Rap Grammy Nominations

Rap Grammy Nominations

The 51st annual Grammy Awards will air live from The Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 8, 2009

Here are the Grammy Nominations for Rap:



Category 31

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

Roc Boys (And The Winner Is)...
Jay-Z
Track from: American Gangster
[Roc-A-Fella]

A Milli
Lil Wayne
Track from: Tha Carter III
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]

Paris, Tokyo
Lupe Fiasco
Track from: The Cool
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]

N.i.*.*.e.r. (The Slave And The Master)
Nas
Track from: Untitled
[Def Jam]

Sexual Eruption
Snoop Dogg
Track from: Ego Trippin
[Geffen]






Category 32

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

Royal Flush
Big Boi Featuring Raekwon And Andre 3000
[LaFace]

Swagga Like Us
Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
[Roc-A-Fella/Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

Mr. Carter
Lil Wayne Featuring Jay-Z
Track from: Tha Carter III
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]

Wish You Would
Ludacris Featuring T.I.
[DTP]

Put On
Young Jeezy Featuring Kanye West
[Def Jam]






Category 33

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

American Boy
Estelle Featuring Kanye West
Track from: Shine
[Homeschool/Atlantic]

Low
Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain
Track from: Mail On Sunday
[Poe Boy/Atlantic]

Green Light
John Legend & Andre 3000
[Columbia/G.O.O.D. Music]

Got Money
Lil Wayne Featuring T-Pain
Track from: Tha Carter III
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]

Superstar
Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos
Track from: The Cool
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]






Category 34

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

Lollipop
D. Carter, S. Garrett, D. Harrison, J. Scheffer & R. Zamor, songwriters (Lil Wayne Featuring Static Major)
Track from: Tha Carter III
[Cash Money/Universal Motown; Publishers: Young Money Publishing/Warner-Chappell Music, Herbalicious Music/Blackfountain Music/EMI-April Music, JimiPub Music/EMI Blackwood, Three Nails and A Crown Publishing Roynet Music]

Low
Tramar Dillard, M. Humphrey, Faheem Najm, Korey Roberson & Howard Simmons, songwriters (Flo Rida Featuring T-Pain)
Track from: Mail On Sunday
[Poe Boy/Atlantic; Publishers: E-Class Publishing/Sony-ATV Music Publishing/Universal Music Z Songs/Top Quality Publishing/NappyPub Music/Zomba Songs]

Sexual Eruption
Calvin Broadus, S. Lovejoy & D. Stewart, songwriters (Snoop Dogg)
Track from: Ego Trippin
[Geffen; Publishers: My Own Chit Publishing/EMI Blackwood Music, Shawty Redd Songs/EMI April Music, Pimpin Tha Pen]

Superstar
Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk, songwriters (Lupe Fiasco Featuring Matthew Santos)
Track from: The Cool
[1st & 15th/Atlantic; Publishers: Hey Lu Chill Music (Heavy As Heaven/Universal Music), 1st & 15th Publishing (Mr. Lopez Music/Universal Music Publishing)]

Swagga Like Us
Jeff Bhaskev, D. Carter, S. Carter, Clifford Harris, Plain Pat & Kanye West, songwriters (M. Arulpragasam, N. Headon, M. Jones, J. Mellor, T. Pentz & P. Simonon, songwriters) (Jay-Z & T.I. Featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne)
[Roc-A-Fella/Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Pub./Warner-Tamerlane/Please Gimme My Publishing/EMI Blackwood/Carter Boys Music/EMI April/Young Money Pub./Warner-Tamerlane/Hollertronix/Domino Publishing/Universal Z Tunes/Univ. Polygram Int'l]






Category 35

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

American Gangster
Jay-Z
[Roc-A-Fella]

Tha Carter III
Lil Wayne
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]

The Cool
Lupe Fiasco
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]

Nas
Nas
[Def Jam]

Paper Trail
T.I.
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

Rap Grammy Nominations