,br>Grammy nominations were announced tonight. Artists competing for the best rap album include, 2 Chainz, Drake, Lupe Fiasco, Nas, Rick Ross and The Roots. Who do you feel deserves the best rap album award? Check below for nominations for, ‘Best Rap Song,’ and ‘Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.’
Best Rap Song:
Jay-Z & Kanye West – N!ggas In Paris
Nas – Daughters
Wale ft. Miguel – Lotus Flower Bomb
Drake ft. Lil Wayne – The Motto
Kanye West ft. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Pusha T – Mercy
Best Rap Performance:
Drake ft. Lil Wayne – HYFR
Nas – Daughters
Jay-Z & Kanye West – N!ggas In Paris
Kanye West ft. 2 Chainz, Big Sean & Pusha T – Mercy
Young Jeezy ft. Jay-Z & Andre 3000 – I Do
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
Flo Rida – Wild Ones
Jay-Z & Kanye West ft. Frank Ocean – No Church In The Wild
John Legend ft. Ludacris – Tonight
Rihanna ft. Jay-Z – Talk That Talk
Nas ft. Amy Winehouse – Cherry Wine
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drake or 2chainz
I know they not gonna win but imma say Nas or Lupe.
all of these nominations are really good but Drizzy’s “Take Care” is a modern day classic.. “Shot For Me”, “Headlines”, “Take Care”, “Make Me Proud”, “Marvin’s Room”, “HYFR”, “The Motto”, etc. nothing but bangers man. i call it a classic because the replay value is immense, the production is superb and the lyrics paint a story.
true story!! only reason i didnt click it is cause i wasnt sure if it was a rap album.. lotta R&B on dat bitch lol
Your right. It is a Modern Classic, very good. Appealing to both men and women segments.
BASED ON A TRUUUU STORY
easy drake, take care is the best rap album dropped in the last 18 months
Nas best album this year
NAS straight up and down! Nas deserves it.Not to throw shade on all the other nominees,but nas deserves that win! To keep it funky,nas deserves a’lot more awards/accolades than he haves received! I always said this,but it’s gonna take nas dying(which i don’t wish death upon nas or anybody) for people to really understand what nas contribute to hip hop as a whole.
NAS. No question.
Lupe or Nas! Drake’s album isn’t really a rap album, more RnB to me…With the best rap part of Take Care being Kendrick Lamars ”Buried Alive” I don’t think Drizzy deserve to win.
Nas is a legend no doubt….But in no way shape or form was “Life is good” better than “Take Care”. Drake got this 1.
Nas should win every award on this list but they will probably give it to cornball drake.
Do y’all realize Nas has never won a Grammy? He’s been waiting a long time. In addition to Life is Good being the best album of the past year. Sorry Drake.
kendrick lamar shoulve atleast been nominated. the kid put in work with M.A.A.D city
it’ll have to be nx year. deadline passed for gkmc to be nominated
Nas & Lupe deserve it both, but i know wanna b drake, fat ross or lame chain gonna take it home. #FAIL
either Lupe or Nas. n i say so not out of sympathy or anyting like. both they albums were strate fire i don’t even skip tracks wen i listen to them bcuz u never know what they might say u might hav missed the first few times you heard em. both are classics for generations to com where as the others are contemporary work.
escobaro
@blue
Kendrick will be nominated for next year. He didn’t meet the deadline. Take Care, for example, came out last year.
Nas the only one who received a five mic album rating. Give it
to him period.
WHO ETHERED JAY Z? WHO IS THE BEST LYRICIST TO EVER TOUCH THE MIC? WHO RELATES TO EVERY MAN WOMAN AND CHILD? WHO TOUCHED ON EVERY CONCEPT IN HIS MUSIC? COME ON THIS SHOULDNT EVEN BE A DEBATE NAS IS THE KING OF HIP HOP PERIOD BUT BEING THAT HE SPEAKS NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH AND HE INSPIRES GHETTO PRISONERS THAT CAME FROM NOTHING (THEY) ARE GOING TO GIVE IT TO THE MODERN DAY JA RULE WE AS THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT REAL AUTHENTIC MUSIC NOT THAT WATERED DOWNED SOAP OPRAH BRAGGER RAPS OR THE FAKE DOPE WAVE NON SENSE SHOULD STEP UP AND SUPPORT THE LAST REAL NIGGA ALIVE.
Nas is definitely the winner of best song and best album, just judge by lyricism,flow, and all that hip hop about nd not by popularity or record sales
and remember we talkin bout a RAP album nd not r&b shit from drake
all facts
nobody
I listen all the way through to Nas, Drake, Rick Ross & Lupe Fiasco didn’t hear one song from the Roots only songs I remember were from Drake it was a decent album where is THE THRONE is that out the deadlines?
Nas had the best album but Drake is positioned to win the hardware.
lol nas stan stop it life is good is average at best, its not even the best rap album def jam dropped this year, so how can it be the best rap album overrall?
Not even close. NAS ESCOBAR
Ab-Soul Control System shud be nominated but the Carson arsonist still under the radar like kdot was not too long ago
actually can’t say not close…didn’t listen to Undun yet. but Nas made another stillmatic
Give it to lupe. Period. It’s funny cause he won’t give a damn knowing how the Grammys are & they not really credible. Lupe or Nas deserve it. They’ll prob give it to lame drake & he’ll use it for an ash tray like his daddy lil Wayne did.
I still say give it to T.I. For the year he was robbed for “Paper Trail”
Drake should win, but knowing how the Grammy’s like to screw people, Nas will probably win.
Nas should win! Drake album is not even hip hop.
Drake’s album is the best .
“Great American rap album part I” is something everybody need to listen too. And I realized after playing it through that. With the exception of “B@tch Bad” which, there is Really not a lot of cursing on this album at all, but outstanding lyricism that shines.
This ain’t no life time achievement award. If it was nas would win that. Nas album was good but drakes album was better for the masses. Nas might win a bet award or MTV award but not the Grammy. Drake album was probably the best of the bunch, the replay value plus it’s for men women and all ages it’s universal. Yes there was a lot of singing on that album but it was still a rap album, and lyrically drake is nice, not nas nice or even lupe nice but he holds his own.
Lupe deserves shit fuck him always bitchin, he would make the Grammys interesting tho when he gets his award. Contreversy always with him
Taking my own personal opinion out of it. Drake’s going to win. He would tick more boxes on the grammy’s list of criteria for a winner. (crossover appeal, sales etc) Saying that all those albums minus 2 chainz would be a worthy winner.
people saying nas are only saying that because its nas. hes not getting nominated for illmatic dickriders
2 chainz though?!!?!
G.O.O.D KIDD MAD CITY
Nas reinsured the rap game like he always do. shit what is it gonna take to show this legend some love. If he wins i garuntee you the whole building will give him a standing ovasion. Cause they know he deserve it!
Nas should win a grammy……..for Illmatic lol not for Life Is Good
nasir jones reinspired all rappers this year tell me are your favorite rappers gonna listen to take care and say dam i gotta step my bars up NO. But i bet it will inspire RNB artist to start rappin more! AM I RIGHT!? smh.
……. THIS JUST IN USHER is making a rap album! lmmfao!
Nas or Lupe. shout out 2 The Roots n Drake 4 caring about music. 2chainz respect ya hustle. rick ross = donnie brasco yall keep supporting this dude. real dudes kno who donnie brasco is think about it.
the king nas
Why is 2 chainz nominated?? SMDH
Drake “Take Care ” album = HIP-HOP MODERN DAY MASTERPIECE! Drake change the direction of Hip-hop with that album. Drake EARNS a grammy
Nas should win none of these cats can touch nas on anything it
Should go to life is good nas been giving ya real hiphop these cats
Might not be here in the next year nas has been the concrete u walk
On for the last 20 years and if they even fucking dare to give it to any
One else then we as people lost are way and hiphop is really fucking dead!
From this list, its 1. Nas 2. The Roots 3. Lupe 4. Drake 5. 6. Ross 7. 2 Chainz. I only out Ross ahead because of two songs where he got murdered on by his features (Diced Pineapples & Sixteen).
But Nas deserves this. By far the best album of the yr, every song song different from the other while keeping a base idea of what the album is about, and his lyrics blow the top off of every other artist’s here (sorry Black Thought).
@ 1mic you cant tell these young wanna be swagged out trick their lil earnings on clothes popping bottles in the club and smut buckets nothing their all brain washed and them folks running the grammys want to keep this senseless trend in full effect and the females dont help they love anything that has a hot beat and they can dance to then its all good to them but when it comes to realness about the harsh realities of life they dont wanna hear it so they prefer bullshit sad but true if nas wins he should shit on all the frauds.
It’s an award for “Best RAP Album” so why are people saying Drake? His album wasn’t a rap album, and even if it was Nas dropped easily the best “RAP” album this year…
Y Is DRAKE And 2 Wack Chainz Is up There….PPLE DONT KNO REAL HIP HOP
#NAS #HANDS #DOWN
a lotta nas stans in here
2CHAAAAAAINZZZZZZ!!!!!
Nas all day and everyday. Just finish listening to Life is Good album again. No one come even close to this album nor Nas. Nas is the truth. Just listen to World is Addiction and Stay. The guy is in another Hip Hop Land by himself. Other rappers that people are mentioning above doesn’t come close to Nas’s finger tips or lyrical ability. Dude is a lyrical beast let along a mean animal on the mic. He is the truest. Life is Good is easily the best album in our modern time in rap. People we need to support Nas heavily. He is the only true hip hop artist left. Dude is the G.O.A.T hands down! Don’t listen to no one that compares other rappers like Nas. This dude move people political, socially, and shows careness about our youth in the streets. Dude is like MJ. He is all around. You can’t tough that!!!
respect for him ( nas )
fuck a grammy dey aint got my nigga kendrick up here good kid maad city shitted on all dem niggas albums drake & chains shit was hot nas shit was decent but my nigga kendrick put 2012 in his pocket wit good kid maad city ya bish !!!!!!!!
the intro to Life is Good is better than every song on Take Care
Kendrick Lamar!
Drake def classic he had 7 or 8 top 5 singles all you heard was drake. But NAS album was the extra crazy soulful and it was something the people needed to hear. Out of those 2. But Damn on the other hand watch the throne was crazy. I thought take care came out last year but maybe I’m bugging I’m pretty sure it came out last summer.
Lupe should get the grammy because i believe his album was great lyrically and he gives a positive presentation for hip-hop instead of fake and washed up garbage. And why are people sleeping on The Roots? Black Thought is nice and they make good music.
Life is Good should win it!!!, Fuck Drake!!!! commercial bullshit!!!