So the Grammy Nominations are in place and the show is set for January 31st, 2010. Beyonce leads the pack with 10 nominations, Lady Gaga has a few. Keri Hilson found her way into the New Artist category. And once again Kings of Leon is paired up with Green Day in a category. I’m sorry Green Day, you’re great and all but Kings of Leon needs to be shown some love.
The R & B categories are pretty jacked up. I wonder if the Grammy world is aware that they nominated a potential child molester? He has no business being nominated for that bullshit “Boyfriend #2” song anyway…Oops. T-Pain?? That’s R & B? Well at least they acknowledged that his music ain’t Rap. There were really no other R & B artists to give the nod to? Glad to see Anthony Hamilton, Maxwell and no offense… I love Michael Jackson and all but he shouldn’t be nominated for old songs being re-introduced. He won already. Please and Thanks.
So I continue to scan the list of categories and nominees and I make my way to the Rap/Hip Hop categories. And ya know, I am trying to be a little more lenient in how I address certain issues but these award shows… are a crock of shit. I was excited to finally see some substance in these categories. Mos Def, Common (even though that wasn’t his best work), Q-Tip, HOV, Eminem, Drake… Yea I said Drake. Even though he fell off the slippery slope into Young Moneyville, he was the shit when he took the world by storm with his mixtape movement and his bangin’ ass lyrics… “Best I Ever Had” is a hit. No matter how you look at it. Yea I said it. They placed HOV in a category twice and I thought that was a bit much. I mean, was that really necessary? And Kid Cudi well, I am not impressed. So I continued to check the nominees and as usual, there began the foolery. Flo Rida is up for a “Best Rap Album” Grammy. Grammy world, are you serious? And I appreciate the definition of the category underneath… “For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.” Oh okay so… If I talk on most of my album and sing bullshit hooks for the rest, I’ll get nominated for a Grammy. Wonderful. That’s not Rap fools!!!
Oh and I think this has to be the best nomination of all time… “I’m on A Boat” The Lonely Island & T-Pain for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. What on God’s green earth is this? I can think of hundreds of better collabos than this crap. I don’t even understand how this became a choice. And I refuse to link the video because I am not advertising that bullshit. The fact that I mentioned it is enough. Google it. Well I mean, just like all the other hip slop, this fits right in. Commercial nonsense that people call rap. I am not surprised at the garbage nominations. We expect that. But damn, can we give the right musicians the win?
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