Year	Winner	Album	Other finalists	Ref.
2002	Che Fu	Navigator	Dark Tower – Canterbury Drafts	[2]
2003	Nesian Mystik	Polysaturated	Deceptikonz – Elimination P-Money – Big Things	[3]
2004	Scribe	The Crusader	King Kapisi – 2nd Round Testament Mareko – White Sunday	[4]
2005	P-Money	Magic City	Tha Feelstyle – Break It To Pieces Savage – Moonshine	[5]
2006	Frontline	Borrowed Time	Nesian Mystik – Freshmen Opensouls – Kaleidoscope	[6]
2007	PNC	Rookie Card	4 Corners – The Foundations Deceptikonz – Heavy Rotation	[7]
2008	Scribe	Rhyme Book	Mareko – White Sunday 2: The Book Of Mark Young Sid – The Truth	[8]
2009	Ladi6	Time Is Not Much	Savage – Savage Island Smashproof – The Weekend	[9]
2010	David Dallas	Something Awesome	J. Williams – Young Love Young Sid – What Doesn't Kill Me...	[10]
2011	Ladi6	The Liberation Of...	David Dallas – The Rose Tint PNC – Man on Wire	[11]
2012	Home Brew	Home Brew	Adeaze – Rise & Shine Savage – Mayhem & Miracles	[12]
2013	Aaradhna	Treble & Reverb	At Peace – Girl Songs P-Money – Gratitude	[13]