RAP

2008 Winners & Nominees

Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• The People
Common
Track from: Finding Forever
[Geffen]

• I Get Money
50 Cent
Track from: Curtis
[Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records]

• Show Me What You Got
Jay-Z
Track from: Kingdom Come
[Roc-A-Fella Records]

• Big Things Poppin' (Do It)
T.I.
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

• Stronger
Kanye West
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella Records]


Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Southside
Common Featuring Kanye West
Track from: Finding Forever
[Geffen]

• Make It Rain
Fat Joe Featuring Lil Wayne
Track from: Me, Myself & I
[Terror Squad Entertainment]

• Party Like A Rockstar
Shop Boyz
Track from: Rockstar Mentality
[OnDeck/Universal Republic Records]

• Int'l Players Anthem (I Choose You)
UGK Featuring OutKast
[Jive]

• Better Than I've Ever Been
Kanye West, Nas & KRS-One
[Nike]


Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• I Wanna Love You
Akon Featuring Snoop Dogg
Track from: Konvicted
[SRC/Universal Motown]

• Kiss, Kiss
Chris Brown & T-Pain
[Jive]

• Let It Go
Keyshia Cole Featuring Missy Elliott & Lil' Kim
Track from: Just Like You
[Geffen]

• Umbrella
Rihanna Featuring Jay-Z
Track from: Good Girl Gone Bad
[Def Jam Recordings]

• Good Life
Kanye West Featuring T-Pain
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella]


Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parentheses.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ayo Technology
Nate (Danja) Hills, Curtis Jackson, Timothy Mosley & Justin Timberlake,
songwriters (50 Cent Featuring Justin Timberlake & Timbaland)
Track from: Curtis
[Shady/Aftermath/Interscope Records; Publishers: 50 Cent Music Publishing/Virginia Beach Music/Danjahandz Music/WB Music Corp./Tenman Tunes]

• Big Things Poppin' (Do It)
Clifford Harris & Byron Thomas, songwriters (T.I.)
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Crown Club Publishing/Warner Chappell Music, Fresh Is The Word]

• Can't Tell Me Nothing
A. Davis & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West)
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978]

• Crank That (Soulja Boy)
Soulja Boy Tell'Em, songwriter (Soulja Boy Tell'Em)
[Collipark/Interscope Records]

• Good Life
A. Davis, F. Najm & K. West, songwriters (J. Ingram & Q. Jones, songwriters)
(Kanye West Featuring T-Pain)
Track from: Graduation
[Roc-A-Fella; Publishers: Very Good Beats/Hip Hop Since 1978, Warner-Tamerlane Punlishing, Yellow Brick Road Music/Eiseman Music]


Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Finding Forever
Common
[Geffen]

• Kingdom Come
Jay-Z
[Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam Recordings]

• Hip Hop Is Dead
Nas
[Def Jam/Columbia/The Jones Experience]

• T.I. vs T.I.P.
T.I.
[Grand Hustle/Atlantic]

• Graduation
Kanye West
[Roc-A-Fella Records]

2007 Winners & Nominees

Best Rap Solo Performance
(For a solo Rap performance. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Touch It
  Busta Rhymes
  Track from: The Big Bang
  [Aftermath/Interscope Records]
• We Run This
  Missy Elliott
  Track from: The Cookbook
  [Goldmind/Atlantic]
• Kick, Push
  Lupe Fiasco
  Track from: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic]
• Undeniable
  Mos Def
  [Geffen Records]
• What You Know
  T.I.
  Track from: King
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]
  
  

Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group
(For duo, group or collaborative performances of Rap only. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Ridin
  Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone
  [Universal Records]
• Georgia
  Ludacris & Field Mob (Featuring Jamie Foxx)
  Track from: Ludacris Presents...Disturbing Tha Peace And From Field Mob — Light Poles And Pine Trees
  [DTP/Geffen/Def Jam Recordings]
• Grillz
  Nelly Featuring Paul Wall, Ali & Gipp
  Track from: Sweatsuit
  [Universal Records]
• Mighty "O"
  Outkast
  [La Face/Zomba Label Group]
• Don't Feel Right
  The Roots
  [Def Jam Recordings]
  
  

 Best Rap/Sung Collaboration
(For a Rap/Sung collaborative performance by artists who do not normally perform together. Singles or Tracks only.)

• Smack That
  Akon Featuring Eminem
  [SRC/Universal Records]
• Deja Vu
  Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
  [Sony Urban Music/Columbia]
• Shake That
  Eminem Featuring Nate Dogg
  Track from: Curtain Call — The Hits
  [Aftermath/Shady/Interscope Records]
• Unpredictable
  Jamie Foxx Featuring Ludacris
  Track from: Unpredictable
  [J Records]
• My Love
  Justin Timberlake Featuring T.I.
  Track from: FutureSex/LoveSounds
  [Jive Records/Zomba Label Group]
  
  

Best Rap Song
(A Songwriter(s) Award. For Song Eligibility Guidelines see Category #3. (Artist names appear in parenthesis.) Singles or Tracks only.)

• It's Goin' Down
  Chadron Moore & Jasiel Robinson, songwriters (Yung Joc)
  Track from: New Joc City
  [Bad Boy South; Publishers: Granny Man Publishing, Malik/Mekhi Music, Basement Funk, Regina's Son Music.]
• Kick, Push
  Wasalu Muhammad Jaco, songwriter (Lupe Fiasco)
  Track from: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic; Publishers: Hey Lu Chill Music/Heavy as Heaven, 1st & 15th Publishing/Mr. Lopez Music.]
• Money Maker
  Christopher Bridges & Pharrell Williams, songwriters (Ludacris Featuring Pharrell)
  Track from: Release Therapy
  [Disturbing The Peace/Def Jam Recordings; Publishers: EMI Blackwood Music, Waters of Nazareth Publishing.]
• Ridin
  Anthony Henderson, Juan Carlos Salinas, Oscar Salinas & Hakeem Seriki, songwriters
  (Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone)
  [Universal Records; Publishers: Chamilitary Camp Music, Play-N-Skilz Music, EMI Publishing.]
• What You Know
  Gabriel Arillo, Aldrian Davis & Clifford Harris, songwriters; (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson, Curtis Mayfield & Billy Roberts, songwriters) (T.I.)
  Track from: King
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic; Publishers: Club Crown Publishing, Toomp Stone Publishing, Careers-BMG Music, WB Music Corp., Warner-Tamerlane Publishing.]
  
  

 Best Rap Album
(For albums containing 51% or more playing time of VOCAL tracks.)

• Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
  Lupe Fiasco
  [1st & 15th/Atlantic]
• Release Therapy
  Ludacris
  [Disturbing Tha Peace]
• In My Mind
  Pharrell
  [Star Trak/Interscope Records]
• Game Theory
  The Roots
  [Def Jam Recordings]

• King
  T.I.
  [Grand Hustle/Atlantic]