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- Sept.
2009: Black Eyed Peas, Jay-Z, MIranda Lambert and
More Get Nods; Major Lazer, Chrisette Michele, Maxwell and More
Receive Honorable Mentions; Ginuwine's "A Man's Thoughts" Is Dud
of the Month
- Aug.
2009: J Dilla's "Jay Stay Paid," Patterson Hood's
"Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)," Regina Spektor's "Far"
and More Get Nods; J Dilla, Ida Maria and More Receive Honorable
Mentions; Grizzly Bear's "Veckatimest" Is Dud of the Month
- July
2009: Moby's "Wait for Me," Mos Def's "The Ecstatic,"
Sonic Youth's "The Eternal," Allen Toussaint's "The Bright
Mississippi" and More Get Nods; Pet Shop Boys, Cut Copy and More
Receive Honorable Mentions; "21st Century Breakdown" by Green Day
Is Dud of the Month
- June
2009: Leonard Cohen's "Live in London," Doom's "Born
Like This," Bob Dylan's "Together Through Life," the Hold Steady's
"A Positive Rage," New York Dolls's "'Cause I Sez So" and More Get
Nods; PJ Harvey, Conor Oberst, Marnie Stern, Cursive and More
Receive Honorable Mentions; "Relapse" by Eminem Is Dud of the
Month
- May
2009: Art Brut's "Art Brut vs. Satan, Lady
Sovereign's "Jigsaw," the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' It's Blitz!," Neil
Young's "Fork in the Road" and More Get Nods; Mr. Lif, Neko Case,
Flight of the Conchords, Lady GaGa and more receive honorable
mentions; Bat for Lashes' "Two Suns" is Dud of the Month
- April
2009: Lily Allen, Amadou & Mariam, Marianne
Faithfull and More Get Nods; M. Ward, the Prodigy, Leela James and
more receive honorable mentions; Shearwater's "Rook" is Dud of the
Month
- March
2009: Clipse, K'Naan and the Living Things Get Nods;
Ludacris, Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and More Receive Honorable Mentions;
the Knux Are Dud of the Month
- February
2009: Calle 13, Glasvegas, Guns N' Roses and Nine
Inch Nails Get Nods; Fall Out Boy's "Folie à Deux" is Dud of
the Month
- January
2009: Taylor Swift, T-Pain and Kanye
West Get Nods; Darius Rucker, Akon and More Receive
an Honorable Mentions; Beyoncé's "I Am ... Sasha Fierce" is
Dud of the Month
- December
2008: Buena Vista Social Club, GZA/Genius, T.I.
Get Nods; Lucinda Williams, Ice Cube, Young Jeezy and More Receive
an Honorable Mentions; Plies Is Dud of the Month
- November
2008: TV on the Radio and Poet Robert Creeley
Get Nods; Iron & Wine, Todd Snider and Blitzen Trapper Get
Honorable Mentions; Bon Iver Is Dud of the Month
- October
2008: Jenny Lewis Gets a Nod; Jeffrey Lewis Is
Dud of the Month
- September
2008: The Hold Steady, Conor Oberst and Randy Newman
Get Nods; Natasha Bedingfield Is Dud of the Month
- August
2008: Nas Names Names (But Not His Album), Death Cab
For Cutie Get Complimented and the Dean Deep Sixes the Three 6
Mafia
- July
2008: Lil Wayne Gets a Good Review from the Dean
(He's Also "Dud of the Month"
- June
2008: Magnetic Fields, Santogold and More Get
Compliments; Leona Lewis Is Dud of the Month
- May
2008: The B-52's, Drive-by Truckers and the Roots All
Receive High Marks
- April
2008: Kate Nash, Los Campesinos!, Erykah Badu, Mika,
Kathleen Edwards, Snoop Dogg and More
- March
2008: Daft Punk, Lupe Fiasco, Willie Nelson, Herbie
Hancock and More
- Feb.
2008: Mary J. Blige, Manu Chao, Jill Scott and More
- Jan.
2008: Hail Hip-Hop! Ghostface Killah and Wu-Tang
Clan, Soulja Boy and More
- Dec.
2007: M.I.A., Gogol Bordello Rate Perfect
- Nov.
2007: White Stripes Not Icky But Nick Rates Low
- Oct.
2007: Kanye Graduates With an A-Minus but 50 Cent's a
Dud
- Sept.
2007: Common, Fountains of Wayne, Bright Eyes Make
the Dean's List
- Aug.
2007: Lucinda Is Laudable but Pretty Ricky Is a Dud
- July
2007: Miranda Lambert, Arctic Monkeys and More
- June
2007: Wilco, Apples in Stereo, Hot Chip and More
- April - May
2007: Beck, Nas, the Arcade Fire and More
- Feb. - March
2007: Beyoncé, Lily Allen and More
- Dec. 2006 - Jan.
2007: Bob Dylan, the Hold Steady and More
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