query: who won the grammy for best rap album in 2001

pos: Grammy Award for Best Rap Album won in 1997 with the Fugees. Kanye West was presented the award four times, and the duo known as Outkast received the award twice. Jay-Z holds the record for the most nominations, with eleven. Drake became the first non-American winner in this category when he won in 2013. The Roots have received the most nominations without a win, with five. Eminem and West are the only artists to win the award in consecutive years, with Eminem achieving the feat twice Canadian artist In 2016, Drake's "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" became the first mixtape to get nominated for

pos: 43rd Annual Grammy Awards 43rd Annual Grammy Awards The 43rd Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 21, 2001, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Several artists earned three awards on the night: Steely Dan's haul included Album of the Year for Two Against Nature; U2 took home the Record of the Year and Song of the Year for Beautiful Day; Dr. Dre won Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and Best Rap Album for Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP; Eminem himself also received three awards, out of four nominations; Faith Hill took home Best Country Album for the album Breathe, Best Female

pos: 2001 (Dr. Dre album) it was a hit on multiple charts. It reached number 25 on the "Billboard" Hot 100, number 14 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks and number 3 on the Rhythmic Top 40. It reached number seven on the UK single charts in June 2000. The accompanying music video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video in 2000. The song won Dr. Dre and Eminem Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the 2001 Grammy Awards. "The Next Episode" was released as the third and final single in 2000. It peaked at number 23 on

pos: Eminem with "The Slim Shady LP", which earned him his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. His next two releases, 2000's "The Marshall Mathers LP" and 2002's "The Eminem Show", were worldwide successes, with each being certified diamond in U.S. sales and both winning Best Rap Album Grammy Awards—making Eminem the first artist to win the award for three consecutive LPs. They were followed by "Encore" in 2004, another critical and commercial success. Eminem went on hiatus after touring in 2005, releasing "Relapse" in 2009 and "Recovery" in 2010. Both won Grammy Awards and "Recovery" was the best-selling album of

pos: Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance female and male categories, Eminem received the award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 2000 for "My Name Is" and in 2001 for "The Real Slim Shady". Nelly earned nominations in 2001 for "Country Grammar (Hot Shit)" and in 2002 for "Ride wit Me". Following the return to the genderless category, Eminem earned nominations in 2005 for "Just Lose It", in 2006 for "Mockingbird", and in 2010 for "Beautiful". Eminem was presented the award for Best Rap Solo Performance in 2011 for "Not Afraid". Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance The Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo

pos: Things Fall Apart (album) posse". The album has been considered by music writers as The Roots's breakthrough album, earning praise from major publications and critics, while becoming the group's first record to sell over 500,000 copies. It includes the song "You Got Me", which won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, while "Things Fall Apart" was also nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album of the same year, losing to Eminem for his "The Slim Shady LP". "Rolling Stone" called it a "top-flight record", while AllMusic cited it as "one of the cornerstone albums of

pos: Power (Kanye West song) Their parent album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" was ranked the best album of 2010 on the same poll. As "Power" was released before the Grammy cutoff date of August, it was the only work by West eligible for Grammy consideration that year, with the rest of the album eligible the following year. The track was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards, being West's only Grammy nomination that year. It lost the award to "Not Afraid" by Eminem. Though the album, and its songs, later won three Grammys at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012. While

pos: The New Classic 2014 and listed among Fuse's 40 best albums of 2014. The album won the Breakthrough Artist Release award at the 2014 ARIA Music Awards and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album at the 2014 American Music Awards, beating out Drake's "Nothing Was the Same" and Eminem's "The Marshall Mathers LP 2". It received a nomination for Best Rap Album at the 57th Grammy Awards. The album was also up for Top Rap Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards. The album debuted at number 3 on the "Billboard" 200 chart, with first-week sales of 52,000 copies in the United States. "The New Classic"

pos: Relapse (Eminem album) Eminem's drug addiction and overuse. Although he found its concept "spotty", "Vibe"s Benjamin Meadows-Ingram praised Eminem's lyricism, writing that "Em works wonders with words, expanding the boundaries of the art of rap itself [...] the composition is experimental and abstract, a master toying with form". At the 52nd Grammy Awards, the album won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. One of the most anticipated albums of 2009, "Relapse" was the top-selling hip hop album of the year. Upon its release, the album debuted at number 1 on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, selling 608,000 copies in its first week.

pos: The Marshall Mathers LP eventually CEO Jimmy Iovine, who played the "Slim Shady EP" for hip hop producer Dr. Dre. Eminem and Dr. Dre then recorded "The Slim Shady LP" (1999), which was noted for its over-the-top lyrical depictions of drugs and violence. "The Slim Shady LP" was a critical and commercial success, debuting at number two on the "Billboard" 200 chart and selling 283,000 copies in its first week. At the 42nd Grammy Awards in 2000, the record won Best Rap Album, while the album's lead single "My Name Is" won Best Rap Solo Performance. "The Slim Shady LP" turned Eminem from an

pos: Grammy Award for Best Rap Song Grammy Award for Best Rap Song The Grammy Award for Best Rap Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rap music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". The award was first presented to Eminem along with Jeff Bass

pos: Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance Record of the Year and Best Short Form Music Video for "Without Me" as well as Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for "The Eminem Show". Ludacris' "Word of Mouf" and Mystikal's "Tarantula" were also nominated for Best Rap Album. Nelly also earned nominations for Album of the Year and Best Rap Album for the album "Nellyville" as well as Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for the song "Dilemma" (featuring Kelly Rowland), for a total five. Regarding his nominations, Nelly commented: "It's always good to be nominated, especially for something as big as the Grammys.

neg: King (T.I. album) Sia Michel of The New York Times named it the 9th best album of 2006, on its list of Best Albums of 2006, also Kelefa Sannehof of The New York Times named it the second best album of 2006, on its list of Best Albums of 2006. At the 49th Annual Grammy Awards, T.I. was nominated with a total of three nominations, including Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance and Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for the smash hit single "What You Know". He won the Grammy award for Best Rap Solo

neg: T.I. vs. T.I.P. Grammy Awards, T.I. was nominated with a total of three nominations, including Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance and Grammy Award for Best Rap Song for the single "Big Shit Poppin' (Do It)". The album won T.I. the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album at The American Music Awards of 2007. T.I. also won the American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist at The American Music Awards of 2007. "T.I. vs. T.I.P." debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200, selling over 470,000 copies in its first week of release, according to

neg: Nicki Minaj Minaj received a total of 10 Grammy Award nominations. She received her first Grammy nomination in 2010 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the single "My Chick Bad" with fellow rapper Ludacris. For the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, Minaj received three nominations, including Best New Artist and Best Rap Album for her debut album "Pink Friday". Minaj received her second nomination for Best Rap Album at the 58th Grammy Awards for "The Pinkprint". Minaj won the American Music Awards for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album in three different years for her first three

neg: George Pajon 2008 Barack Obama campaign song "Yes We Can". Pajon co-wrote the #1 hit song "Where Is The Love?" which received two Grammy nominations; Record of the Year and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 46th Grammy Awards. Pajon won the Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group Grammy for co-writing the song "Let's Get It Started" at the 47th Grammy Awards. Pajon won the Best Rap Performance By A Duo Or Group Grammy for co-writing the song "Don't Phunk with My Heart" at the 48th Grammy Awards. Pajon won the Best Pop Vocal Album Grammy at the 52nd Grammy Awards

neg: Tha Carter III rapper alive." "Tha Carter III" was ranked number one in "Blender"s list of the 33 best albums of 2008. Christgau ranked its deluxe edition as the second best album of 2008. The album was also ranked number three on "Rolling Stone"s list of the top 50 albums of 2008. It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year, and it won for Best Rap Album at the 2009 Grammy Awards, while "Lollipop" won for Best Rap Song and "A Milli" won for Best Rap Solo Performance. "Billboard" magazine ranked the album number 103 on its list of

neg: Gangsta's Paradise (album) album was nominated for a 1997 Grammy for Best Rap Album. The song "Gangsta's Paradise" won a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. "Sumpin' New" was nominated for a 1997 Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. "Spin" gave the album 8 out of 10, and said, "Today's rappers aren't interested in sharing any knowledge with outsiders. Coolio is the great exception... the most stylistically broad mainstream rap album you'll probably hear all year. Even upon first listen, it sounds like a collection of hits." "Entertainment Weekly" ranked the album #4 on EW's Top 10 Albums of 1995,

neg: Release Therapy previous works being more lighthearted and party-filled. The album debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200 chart, with sales of 309,000 copies in its first week, and spawned three singles: "Money Maker", "Grew Up a Screw Up" and "Runaway Love". The record received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and its lead single "Money Maker" won Best Rap Song at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007. "Release Therapy" won the Best Rap Album award for the 2007 Grammy Awards. Ludacris also shaved his cornrows off for a new "caesar" haircut. He said with a new album that

neg: Ozomatli their recorded releases. Before recording their next album, Kanetic Source was replaced by M.C. Jabu Smith-Freeman. The resulting 10-man lineup: the core of Sierra, Pacheco, Bella, Abers, Porée and Yamaguichi joined by Bruton, Calire, MC Jabu and Dj Spinobi would last for the next few years. In 2004, "Street Signs" was released under Concord Records. In 2001, the album won the Grammy for "Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album2005, The album also won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album in 2005. ". In addition to MC Jabu's rap vocals, Porée played a bigger role than before as second MC,

neg: 2014 Forest Hills Drive "Wet Dreamz", "No Role Modelz" and "Love Yourz". "2014 Forest Hills Drive" received generally positive reviews from critics who admired its ambitious concept, production and lyrics. The album debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200, selling 353,000 copies in its first week. It was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 58th Grammy Awards. The album won Album of the Year at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards, and Top Rap Album at the 2015 "Billboard" Music Awards. The single "Apparently" was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 58th Grammy Awards. As of September 2015, the album

neg: 58th Annual Grammy Awards Year for "Thinking Out Loud". Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars' "Uptown Funk" won for Record of the Year and Meghan Trainor won for Best New Artist. "Note": Winners are listed in bold. Record of the Year Album of the Year Song of the Year Best New Artist Best Dance Recording Best Dance/Electronic Album Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Best Rock Performance Best Rock Song Best Rock Album Best Alternative Music Album Best R&B Performance Best Traditional R&B Performance Best R&B Song Best Urban Contemporary Album Best R&B Album Best Rap Performance Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Best Rap Song Best Rap Album Best

neg: Missy Elliott school sound, utilizing many old school rap and funk samples, such as Run–D.M.C.'s "Peter Piper" and Frankie Smith's "Double Dutch Bus." Elliott's fourth album, 2002's "Under Construction" (see 2002 in music) is known as the best selling female rap album with 2.1 million copies sold in the United States. In 2002, Elliott won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for "Get Ur Freak On". In 2003, "Under Construction" received Grammy nominations for Best Rap Album and Album of the Year. "The New York Times" designated "Under Construction" "this year's best hip-hop album." Elliott released two singles off of

neg: Outkast Singles Chart. The album's final single was the Organized Noize-produced "So Fresh, So Clean", featuring a credited guest appearance from regular guest vocalist and Organized Noize-member Sleepy Brown and garnered a remix featuring Snoop Dogg. All three singles' videos had heavy MTV2 airplay, and OutKast won two 2001 Grammy Awards, one for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Ms. Jackson", and another for "Stankonia" as Best Rap Album. "Pitchfork" named Stankonia the 4th greatest album released between 2000 and 2004 in its 2005 feature. Later on the webzine selected Stankonia as the 13th best album of the

neg: Robert Glasper Robert Glasper Robert Glasper (born April 6, 1978, in Houston, Texas) is an American singer, pianist and record producer. He has been nominated for 6 Grammys, has won 3 Grammy Awards and is currently nominated for an Emmy Award. His 2012 album "Black Radio" won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album at the 55th Grammy Awards. His 2014 album "Black Radio 2" won the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance at the 56th Grammy Awards. The song "These Walls" from Kendrick Lamar's album "To Pimp A Butterfly" won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration at the 57th Grammy Awards, on which

neg: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy here because it's where the decade truly begins." In August 2014, GQ named it the best album of the 21st century. In 2016, "Odyssey" named it the best album of the decade so far. In 2017, "Complex" ranked it as West's best album. In October 2017, "DJ Booth" named it the best Hip-Hop or R&B album of the decade thus far. "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, presented at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012. The song "All of the Lights" was nominated for Grammy Awards for Song of the Year, Best Rap

neg: To Pimp a Butterfly Rap Performance and Best Rap Song while also being nominated for Song of the Year and Best Music Video. "These Walls" won for Best Rap/Sung Performance. At the previous year's ceremony, "i" had won Grammy Awards for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. "To Pimp a Butterfly" also received a nomination for Top Rap Album at the 2016 "Billboard" Music Awards. The album's immediate influence was felt as "a pantheon for racial empowerment", according to Butler, who also argued that the record helped create a respected space for conscious hip hop and "will be revered not just at the

neg: Anomaly (Lecrae album) label released a thank-you track to fans. "Non-Fiction" was released as a digital download, and traces Lecrae's career. "Anomaly" won Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year at the 2015 GMA Dove Awards, and Rap, Hip Hop Gospel CD of the Year at the 2015 Stellar Awards. The song "Messengers", featuring For King & Country, won Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song at the 2015 Grammy Awards, and was nominated for Rock/Contemporary Song of the Year at the 2015 GMA Dove Awards. "All I Need Is You", was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 2015 Grammy Awards, and won Rap/Hip-Hop Song

neg: Back on the Block Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) for "The Places You Find Love". Jones also won the Grammy Award for Best Jazz Fusion Performance for "Birdland", and the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical. Bruce Swedien won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical for his work on the album. Ray Charles and Chaka Khan won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "I'll Be Good To You". The Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group went to Big Daddy Kane, Ice-T, Tevin Campbell,

neg: The Marshall Mathers LP the Best Album category at the MTV Europe Music Awards. It also won in the Best Rap Album category at the 43rd Annual Grammy Awards in 2001. "The Marshall Mathers LP" was nominated for Album of the Year, but lost to jazz-rock duo Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature". In 2003, "The Marshall Mathers LP" was ranked number 302 on "Rolling Stone" "Magazine"'s list of the 500 greatest albums of all time; it was moved up to number 244 in the magazine's revised 2012 edition of the list. IGN named it the twenty-fourth greatest rap album of all time in a

neg: T.I. at the BET Awards for the second straight time. He then served as a featured performer on "We Takin' Over" by DJ Khaled also featuring Akon, Fat Joe, Rick Ross, Birdman and Lil Wayne. In 2006, T.I. received two Grammy Award nominations for Best Song Collaboration ("Soldier" w/ Destiny's Child & Lil Wayne) and Best Rap Solo Performance for "U Don't Know Me" at the 48th Grammy Awards ceremony. That same year he won Rap Artist of the Year, Rap Album Of The Year, Rap Album Artist Of The Year, Rap Song Artist of the Year and Video Clip Artist

neg: Latin Grammy Award for Best Urban Music Album Rap/Hip-Hop Album until it received its current name, Best Urban Music Album, at the 5th Latin Grammy Awards ceremony in 2004. The accolade for Best Urban Music Album was first presented to the Argentine band Sindicato Argentino del Hip Hop at the second Latin Grammy Awards in 2001 for their album "Un Paso a la Eternidad". In 2009, the Puerto Rican duo Calle 13 became the first urban act to be presented with Best Urban Music Album and Album of the Year for their album "Los de Atrás Vienen Conmigo" (2008). Calle 13 also hold the record for the most

neg: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis every year on Australia Day, and currently attracts over one million votes from within Australia and around the world. There was a three-page article on Macklemore and Lewis's career in the February 8, 2013 issue of "ESPN the Magazine". They received seven Grammy award nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, which included Best New Artist, Album of the Year, Song of the Year ("Same Love"), and Best Music Video ("Can't Hold Us"). On January 26, 2014, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis won four Grammy awards including those for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album ("The Heist"), Best Rap Song and

neg: The Marshall Mathers LP entry into the country. Despite the controversy, the record received acclaim from critics, who praised the rapper's lyrical ability and emotional depth. Retrospectively, the album has appeared on several lists of the greatest albums of all time. The album sold more than 1.78 million copies in the US in its first week alone, becoming the fastest-selling studio album by any solo artist in American music history at that time. In 2001, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and was nominated for Album of the Year, losing the latter to Steely Dan's "Two Against Nature". The album

neg: Common (rapper) commercial success and was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2006 Grammy Awards. Common received his second Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Southside" (featuring Kanye West), from his 2007 album "Finding Forever". His best-of album, "", was released in late 2007. In 2011, Common launched Think Common Entertainment, his own record label imprint. He had previously released music under various other labels including Relativity, Geffen, and GOOD Music. Common won the 2015 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, for his song "Glory" from

neg: Grammy Award for Best Rap Album Grammy Award for Best Rap Album The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums with rapping at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". In 1995, the Academy announced the addition of the award category Best Rap Album.

neg: Bruno Mars fan base. At the 2011 Grammy Awards, Mars won his first Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for "Just the Way You Are" and received other six nominations for his work. Best Rap Song, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Record of the Year for "Nothin' on You", the latter category along with Song of the Year for "Fuck You", and Producer of the Year, Non-Classical as The Smeezingtons. At the 2012 Grammy Awards, Mars lost all the six categories in which he was nominated to Adele. This included, Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for "Doo-Wops

neg: Yotuel Romero (USA) as Leoncio "Un Paso Adelante" (2002–2005) TV Series (2003–2004) as Pavel Yotuel Romero Yotuel Omar Manzanarez Romero (born October 6, 1976), mononymously known as Yotuel, is a Cuban singer, actor, and current lead singer and co-writer of the 2003 Latin Grammy Award-winning Platinum album-selling rap group Orishas. Among other recordings, "Emigrante" won the 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album. This same album was also nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. Yotuel was born in Havana into an Afro-Cuban family. His name is a combination of three Spanish pronouns "yo", "tú" and "él"

neg: Yotuel Romero Yotuel Romero Yotuel Omar Manzanarez Romero (born October 6, 1976), mononymously known as Yotuel, is a Cuban singer, actor, and current lead singer and co-writer of the 2003 Latin Grammy Award-winning Platinum album-selling rap group Orishas. Among other recordings, "Emigrante" won the 2003 Latin Grammy Award for Best Rap/Hip-Hop Album. This same album was also nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Latin Rock/Alternative Album. Yotuel was born in Havana into an Afro-Cuban family. His name is a combination of three Spanish pronouns "yo", "tú" and "él" (I, you, and he). His parents could not agree on a name

neg: Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life "Vol. 2..." became Jay-Z's first album to debut at #1 on the "Billboard" 200, selling over 350,000 copies in its first week. It is Jay-Z's best selling album and was certified 5x Platinum by the RIAA in 2000. By 2013, the album had sold 5,400,000 copies in the United States. The album won Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 41st Annual Grammy Awards. Though he won the nomination he boycotted the ceremony, citing what he sees as the Grammys' continuing disrespect of hip hop because they were not going to broadcast the rap nominations. He told MTV, "I

neg: Take Care (album) longlisted nominee for the 2012 Polaris Music Prize on June 14, 2012. In 2012, "Complex" named the album one of the classic albums of the last decade. "Take Care" won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 55th Grammy Awards. In October 2013, "Complex" named it the fourth-best hip hop album of the last five years. In January 2015, "Billboard" named it the sixth-best album of 2010s (so far). The album debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200, with first-week sales of 631,000 copies. The album also topped the "Billboard" Rap Albums and R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in

neg: Mystikal 2001 album "Tarantula", which contained the hit single, "Bouncin' Back (Bumpin' Me Against The Wall)". Though it presented Mystikal's typical and funky flow style, which had the distinction of drawing comparison to legendary R&B soul screamers Little Richard and James Brown, the song also saw a blending of jazz and swing elements with hip-hop. The well received album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 2003, and Mystikal was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance that same year. Mystikal was also featured prominently in the single, "Move Bitch" by Ludacris as

neg: Chris Brown Brown three Grammy Award nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best R&B Album, as well as Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song for "Look at Me Now". On February 12, 2012, Brown won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Album. During the ceremony, Brown performed several songs marking his first appearance at the awards show since his conviction of felony assault. On October 7, 2011, RCA Music Group announced it was disbanding Jive Records along with Arista Records and J Records. With the shutdown, Brown (and all other artists previously signed to these three labels) will release future

neg: Graduation (album) second best album of the entire decade by "Complex" magazine. At the 50th Grammy Awards, West led the field with a total of eight nominations, including Album of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "Good Life", and Best Rap Song for "Can't Tell Me Nothing". West received the Grammy awards for Best Rap Solo Performance for "Stronger", Best Rap Song for "Good Life", and finally "Graduation" received the award for Best Rap Album. At the 34th annual American Music Awards, West received both the awards for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist as well as Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album for "Graduation". However, West offered

neg: Missy Elliott the U.S. charts and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), selling 645,000 copies in the United States. Elliott's work during "The Cookbook" era was heavily recognized. Elliott received 5 Grammy nominations in 2005, including one for Best Rap Album for "The Cookbook". The album's first single, "Lose Control," won a Grammy for Best Short Form Video and was nominated for Best Rap Song. "Lose Control" also garnered Elliott six 2005 MTV VMA award nominations (winning Best Dance Video and Best Hip-Hop Video). Elliott won Best Female Hip Hop Artist at the 2005 American Music Awards,

neg: Rap metal debut album "Hybrid Theory", which remains both the best-selling debut album by any artist in the 21st century, and the best-selling nu metal album of all time. The album was also the best-selling album in all genres in 2001, offsetting sales by prominent pop acts like Backstreet Boys and N'Sync, earning the band a Grammy Award for their second single "Crawling", with the fourth single, "In the End", released late in 2001, becoming one of the most recognized songs in the first decade of the 21st century. The rap rock band Crazy Town also broke into the mainstream success of

neg: Kendrick Lamar year-long hiatus from hip-hop with "The Heart Part 4", which involved lines speculated to be directed toward both Drake and Big Sean. Lamar continued with more disses on the "Billboard" number one single, "Humble." Lamar has won twelve Grammy Awards. He received a total of seven nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year for "good kid, m.A.A.d city". At the 57th Grammy Awards in 2015, his single "i" earned him his first two wins: Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance. Lamar received his second Album of the Year nomination at the 58th Grammy

neg: The New Classic also peaked at number 3 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. It won the Breakthrough Artist Release at the 2014's ARIA Music Awards and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album at the 2014 American Music Awards. The album also garnered Azalea four Grammy Award nominations for Best New Artist, Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for "Fancy" and Best Rap Album at the 57th Grammy Awards. "The New Classic" has been reissued in a repackaged version, titled "Reclassified", as of November 2014. To promote the album, Azalea embarked on her first headlining concert tour, entitled The New Classic Tour. After releasing

neg: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City a site which aggregates hundreds of critics' lists from around the world into all-time rankings, the album is the most acclaimed of 2012, the third-most acclaimed of the 2010s, and the 141st most acclaimed album of all time. The album was nominated for Top Rap Album at the 2013 "Billboard" Music Awards and the 2013 American Music Awards, and won the award for Album of the Year at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards. "Good Kid M.A.A.D City" earned Lamar five Grammy Award nominations at the 56th Grammy Awards, for Album of The Year, Best Rap Album, Best New Artist,

neg: Kendrick Lamar anyone interested to read the story and see for themselves." Lamar received a total of seven Grammy nominations at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards (2014), including Best New Artist, Album of the Year, and Best Rap Song, but did not win in any category. Many publications felt that The Recording Academy snubbed Lamar, as well as Seattle-based rapper Macklemore, who won Best Rap Albumcategory for which Lamar was also nominated. At the ceremony, Lamar performed "M.A.A.D City" and a remix of "Radioactive" in a mash-up with American rock band Imagine Dragons at the awards ceremony. The remix was again performed

neg: Hip hop music in the Pacific Northwest debut single "Simon Sez". The Minneapolis-based Rhymesayers Entertainment, a quickly growing record label, has signed multiple artists from Seattle such as Boom Bap Project, Grayskul, Grieves, Jake One, and Vitamin D, which also contributes to its growth. Blue Scholars and their label Massline Media are also beginning to receive national attention. Macklemore is ahip hop artist from the Pacific Northwest who has recently received much national and international attention. At the 56th Annual Grammy Award, Macklemore received seven Grammy award nominations, and won four of those, including the awards for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album (The Heist), Best Rap

neg: Common (rapper) as well as other producers such as will.i.am, Devo Springsteen, Derrick Hodge, and Karriem Riggins, as well as the only J Dilla-produced track, "So Far To Go". The album features guest spots from artists such as Dwele, Bilal, D'Angelo, and UK pop starlet Lily Allen. The first single from the album was "The People" b/w "The Game". West predicted that "Finding Forever" would win the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album, but did not win, losing to West's "Graduation"; however, Common did win his second Grammy for "Southside," which won the

neg: T.I. on newly signed Grand Hustle artist Young Dro's debut single "Shoulder Lean", which reached the top ten on the U.S. Hot 100 and #1 on the U.S. Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Tracks. "What You Know" won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance and was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 49th Grammy Awards. Also that year, T.I. collaborated with Justin Timberlake for "My Love," which proved to be a worldwide hit, and won a Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration with Timberlake at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards and also won Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

neg: Printz Board Boy. The EP debuted at #16 on the Australian iTunes Charts. Printz Board has won several Grammy awards and nominations for his work with the Black Eyed Peas. "The E.N.D." won Best Pop Vocal Album in 2010, and "My Humps" won Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group in 2007. "Don't Phunk with my Heart" was nominated for Best Rap Song, but instead won Best Rap/Song Collaboration. "Where Is the Love?" was nominated twice; Record of the Year and Best Rap/Song Collaboration. Board also won two BMI Songwriter Awards for "Where Is the Love?" and "Meet Me Halfway". Printz

neg: Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance the Best Rap Album recognition was established for the 38th Grammy Awards in 1996—the inaugural award was presented to Naughty by Nature for "Poverty's Paradise". In 2003, the Best Rap Solo Performance category was divided into separate recognitions for Female and Male Rap Solo Performances. The categories remained separated by gender until 2005 when they were combined into the genderless category originally known as Best Rap Solo Performance. Additional rap categories include Best Rap/Sung Collaboration and Best Rap Song, established in 2002 and 2004, respectively. For the 31st Grammy Awards (1989), Best Rap Performance nominees included DJ Jazzy Jeff &

neg: Grammy Award for Best Rap Album the award. In 2017, Chance the Rapper's "Coloring Book" became the first mixtape to win the award. Each year is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. Grammy Award for Best Rap Album The Grammy Award for Best Rap Album is an award presented to recording artists for quality albums with rapping at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement,

neg: Ella Tiene Fuego the Latin Grammy Awards of 2004, the song won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Tropical Song. At the ceremony, "Regalo del Alma" was awarded the Latin Grammy Award for Best Salsa Album. It also received the Grammy Award for Best Salsa/Merengue Album at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards. At the 2004 Latin Billboard Music Awards, the song received a nomination for "Tropical Airplay Track of the Year by a Female Artist". The song combines tropical and rap musical genres. While reviewing the parent album, Allmusic's Evan Gutierrez claimed the song to be one of several "loop-driven tracks that propel

neg: Play-N-Skillz Play-N-Skillz Play-N-Skillz are an American record production duo from Dallas, Texas, consisting of brothers Juan "Play" Salinas and Oscar "Skillz" Salinas, who are also rappers. Their production has won several Grammys including the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in 2007 for their production on the single "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire and Krayzie Bone, and the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album for Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" (2008), which included their production on the single "Got Money". Producers, writers, and DJs Play-N-Skillz are brothers of Argentinean and Venezuelan descent from Texas: Juan “Play” Salinas and

neg: F.A.M.E. (Chris Brown album) 2011, it won Album of the Year at the 2011 Soul Train Music Awards. The album and its single, "Look at Me Now", earned Brown three nominations at the 54th Grammy Awards, including Best R&B Album, Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song. "F.A.M.E." eventually won in the Best R&B Album category. At the 2012 NAACP Image Awards, the album was nominated in the Outstanding Album category. "F.A.M.E." was nominated and later won in the Top R&B Album category of the 2012 Billboard Music Awards. "F.A.M.E." debuted at number one on the US "Billboard" 200, with first-week sales of 270,000

neg: Rollout (My Business) Rollout (My Business) “Rollout (My Business)” is a hip-hop song, of the dirty rap and comedy rap types, performed by Ludacris. It was the second single released from his 2001 album "Word of Mouf." The song, on whose writing and composition Ludacris collaborated with music-producer Timbaland, who also produced it, debuted at #95 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on November 10, 2001, reached the Top 40 at #34 on December 29, and peaked at #17 on February 2, 2002. It was also nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance. The official music video for the

neg: Rollout (My Business) song was directed by Jeremy Rall. Rollout (My Business) “Rollout (My Business)” is a hip-hop song, of the dirty rap and comedy rap types, performed by Ludacris. It was the second single released from his 2001 album "Word of Mouf." The song, on whose writing and composition Ludacris collaborated with music-producer Timbaland, who also produced it, debuted at #95 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 on November 10, 2001, reached the Top 40 at #34 on December 29, and peaked at #17 on February 2, 2002. It was also nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance.

neg: Aterciopelados of the project. In 1997 and 1998, they received Grammy nominations. Aterciopelados won a Latin Grammy award in 2001 following the release of their album "Gozo Poderoso" for Best Rock Group. In 2001, Aterciopelados was recognized by the writers of "Time" magazine as one of the top 10 contemporary global bands (those bands located outside of the United States.) The list included U2 and the Rolling Stones. In 2007 they won the Latin Grammy award for Best Alternative Album for "Oye". They had received two Latin Grammy nominations that year, including Best Alternative Album for "Oye" (Nacional Records) and Best

neg: Confessions (Usher album) isn't worth your time or money". The album earned Usher numerous accolades. At the 47th Grammy Awards, he was nominated for eight categories and won three: Best Contemporary R&B Album, Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal (for "My Boo") and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (for "Yeah!"). Usher won awards at the 2005 Soul Train Music Awards: R&B/Soul Album, Male (for "Confessions"); R&B/Soul Single, Male for ("Confessions Part II"); R&B/Soul Single, Group, Band or Duo (for "My Boo"); and R&B/Soul or Rap Dance Cut (for "Yeah!"). At the 2004 American Music Awards, he won four, including Favorite Soul/R&B

neg: Coloring Book (mixtape) while receiving widespread acclaim from critics who praised its fusion of hip hop and gospel sounds. It won for Best Rap Album at the 2017 Grammy Awards. It was also the first streaming-only album ever to win a Grammy. After releasing the well-received mixtape "Acid Rap" in 2013, Chance the Rapper went on tour with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis. He subsequently relocated to Los Angeles from his hometown of Chicago that December. He rented a North Hollywood mansion, which he dubbed the Koi Kastle. While he worked on music in fits and starts, he mainly spent time socializing with friends

neg: J. Cole album, "". The album recorded during the Fayetteville shows of the tour, and was released on Cole's 31st birthday. On March 31, "2014 Forest Hills Drive" was certified platinum. , the album had sold 1.24 million copies in the United States. "2014 Forest Hills Drive" won Top Rap Album at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards and Album of the Year at the 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards. The album was nominated at the 58th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album. The single "Apparently'" was also nominated for Best Rap Performance. On December 15, 2015, Cole announced a documentary series

neg: Ryan Bowser in 2001. He produced over 50 percent of the album including her most popular hit “I DO!” The single and debut album 'Toya', sold approximately 400,000 copies. In 2001 Ryan’s remake of Patti Labelle’s “Love Need and Want You” featured as "Dilemma" on Nelly’s album, Nellyville. The single landed at #1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks, Hot Rap Tracks and on the Hot 100 as the first rap song to hold the #1 spot for 12 consecutive weeks earning a Grammy for Best R&B and Rap Collaboration. “Dilemma” now sits at #64 on Billboard’s Greatest Songs

neg: Angela Hunte was nominated for three Grammy Awards, including Grammy Award for Record of the Year and winning Best Rap Song and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Angela Hunte Angela Hunte-Wisner known by the stage name Angela Hunte, is an American-Trinidadian singer-songwriter, and producer. She is best known for being a contributing writer for Empire State of Mind, with Alicia Keys and Jay Z, a song which won her a Grammy. She has collaborated with several international acts and is currently working on her debut album, citing influences from such artists as Phil Collins, Shirley Bassey, Sting, David Bowie, Machel Montano and Sparrow, a

neg: Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor due to incomplete Nielsen SoundScan reports, the album actually debuted at number eight, even though the album had produced no top ten singles. The album received four Grammy Award nominations, including Grammy Award for Best Rap Album at the 49th Grammy Awards. "Daydreamin'", featuring Jill Scott, won Best Urban/Alternative Song at the 50th Grammy Awards. The album was digitally re-released on September 13, 2011 to mark its 5th anniversary; this version features four new tracks. On April 30, 2015, Lupe Fiasco released a music video for "Just Might Be O.K.", nine years after the album's original release. At age 19,

neg: Loud (Rihanna album) its strident buoyancy is difficult to resist". "Only Girl (in the World)" won the Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards and the album was nominated for three awards at the 54th Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for "What's My Name?". "Loud" debuted at number three on the US "Billboard" 200 chart, with first-week sales of 207,000 copies in the United States, giving Rihanna her highest first-week sales in the US at that time. It also debuted at number one on "Billboard"s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.

neg: Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance The Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance was an honor presented to female recording artists at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003 and the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004 for quality rap solo performances. The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". In 1991, the

neg: Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance The Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance was an honor presented to male recording artists at the 45th Grammy Awards in 2003 and the 46th Grammy Awards in 2004 for quality rap solo performances. The Grammy Awards, an annual ceremony that was established in 1958, and originally called the Gramophone Awards, are presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". Starting in 1991,

neg: Watch the Throne "Watch the Throne" was nominated for Grammy Awards for Best Rap Album and Best Recording Package, presented at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012. It lost the award to West's "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy", which took home three of the awards for which it was nominated. The song "Otis" was nominated for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song, winning the former. "Otis" lost the latter award to West's "Twisted Fantasy" single "All of the Lights". At the 55th Grammy Awards in 2013, the album received three additional nominations, with the song "Niggas in Paris" winning awards for Best

neg: Erykah Badu Favorite Female Soul/R&B Single for "On & On", Favorite Female Soul/R&B Album for "Baduizm" and Favorite New R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist for "On & On" at the Soul Train Music Awards. In 2000, Badu received two nominations and won one, Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group at the Grammy Awards. In 2003, Badu received twelve nominations and won two, including Video of the Year for "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" at the BET Awards and Best Urban/Alternative Performance for "Love of My Life (An Ode to Hip-Hop)" at the Grammy Awards. In 2008, Badu

neg: Anomaly (Lecrae album) debuted at No. 1 on the Top Gospel Albums chart, marking the first time that any artist has ever topped both the 200 and Gospel charts. "Anomaly" won Rap/Hip Hop Album of the Year at the 2015 GMA Dove Awards, and Rap, Hip Hop Gospel CD of the Year at the 2015 Stellar Awards. Two songs earned a nomination for the 2015 Grammy Awards; "All I Need is You" was nominated for Best Rap Performance, and "Messengers", featuring For King & Country, which won Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song. Rolling Stone ranked it at No. 12 on their list "40

neg: Grammy Award records 1987 and 1992 for Best Polka Album. He also won for three runs of four consecutive years (1996–1999, 2001–2004, and 2006–2009.) He won 18 out of the 24 Best Polka Album Grammys that were awarded since that category was added in 1985. The award was discontinued in 2009. Cosby won six years in a row between 1965 and 1970 for Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album. Williams won six years in a row between 1978 and 1983 for Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. Lenny Kravitz won the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance award four years in

neg: Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance The Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance (awarded as Best Rap/Sung Collaboration until 2017) is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs on which rappers and singers collaborate. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position". According to the

neg: Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance year. General Specific Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance The Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Performance (awarded as Best Rap/Sung Collaboration until 2017) is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs on which rappers and singers collaborate. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".

neg: Macklemore & Ryan Lewis reach the peak position. Macklemore and Lewis released their debut studio album, "The Heist", on October 9, 2012, which charted at number 2 on the US "Billboard" 200. The pair won four Grammy Awards at the 2014 ceremony, including Best New Artist, Best Rap Album ("The Heist"), Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance ("Thrift Shop"). Their second album, "This Unruly Mess I've Made", was released on February 26, 2016. On June 15, 2017, Macklemore announced that the duo were on hiatus. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis met in 2006. Lewis spent a few years working on Macklemore's promotion as a

neg: R. (album) Don't Want To by Toni Braxton) Grammy Awards - 1999 Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals (nominated for "I'm Your Angel"), 2000 Best R&B Vocal Performance - Male (nominated for "When a Woman's Fed Up"), 2000 Best R&B Album (nominated) Soul Train Music Awards - 1999 Best R&B/Soul Single, Male (nominated for "Half On a Baby"), 1999 Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award (won), 1999 Best R&B/Soul Album, Male (won), 1999 Best R&B/Soul or Rap Album (won) Songs sampled in future songs: R. (album) R. is the third solo album by American recording artist R. Kelly, released as a

neg: David Chesky two Independent Music Awards, both for best Contemporary Classical Album: "String Theory" (2011) and "Rap Symphony" (2014). He has been nominated for two Grammy Awards, Best Engineered Album, Classical for "Area 31" (2005); Best Classical Contemporary Composition for Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra on the album "Urban Concertos" (2007); and one Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album, "The Body Acoustic" (2004). He won the composer's award from the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and was composer-in-residence for the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. "Central Park Dances" Spiritual Works "Joy and Sorrow" "The Brazilian Dances" "The New York Chorinhos" "The Tango

neg: Shep Crawford Duo). He also began working with Kelly Price and went on to produce multiple albums for her. That same year, Crawford was named as one of the top three producers and songwriters of the year by "Billboard". In 2001, Crawford won both the Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance for Glady Knight's album "At Last" and the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album for Yolanda Adams' album "The Experience". In 2003, Crawford won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, the Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance, and the Grammy Award for Best R&B

neg: Erykah Badu or that's not it." In 1997, Badu received six nominations and won three, Favorite Female Solo Single for "On & On", Favorite Female Solo Album for "Baduizm" and Best R&B/Soul or Rap Song of the Year for "On & On" at the Soul Train Lady of Soul Awards. In 1998, Badu received fourteen nominations and won eight, including Favorite R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist at the American Music Awards; Best Female R&B Vocal Performance for "On & On" and Best R&B Album for "Baduizm" at the Grammy Awards; Outstanding New Artist and Outstanding Female Artist at the NAACP Image Awards;

neg: Krayzie Bone Romeo Antonio The album was certified platinum by the RIAA. In 2001, Krayzie released "Thug On Da Line", which received generally positive reviews from music critics and went gold. Amazon.com went as far as labeling it one of the best albums of 2001. In 2006 Krayzie Bone was featured in the song "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire. "Ridin'" was awarded "Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. It was also nominated for Best Rap Song. It became number one in December on the Piczo Chart 3 months after its physical release. The song also topped

neg: Lemonade (Beyoncé album) nine awards at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in 2017, winning Grammy Awards for Best Urban Contemporary Album and Best Music Video. "Formation" received nominations for Record of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Music Video, while "Hold Up", "Don't Hurt Yourself", and "Freedom" were nominated in pop, rock, and rap categories, respectively. The album won a Peabody Award in the Entertainment category. The review aggregation site Metacritic lists it as the second-most critically acclaimed album of 2016 and the eighteenth-most critically acclaimed album of all time. In 2017, NPR named "Lemonade" as the sixth greatest album made

neg: Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version Grammy award at the 1996 Grammy's for Best Rap Album. "Select" gave the album a negative review of two out of five. The review found the album inferior to Method Man's album "Tical", stating that "From the extremely long and unfunny – intro skit, it's obvious ideas are spread wafer thin across the 15 tracks." "The Dirty Version" was nominated for the 1996 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album, but lost to Naughty by Nature's "Poverty's Paradise". In 1998, the album was selected as one of "The Source"'s 100 Best Rap Albums. "Rolling Stone" (4/20/95, p. 78) – 4 Stars

neg: To Pimp a Butterfly one million copies in the United States. The album was supported by five singles—"i", "The Blacker the Berry", "King Kunta", "Alright" and "These Walls". All five singles entered the US "Billboard" Hot 100. Lamar also went on the Kunta's Groove Sessions Tour, which included eight shows in eight cities, in late 2015 to early 2016. Its singles "i" (in 2015) and "Alright" (in 2016) each won a Grammy for Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance, with the latter also nominated for Song of the Year. Additionally, "These Walls" won Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. On February 28, 2014, Kendrick Lamar first

neg: Grammy Award for Best Rap Song further songwriters have won this category more than once. T.I. (a.k.a. Clifford Harris) holds the record for most nominations without a win with four. Grammy Award for Best Rap Song The Grammy Award for Best Rap Song is an honor presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality songs in the rap music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall

neg: Music of Chicago existing barriers to low power FM radio licenses in urban areas. The hip hop of Chicago, sometimes called "Chi-town" in the rap industry, includes rappers like Kanye West, Twista, Common, Chance the Rapper, Lupe Fiasco, Da Brat, Yung Berg, Chief Keef and Shawnna. Kanye West's first album was nominated for Grammy Award for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album. Lupe Fiasco's 2006 album "Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor" was a #1 selling rap album. Today, Chicago is well established within the hip hop industry. Chicago artists and impresarios have been important in the development of the Gospel

neg: Otis (song) for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance. On July 7, 2011, "Otis" was previewed along with the other songs from "Watch the Throne" by Jay-Z at a private listening session at the Mercer Hotel in New York City. A select group of reporters, music journalists, and contest winners were present at the listening session. After the listening session, it was confirmed that a song called "Otis", would appear on the album. It was reported that the song would sample soul music singer Otis Redding's version of "Try a Little Tenderness". On

neg: Black Thought Festival. "Illadelph Halflife", the band's 1996 album, became its first album to chart within the top 40 spots on the "Billboard" 200 because of the successful single "What They Do". "Things Fall Apart" followed in 1999, the year the band played at the Woodstock 99 concert. In 2000, The Roots won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "You Got Me", with guest performances by Erykah Badu and Eve. The Roots' album "Things Fall Apart" was nominated for the Best Rap Album award. For Jay-Z's acoustic concert for the television program "MTV Unplugged", The

neg: Crawling (song) Crawling (song) "Crawling" is a song by American rock band Linkin Park. It is the second single from their debut album "Hybrid Theory" and is the fifth track on the album. It was released in 2001 as their second single and won a Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance in 2002. In January 2011, "Crawling" was released in a Linkin Park DLC pack for "Rock Band 3". "Crawling" is one of the few songs on "Hybrid Theory" that does not prominently feature Mike Shinoda's rap sung lyrics. The intro to "Crawling" has been remixed in live versions over the years.

neg: Grammy Award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance Academy began to honor individual rap performances with the Best Rap Solo Performance category. In 2003, the category was split into two to recognize Female and Male Rap Solo Performances. The categories remained separated by gender until 2005 when they were combined into the genderless category originally called Best Rap Solo Performance. American artist Missy Elliott won the award for Best Female Rap Solo Performance both years it was presented. In 1991, the Academy began to honor individual rap performances with the Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance category. The category name remained unchanged until 2004 when it was

neg: Coolio numerous appearances in television and movies, mostly small roles or cameos. Coolio's 1995 song "Gangsta's Paradise" received several awards, including Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards; and Best Rap Video and Best Video from a Film at the MTV Video Music Awards. Coolio himself has received several awards, including Favorite Rap/Hip Hop Artist at the American Music Awards in 1996. At the Grammy Awards in 1997, Coolio received three nominations: Best Rap Album for "Gangsta's Paradise", Best Rap Solo Performance for "1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New)", and Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for

neg: Southern hip hop stars during this time. In 2004, OutKast won six Grammy awards for their album "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below", including Best Album, while in 2006 the members of Three 6 Mafia won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for "It's Hard Out Here For A Pimp" from "Hustle and Flow", a Hollywood film about a fictional Southern rap artist. In 2005, the Houston rap scene saw a revival in mainstream popularity, and many Houston rappers started to get nationwide and worldwide audiences such as Paul Wall, Mike Jones, Chamillionaire, Lil' Flip, Slim Thug, Z-Ro, Trae, and many members of the Screwed

neg: 49th Annual Grammy Awards Outstanding Lighting Direction (electronic, multicamera) for VMC Programming. The performance of "Roxanne" by The Police to open the show promoted the start of their reunion tour. Multiple nominees and wins (award wins/nominated) Bold type indicates the winner out of the list of nominees. Best Latin Pop Album: Best Latin Rock, Alternative Or Urban Album: Best Tropical Latin Album: Best Mexican / Mexican-American Album: Best Tejano Album: Best Norteño Album: Best Banda Album: Best Contemporary R&B Album Best Rap Solo Performance Best Rap/Sung Collaboration Best Rap Song Best Rap Album Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Best

neg: Killer Mike raised by his grandparents in the Collier Heights neighborhood of Atlanta. In 1995, Killer Mike briefly attended Atlanta's Morehouse College, where he met producers The Beat Bullies and eventually Big Boi of OutKast. His music debut was a feature appearance on OutKast's "Snappin' & Trappin'" from the 2000 album "Stankonia", followed by their 2001 single "The Whole World", which won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group. He was featured on several other tracks that year, including "Poppin' Tags" from Jay-Z's "The Blueprint 2". Killer Mike released his debut album, "Monster", in 2003 while

neg: Stankonia contemporary hip-hop values with a timeless Southern soul, while pushing the envelope damn near off the table." "Mojo" called it "hip hop with the power to convert even the most reactionary nonbelievers." "Stankonia" has received many accolades and appeared on many magazines' "best of" lists; in his book "Dirty South", author Ben Westhoff noted that the album appeared on "every critical best-list worth mentioning." At the 2002 Grammy Awards, OutKast won Best Rap Album for "Stankonia" and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Ms. Jackson". Despite OutKast's being expected favorites, The Recording Academy instead chose the 2000

neg: Life After Death picks up where the last song, "Suicidal Thoughts", ends. The album was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 1998 including Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance for its first single "Hypnotize", and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for its second single "Mo Money Mo Problems". In 2003, the album was ranked number 476 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Two and a half years before the album's release, The Notorious B.I.G. who had married Faith Evans, became East Coast's icon in the East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry and

neg: Nothing Was the Same where he is Kanye West's neighbor. He told "GQ", "This is my fucking moment to say if I wanted to rap all the time, really rap, I would, but I also love to make music. I'll do this for you right now. But it's for me, too. It's my story…I'm trying to get back to that kid in the basement. To say what he has to say. And I'm trying to make it last." On February 10, 2013, the same night Drake won a Grammy for Best Rap Album at the 55th Grammy Awards, he announced the title of his

neg: Parents Just Don't Understand in a music video he made with Smith's future wife Jada Pinkett. Shakur and Pinkett had been attending the Baltimore School for the Arts. The song was covered by Amy Poehler in the second season premiere of Parks and Recreation. Former pop/hip hop/pop rap group T-Squad covered the song on their only album "T-Squad". Parents Just Don't Understand "Parents Just Don't Understand" is the second single from DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince's second studio album, "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper". The song won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance at the 1989 Grammy Awards, one of

neg: Sam Barsh on the Billboard Hot 100, and was certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over 2.5 million copies in the US. Barsh played keyboards on the 2014 Kendrick Lamar song "i", which received the award for Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 2015 Grammy Awards. He composed and played keyboards on the song Institutionalized on Lamar's Grammy-winning 2015 album "To Pimp a Butterfly". In 2016, Barsh co-wrote and played on the songs "Heart Don't Stand a Chance" and "Your Prime" for Anderson .Paak's Grammy-nominated breakthrough album "Malibu", and co-wrote "Man Down" for BJ the Chicago Kid's Grammy-nominated album