Kanye is the leader in ‘Rap’ nominations. Flo Rida gets nominated for the the ‘Best Rap Album’. Nah, I’m not kidding. The music’s biggest night will take place on January 31st, 2010.
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]
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