Kanye's Grammy Graduation

Congrats go out to Kanye West for his recent Grammy nomination for Graduation as Album of the Year. West also leads in number of nominations this year with 8 total which include several song nominations form the album. Rap stars Jay-Z, Timbaland and T-Pain also received 5 nods for various awards at the show. The Beastie Boys received a couple nominations and not even for rapping. Their The Mix-Up instrumental album received a nomination as did a song from it. Here's a look at the always interesting, Best Rap Album category: Best Rap Album * 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] See the entire list of nominees here. The 50th annual Grammys show will be on TV Sunday Feb. 10th at 8 p.m. on CBS.