The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Rip Nicholson

Top Ten Albums
1.  Pusha T  -  My Name Is My Name
2.  The Game  -  Jesus Piece
3.  Jay Z  -  Magna Carta Holy Grail
4.  Horrorshow  -  King Amongst Many
5.  Macklemore & Ryan Lewis  -  The Heist
6.  J. Cole  -  Born Sinner
7.  Illy  -  Cinematic
8.  Kanye West  -  Yeezus
9.  Ghostface Killah  -  Twelve Reasons To Die
10.  Charles Bradley  -  Victim Of Love

Top Three Miscellaneous Albums
1.  Tutankhamun Brothers  -  Whats A Black Beatle (mixtape)
2.  Pusha T  -  Wrath Of Cain (mixtape)
3.  Nipsey Hussle  -  Crenshaw (mixtape)

Top Five Songs
1.  Eminem  -  Rap God
2.  Jay Z (featuring Rick Ross) -  FuckWithMeYouKnowIGotIt
3.  Big Sean (featuring Jay Electronica & Kendrick Lamar) -  Control 
4.  Wale  -  Simple Man
5.  Killa Kyleon  -  Marble Pound Cake (freestyle)

Artist Of The Year
1.  Kendrick Lamar
2.  Pusha T
3.  Statik Selektah (producer)
4.  Nipsey Hu$$le
5.  Charles Bradley

Best Five International Artist Performances  
1.  Bruce Springsteen
2.  Kendrick Lamar
3.  Machine Gun Kelly
4.  The Game
5.  Afrika Bambaataa

Best Five Australian Artist Performances  
1.  Hermitude
2.  Horrorshow
3.  Drapht
4.  N'fa Jones
5.  MC Jimblah

Top Five TV Shows   
1.  Breaking Bad
2.  Southland
3.  Sons Of Anarchy
4.  Boardwalk Empire
5.  Phoneshop

Top Five Films
1.  Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth
2.  Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic
3.  Killing Season
4.  Phil Spector
5.  The Iceman

 Top Five Websites
1.  2dopeboyz
2.  1200squad
3.  dubcnn
4.  Allhiphop
5.  Rapdose

The Highlight Of 2013
K Dot stole the year, stole the verse and the crown on BETs cypher, then Em reminded us, "why be a king, when you can be a god."

Prediction For 2014
Big year coming for Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$ and Nipsey Hu$$le. Kanye West suffers Falling Down syndrome in Paris