The Official Hip Hop Grammy's 2014 Thread

[MINT]

A shytty pop rapper and shytty pop band


The fukkery that will occur at the Grammys

pop rapper ? we ain't talking about drake fakkit

 

[Sinnerman]

Ok Coli brethren, another year, another Grammy's thread.


The nominees are as follows


Best Rap Performance

• "Started From the Bottom," Drake
• "Berzerk," Eminem
• "Tom Ford," Jay-Z
• "Swimming Pools (Drank)," Kendrick Lamar
• "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

"Power Trip," J. Cole featuring Miguel
"Part II (On the Run)," Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé
"Holy Grail," Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake
"Now or Never," Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige
"Remember You," Wiz Khalifa featuring The Weeknd

Best Rap Song

"F**kin' Problems," A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar
"Holy Grail," Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake
"New Slaves," Kanye West
"Started From the Bottom," Drake
"Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz


Best Rap Album

"Nothing Was the Same," Drake
"Magna Carta... Holy Grail," Jay-Z
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City," Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Yeezus," Kanye West


ALBUM OF THE YEAR

"Good Kid m.A.A.d City", Kendrick Lamar

"The Heist", Cackelmore & Ryan Cacless


This year Jay-Z leads all nominees with 9 nominations, Kendrick Lamar and the two Cacs have 7 each. Kendrick's and Macklemor's nominations include the "prestigious" Album Of The Year nomination. If Kendrick wins he will join one of only two other Hip Hop artists to take home the AOTY (Lauryn Hill and Outkast being the other two respectively)

 

[Izanami]

had no idea K.Dot got nominated for album of the year. His album came out in October 2012. For it to still be on the minds of these outside looking in CACS to get that nom is a feat in itself. I would hate to see Macklemore win over K.DOT. It would increased my hatred for him.

 

[blackslash]

Hiphops back

Hip Hops back cuz the grammys giv....


U know what

smack ya dumass b

 

[Mike Otherz]

kendrick made the best album of the last 5 years, of course he should win. imagine if he wins the big one though???? damn.

 

[JasonSJackson]

come on son.....

yall got to stop validity this fukkboy ass show....

smh

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Best Rap Performance

• "Started From the Bottom," Drake
• "Berzerk," Eminem
• "Tom Ford," Jay-Z
• "Swimming Pools (Drank)," Kendrick Lamar
• "Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration

"Power Trip," J. Cole featuring Miguel
"Part II (On the Run)," Jay-Z featuring Beyoncé
"Holy Grail," Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake
"Now or Never," Kendrick Lamar featuring Mary J. Blige
"Remember You," Wiz Khalifa featuring The Weeknd

Best Rap Song

"F**kin' Problems," A$AP Rocky featuring Drake, 2 Chainz & Kendrick Lamar
"Holy Grail," Jay-Z featuring Justin Timberlake
"New Slaves," Kanye West
"Started From the Bottom," Drake
"Thrift Shop," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz


Best Rap Album

"Nothing Was the Same," Drake
"Magna Carta... Holy Grail," Jay-Z
"Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City," Kendrick Lamar
"The Heist," Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Yeezus," Kanye West


ALBUM OF THE YEAR

"Good Kid m.A.A.d City", Kendrick Lamar

"The Heist", Cackelmore & Ryan Cacless

Who are the other AOTY nominees? But bolded are my predictions, tho Jay/Timberlake might win best rap/sung, what would the grammy's be without the front runner, yet subpar song, winner

 

[No1]

gotta disagree. an album telling the struggle of a black kid in an urban landscape winning the greatest award at the grammys which has rarely ever acknowledged the musical quality of the black community would be a tremendous accomplishment and moment for hip hop. to admit to the world that an album about a black kid in compton was the best album in all of music would be big.

Added that the artist rapped the entire way through would put it even above outkast and lauren hill. It would be a huge moment for the genre, and I could see it changing how people go about making albums.


Obviously some will still make those club banger filled albums but more serious artists will definitely take note of what Kendrick did to get such acclaim

None of this will happen because of Kendrick. People will keep making whatever they feel. Those artists you're going to credit to Kendrick were going to make those projects regardless of what happens at the Grammys. It's like how people on here ridiculously attribute GKMC, BS and every other "serious" album to Nas showing the way of Life is Good when K.Dot and Cole were always going to make the type of albums that they made.

It would be a good moment for hip hop, but it will not change the world. Just like Control didn't change shyt and Death of the Autotune didn't change shyt. Kendrick Lamar has received hype in every magazine this past year and has been applauded everywhere and the state of hip hop still hasn't changed. The people "stepping up their bars" were people who thought they could spit in the first place. You're more enamored with the underdog story of that album and the hip hop underdog story than how the world perceives these things and acts....or how the greater music industry perceives it. Outkast winning album of the year did not change how rap albums were being made (even if you don't consider it pure hip hop), all of the most recent Grammy album of the year winners have not changed the landscape of music. It took a half a decade for the Kendricks, Wales,Drakes and Coles influenced by Kanye to rise to prominence. Yet, before that we had the TI's, Jeezys, etc. People will make what they want. Look at the people's choice awards and the dichotomy between that and the Grammys, that is much more akin to what the populace wants than what "distinguished writers" consider to be great.

I'm obviously not as emotionally invested in this stuff as the average message board poster, but I am still a hip hop head so I empathize, but you just have to be realistic about the world. There is a reason why I correctly predicted more or less every Grammy hip hop victory in recent years (except Cherry Wine--thought the nostalgia pick would happen).

 

[No1]

http://allhiphop.com/2014/01/24/ken...-d-city-with-imagine-dragon-at-grammys-video/

kendrick to perform Maad City, with the band Imagine Dragon

That is the best sign of him potentially winning album of the year yet.

 

[Ziggiy]

Billboard says Kendrick absolutely deserves AOTY


http://m.billboard.com/v/Grammys2014/GrammysPredictionsWh

 

[MiC]

People can say the Grammys should have no validation, but the fact remains it is the biggest award show around and the most coveted musical award. If it really came down to it most rappers would rather win the grammy for album of the year than the xxl or source album of the year

 

[wire28]

None of this will happen because of Kendrick. People will keep making whatever they feel. Those artists you're going to credit to Kendrick were going to make those projects regardless of what happens at the Grammys. It's like how people on here ridiculously attribute GKMC, BS and every other "serious" album to Nas showing the way of Life is Good when K.Dot and Cole were always going to make the type of albums that they made.

It would be a good moment for hip hop, but it will not change the world. Just like Control didn't change shyt and Death of the Autotune didn't change shyt. Kendrick Lamar has received hype in every magazine this past year and has been applauded everywhere and the state of hip hop still hasn't changed. The people "stepping up their bars" were people who thought they could spit in the first place. You're more enamored with the underdog story of that album and the hip hop underdog story than how the world perceives these things and acts....or how the greater music industry perceives it. Outkast winning album of the year did not change how rap albums were being made (even if you don't consider it pure hip hop), all of the most recent Grammy album of the year winners have not changed the landscape of music. It took a half a decade for the Kendricks, Wales,Drakes and Coles influenced by Kanye to rise to prominence. Yet, before that we had the TI's, Jeezys, etc. People will make what they want. Look at the people's choice awards and the dichotomy between that and the Grammys, that is much more akin to what the populace wants than what "distinguished writers" consider to be great.

I'm obviously not as emotionally invested in this stuff as the average message board poster, but I am still a hip hop head so I empathize, but you just have to be realistic about the world. There is a reason why I correctly predicted more or less every Grammy hip hop victory in recent years (except Cherry Wine--thought the nostalgia pick would happen).

i could definitely see aubrey changing some things, he probably feels he should be there for album of the year not kendrick, especially since he specifically makes music that appeals to more than just the "urban" demographic. same with wale, who has a never ending thirst for attention and validation for his work. same with kanye who also is attention hungry even though he tries not to act like it

and i already said more people will do what they already want to. kendrick winning wont stop migos from making the music they already do. but it might inspire some other artists to change up their formula and get the type of longevity and acclaim kendrick got off just one album.

and i'd argue outkast did, the love below half of that album basically ushered in the ye/drake era which killed the gangster rap of TI, Jeezy, 50, etc

kendrick winning wont change the world but it would still be huge for one of the great recent products of the culture to be acknowledged by people outside the culture for what it is

 

[Tide Run This]

Who in the blue hell is Macklemore

 

[Insensitive]

Y'all already know who I'm riding for
West Side, Right On time
Cali in this

@ The Good Kid

 

[Easy-E]

Slant Magazine thinks K.Dot will get snubbed for Best New Artist



"Let's get this out of the way: The artist least likely to win, Kendrick Lamar, is the one who most deserves to. Simply put, K-Dot is better at what he does than any of his fellow nominees are at what they do, and it's hard to believe that anyone could listen to an era-defining masterpiece like Good Kid, M.A.A.D City and disagree. But the Grammys have a nearly unbroken streak of not awarding the Big Four categories to black, male hip-hop artists (OutKast's 2004 Album of the Year win being the sole exception), and it's unlikely that an understated concept album about growing up in Compton's underclass will be responsible for changing that."



http://www.slantmagazine.com/house/2014/23/grammy-2014-winner-predictions-best-new-artist

Good Kid came out in 2012, breh

He hardly "New"