2012 Grammy Nominations (Hip Hop Categories)

[PY.]

Winners in bold

Best Rap Performance:

"Look At Me Now"- Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes
Track from: F.A.M.E.
[Jive Records]

"Otis"- Jay-Z & Kanye West
Track from: Watch The Throne
[Roc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam]

"The Show Goes On"- Lupe Fiasco
Track from: Lasers
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]

"Moment 4 Life"- Nicki Minaj & Drake
Track from: Pink Friday
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]

"Black And Yellow"- Wiz Khalifa
Track from: Rolling Papers
[Rostrum/Atlantic]

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:

"Party"- Beyoncé & André 3000
Track from: 4
[Columbia Records]

"I'm On One"- DJ Khaled, Drake, Rick Ross & Lil Wayne
Track from: We The Best Forever
[Cash Money/Universal Motown]

"I Need A Doctor"- Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey
[Aftermath]

"What's My Name?"- Rihanna & Drake
Track from: Loud
[Def Jam]

"Motivation"- Kelly Rowland & Lil Wayne
Track from: Here I am
[Universal Motown]

"All Of The Lights"- Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie
Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
[Def Jam]

Best Rap Song:

"All Of The Lights"- Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)
Track from: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
[Roc-A Fella; Publishers: EMI April Music, EMI Blackwood Music, Headphone Junkie Publishing, Please Gimme My Publishing, Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]

"Black And Yellow"- Mikkel Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen & Cameron Thomaz, songwriters (Wiz Khalifa)
Track from: Rolling Papers
[Rostrum/Atlantic; Publishers: PGH Sound/WB Music/EMI Music]

"I Need A Doctor"- Andre Young, Marshall Mathers III, Alexander Grant & Skylar Grey, songwriters (Dr. Dre, Eminem & Skylar Grey)
[Aftermath]

"Look At Me Now"- Jean Baptiste, Chris Brown, Ryan Buendia, Trevor Smith, Dwayne Carter, Jr., Wesley Pentz & Nick Van De Wall, songwriters (Chris Brown, Lil Wayne & Busta Rhymes)
Track from: F.A.M.E.
[Jive Records; Publishers: Songs of Universal/Culture Beyond Ur Experience, I Like Turtles Music/Downtown Music, Cherry315 Publishing/The Bad Bad Guys, Meloist Music, Mack Music/Young Money Publishing/Warner-Tamerlane Publishing, T'Ziah's Music, Tenyor Music]

"Otis"- Shawn Carter & Kanye West, songwriters (James Brown, Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly, Roy Hammond, J. Roach, Kirk Robinson & Harry Woods, songwriters) (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
Track from: Watch The Throne
[Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam; Publishers: Hip Hop Since 1978, EMI Robbins, BMG Gold/Hot Buttermilk Music/BMG Platinum/First Priority/Swing Beat Songs, Universal Music, Dynatone Publishing]

"The Show Goes On"- Dustin William Brower, Jonathon Keith Brown, Daniel Johnson, Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriters (Isaac Brock, Dann Gallucci & Eric Judy, songwriters) (Lupe Fiasco)
Track from: Lasers
[1st & 15th/Atlantic; Publishers: Hey Lu Chill, Heavy As Heaven/Universal/Artist Pub. Group West, Dustin William Brown Pub. Designee, Jonathan K. Brown Pub. Designee, Sony/ATV, Best Dressed Chicken In Town, Tschudi Music, Ugly Casanova]

Best Rap Album:

"Watch The Throne"- Jay-Z & Kanye West
[Def Jam]

"Tha Carter IV"- Lil Wayne
[Cash Money/Young Money/Universal Republic]

"Lasers"- Lupe Fiasco
[1st & 15th/Atlantic]

"Pink Friday"- Nicki Minaj
[Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown]

"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"- Kanye West
[Def Jam]​

Source: Nominees And Winners | GRAMMY.com

Really just spread some love all around for the winners of each category. Personal preferences would make me pick a lot differently.

Fuckin YMCMB takeover this year. Kinda lame how Take Care isn't in Album of the Year but Carter IV is.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Who are the real hip hop heads that take this shit seriously?

Saigon's "Greatest Story Ever Told" isn't even mentioned in the slightest.

 

[Heisenberg]

Grammys is mainstream, who the fuck is Saigon anyway?

YMCMB!

 

[PHX]

Even on a mainstream level these aren't good. Glad Kanye's album and song won though at least those were worthy.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

You'd know who Saigon was if he didn't have any backbone and didn't leave Atlantic in 2007. Real Hip Hop fans know this shit.

 

[PY.]

Kanye's song won? This already aired?

 

[PHX]

My bad thought it already did since I don't keep up with the grammy's usually and thought you bolded the actual winners :

 

[PY.]

Yeah, same. I really don't keep up with award shows in general aside from the VMA's cause it's usually filled with stuff I don't want to see, but this years Grammy nominees kind of surprised me. A few years ago, not a single one of these people would strike me as Grammy nominees.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Dark Twisted Fantasy was awful anyways. Easily his worst album... I like a couple tracks but it should have just been labeled whatever the fuck was left from G.O.O.D. Friday.

 

[PY.]

Was that 'Take one for the team" on that album? Or was that an actual G.O.O.D music album? My memory is lost.

 

[PHX]

Solo Kanye album had All Of The Lights and such on it. Am a fan of the album personally thought it was really good. Of all the YM albums the best one isn't even on there which imo is Take Care. Far and away better than Nicki's and Wayne's.