Official Grammy's Best Rap Song Betting Thread "CLOSED"

[That Singer Guy...]

Best Rap Song

Only 1 Bet so choose wisely.

Daughters

Nasir Jones & Ernest Wilson, Patrick Adams, Gary DeCarlo, Dale Frashuer & Paul Leka.
Life Is Good
[Def Jam; Publishers: Rich Daily Since '71, Universal Music Publishing, Unichappell Music]

Lotus Flower Bomb

Olubowale Akintimehin, S. Joseph Dew, Jerrin Howard, Walker Johnson & Miguel Jontel Pimentel.
[MMG/Warner Bros.; Publishers: WB Music/Deadstock Music/Verrin Howard/Miguel Jontel Pimentel Publishing/Fusician Publishing]

Mercy

Sean Anderson, Tauheed Epps, Stephan Taft, James Thomas, Terrence Thornton & Kanye West, Denzie Beagle, Winston Riley & Reggie Williams.
(Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz)
[G.O.O.D. Music]

The Motto

Dwayne Carter, Aubrey Graham & Tyler Williams
(Drake Featuring Lil' Wayne)
Take Care
[Cash Money Records]

N*ggas In Paris

Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis & Kanye West, songwriters (W.A. Donaldson, songwriter) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)Watch The Throne
[Def Jam; Publishers: Hit-Boy Music/Very Good Beats, Hip Hop Since 1978, Dean's List Productions, Unichappell Music]

Young, Wild & Free

Calvin Broadus, Chris Brody Brown, Philip Lawrence, Ari Levine, Peter Hernandez & Cameron Thomaz.
(T. Bluechel, M. Borrow, T. Griffin, K. Jackson, N. Lee & M. Newman, songwriters) (Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars)
Mac And Devin Go To High School: Music From And Inspired By The Movie
[Atlantic; Publishers: My Own Chit Publishing/EMI Blackwood, PGH Sound, Mars Force Music/Roc Nation Music, Toy Plane Music-Universal Music, Westside Independent, WB Music, Late 80's Music, Beechwood Music, BMG Platinum, Rebellion Corps.]

 

[Ziggiy]

"They say the coolest playas and foulest heartbreakers in the world/God gets us back he makes us have precious little girls"

Daughters is one of the most relatable, heartfelt, and intelligent hip hop songs about fatherhood ever written. It IS the BEST Rap song of the year

 

[Ziggiy]

VH1 vouches for Nas


BEST RAP SONG

"Choosing between Nas‘s “Daughters,” Jay-Z and Kanye West‘s “N***** In Paris” and G.O.O.D. Music’s “Mercy” just isn’t fair, but somebody’s got to do it. Also nominated are Wale ft. Miguel‘s “Lotus Flower Bomb” (a huge record in its own right) and Wiz Khalifa and Snoop Dogg ft. Bruno Mars‘s “Young, Wild & Free” (a song that barely made any waves). “Mercy” was the summer’s anthem and we’re sure even grandmas across America know the refrain “Lamborghini, mercy.” Meanwhile, “N***as in Paris” was a global phenom that had concertgoers everywhere going bonkers for up to 11 performances of the song in one show. But the storytelling of “Daughters,” a song any man raising a baby girl could relate to, had the hardest of grown men rapping and nodding their heads.—Bene Viera


Grammys 2013: Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album, Best Pop Solo Performance | VH1 Tuner

 

[Tuling]

500 on Nas

 

[That Singer Guy...]

I bet on Jay-Z & Ye but I still win if Nas pulls it off.

 

[Sdot24]

I think NIP is deifnitely going to win this one just based off of popularity.

 

[blackslash]

nikkas in Paris was the biggest club banger in all of 2012 and was one of the greatest perfomances to witness live


IT MUST WIN

 

[Ziggiy]

3 of 5 complex editors go with Nas for Best Rap Song



Best Rap Song
Nominees:
Nas "Daughters"
Album: Life Is Good

Wale f/ Miguel "Lotus Flower Bomb"
Album: Ambition

G.O.O.D. Music "Mercy"
Album: Cruel Summer

Drake f/ Lil Wayne "The Motto"
Album: Take Care

Jay-Z & Kanye West "Ni**as In Paris"
Album: Watch The Throne

Wiz Khalifa & Snoop Dogg f/ Bruno Mars "Young, Wild & Free"
Album: Mac & Devin Go To High School: Music From And Inspired By The Movie

Predictions:
Lauren: I want Nas to win so that he can bring his daughter and Kelis on stage—would that even happen? What if Kelis was wearing the green dress? If this is a possibility, he has to win. But seriously, he needs a Grammy by now.

Ernest: Seriously, Nas doesn’t have a Grammy. “Paris” is obviously the favorite to win, but I’m hoping voters are moved by Nasir’s parental narrative enough to just give him a fukking statue.

David: “The Motto” I guess. Although Nas probably deserves a Grammy, and if he’s gonna get an unofficial lifetime achievement Grammy it’ll be for this one.

Insanul: So I ball so hard that I boycotted the Grammys, but then I won some awards and I started going to the Grammys, and then I’m gonna win a Grammy. What’s a throne without gold?

Foster: First of all, why has the world given Wale yet another thing to feed into his persecution complex? Next: Ty Dolla $ign helped write that Wiz and Snoop song; part of me wants it to win just so Ty can shine, but I just listened to it for the first time, and that shyt is stupid-corny. It’s gonna split votes with Nas. This award usually goes to indisputable rap anthems. Jay and ‘Ye have this.


Best Rap Song — Grammys 2013 Predictions: Who Will Win, Who Won't, and Why | Complex

 

[Da King]

Snoop and Wiz with the upset