Saturday, December 10, 2005

Jay Doz Raps from Here to Iraq About Who's Gonna Make Kanye Snap

Well now that Dave has posted his Grammy picks, I guess it's time for me to post mine. Note that bolded selections are who I feel who should win, and that selections in gold (brownish yellow?) are the artists who, well, will be taking home Grammy gold.

Album Of The Year:
The Emancipation Of Mimi — Mariah Carey
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard — Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. — Gwen Stefani
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb — U2
Late Registration — Kanye West
(while I think Ye should win, an O.D.B. moment would certainly be worth sitting through this year's Grammys)

Record of the Year:
We Belong Together — Mariah Carey
Feel Good Inc. — Gorillaz Featuring De La Soul
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams — Green Day
Hollaback Girl — Gwen Stefani
Gold Digger — Kanye West


Song of the Year:
Bless The Broken Road — Rascal Flatts
Devils & Dust — Bruce Springsteen

Ordinary People — John Legend and Will.I.Am of BEP
Sometimes You Can't Make It On Your Own — Bono and U2
We Belong Together — Mariah Carey et al.

Best New Artist:
Ciara
Fall Out Boy
Keane
John Legend
SugarLand

Best Pop Album:
Extraordinary Machine — Fiona Apple
Breakaway — Kelly Clarkson
Wildflower — Sheryl Crow
Chaos And Creation In The Backyard — Paul McCartney
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. — Gwen Stefani


Best Rock Album:
X&Y — Coldplay
In Your Honor — Foo Fighters
A Bigger Bang — The Rolling Stones
How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb — U2
Prairie Wind — Neil Young


Best Alternative Rock Album:
Funeral — The Arcade Fire
Guero — Beck
Plans — Death Cab For Cutie
You Could Have It So Much Better — Franz Ferdinand
Get Behind Me Satan — The White Stripes


Best R&B Album
Illumination — Earth, Wind And Fire
Free Yourself — Fantasia
Unplugged — Alicia Keys
Get Lifted — John Legend
A Time To Love — Stevie Wonder


Best Contemporary Album
Touch — Amerie
The Emancipation Of Mimi — Mariah Carey
Destiny Fulfilled — Destiny's Child
Turning Point — Mario
O — Omarion


Best Rap Solo Performance
Testify — Common
Mockingbird — Eminem
Disco Inferno — 50 Cent
Number One Spot — Ludacris
U Don't Know Me — T.I.
Gold Digger — Kanye West

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
Don't Phunk With My Heart — The Black Eyed Peas
The Corner — Common Featuring The Last Poets
Encore — Eminem Featuring Dr. Dre & 50 Cent
Hate It Or Love It — The Game Featuring 50 Cent
Wait (The Whisper Song) — Ying Yang Twins


Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
1,2 Step — Ciara Featuring Missy Elliott
They Say — Common Featuring Kanye West & John Legend
Soldier — Destiny's Child Featuring T.I. & Lil Wayne
Numb/Encore — Jay-Z Featuring Linkin Park
Rich Girl — Gwen Stefani Featuring Eve
;=-(O_O)

Best Rap Song:

Candy Shop — 50 Cent
Diamonds From Sierra Leone — Kanye West
Don't Phunk With My Heart — Will.I.Am, Taboo, Apl.de.ap, Fergie
Hate It Or Love It — 50 Cent and The Game
Lose Control — Missy Elliott


Best Rap Album:
Be — Common
The Cookbook — Missy Elliott
Encore — Eminem
The Massacre — 50 Cent
Late Registration — Kanye West

Best Producer (non-classical):
Danger Mouse
• Demon Days (Gorillaz) (A)
Nigel Godrich
• Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (Paul McCartney) (A)
Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis
• Be Blessed (Yolanda Adams) (T)
• Dance With My Father (Celine Dion) (T)
• Harajuku Girls (Gwen Stefani) (T)
• Never Too Much (Mary J. Blige) (T)
• Nobody Cares (Deborah Cox) (T)
• Pure Gold (Earth, Wind And Fire) (T)
• These Boots Are Made For Walkin' (Jessica Simpson) (S)

Steve Lillywhite
• How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb (U2) (A)
• Mr. A-Z (Jason Mraz) (A)
The Neptunes
• Already Platinum (Slim Thug Featuring Pharrell) (T)
• Hollaback Girl (Gwen Stefani) (T)
• Let's Get Blown (Snoop Dogg) (T)
• On & On (Missy Elliott) (T)
• Say Somethin' (Mariah Carey Featuring Snoop Dogg) (T)
• Touch (Omarion) (T)


And I agree with Dave, how in the world was Kanye West not nominated for Best Producer? Everything he touches is gold. Grammy gold, maybe?

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