The rap categories disappoint me big time.
Best Rap Solo Performance
Drake – “Best I Ever Had”
Eminem – “Beautiful”
Jay-Z – “D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)”
Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”
Mos Def – “Casa Bey”
Mos Def should win this. I wouldn't be mad if Cudi won it either.
Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group
Beastie Boys & Nas – “Too Many Rappers”
Eminem, Dr. Dre & 50 Cent – “Crack a Bottle”
Fabolous & Jay-Z – “Money Goes, Honey Stay”
Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – “Make Her Say”
Kanye West & Young Jeezy – “Amazing”
Beastie Boys AND Nas? Enough said.
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
Beyoncé & Kanye West – “Ego”
Keri Hilson, Kanye West & Ne-Yo – “Knock You Down”
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – “Run This Town”
The Lonely Island & T-Pain – “I’m On a Boat”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead and Gone”
I don't like any of the songs on here, and I'm On A Boat should be nowhere near a Grammy. So I'll take T.I. And Justin just because Dead and Gone was a pretty good song. Yes, please shoot me now as I just said I'd vote for a song with Justin Timberlake for a rap category. I hate the Grammy's.
Best Rap Song
Drake – “Best I Ever Had”
Kid Cudi – “Day ‘N’ Nite”
T.I. & Justin Timberlake – “Dead and Gone”
Jay-Z – “D.O.A. (Death Of Auto-Tune)”
Jay-Z, Rihanna, & Kanye West – “Run This Town”
I'm not voting Timberlake twice, so I'll vote Cudi on this one.
Best Rap Album
Common – Universal Mind Control
Eminem – Relapse
Flo Rida – R.O.O.T.S.
Mos Def – The Ecstatic
Q-Tip – The Renaissance
I wouldn't mind Common, Mos Def, or Q-Tip winning the Best Rap Album award. I would prefer Q-Tip or Mos Def taking it over Common however.