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Album of the Year/Commercial Album of the Year:
Late Registration (Kanye West)
Honorable Mention: The Minstrel Show (Little Brother); The Documentary (The Game); BE (Common); Tha Carter II (Lil‘ Wayne)
Underground/Indie Album of the Year:
S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M. (One.Be.Lo)
Honorable Mention: Hell’s Winter (Cage); Grandmasters (GZA & DJ Muggs); The Black Market Militia (Black Market Militia); Put It On The Line (Ghostface Killah & Trife Da God)
New Artists of the Year:
(Tie) The Game, Young Jeezy
Honorable Mention: Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Mike Jones
Breakthrough Artist of the Year:
Common
Honorable Mention: Lil‘ Wayne, The Game, Little Brother, Juelz Santana
Most Disappointing Album of the Year:
All Or Nothing (Fat Joe)
Honorable Mention: Young, Fly and Flashy Vol. 1 (Jermaine Dupri & So So Def); Brothers From Another (Young Gunz); Thoughts Of A Predicate Felon (Tony Yayo); 534 (Memphis Bleek)
Producer of the Year:
Kanye West
Honorable Mention: Swizz Beats, Just Blaze, Scott Storch, Lil‘ Jon
Artist To Watch In 2006:
Saigon
Honorable Mention: Papoose, Cee-Lo (two albums coming in 2006: one with DJ Danger Mouse, the other with Jazze Pha), Alias (Lansing, MI), Glasses Malone (Los Angeles, CA), JR Writer (Harlem, NY)