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]


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Word @ Lupe being nominated for 3 of 5

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It's good to see The Roots nominated for something, because I was definately disappointed at the '03 Grammys, when Phrenology wasn't mentioned for shit.

Hold on...

..."It's Goin' Down" is up for a Grammy? Ahahahaha.

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Even these grammys look better then the hip hop awards.

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