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THE BEST (AND WORST) OF 2005

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Top 10 Albums:
1. Young Jeezy- Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101
2. M.I.A.- Arular
3. Lil Wayne- The Carter II
4. Three 6 Mafia- The Most Known Unknowns
5. Mariah Carey- The Emancipation of Mimi
6. The Game- The Documentary
7. Kanye West- Late Registration
8. Edan- Beauty & The Beat
9. Bun B- Trill
10. Cool Calm Pete- Lost

Top 10 Singles:
1. Three 6 Mafia ft Eightball & MJG & Young Buck “Stay Fly”
2. Mike Jones ft Slim Thug & Paul Wall “Still Tippin’”
3. Young Jeezy “Air Forces”
4. Amerie “One Thing”
5. T.I. “U Don’t Know Me”
6. R Kelly “Trapped In The Closet” (Parts 1-5)
7. The Game “Hate It Or Love It”
8. Ying Yang Twins “Wait (The Whisper Song)”
9. Juelz Santana ft Cam’ron “Murda Murda”
10. Dem Franchize Boyz “Oh I Think They Like Me (Remix)”

Rappers of the Year:
1. Bun B
2. Young Jeezy
3. Cam’ron
4. Lil Wayne
5. Pusha T

Verse of The Year:
Cam’ron from “Get ’Em Daddy (Remix)”

Mixtape DJ of the Year:
DJ Drama

Music Video Of The Year:
(Tie)
R. Kelly- “Trapped In The Closet (Parts 1-5)”
Paul Wall ft Bun B and Mike Jones- “They Don’t Know”

Biggest Losers of 2005:
1. The Source
2. Fat Joe
3. The Rest of Boyz N Da Hood
4. Scott Storch
5. Little Brother

Damn, You Forgot How To Rap Good!
1. Lauryn Hill
2. Prodigy
3. Nas
4. Talib Kweli
5. 50 Cent

Artists To Watch In 2006:
1. UGK
2. Clipse
3. Lil’ Scrappy
4. Yo Gotti
5. Saigon
6. Rod Lee
7.Project Pat
8. Lady Sovereign
9. Slick Pulla
10. Keak Da Sneak

Most Pause-Worthy Moments of 2006:
1. The Game getting a butterfly tattoo
2. The entire “Candy Shop” phenomenon
3. Any “Intimate Club Music” by a non-Ying Yang Twin
4. Mobb getting G-Unit tattoos before finishing their paperwork
5. 50 on the cover of GQ