Earlier this week 88Nine Radio Milwaukee released the list for their 4th annual Listener's Choice awards. And the list is Milwaukee hip hop heavy, continuing to show the overall acceptance that Milwaukee hip hop now has in a city that once had a reputation for overlooking (deserved or not) its own rap music.
Many of these projects and songs are ones that I included on my end of the year list and there is certain to be something for every Milwaukee hip hop fan that trends towards the more alternative or classic styles of hip hop.
As with every list, there are slots for write-in candidates so if the artist that you follow didn't find their way onto the poll this year, you can certainly include them. Check out 88Nine's suggestions and then click here to vote. The winners will be announced on February 17th on 88Nine and then later that night there will be a party at the Wherehouse, 818 S. Water Street, where they will reveal who the band of the year is.
Also, just for fun, I counted out how many suggestions they had on each list and how many of those were hip hop.
Lastly, this blog did receive a nod, and I sincerely thank 88Nine for that.
Milwaukee Album of the Year:
AUTOMatic – Transistor
Def Harmonic – Figs
Frankie Flowers – New Beginning
Fresh Cut Collective – Fresh Cut Collective
KHB – Remember The Name
Klassik – Death of a Beatmaker
Lab Experiment – Lab Partners
MC Oneself – I of the Storm
Melissa Czarnik – Raspberry Jesus
9 out of 48
Milwaukee Song of the Year:
AUTOMatic – Higher - Transistor
Def Harmonic – My Own Devices – Figs
Frankie Flowers – Koolness – New Beginning
Fresh Cut Collective – Bumble Bee – Fresh Cut Collective
KHB – I Believe featuring Raashan Ahmad – Remember The Name
Lab Experiment – Reach Out – Lab Partners
MC Oneself – What do we Know? – I of the Storm
7 out of 29
Milwaukee Solo Artist of the Year:
Frankie Flowers
Klassik
Lunaversol9
MC Oneself
Melissa Czarnik
5 out of 14
Milwaukee Band of the Year:
AUTOMatic
Def Harmonic
Fresh Cut Collective
KHB
Lab Experiment
5 out of 34
Milwaukee's Catchiest Song of the Year:
AUTOMatic – Higher
Def Harmonic – My Own Devices
Frankie Flowers – Koolness
Fresh Cut Collective – Bumble Bee
Lab Experiment – Reach Out
MC Oneself – What do we Know?
6 out of 29
Album Artwork of the Year:
AUTOMatic – Transistor
Def Harmonic – Figs
Fresh Cut Collective – Fresh Cut Collective
KHB – Remember the Name
Lunaversol9 – A Novel Slur
Melissa Czarnik – Raspberry Jesus
MC Oneself – I of the Storm
7 out of 37
Best Music Video of the Year:
AUTOMatic – Higher
Fresh Cut Collective – Bumble Bee
JC Poppe – Foundation of a Moment
Juiceboxxx – 100 MPH (AC Slater Remix)
Kid Cut Up – A Good Day Under The Bridge
KHB – I Believe
6 out of 14
Most Memorable Milwaukee Live Show:
Prophetic at Summerfest
1 out of 6
Best Milwaukee based Music Blog:
Music in Revolt
Milwaukee UP (this blog of course)
Seizure Chicken
3 out of 5
Born in Milwaukee and raised in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, Concordia University Wisconsin alumnus Poppe has spent the majority of his life in or around the city and county of Milwaukee.
As an advocate of Milwaukee's hip-hop community Poppe began popular local music blog Milwaukee UP in March 2010. Check out the archived entries here.
Though heavy on the hip-hop, Poppe writes about other genres of music and occasionally about food, culture or sports, and is always ready to show his pride in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.
