2012 End of Year Awards Nominees

The new year is almost upon us but before the 2013 year of hip hop begins The Beat celebrates the best of the 2012 year. With a number of end of the year awards to hand out we have narrowed the list of nominees to five for each award up for grabs. Below is the list of nominees, feel free to leave comments and let us know your opinions of the choices, whether you agree or disagree.

Album of the Year

Based on a T.R.U. Story- 2 Chainz

Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head- T.I.

Good Kid Maad City- Kendrick Lamar

Dreams & Nightmares- Meek Mill

Self Made 2- Maybach Music Group

Rapper of the Year

Kanye West  (G.O.O.D. Music)
Meek Mill  (MMG)
2 Chainz  (G.O.O.D. Music
Drake  (Young Money)
Rick Ross  (MMG)

Song of the Year

No Lie- 2 Chainz feat. Drake
Pop That- French Montana feat. Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
Swimming Pools- Kendrick Lamar
Mercy- Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz
Amen- Meek Mill feat. Drake

Mixtape of the Year

Detroit- Big Sean
Dedication 4- Lil Wayne
187- Tyga
Dream Chasers 2- Meek Mill
Well Done 3- Tyga

Rookie of the Year

Kendrick Lamar  (Good Kid Maad City)
A$AP Rocky  (Various singles and features)
Machine Gun Kelly  (Lace Up)
Kirko Bangz  (Singles and features)
Future  (Various singles and features)

Video of the Year

Mercy- Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
My Homies Still- Big Sean feat. Lil Wayne
Birthday Song- 2 Chainz feat. Kanye West
Pop That- French Montana
Ball- T.I. feat. Lil Wayne

  Verse of the Year

     Jay-Z (Clique)
     Drake (No Lie)
    2 Chainz (Mercy)
    Andre 3000 (Sixteen)
   J.Cole  (Green Ranger)

Producer of the Year

DJ Mustard (Rack City, I'm Different, R.I.P.)
Hit-Boy (Clique, Theraflu, Goldie)
Mike Will Made It (Turn on the lights, No Lie, Bandz a Make Her Dance)
Young Chop (Mula, I Don't Like)
No I.D. (Daughters, Accident Murderers, Wild Side)

Disappointment of the Year

The Black Bar Mitzvah (Rick Ross)
Cruel Summer (G.O.O.D. Music)
Cabin Fever 2 (Wiz Khalifa)
Jesus Piece (The Game)
Roman Reloaded (Nicki Minaj)

  Lyricist of the Year 

  Kendrick Lamar

  Drake

  Jay-Z

  Andre 3000

  Tyga

Comeback Rapper of the Year

     Nas

    Juicy J

    T.I.

    Dr. Dre

    Joe Budden

One Hit Wonder of the Year

Cash Out (Cashin Out)
Driicky Graham (Snapbacks and Tattoos)
Chief Keef (I Don't Like)
Kirko Bangz (Drank in My Cup)
Trinidad James (All Gold Everything)


Agree with the nominees? Feel free to leave a comment about it as well as tell us who you believe should win each award. Be sure to check back regularly as we will be handing out the awards individually over the next few weeks.