Official Award Panel
1.Illpoetic
2.jqueens
3.TriangleOffense
4.Verzatyle
5.Howie
6.JayPrimal
8.SonnyDanno
7.NsaneC
9.Skov
10.Shadow
11.Abnormal
12.Rizmatic
(If I left anyone out who would like to participate, kindly bring it to my attention)

Nomination Rules-
>>Minimum of 4, maximum of 7 nominees each category, in the form of a poll.
>>Please select the "poll-only" option.
>>For internal TRU Awards, posts or nominees from previous sites are acceptable as well as posts from the new site. TRU is one.
>>You must not nominate yourself on the category assigned to you.
>>Post Titles or descriptive phrases may be used for TRU-Related Posts e.g. Best Picture - "Gangsta Bill Gates" by Korey Homicide
>>Admins/Supermods may only edit nominations to correct such things as misspellings, to enable the poll only option, and/or other trivial errors.
>>If you have any questions, please PM me and I'll be glad to assist you further.
>>You may vote on categories assigned to you.
>>Do all you can to avoid nominating the same person twice on the same category.
>>If original panel member fails to nominate within 3 days, a replacement will be selected to replace him/her.
>>Polls shall be tallied and Winners selected and posted on November 14,2004.

Official Award Categories and assigned Nomination Heads
Hip Hop
1. Song of the Year - Illpoetic
2. Album of the Year - Rizmatic
3. Male Artist of the Year - jqueens
4. Female Artist of the Year - TriangleOffense
5. Underground Artist of the Year - Rizmatic
6. Hip Hop Group/Duo of the Year- Jqueens
7. Collabo of the Year-TriangleOffense
8. Remix of the Year-Skov
9. Lifetime Achievement in Hip Hop Award- Illpoetic
10.Battle Track of the Year - Verzatyle
11.Best New Artist - Rizmatic
12.Mixtape DJ of the Year- Verzatyle
13.Best Record Label - Shadow
14.Producer of the Year - Jqueens
15.Best Album Cover - Abnormal
16.Video of the Year - NsaneC
17.Alternative Artist of the Year(R&B,Pop,Rock,etc) - Shadow
18.Hottest Beat - SonnyDanno
19.Lyricist of the Year - Illpoetic
20.Best Improved Rapper of the Year - Rizmatic
21.Conscious Song of The Year - JayPrimal
22.Most Slept on Artist - Howie
23.Most Slept on Album - jqueens
24.Best Freestyle - Skov
25.Worst Artist of '04 - Illpoetic

-TRU
1.Text Battle of the Year- TriangleOffense
2.Battle Verse of the Year - Skov
3.Best Work of Poetry - TriangleOffense
4.Best Flow - Skov
5.Overall Best Post - Verzatyle
6.Best Picture/Graphic Post - TriangleOffense
7.Best Poet - NsaneC
5.Best Punchlines - Abnormal
6.Comic Poster of the Year - Rizmatic
7.TRU Member of the Year- JayPrimal
8.Non-Battle Verse of the Year- SonnyDanno
9.TRU Lyricist of the Year- Skov
10.Best Review - Illpoetic
11.Comic Post of the Year- Howie
12.Intelligent Poster Of The Year - Verzatyle
13.Best New Netcee - Shadow
14.Best Audio - Skov
15.Best Collabo - Jayprimal

Questions,comments and Suggestions are welcome.


Riz

EXCELLENT riz, I remember I wanted to do this again but around the time, it really hadnt been so long since the last one which was right after the one year anniversary I believe....sounds great rizo!

I feel you. Let's do this then...you're nominating 3 categories so you might as well get down to work, lol

Riz I can handle the last 3 you gave me but im not very versitile on female artists so you may want to let someone else handle that unless you want it to go something like

Ashlee Simpson
Jean Grae
Trina
Remy Martin
etc......

Also lets make a sub forum for all the Tru Awards so people can go to one select place and see all the results / polls / discussion rounding out our year

Aight Tri, I'll do the female award myself to save you the trouble.

And very good suggestion on the Award sub-forum. I'll go ahead and create a forum under the TRU Hall of Fame category for that purpose.

Any more suggestions, questions or comments are all welcome.
I have set the ball rolling in order to show us how we expect the poll to be conducted this year. Remember to add 2004 at the end of every title to distinguish this year's from last year's awards.
We've all got 48 hours left to do the nominations.
Peace.

Riz ima need some extra time to get the last few categories doen man Trick or Treat is today and ima be out with the kids all day let em get til tuesday to get my last 2 or 3 up iight man

you got it.

someone gimme some ideas for video of the year.........

I wasn't here most of this year. The only new netcee that I know about is Lawless. I don't think I can do the "Best New Netcee" category unless you can tell me who's new here. Then, I'll hit the archives and see who's flow was hot!

HOLLA AT YA BOY!!

Mosh should count
99 Problems

I Try
Why?
Star or Dont Say Nuthin'
Balla Baby... :lol:

ideas for Video of the Year:
This Way - Dilated Peoples(definitely #1 IMO)
99 Problems - Jay-Z
Why - Jadakiss
All Falls Down - Kanye West
Jesus Walks - Kanye West
Thief's Theme - NaS
Hip Hop - Royce da 5'9"
Selfish - Slum Village
Hey Ya - OutKast
Run - Ghostface Killah ft Jadakiss
How Come - D12

let me know if you need some more.


There'll be a 2 day grace for everyone to turn in their nominees
Shadow, I suggest you look through the archives, we've got at least 4 new netcees but I don't wanna suggest anyone just to keep it fair.

One thing I forgot to say, please feel free to include "other" as an option. jqueens mentioned this last year so we can start implementing it on this year's nominations.

I don't think incuding other is a good idea. I think that the people assigned to the categories were assigned because they were expected to be capable of making good choices for their categories. unless people are allowed to respond and put what their other choice is I think its a bad idea.

^Good point. In that case, let's have people who vote for other include their write-in choice.

fine by me.

also, I'd like to pass off my lifetime achievement award to someone else, preferably riz, queens or lawless.

No problem, I'll ask queens if he can do the lifetime achievement.

excellent. I think he is the best fit for that award.

I think he's as best suited for it as you are, and i honestly wanted us to have another perspective (since he did it last year). But that's cool cuz either one of yáll would definitely do justice to it. I respect your choice.

oops I edited a poll like you said and included other ill go back and add in my choice for the poll I changed but im gonna leave the option I added there

Also I need some help on my Collabo of the year I kinda already know the winner but I cant think of may collabos of albums that I liked alot Im a mixtape man ya know little help please

Remember, including "other" in your poll is an option in itself. So if, for instance it's too late to include it, you won't have to worry about it.

As for collabos, here are some outstanding ones:

-Magic Hour - AZ & CL Smooth
-Somebody Gotta Do It - The Roots ft Jean Grae & Mac Dub
-Never Let You Down - Kanye West ft Jay-Z
-Why - Jadakiss & Anthony Hamilton
-The Ghetto Show - Talib Kweli & Common(classic)
-Why(Remix) - Jadakiss, NaS, Common & Styles P
-The Animal -Murs,9th Wonder & Phonte of Little Brother
-Appreciate - Pete Rock & CL Smooth(best song this year IMO)
-Run- Ghostface & Jadakiss
-Locked Up(Remix) - Akon & Styles P

If I could make a suggestion......(clears throat)

How about making this a category......."(TRU) Most Opinionated Member"?

There's plenty to be nominated (**cough** including myself **cough**)!

So, what do you think?

HOLLA AT YA BOY!!!!

I think it will make a good addition to the TRU Mock Awards which will take place after the Hip Hop awards.

may I suggest a best live performer of 2004 category?

sounds good to me. but the problem is who'll be willing to take on that category?

I got it covered.

Would anyone be willing to take on my collaboration nomination post I dont feel up to par on this topic I dont listen to enough overground material

Got you.

OK, Tri I have taken care of your Best Collab category. In exchange you'll nominate TRU's Most Intelligent Members which was previously assigned to Verz. That should be an easier task for you. Lemme know

iight Riz fair enough ima do a bit of reading on the subject and ill have it up by tomorrow morning

Riz I forgot about this if its not done yet ill do this also when I get home from work muh bad

How about giving award for the "Best Lyric(s)" and "Worse Lyric(s)?"

Is that possible or are we giving away too many awards?

we already got a best lyricist and a worst something...the one jkwon is winning.

No, no. What I meant by those topics is..... "Who had the "Best" or "Worse" bars of the year?" LOL!

There had to be some lines that made you say, "DAAAAYUM!!!" (In a good way.)

Then, there's some lines that made you break ya headphones with a sledgehammer.



Feel me?

Shitty idea.


When are these awards going to be over anyway?

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I finished my part of the awards. Sorry Lifetime took a bit, I had a shitty month and lately I was preoccupied. It is up now. I am not the tallyer though, so I guess once that is complete then we go foward.