Here are your 2010 Phoenix hip hop online Award Winners.

Top PHX Hip Hop Male

Jugde Da Boss

Judge Da Boss started 2010 off right as he recently signed to Hypocalypto records aka Amare Stoudemire’s record label. Judge then dropped a mixtape called “The chosen one” which featured his first big local single. With his label behind him, they promoted “Money All Around Me” which got his single radio rotation on Power and Jamz. Eventually, it was played on Sirus, Hot 97 and more. In 2010 he started ZillaBoi Entertainment and parterned up with The DoobieBoyz, dropped
two videos for “Money all around me” and “Ad Lib” and started a club night at Club PHX in that same year. Towards the end of the year, he linked up with the Freshman of the year Vik Junior and dropped Crack Muzik”. In 2010, Judge opened up for several major artists such as EPMD, Das EFX, Warren G, Wacka Flocka and more. http://www.twitter.com/judgehyp

Top PHX Hip Hop Female

Queen Yonasda

Queen Yonasda is more than just an artist but a community organizer as well. When it comes to music, Queen Yonasda put out a mixtape called “All Hail the Queen” which was hosted by DJ John Blaze which featured the songs “Back 2 Arizona” a joint that is anti sb 1070 and “So Special” Both had videos that were featured on allhiphop.com, Wshh, and many more. It was her idea to make the “Back 2 Arizona” song that featured several other Arizona artists. That song went on to get national media attention. She toured with Dj John Blaze to open up for Raekwon and Capone n Noreaga at the beginning of 2010. Queen Yonasda is not only a great talent but she is an excellent community activist as she partnered with BET’s Rap It Up and was the face of the event in Omaha, Nebraska. She also organized the Hip hop for Haiti event in Phoenix, AZ.

You can check out Queen Yonasda on
http://www.twitter.com/queenyonasda

Top PHX Hip Hop Mixtape

Trap – I Never Sleep Hosted and mixed by Dj John Blaze

Trap dropped his mixtape “I never sleep” in July 2010 to heavy fan fare. At the beginning of 2010, Trap dropped the first single off his “I Never Sleep” mixtape called “UFO”. That song turned out to be the biggest commercial song for Trap as it was featured on several mixtapes, and played on radio stations all over the US. On this release he featured several local artists such as Hannibal Leq, Roca Dolla, Tray Gutter, Wes Cravin, Lo, Ocean, and more.

Check him out at http://www.twitter.com/iamthetrap
Listen to Trap “I Never Sleep” here:
http://www.datpiff.com/Trap-I-Never-Sleep-mixtape.132533.html

Top PHX Hip Hop Album

Mav of sol camp – Independent Hustlin

Mav dropped his album Independent Hustlin to huge hype due in part to his single “Til the sunrise” feat Juice. Mav has posted hundreds of fan pics and TV episodes showing himself selling Cd’s from city to city. The album was received great reviews by several media outlets such as College Gentlemen Magazine, Phoenixnewtimes, COED Magazine, and more. He released two successful videos off the album titled “Til the sunrise” and “Fly as us” They were featured on several sites such as WSHH,Vladtv, Dubcnn, Wethewest, Phoenixnewtimes, and several other major sites. His album features all original production as
well as features from Chingo Bling, Lucky Luciano, Avondale Productions, Juice, LMNO, Ying Yang Twins, Sol Camp and more. This was the album that had everybody Independent Hustlin in 2010.

Check him out at http://www.mavofsolcamp.com
Purchase it on ITunes here:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/independent-hustlin/id366085972

Top PHX hip hop video

Da Beast – Freakshow Directed by Carlos Berber JR

Freakshow from Carlos Berber on Vimeo.

pt 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTp2d8pJlG8
pt 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ssl4Wi2bS8c

Top PHX hip hop video Director

Rocadolla

Check him out at http://www.marmerafilms.com
Watch some of Rocadolla’s best videos of 2010 here

los – never landing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z43h1aMf9sI

nose – soul on ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq9gf8PSUHg

TRAFFIQ GET LIKE ME FT BIG HAPS,B STAKS & STERN SAVAGE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JnfLFdlWkw

Good and The Bad by The New F-O’s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX3nehLY–w

los – unstoppable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TooFaGogDmo

Top PHX hip hop Freshmen

Vik Junior

Vik Junior hit the scene hard in 2010. He has a pretty dope flow with lots of bars. In 2010 he started by working with Judge Da Boss and he released his first mixtape called “Crack Muzik”. This mixtape featured a record called “Ad-Lib” which he filmed a video for with Judge. He was featured on the song “Biltmore Boyz” that he had a video for. He also released the “Im Single” video in 2010. Vik Junior was on several big shows with major headliners and has a lot more in
store for 2011.

http://www.twitter.com/vikjunior

Top PHX hip hop Group

Silver Medallion

Silver Medallion was coming off huge in 2009. They were one of the only artists who had their hit single “Elevators” get regular rotation on the radio. Their second single “Centerfold” received syndicated radio play in over 31 states.com. From there, they performed in over 30 states on a College Spring tour which hit several college campuses. They rocked Tucson Electric Park with Far East Movement and only a few days later, Carnegie of Siver Medallion was struck by a Drunk
driver and Killed. Immediately following the death of Carnegie, radio stations everywhere started spinning Silver Medallions songs. Every Arizona media outlet covered the death, and everyone on Twitter was tweeting RIP Carnegie. He received a shot out in Far East Movements album “free wired”. Oren J knew that Carnegie would want the Silver Medallion movement to remain, so he has kept their movement alive. Since then, Silver Medallion has opened for Amare Stodamires
welcome to NY party, and even performed with Kesha in Nyc. Silver Medallion recently dropped a new album named “No one Ever Really Dies” You can download it free here: http://www.phoenixhiphop.net/phoenixaz-hip-hop/silver-medallion-and-dj-
benzi-presents-no-one-ever-really-dies/

check em out at http://www.twitter.com/silvermedallion
Rip Carnegie

Top PHX Hip Hop Latin

Mav of Sol Camp

At the beginning of 2010 Mav graced the cover of Xpoz magazine. Right after that he featured on Chingo Bling’s ablum “Me vale madre” with the song “Jefe”. During the year he would appear on other Chingo Bling projects such as “Chicken Flippa” and “Chingo de Mayo” mixtapes. Around the same time he dropped a mixtape at the beginning of 2010 called “Pages from my Rhymebook” that was highly praised on blogs such as Dubcnn, Raptalk, and Dashadyspot. The mixtape received several
thousand downloads.
His biggest moment came when he released his album “Independent Hustlin” feat Ying Yang Twins, Juice, Chingo Bling, Lmno, Lucky Luciano, GMoe, Sol Camp and more. From that album he released 2 very successful singles “Til the Sunrise” feat Juice and “Fly As Us” feat Lucky Luciano and GMoe. The song “Til the Sunrise” was a fan and mixtape favorite as it was on over 30 mixtapes in 2010. Some notable mixtapes where the song “Til the sunrise” was featured on
were hosted by Sept 7th, Dj Kay Slay, Chingo Bling and more. Later he went on to start his own online hip hop show “AZ Weekly Rap Up” and posted 7 episodes feat guest such as Willy Northtpole, B Staks, Trap, Gmoe, Zig Zag, Syck Syllables, Rich Rico and more. Mav also had a club night dedicated to his single “Til the Sunrise” at Club PHX and Sky Lounge and both did very well. Also in 2010 he also opened for Joell ortiz, The Pack, Dmx, Chiddy bang, Willy northpole, Ras Kass,
Brittanya and more.

http://www.twitter.com/mavofsolcamp

Best Live show PHX hip hop artists

Random aka Megaran

Random aka Megaran has been doing his thing for a while now. I have seen him several times live and he has a dope live show. Below we have several links to his performances so you can check them out for yourselves.

http://www.twitter.com/megaran

Cinco de Mayo @ Viper Room, Hollywood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnkFDAcYv5Y

Freestyle on tour in Orlando, Summer 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1rqtPnkMzo

San Diego freestyle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YljGfYHGOA&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tP7tFBBBioE&feature=related

live with the Megas (live band) summer 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPSu3h0lL8s&feature=related

Top Tucson hip hop Artists

CCS Crew

CCS Crew is our pick for 2010 Top Tucson hip hop artists. CCS crew consists of Stacc sytles, Jersey, Crookyd, Fat Tony, and Muzikman. At the beginning of 2010 the group were finalists in the TAMMIE music awards for best hip hop group in Tucson. From there they went on to open for almost every major show that came into town. In 2010 alone they opened for Ice Cube, Nas,Tech N9ne(2x), WC, Willy Northpole, Kotton Mouth kings(2x), Head Pe(2x), Krizz Calico, Dj quick, Kurupt, Slaughterhouse and more. In 2010 they also released thier first mixtape “The crop” which is available for dl on http://www.therealccscrew.com. In 2010 they proved to be the hardest working hip hop group in Tucson, AZ.

check here for more info on CCS Crew
http://www.reverbnation.com/ccscrew

Best PHX Hip Hop producer

21 the Producer

21 the Producer was on his grind heavy in 2010. He produced enough songs with local and national acts to put out 3 mixtapes of his production in 2010. He produced songs for industry artists such as Young De, Xzibit, Corey Gunz, Los, Crooked I, WC, Rossi, Juice, Mav, Willy Northpole, Hot Rod, and more. He made singles for several major artists such as Los “Never Landing”, Crooked I “Mr. Pigface weapon waist”, Willy Northpole and Mav feat Juice “Til the sunrise. In 2010
he also won the award for best Producer for the Pink and Purple awards.

hit him up at http://www.twitter.com/21theproducer

Top PHX hip hop DJ

DJ John Blaze

Point blank Dj John Blaze did the most for Phoenix hip hop out of any of the Arizona djs. He mixed and hosted 13 mixtapes of Local Az artists from Trap, Judge, Tray Gutter, Bookie, OTS, Queen Yonasda and more. He Dj’d weekly from Wednesday to Sunday at Club Rain, Urban 7, Club Theodore, Rocky Pointe Cantina, PHX, and more. He was Queen Yonasdas tour dj when they hit the road with Raekwon and Capone and Noreaga. He was a featured dj on Industry mix on Friday nights on
92.7/99.3 The Beat where he spun several local songs. He now has a show on www.radiosupa.com and it is one of the hottest online shows out.
His biggest moment in 2010 came when he linked up with Queen Yonasda and started recruiting artists for the “Back 2 Arizona” song. That song went on to get over 200,000 views in just days and features on Allhiphop.com, Worldstarhiphop.com, News Channel 3 (AZ), ABC 15 (AZ), New Times and more. It also received radio play nationwide, including Power 105 in New York with Chuck D. Dj John Blaze held it down for Phoenix hip hop in 2010!

http://www.twitter.com/djjohnblaze

Top PHX Hip Hop Single

Judge – Money All Around Me

This song was all over Arizona in 2010. Judge started out the year with Amare helping him push the single when the Suns were in the playoffs. It also spread to NYC once Amare got traded to the Knicks. The song was featured on power 98.3 and 101.5 jamz several times. He was also able to get this song on Dj Kay slays show and even New Yorks Hot97. Judge made a video for the single that was also nominated as best video of 2010. This was the lead single on his debut mixtape “The Chosen one”. This song helped Judge go from a local rapper who won a contest to a respected Arizona Rapper.

listen to it here:

http://twiturm.com/b428s

www.twitter.com/judgehyp