49th Annual Grammy Nominees - Rap

Your 49th Annual Grammy Award Nominees for the "Rap" categories (ironically some of these don't quite qualify as "Rap", but hey its up to the academy not us.) Category 31 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] Category 32 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] Category 33 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] Category 34 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, J. Slainas, O. Salinas & Hakeem Seriki, songwriters (Chamillionaire Featuring Krayzie Bone) [Universal Records; Publishers: Chamilitary Camp Music, Play-N-Skilz Music, EMI Publishing.] * What You Know A. Davis & Clifford Harris, songwriters; (Donny Hathaway, Leroy Hutson & Curtis Mayfield, 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.] Category 35 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]