NOMINEES IN 2008


HHWA1 Album Of The Year

Best album (solo or group) in year under review, that meets judges’ requirements of excellence (in every realms: songwriting, production, rendition and promotion) and acceptability (sales, popularity)



GRASS 2 GRACE - 2FACE IDIBIA

GAME OVER - GAME OVER

E PLURIBUS UNUM - MODE 9

ASA - ASA

INDEPENDENT - FAZE





HHWA2 Artiste Of The Year

Most critically and commercially adjudged artiste in the year under review. Overall most successful artiste for the year. Usually a recipient of one or two awards in preceding categories



D’BANJ

2FACE IDIBIA

PSQUARE

OLU





HHWA3 Song Of The Year

Most popular song from an album in year under review. Decided by voting



YAHOOZEE - OLU MAINTAIN

DO ME - P - SQUARE

SEE ME SO - 2FACE IDIBIA

KOLOMENTAL - FAZE

STYLEE - JIMMY JATT , 2FACE, ELAJOE & MODE 9





HHWA4 Recording Of The Year

Best single recording (on-air only or released) by artiste or group in year under review. Originality and production very essential.



BIMBANKE - ASA

STYLEE - JIMMY JATT

GREENLAND - TY BELLO

TRUE LOVE - 2FACE

NEED SOMEONE - FAZE



HHWA5 Producer Of The Year

The individual responsible for producing the most acclaimed album in the year under review. His CV for the year includes top notch tracks and production credits no one can fault



MOSA - GREENLAND

PUFFY TEE - YAHOOZEE

OJB - SEE ME SO

COBHAMS - BIBANKE

ID CABASA - RUGGEDY BABA





HHWA6 Best Music Video (Award goes to Director)

Best conceptualist, best directed and most exciting video in year under review as voted by fans and decided by the jury



DO ME - JUDE OKOYE

GREENLAND - TY BELLO / ABBEY

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN - COSA (Non Nigerian)

STYLEE - DJ TEE

SASHA - CLARENCE PETERS





HHWA7 Best Reggae/Dancehall Album

Best reggae or dancehall album in year under review



FEVER - AFRICAN

TRUE STORY - TIMAYA

UCHIE - AFRICAN ROCKSTAR





HHWA8 Best R ‘n’ B/ Pop Album

Best R&B or pop album in year under review (by single individual or group)



GRASS 2 GRACE - 2FACE IDIBIA

INDEPENDENT - FAZE

NIYOLA - CALL MY NAME

PRESS ON PART2 - INDISPENSABLES

GAME OVER - P- SQUARE





HHWA9 Best Rap Album

Best album by a rap artiste or group in year under review



DEFINITION - JIMMY JATT

E PLURIBUS UNUM - MODE 9

THA RAPMAN BEGINS - TERRY THA RAPMAN

FIRST LADY - SASHA



HHWA10 Best Collabo

Best R&B, Pop or hip hop collaborative track (including cameos) in year under review



STYLEE - JIMMY JATT, MODE 9, 2FACE & ELAJOE

RUGGEDY BABA - RUGGEDMAN

LORI LE - X – PROJECT

YAHOOZEY - OLU MAINTAIN

BOOTY CALL - MO HITS ALL STARS





HHWA11 Best Rap Single

Best single released on-air recording of a rap song by a solo artiste



MO - ROOFTOP MC’S

STYLEE - JIMMY JATT FT. 2FACE, MODE 9 & ELAJOE

U KNOW MY P - NAETO C

CROWD MENTALITY - M.I





HHWA13 Best Vocal Performance (Male)

Single male artiste with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album



TUFACE - STYLEE

9ICE - RUGGEDY BABA

WANDE COAL - OLOLUFE

FAZE - SOMEONE LIKE ME





HHWA14 Best Vocal Performance (Female)

Single female act with most outstanding vocal performance on a single song or album



BIBANKE - ASA

JEBELE - KWEEN

EKUNDAYO - TY BELLO

IJOBA ORUN - LARA GEORGE





HHWA15 Next Rated

Most promising upcoming officially unreleased act in year under review-Taken



WANDE COAL - OLOLUFE

GT THE GUITARMAN - DREAMER

BANKY W - EBUTE

CYRUS DA VIRUS - VERY GBOFTY

M.I. - CROWD MENTALITY







HHWA16 Hip Hop World Revelation

Best new artiste in the year under review



9ICE

ASA

TY BELLO

SASHA

OLU MAINTAIN



HHWA18 African Artiste of The Year (Non Nigerian Category)

Special award for an individual African artiste with the most outstanding album and astonishing achievements in year under review.



NAMELESS - SINZIA

BATMAN SAMINI - LAMBORI

FRESHLYGROUND - POT BELLY

HHP - MUSIC & LIGHTS

JOZI - WHAT’S WITH THE ATTITUDE





HHWA19 Lyricist on The Roll



TERRY THA RAPMAN - ONLY 4 NAIJA

MODE 9 - CONTRADICTION

M.I - CROWD MENTALIST

RUGGEDMAN - RUGGEDY BABA



Notes from the Awards Screening Committee:

Only materials in the YEAR in review (DECEMBER 2006 – NOVEMBER 2007) are qualified to screening.

Its me MR EXCLUSIVE, whats ur take and as for me,am only putting my money on 9ICE&ASA.

olayokun u try small . ikun ikun ikun ikun , supp ma niga

My vote goes to M.I, rooftopmc's , and for the producer of the year, the guy that produced greenland's beat deserves an award. . .the beat is tight!

my own winners,album of the yr grass to grace 2 face,artiste of the yr dbanj,song of the year yahozee olu maintain,recording of the yr bimbanke asa,best music video do me psquare,best dancehall timaya,beat rnbpopalbum independent faze,best rap album defintion dj jimmy jatt,best collabro booty call mohits all stars,best rap single mi crowd mentality,best vocal male ololufe wande coal,best vocal female ijoba orun lara george.next rated wande coal ololufe,revelation ty bello,african act hhp,lyricist mode9

that album of the year category is something serious

album of the year for me is ASA
rooftop must win too

i just saw this but why is sasha in this category??

HHWA16 Hip Hop World Revelation
Best new artiste in the year under review


is this her first album??

Actually, Yes it is. Every other song outside this album is a single.

ur votes here wont count, but I feel the nominations are fair enough for now. I'll get the numbers to vote on and cast my faze, hoping my boi faze will get those he deserves

if the year in review is nov. 2006-dec. 2007,
album of the year-grass 2 grace
pop album- grass2grace
video- do me
producer-mosa greenland
artist of the year-d'banj
song of the year-yahooze
recording of the year-bibanke asa
best reggae-timaya
best rap album-definition jimmy jatt
best collabo-stylee by jimmy jatt feat 2face,modey and elajoe
best rap single-stylee
vocal performance male-faze need someboy
nextrated-wande coal
revelatio-9ice
african artist-batman samini
lyricist on the roll-modey-contradiction.
these are my prediction,after the award i'm sure i will be right in all but one category

The producer of the year should go to ID CABASA and
Hip Hop World Revelation should be 9ICE

Hmmmmm, this thread seems calm, let me stir some controversy in here; Faze and Tuface's Albums DO NOT qualify for the award; their albums where released sometime between September and October 2006(Remember the year in Review is  (DECEMBER 2006 – NOVEMBER 2007) so what are their names and songs doing on that list


Secondly Timaya deserves just more than one nomination

Olu Maintain & Psquare do not deserve their respective nomination for the Artiste of the year category

Take Olu for example, just Yahoozee and he is up for Artiste of the year? How? Fine he merits something, but not a nominaion for Artiste of the year. He got a perfect nomination slot in the Best New Artiste category; this is where he acually belongs, no the former. The Award organisers goofed when they nominated Olu for both Artiste of the year category & New Artiste of the Year category

Anyway, I think he is favored to win the Song of the year category, cos the only threat to his Yahoozee is Faze's Kolomental.


As for Psquare, they weren't that felt in the duration under review, not until they released their Game Over Album in November 2007, so i dont see how they merit a nomination in the Artiste of the Year Category.


Need i say that FAZE should be on the Artiste of the Year Category?(Even though him & Tuface aren't eligible for the Awards)


To the Video of the year Category; again Faze deserves a nomination here, he got the best videos in the duration under review, until Psquare's Do Me came on board


Timaya should be in the New Artiste of the Year Category, it should have been a staraight battle between Timaya(if he were there) and Olu Maintain. I dont think Sasha deserves that gift, for how long will she remain a new artiste? Forever?

I took a good look at all the categories,conspicously missing is the Special Recognition Award Category,   maybe i need to put my glasses on

Best R'n'B/Pop Album Category; Niyola? Does she have an album?


Mode9's Album should be on the Album of the Year Category


Anyway Nice job by Ayo Animashaun & Co, but they would do better if they shun Sentiments & patronage.

If my memory serves me well, this is not the first time sasha is nominated for best new artist, hope id cabasa wins for best producer. I'll definately find time to vote for all my favs.

@ olayokun
thumbs up good job, at least u are informing and not deforming folks

Baro:

Hmmmmm, this thread seems calm, let me stir some controversy in here; Faze and Tuface's Albums DO NOT qualify for the award; their albums where released sometime between September and October 2006(Remember the year in Review is  (DECEMBER 2006 – NOVEMBER 2007) so what are their names and songs doing on that list

is this just for controversy purposes or your info is meant to be taken seriously?

anyways FOR THE RECORDS, GRASS TO GRACE WAS released in december 2006.

Baro:




Secondly Timaya deserves just more than one nomination

in what category?
rap?
pop?
artist of the year?
song of the year?
,
come on,even the people of GAZA deserve PEACE


i dnt think a right thinking sasha would appreciate that REVELATION OF THE YEAR NOMINATION. Shes bin in the business for a pretty long time.
what revalation are we talking about here?
is hip hop world trying to say that she has just made an impact on the music scene after such a long time??
hmmmmmmmmmmm,no wonder  OD [overdose] didnt have to many nice words to say when he was asked to comment on winning the award last year.

Ebutte metta ke!!! How can these guys nominate a copied song for an award,that song doesn't deserve airplay talkless of an award.Is this what we are promoting in our music? copyright infringment, coping foreign artists and i think faze deserved a spot in the best video category and sasha isn't a new artist.Anyway, I aint surprised,bullshit is always invovled with nigerian music awards and thats why i dont believe in it.I know sasha and mode9 are pals with hiphopmagazine so they are bound to get nominations or even awards.@jeje i think timaya deserved artist of the year and song of the year nominations.Two of his songs really shaked 2007.dem mama and timaya

@sect,Banky has 3 single all u have to do is to ask n i will upload for u.
@jejelolatu,so u mean all dis while i have been mis informing y'all.abi
e get has e dey do u sha

sect:

.@jeje i think timaya deserved artist of the year and song of the year nominations.Two of his songs really shaked 2007.them mama and timaya

Thanx Sect, that isn't even all, TIMAYA should also be on the NEW ARTISTE OF THE YEAR CATEGORY infact that award is for him, cos never in the history of Naija music industry has an a new unknown artiste blown-up and sold-out, his feat is unprecendented; sold over 2 Million copies(without a single video) and still counting. In case u dont know every single track on that dude's album was a hit, not just a yahoozee in ten tracks. TIMAYA HOT LIKE FIRE!!

@Baro

If u don't like Olu, simply say u don't like him. . . u saying he doesn't deserve the award because he has only one song is totally false. I have the guy's whole album and the whole thing is in constant rotation on my playlist. I think he's good and deserves the nomination and award. Thats the problem when a particular song becomes such a huge success on an album because people tend to expect that the follow up songs/singles should blow up as much, which in most cases doesn't happen. It really doesn't take away from the fact that the other songs are good.

@ Me Tu, don't u think you should comment on the thread rather than replying Baro?

As for liking Olu or not, it's simple; i like Olu, just that he doesn't merit a nomination for Artiste of The Year Category, Simple

@Baro

Yeah my bad I should have simply contributed but i guess i was a lil bit carried away by your post.

Now my contribution:

Mr Olu Maintain for the new artiste of the year. . . whooohooooo

@Baro,so u just hate the dude for making money or for singing?.Anyway money is always in d bank

nigerians abeg wetin sasha dey find 4 best rap album?if dem dey talk rap make dem no dey put people wey no get correct metaphores and lines.4 my side terry na im get am oooo.mode dey try but terry beat am,no b beans ha ha.best producer make una leave am 4 cabasa e produce ruggedy baba,kolomental,make dem talk,gongo aso, infact dat boy too much.i don talk.da chosen one

@DC ONE whats ur beef with sasha.Make dem hype am small abi.She go feel ontop say dem nominate am.

mr baro,
grass2grace and independent were both released in dec. 2006.
olu deserve the song of the year,although he is nowhere near the album of the year.
psquare only deserve the best video and nothing more considering the period in review,i think they can wait till next year b4 they can start to reap what they are sowing now.
all these can happen if the organisers are taken the period under review into cognisanze.

just wondering why hhw is not allowing people to vote on the web,,,

TCUBE:

just wondering why hhw is not allowing people to vote on the web,,,

Cos they already know the winners before the list of Nominees was released

Baro:

Cos they already know the winners before the list of Nominees was released

abi ooooo

u can check out hiphopworldaward website to vote.

olayokun:

u can check out hiphopworldaward website to vote.

The voting page doesn't open, have tried it severally, and i don't think the fault is from my connection, or were you able to vote?

@olayokun Banky having 3 singles(he has more than 3 by the way) doesnt still ebutte metta an original song.I just wondered y HHW didnt nominate sunny neji for any category.He has a very nice album and his lyrics are very good.

@sect,u r very funny,so u mean that hi life guy should be on d nominee list.
I OBJECT