rapper
- Phattest Gangsta Rap Single
- Phattest Gangsta Rap Album
-
- ====----> Braggadacio
- Rappin' for your ego rappers go here. Say hi to everyone from LL
- Cool J to Chubb Rock.
-
- Phattest Braggadacio Group
- Phattest Braggadacio Male Rapper
- Phattest Braggadacio Female Rapper
- Phattest Braggadacio Rap Single
- Phattest Braggadacio Rap Album
-
- ====----> Nasty rap
- Nasty to be nasty. Overlaps a bit with some gangsta rappers.
-
- Phattest Nasty Group
- Phattest Nasty Male Rapper
- Phattest Nasty Female Rapper
- Phattest Nasty Rap Single
- Phattest Nasty Rap Album
-
- ====----> Crossover Rap
- This is not to be confused with hip-pop like Vanilla Ice. This is
- the rap that really "crosses" to other genres, be they R&B, reggae,
- hard rock or even pop while actually remaining both good *and* true
- to hip hop. As time goes on, some of these may spin off into their
- own subawards.
-
- Phattest Crossover Group
- Phattest Crossover Male Rapper
- Phattest Crossover Female Rapper
- Phattest Crossover Rap Single
- Phattest Crossover Rap Album
-
- ====----> The Dope Thangs
-
- Phattest Lyric
- Slammin' music is not required. Both individual rappers and groups
- may apply. Include the artist and the single.
-
- Most Slammin' Beat
- Dope lyrics are not required. Both individual rappers and groups
- may apply. Include the artist and the single.
-
- Phattest DJ
- It's not a lost art yet. Include the album or EP.
-
- Phattest Producer(s)
- Include the album or EP.
-
- ====----> More Dope Thangs
-
- Funniest Rap
- Include the artist and the single.
-
- Leaders of the New School
- Award for the most innovative rapper/group this year. Doesn't have
- to be someone new, might be an old dog learning and teaching some
- new tricks. In any case, should take hip hop in a new direction.
- The folks starting the new subgenres and shit. Include album or EP.
-
- Provider of Phattest Samples
- Everyone from James Brown to The Gap Band to Chick Corea have been
- so kind as to provide hip hop with dope samples. Who's provided the
- best stuff *this year*? All we require is a name, but we'll give
- you extra props if you can name actual singles.
-
- Most Innovative Use of a Sample
- Award for the artist who used a sample (be it music, voice or
- whatever) in the most innovative or unexpected way to great
- effect. May be as simple as managing to sample the Partridge
- Family and making it funky or holding album-long conversations
- with Bert & Ernie. Note the artist and the single/album/EP and a
- reason for the award.
-
- ====----> Dope Videos and Other Visual Stuff
-
- Phattest Short Form Video
- Award for the Phattest video. Include artist and single.
-
- Phattest Long Form Video
- Award for the Phattest long form video release. Include artist and
- name of videotape.
-
- Phattest Hip Hop Video Show
- Best show, syndicated or otherwise, about Hip Hop. Include the
- VeeJay(s) as well as the name of the show.
-
- Best live performance/tour/live album
- Include name of tour or performance or live album/EP.
-
- ====----> Whackness and former whackness
-
- Biggest sellout
- For the suckas that go pop. Should have been at least vaguely
- hip-hop in the first place. Include album, EP, single or whatever.
-
- Whackest rapper
- The weakest, but visible, whackster of the year. Include album, EP,
- single or whatever.
-
- Best Comeback
- If you can think of anyone that we had written off as dead, but who
- came back like hard, note that here. Include single or album/ep.
-
- Hardest and Ugliest Dis'
- Award for *the* hardest most diggum-smack dis of the year--the one
- that made you screw up your face and go "damn!" Include the
- artist and the single.
-
- ====----> What you've been waiting for
-
- Most Unfairly Slept On Album
- Ever year some artist comes off proper but is ignored by the
- community. Here we may remedy that.
-
- Phattest New Hip Hopster
- The best New Jack to arrive on the scene this year. Include the
- album or EP.
-
- Hall of Fame
- Award for that person or persons who managed to make hip hop history
- and have stood the test of time. Put on your history caps for this
- one. We're talking about those back in the day who helped make our
- current dopeness possible.
- Note: Public Enemy, the 1991 winner, is *ineligible* this year.
-
- Phattest Rap Single
- The Phattest single to drop this year. Period.
-
- Phattest Rap Album
- The Phattest album to drop this year. Period.
-
- ====----> And that's it.
-
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-
- Well, thanks for your time. Go back to sleep. I'm Audi.
-
-
-
- --
- Peace.
- "What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind
- at all. How true that is."
- -- Vice President Dan Quayle winning friends while
- speaking to the United Negro College Fund
- -\--/-
- Don't just adopt opinions | \/ | Some of you are homeboys
- develop them. | /\ | but only I am The Homeboy From hell
- -/--\-
-