The 54th annual Grammy Awards air Sunday, February 12 at 8pm EST on CBS.
It never fails... each year, you think long and hard about your list of Grammy predictions, only to tune in Sunday to discover that, yeah, whoops, you weren't even close. Why? Because you and I can think rationally about music and the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences cannot. (Imagine I'm saying all this like Colonel Landa in Inglourious Basterds.) So, in the spirit of attempting to think like the NARAS, I've divided this year's obligatory Grammy Prediction cycle into two separate categories—who WILL win, and who SHOULD win.
(Don't like any of the nominees? Of course you don't. It's why you should vote now in our first-annual ANTI-GRAMMY Awards.)
Today's Category:
Best Rap Album.
The Nominees:
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch The Throne
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter IV
Lupe Fiasco - Lasers
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Will Win:
Watch The Throne. Far be it for me to suggest that politics play a major role in how these awards are handed out, but it's likely the voting committee will play it safe by awarding both Kanye and Jay-Z, with the unspoken understanding that West is being credited for his entire output last year. Yes, it's completely lame, but a Watch The Throne nod makes everybody happy. Carter IV had more than a few negative reviews stacked up against it... Lasers was great but a little too under the radar to compete with Ye and Jay... and, well, we love you, Nicki, but Pink Friday has more singing than rapping anyway. Sorry.
Should Win:
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. We all know it's the best album nominated this year in any category, the same way we knew Speakerboxxx/The Love Below deserved to win every category it was nominated for back in 2004. That it isn't nominated for Album of the Year is a complete travesty—it should have this category completely in the bag, but like I said, the Grammys aren't about what really deserves to win. Never have been. Besides, do you think they really want Kanye on stage without Jay-Z to keep him check?
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