Grammy Nominations Announced

Hip Hop and R&B related listed below: All others found here

Best Female R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
  Beyoncé
  Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
  [Music World Music/Columbia]
• It Kills Me
  Melanie Fiona
  [SRC/Universal Motown]
• That Was Then
  Lalah Hathaway
  Track from: Self Portrait
  [Stax Records/Concord Music Group]
• Goin' Thru Changes
  Ledisi
  Track from: Turn Me Loose
  [Verve Forecast]
• Lions, Tigers & Bears
  Jazmine Sullivan
  [J Records]

Best Male R&B Vocal Performance
(For a solo vocal performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• The Point Of It All
  Anthony Hamilton
  Track from: The Point Of It All
  [So So Def]
• Pretty Wings
  Maxwell
  Track from: Blacksummers' Night
  [Columbia]
• Sobeautiful
  Musiq Soulchild
  Track from: OnMyRadio
  [Atlantic]
• Under
  Pleasure P
  Track from: The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper
  [Swagga Ent./Atlantic]
• There Goes My Baby
  Charlie Wilson
  Track from: Uncle Charlie
  [Jive Records]

Best R&B Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals
(For duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Blame It
  Jamie Foxx & T-Pain
  [J Records]
• Chocolate High
  India.Arie & Musiq Soulchild
  Track from: Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
  [Soulbird/Universal Republic]
• Ifuleave
  Musiq Soulchild & Mary J. Blige
  Track from: OnMyRadio
  [Atlantic]
• Higher Ground
  Robert Randolph & The Clark Sisters
  Track from: Oh Happy Day
  [EMI Gospel]
• Love Has Finally Come At Last
  Calvin Richardson & Ann Nesby
  Track from: Facts Of Life The Soul Of Bobby Womack
  [Shanachie Entertainment Corp.]

Best Traditional R&B Vocal Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• At Last
  Beyoncé
  Track from: Cadillac Records Music From The Motion Picture
  [Music World Music/Columbia]
• Soul Music
  Anthony Hamilton
  Track from: Soul Men Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  [Stax/Concord]
• Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight
  Boney James & Quinn
  Track from: Send One Your Love
  [Concord Records]
• Sow Love
  Ann Nesby
  Track from: The Lula Lee Project
  [It's Time Child Records/Tyscot]
• Woman Gotta Have It
  Calvin Richardson
  Track from: Facts Of Life The Soul Of Bobby Womack
  [Shanachie Entertainment Corp.]

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Daykeeper
  The Foreign Exchange
  Track from: Leave It All Behind
  [Hard Boiled Records]
• All Matter
  Robert Glasper & Bilal
  Track from: Double Booked
  [Blue Note]
• Pearls
  India.Arie & Dobet Gnahore
  Track from: Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
  [Soulbird/Universal Republic]
• A Tale Of Two
  Eric Roberson, Ben O'Neill & Michelle Thompson
  Track from: Music Fan First
  [Blue Erro Soul]
• Blend
  Tonex
  Track from: Unspoken
  [Battery Records]

Best R&B Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Blame It
  James T. Brown, John Conte, Jr., Jamie Foxx, Christopher Henderson, Brandon R. Melanchon, Breyon Prescott, T-Pain & Nathan L. Walker, songwriters (Jamie Foxx & T-Pain)
  [J Records; Publishers: Sly As A Foxx Music/Bug Music, Gifted Source Music/EMI April Music, It's N8 Publishing, James T. Brown, Brandon R. Melanchon, John Conte, Jr., Nappypub Music/Universal Music Z Songs, Chameleon Publishing.]
• Lions, Tigers & Bears
  Salaam Remi & Jazmine Sullivan, songwriters (Jazmine Sullivan)
  [J Records; Publishers: Nappy Puddy Music/Universal Music-Z Tunes, Salaam Remi Music/EMI April Music.]
• Pretty Wings
  Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
  Track from: Blacksummers' Night
  [Columbia; Publishers: Sony/ATV Tunes/Muszewell, EMI April Music, Ben Ami Music.]
• Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)
  Thaddis Harrell, Beyoncé Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyoncé)
  Track from: I Am... Sasha Fierce
  [Music World Music / Columbia; Publishers: Songs of Peer/March 9th Publishing, 2082 Music/WB Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Tunes, Suga Wuga Music, B-Day Publishing/EMI April Music.]
• Under
  D. Babbs, L. Bereal, M. Cooper, A. Dixon, J. Franklin, T. Jones, R. New & K. Stephens, songwriters (Pleasure P)
  Track from: The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper
  [Swagga Ent./Atlantic; Publishers: Tank1176Music/Blackfountain/Antonio Dixon's Muzik/EMI April Music/Notting Dale Songs/Lonnalistic/Songs4ronnie/Doverland 301 Music/Thailand Music/K.Stephens Music/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, Silverplatinumy2k.]

Best R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• The Point Of It All
  Anthony Hamilton
  [So So Def]
• Testimony: Vol. 2, Love & Politics
  India.Arie
  [Soulbird/Universal Republic]
• Turn Me Loose
  Ledisi
  [Verve Forecast]
• Blacksummers' Night
  Maxwell
  [Columbia]
• Uncle Charlie
  Charlie Wilson
  [Jive Records]

Best Contemporary R&B Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• I Am... Sasha Fierce
  Beyoncé
  [Music World Music/Columbia]
• Intuition
  Jamie Foxx
  [J Records]
• The Introduction Of Marcus Cooper
  Pleasure P
  [Swagga Ent./Atlantic]
• Ready
  Trey Songz
  [Songbook/Atlantic]
• Thr33 Ringz
  T-Pain
  [Jive Records]

Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Best I Ever Had
  Drake
  [Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown]
• Beautiful
  Eminem
  Track from: Relapse
  [Aftermath/Interscope Records]
• D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
  Jay-Z
  [Roc Nation]
• Day 'N' Nite
  Kid Cudi
  [Universal Motown/Good/Fool's Gold]
• Casa Bey
  Mos Def
  Track from: The Ecstatic
  [Downtown Records]

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Too Many Rappers
  Beastie Boys & Nas
  [Capitol]
• Crack A Bottle
  Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
  Track from: Relapse
  [Aftermath/Interscope]
• Money Goes, Honey Stay
  Fabolous & Jay-Z
  Track from: Loso's Way
  [Def Jam]
• Make Her Say
  Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common
  [Universal Motown/GOOD Music]
• Amazing
  Kanye West & Young Jeezy
  Track from: 808s & Heartbreak
  [Roc-A-Fella]

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ego
  Beyoncé & Kanye West
  [Music World Music/Columbia]
• Knock You Down
  Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo
  Track from: In A Perfect World...
  [MMG/Zone 4/Interscope Records]
• Run This Town
  Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West
  [Roc Nation]
• I'm On A Boat
  The Lonely Island & T-Pain
  Track from: Incredibad
  [Universal Republic Records]
• Dead And Gone
  T.I. & Justin Timberlake
  Track from: Paper Trail
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Best I Ever Had
  Aubrey Drake Graham, D. Hamilton & M. Samuels, songwriters (Drake)
  [Aspire/Young Money/Cash Money; Publisher: Sony/ATV Tunes.]
• Day 'N' Nite
  S. Mescudi & O. Omishore, songwriters (Kid Cudi)
  [Universal Motown/Good/Fool's Gold; Publishers: Elsie's Baby Boy, Owo Olorun, Universal Music Publishing.]
• Dead And Gone
  C. Harris, R. Tadross & J. Timberlake, songwriters (T.I. & Justin Timberlake)
  Track from: Paper Trail
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Publishing/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing/Tenman Tunes/Universal Z Tunes/Cleopatra's Sons Music/EMI April Music.]
• D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)
  Shawn Carter & Ernest Wilson, songwriters (Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer, Paul Leka, Janko Nilovic & Dave Sucky, songwriters) (Jay-Z)
  [Atlantic; Publishers: EMI April Music, Carter Boys Music/Chrysalis Songs/No ID Music, Unichappell Music, APM Music.]
• Run This Town
  Shawn Carter, R. Fenty, M. Riddick, Kanye West & E. Wilson, songwriters (Athanasios Alatas, songwriter) (Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West)
  [Roc Nation; Publishers: EMI April Music, Carter Boys Music/Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood/Chrysalis Songs/No ID Music/All The Above Publishing/Sony ATV/Annauhi Music/Athanasios Alatas Publishing.]

Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Universal Mind Control
  Common
  [Geffen]
• Relapse
  Eminem
  [Aftermath/Interscope]
• R.O.O.T.S.
  Flo Rida
  [Poe Boy/Atlantic]
• The Ecstatic
  Mos Def
  [Downtown Records]
• The Renaissance
  Q-Tip
  [Universal Motown]

Garbo nominees except for Best Rap Album which was done well I thought. The Renaissance or The Ecstatic should win but didn't The Renaissance come out in 2008?

Other Hip Hop nominations are just...damn

Best Urban/Alternative Performance
(For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances, with vocals. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Daykeeper
  The Foreign Exchange
  Track from: Leave It All Behind
  [Hard Boiled Records]

Toriko42

That was suprising to see...

holy crap, FE is out there :o. Thats ****ing great. Hope they get it.

**** everything else though

I'm On A Boat
The Lonely Island & T-Pain
Track from: Incredibad
[Universal Republic Records]

LMAOSuperSaiyanLink

Had to find 6 pictures for the 6 nominations

POW!!!!! 

i swear if that **** flo-rida wins anything i will quit listning to hip hop and listen to country only,

these nominations are pathtic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Had to find 6 pictures for the 6 nominations

POW!!!!! 

forgetwhatyahear

Chea! Kanye's like the Michael Phelps of music, look at all that gold!

Well, actually, it's the Grammy's, so it's more like this:

Good god the nominations this year are terrible. I mean seriously Black Eye Peas for album of the year? God damn.Proobie44

Next year Kanye will save the day 

Good god the nominations this year are terrible. I mean seriously Black Eye Peas for album of the year? God damn.Proobie44

Next year Kanye will save the day 

[QUOTE="Proobie44"]Good god the nominations this year are terrible. I mean seriously Black Eye Peas for album of the year? God damn.Toriko42

Next year Kanye will save the day 

i sense some animosity. Everytime kanye gets nomonated for rap album of the year he wins and also gets nominated for AOTY and loses.....got robbed 3 times straight 

[QUOTE="Proobie44"]Good god the nominations this year are terrible. I mean seriously Black Eye Peas for album of the year? God damn.Toriko42

Next year Kanye will save the day 

As long he sticks with his strengths and releases a decent album the Grammy's will suck up to him...They nominate Black Eyed Peas afterall...

i sense some animosity. Everytime kanye gets nomonated for rap album of the year he wins and also gets nominated for AOTY and loses.....got robbed 3 times straight 

I'm a fan of Kanye up until Graduation which was hit and miss for me. I want him to make a sick next album though.

R&B vocalist and go-to songwriter The-Dream was on a rampage after not receiving a single Grammy nomination for his 'Love vs. Money' LP which was released earlier this year. The Executive Vice-President of Island Def Jam took to his official twitter page to vent his frustrations about being ignored by the Grammy Awards committee. Peep an excerpt from his tirade below:

http://thatgrapejuice.net/2009/12/thedream-upset-love-grammys/

Kanye woulda won for College Dropout, but Ray Charles died and the Grammy's felt the need to honor him...even though that duet's album was putrid.fat_rob

but Graduation....he lost to Herbie Hancock....was that album good? 

Kanye woulda won for College Dropout, but Ray Charles died and the Grammy's felt the need to honor him...even though that duet's album was putrid.fat_rob

but Graduation....he lost to Herbie Hancock....was that album good? 

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]Kanye woulda won for College Dropout, but Ray Charles died and the Grammy's felt the need to honor him...even though that duet's album was putrid.Toriko42

but Graduation....he lost to Herbie Hancock....was that album good? 

this year it's gotta be between beyonce or gaga....if any other person wins its a sham 

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]Kanye woulda won for College Dropout, but Ray Charles died and the Grammy's felt the need to honor him...even though that duet's album was putrid.Toriko42

but Graduation....he lost to Herbie Hancock....was that album good? 

It was alright but I would have expect Amy Winehouse or Kanye to win

 

this year it's gotta be between beyonce or gaga....if any other person wins its a sham 

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]Kanye woulda won for College Dropout, but Ray Charles died and the Grammy's felt the need to honor him...even though that duet's album was putrid.Toriko42

but Graduation....he lost to Herbie Hancock....was that album good? 

It was alright but I would have expect Amy Winehouse or Kanye to win

 

this year it's gotta be between beyonce or gaga....if any other person wins its a sham 

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]

[QUOTE="fat_rob"]Kanye woulda won for College Dropout, but Ray Charles died and the Grammy's felt the need to honor him...even though that duet's album was putrid.Proobie44

but Graduation....he lost to Herbie Hancock....was that album good? 

It was alright but I would have expect Amy Winehouse or Kanye to win

 

this year it's gotta be between beyonce or gaga....if any other person wins its a sham 

i'm almost positive that battle studies came out to late to be considered for nomination this year. the Paul Mccartney thing though

*kanye shrug* 

Q-Tip better win best Hip Hop albumToriko42

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]Q-Tip better win best Hip Hop albumProobie44

fanboy ftl,

Q-Tip better win best Hip Hop albumToriko42

The Ecstatic> Renaissance  

[QUOTE="Toriko42"]Q-Tip better win best Hip Hop albumforgetQTip

The Ecstatic> Renaissance  

wordd

Q-Tip better win best Hip Hop albumToriko42

The Ecstatic> Renaissance  

If either or won though I'd love it

no love for Em?

i mean Relapse wasnt his best, but it wasnt garbage either

i really hope Mos Def gets a win too, he deserves it for sure...but i think Jay-Z is goin to get the most wins...

I think the rap albums of the year were the worst thing listed...besides im on a boat

andy sandberg needs to die