This list contains most recordings released in the Detroit metro area during 2000 that are eligible for inclusion in this year's awards nominating process.  The list will be updated periodically on this page.  To submit a recording that is not on this list, please e-mail the artist name, recording title, label and approximate release date to .

NATIONAL ALBUMS
Gregg Bissonette, "Submarine'' (Favored Nations)
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, "Time to Discover'' (RCA)
Regina Carter, "Motor City Moments'' (Verve)
Anita Cochran, "Anita'' (Warner Bros.)
Alice Cooper, "Brutal Planet'' (Spitfire)
Carl Craig, "Designer Music: The Remixes, Volume One'' (Planet E)
Robert Crenshaw, "Victory Songs'' (Gadfly)
Detroit Grand Pu Bahs, "Sandwiches'' (Zomba)
Eminem, "The Marshall Mathers LP'' (Aftermath/Interscope)
Factory 81, "Mankind'' (Mojo)
Insane Clown Posse, "Bizaar'' and "Bizzar'' (Psychopathic/Island Def Jam)
Kid Rock, "History of Rock'' (Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic)
Kina, "Kina'' (DreamWorks)
Jennifer Knapp, "Lay it Down'' (Goatee)
Madonna, "Music'' (Warner Bros.)
Debelah Morgan, "Dance With Me'' (Atlantic)
Jim Roll, "Lunette'' (New West)
Slumber Party, "Slumber Party'' (Kill Rock Stars)
Slum Village, "Players" (Goodvibe/Barak)
Suicide Machines, "The Suicide Machines'' (Hollywood)
TapRoot, "Gift'' (Atlantic)
Tiles, "Presents of Mind'' (Magna Carta)
Twiztid, "Freek Show'' (Psycopathic/Island Def Jam)
Uncle Kracker, "Double Wide'' (Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic)
Waxwings, "Low to the Ground'' (Bobsled)
BeBe Winans, "Love and Freedom'' (Motown)
The Workhorse Movement, "Sons of the Pioneers'' (Overcore/Roadrunner)

NATIONAL SINGLES
Detroit Grand Pubahs, "Sandwiches" (Jive/Electro)
Robert Bradley's Blackwater Surprise, "Baby'' (RCA)
Terry Dexter, "Strayed Away'' (Warner Bros.)
Eminem, "The Real Slim Shady'' (Aftermath/Interscope)
Kid Rock, "American Badass'' (Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic)
Kid Rock, "Only God Knows Why'' (Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic)
Kid Rock, "Wasting Time'' (Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic)
Kina, "Girl From the Gutter'' (DreamWorks)
Madonna, "Music'' (Warner Bros.)
Debelah Morgan, "Dance With Me'' (Atlantic)
Suicide Machines, "Permanent Holiday'' (Hollywood)
Suicide Machines, "Sometimes I Don't Mind'' (Hollywood)
Uncle Kracker, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah'' (Top Dog/Lava/Atlantic)
Verve Pipe, "For LaLa'' (RCA)
The Workhorse Movement, "Keep the Sabbath Dream Alive'' (Overcore/Roadrunner)

LOCAL POP AND ROCK
Atomic Numbers, "Electromotive''
BareBones, "BareBones'' (self-released)
Big Barn Combo, "Comin' All the Way From Detroit City'' (Woodward)
Black Magic Crossing, "The Balance'' (Second Son Records)
Cinecyde, "I Will Not Obey'' (Tremor)
Come Ons, "Come Ons'' (Sympathy)
Conniption, "Perfect'' (Stryker)
Cyber Tribe, "Trust in Myths'' (Evilfish)
Domestic Problems, "Live''
Dungbeatles, "Instant Classic'' (Magic Donkey)
Eliza, "I'm Waiting'' (Blarritt)
Elm, "One of Many''
Esion, "Damage" (Mastadon Records)
Face, "Face'' (Gabriel)
Fletcher Pratt, "Nine by Nine'' (Rainbow Quartz)
Stewart Francke, "Wheat We Talk of...When We Talk'' (Blue Boundary)
Gangster Fun, "Graphospasm'' (self-released)
Happenstance, "Get There" (Full Effect Records)
The Impaler, "For Queen & Country''
Inside Five Minutes, "Stately Chaos Home'' (Whoa!)
Killbillys, "Tornado Trailer Park''
Lemon James, "Livin' in the Sun''
Jendza, "Rejuvenated'' (Streamline)
Michael King, "A Thousand Faces'' (Zolar)
Living Soul and the Pearl Divers, "I Can't Spell Caribbean'' (self-released)
Maypops, "Spirit of Agnew'' (self-released)
Mike's Modern Music, "King of Guilty Pleasure'' (Top Secret)
MJL (Marc Joseph Ludeman), "Remember When We Were Kings'' (Virgin Voices)
Mod Ev, "XTC'' (Sounds Good)
Mood Elevator, "Listen Up!'' (Roxbury)
Mood For Moderns, "Two Tracks Left'' (Doghouse)
Motor City Sheiks, "Sensational Rhythms'' (No Cover)
Narrow Seven, `Between Six & Eight'' (HRA)
19 Wheels, "Sugareen'' (Ultrasweet)
The Numbers, "Ready, Steady, No!'' (Magneto)
Paper Tiger, "Hoopla''
Brooke Ratliffe, "Dragonlady''
The Ripple Effect, "Strangely Beautiful'' (self-released)
Robb Roy, "Happy'' (Pure)
Rooster, "Solid State'' (self-released)
Ruth's Hat, "Bye, Bye Love''
Sights, "Are You Green'' (Spectator)
Carolyn Striho, Luis Resto and David McMurray, "Secrets & Space'' (Mack
Aborn Rhythmic Arts)
Teddy Richards, "Sonic Bloom''
Trash Brats, "Songs in the Key of U'' (Whoaman Records)
Tripper, "Moxie Stick'' (Triton)
12 Angry Steps, "12 Angry Steps''
Unfriendlys, "Unfriendlys'' (Leathur)
White Stripes, "De Stijl'' (Sympathy)
Witches, "Universal Mall'' (Spectator)

LOCAL R&B/FUNK
Barrett Strong, "Stronghold II'' (Blarritt)
Foundation of Funk (with Valerie Barrymore), "Foundation of Funk'' (B. Rox)
Funktelligence, "...Until Now'' (self-released)
Steve Somers Band with Valerie Barrymore, "Steve & Val'' (Alley)

LOCAL BLUES
Alberta Adams, "Say Baby Say'' (Cannonball)
Butler Twins, "The Butlers Boogie -- Live at the Attic'' (Backporch)
Terraplanes, "Well Tuned'' (self-released)

LOCAL ACOUSTIC/FOLK ETC.
Ethan Daniel Davidson, "Alaska 11 North''
Lisa Hunter, "...Alive''
Audra Kubat, "Elixir'' (Remedy)
Brian Lillie & the Squirrel Mountain Orchestra, "Good Luck'' (Fire Chief)
Chris McCall, "The Real You'' (self-released)
Heidi Snyder, "Listening''(self-released)
Jere Stormer, "Waxlips Akimbo''

LOCAL HIP-HOP
D-12, "I'll Shit On You" (Shady)
Damita, "Damita''
Hush with Royce the 5'9, "Knuckle Up" (DTW/Intuit-Solar)
Ill Rhyme Society, "415''
Mr. Wax, "Hip Hopera, Vol. 1''
Royce the 5'9, "Boom" (Game)
Sun, "School of Thought'' (Silent)
313 Affiliation, "State of Confusion'' (Nitty Tight)

JAZZ
Carl Michael Group, "Carl Michael Group'' (Play On)
Mark Moultrop, "Man of the 00's''

COUNTRY
The Big Barn Combo, "Comin' All the Way From Detroit City'' (Woodward)
Hunter Brucks Band, "Workin' Man'' (Blair)

LOCAL ELECTRONIC/TECHNO, etc.
Sean Deason, "Allegory & Metaphor'' (Intuit-Solar)
DJ Assault, "Ghetto Express'' (Assault Rifle)
DJ Assault, "Off the Chain for the Y2K'' (Jefferson Avenue./Intuit-Solar)
DJ Rap and Kenny Ken, "Brave New World'' (Solar Special Projects)
Nicole, "11:11'' (Hellbound)
Space Scape, "Galactic Grooves'' (Electronik)
Various Artists, "Geology: A Subjective Study of Planet E, Vol. 2'' (Planet E)

GOSPEL
Bishop Andrew Merritt and the Straight Gate Mass Choir, "Faith in the House''
Chris Jones & Word of Praise, "Can't Wait'' (Breakthru)
Various Artists, "Jesus is the Reason For Our Praise'' (Faith)
Winans Family & Friends, "Christmas -- Our Gifts to You''

WORLD MUSIC
Rich K., "Brazil"

REGGAE/SKA
Immigrant Suns, "Mre Than Food''
Immunity, "Tu Lively'' (self-released)

CLASSICAL
"Homegrown: A Salute to 20th Century American Composers,'' Emerald Sinfonietta soloist,
Felix Resnick conductor, Peter A. Soave featured artist
Emerald Sinfonietta, "Homegrown''

REISSUES & COMPILATIONS
Scott Campbell, "The Decline & Fall of Scott Campbell''
Marshall Crenshaw, "Marshall Crenshaw (Deluxe Edition)'' (Rhino/Warner Archives)
Marshall Crenshaw, "This is Easy: The Best of Marshall Crenshaw'' (Rhino/Warner Archives)
Various Artists, "Detroit Now'' (Royce)
Various Artists, "Here'' (Small Stone)
Various Artists, "Motor City Punk''
Various Artists, "U of M-Dearborn Diversity CD''