Welcome to the First Annual Bradley Awards

The Bradley Awards. An Award widely considered the blogosphere's equivalent to an Oscar, Grammy, or being named XXL's Eye Candy of the Year.

Welcome to the show everyone. Tonight we bring you the most prestigious award show since the MTV Music Awards, the First Annual Bradley Awards, also known as a slight step up from the ESPY's. Tonight we will look back and award those who made an impact on the world in 2008. Let's start with the Music awards.

Musical Newcomer of the Year
We have a tie! The winners are Wale and Kid Cudi! Wale was able to represent D.C. while bringing a reality check back to true hip-hop that it desperately needed. His track"Am I Dreaming?" should be required listening material for any new MC before they record one more inkling of music. He also got mainstream love for "Nike Boots" (Lebron Six's?) and even got a verse from radio play magnet Lil Wayne on the remix. Any MC that can make hot music with Seinfield references throughout it deserves respect. His partner in rhyme on "Is There Any Love?" Kid Cudi took that Kanye/Lupe new age sound to new heights with joints like "Man on the Moon" and "The Prayer". Then he blew the roof off the club with banger "Day N' Night" with remixes from everyone from Jim Jones to Pitbull. Congrats fellas, and please try to avoid the sophomore album slump.

Musician of the Year
Mr. Saturday Night Live himself, Kanye West! Let the haters hate, Ye put it down this year. Bouncing back from the loss of his mother and a broken engagement, Mr. West dropped the school boy persona and created his own genera of music with 808's and Heartbreaks. With little guest appearances but a lot of sampling, not only did he stay on constant radio rotation with hits like "Love Lockdown" and "Heartless" but he put on what has been called one of the greatest live performances by a hip hop artist ever with his Glow In The Dark Tour. Besides we were going to give the award to Nas for "Untitled" but we knew Ye would just come on stage and protest anyways, so this was the easy way out.

Movie of the Year
During a year when we had fantastic performances like Robert Downey in Ironman and Heath Ledger in the Dark Knight no movie made me want to watch it again as soon as I was done the first time as Role Models. Paul Rudd delivered his best performance of his career in a movie that he rewrote the script for. Dropping his hilarious style of dry humor throughout this comedy about a couple of early thirty typical degenerate single guys having to enroll in big brothers program. Stifler is pretty much Stifler. McLovin' and Bobbi J' Thompson diversify with McLovin' playing the role as the fantasy knight in shining nerd and Bobbi dropping more foul mouthed funnies than any 10yr. old should be able to. It didn't get nearly as much pub and hype some of the other blockbusters this year, but if you haven't seen it yet, get to the nearest dollar movie theater quick before you have to wait for the dvd release. It'll be worth your dollar and your time in a shitty theater, promise.

TV Show of the Year
I was a die hard Sopranos fan. You know the type. The one's who've seen every single episode three times and can quote any and all of the lines and tell you exactly what happened to each character and in what season it happened. I was completely fucking furious at the way they ended the series(unless a movie is really in the works!). Then I was watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall and that huge Hawaiian dude said, "Dude your relationship is like the Sopranos. It's over, time to get a new show." Boy was he right. If you haven't seen S.O.A yet imagine the Sopranos as a biker gang but the storylines are better. Yes I said it. Not only do actors like Charlie Hunnam(Green Street Hooligans), Ron Pearlman(Hellboy), and Katey Sagal(Married with Children) kill their specific roles but the action sequences and the suspense are incredible. So enjoy your Bradley Award, S.O.A., and PLEASE get that new season done before next fall.

Fantasy Jumpoff of the Year

Eva Mendez will probably have this award on lock for the rest of the decade. I don't know if it's the constant Ghost Rider reruns on Encore right now but for some reason when the topic of beautiful women comes up(besides wifey of course ;)) I can't get her out of my head. Maybe it's because Jen made this comment the other day while when we saw her on tv. "I'm not a lesbian by any stretch of the imagination, but if I ever had the chance to hook up with Eva Mendez, I'd do it in a heartbeat." Yeah, that's probably it.

Player of the Year

This isn't easy. Giving credit to an athlete who denies your team a return to the promise land never is. But no one deserves this spot more than Kevin Garnett does. This is a man who literally changed the way McDonald All-American's approached their decision making process and revolutionized the power forward position. He stayed loyal to a franchise in a small market through the good and Mchale times until he was finally given the opportunity to truly have a shot at a ring. No one wanted it more, no one was a better leader, and no one deserved a ring more than KG last season. I know considering my fanhood and Kobe winning the MVP trophy last season this is probably a surprise to some, but you gotta give credit where credit is due. Congrats on the Bradley, KG. It will look great next to your MVP and Championship trophies. As for Kobe...there's always next year.