Official 2024 Hip Hop Grammys Thread

[Piff Perkins]

@Piff Perkins have you spoken to any of your Grammy friends about how the voting may sway this year?

I haven't heard anything about the rap categories and will have to tap in for that. But just in convos with these people the impression I get about the big awards is that Olivia Rodrigo, John Batiste, and Taylor Swift are gonna be fiercely battling it out. The voters I know are musicians so they love Batiste, which probably results in biased opinions; they don't fukk with 90% of pop music and think Rodrigo is a joke lol. Flip side the industry people I know love her and think she's gonna win the major awards.

For producer of the year I've heard people say Jack Antonoff and Hit Boy are favorites. Super valuable dudes in terms of being able to walk into any situation and just get it done without major costs for labels.

 

[Ziggiy]

I haven't heard anything about the rap categories and will have to tap in for that. But just in convos with these people the impression I get about the big awards is that Olivia Rodrigo, John Batiste, and Taylor Swift are gonna be fiercely battling it out. The voters I know are musicians so they love Batiste, which probably results in biased opinions; they don't fukk with 90% of pop music and think Rodrigo is a joke lol. Flip side the industry people I know love her and think she's gonna win the major awards.

For producer of the year I've heard people say Jack Antonoff and Hit Boy are favorites. Super valuable dudes in terms of being able to walk into any situation and just get it done without major costs for labels.

Pleasantly surprised to hear Hit-Boy is in the mix for Producer Of The Year as I thought it would be Jack Antonoff in a ROUT or perhaps Metro Boomin. I’m rooting for Hit-Boy against all odds.

Not surprised about the General Categories as Batiste won just two years ago and Rodrigo and of course Taylor are superstars and the Grammys won’t miss out on an opportunity to crown Taylor the biggest and best thing since sliced bread.

 

[Piff Perkins]

Pleasantly surprised to hear Hit-Boy is in the mix for Producer Of The Year as I thought it would be Jack Antonoff in a ROUT or perhaps Metro Boomin. I’m rooting for Hit-Boy against all odds.

Not surprised about the General Categories as Batiste won just two years ago and Rodrigo and of course Taylor are superstars and the Grammys won’t miss out on an opportunity to crown Taylor the biggest and best thing since sliced bread.

Funny thing about Swift is that while she certainly wins a lot of awards, I don't get the impression a lot of industry people like her. Not even due to the power she wields, but just how detached she is from so much industry shyt. She reminds me a lot of Drake in the sense of having a very insulated camp of musicians and producers she works with, doesn't really work with big industry names, is no longer doing favors for powerful people, etc. And those industry types hate that shyt lol. It's so rare to get to that MJ or Prince level of just not giving a fukk what such and such thinks or who so and so wants you to work with on your new album.

Flip side Rodrigo is still very young and does everything she's told lol.

 

[Ziggiy]

 

[ItWasWritten]

Thread should be renamed “Nas is nominated”

 

[kes929]

Man it would be dope if Nas got the Grammy for KD3 and he got to do a speech representing hip hop 50.

 

[Ziggiy]

Man it would be dope if Nas got the Grammy for KD3 and he got to do a speech representing hip hop 50.

I wonder if Nas is showing up this year. He usually attends but for whatever reason he didn’t when he won for KD1 but he performed the year he was nominated for KD2 so I guess we’ll see.

Nas deserves to win and give a speech. I hope their televising Best Rap Album this year, usually they only televise when a bigger selling artist wins and when one doesn’t they relegate it to the pre-show and televise whichever rap award a top selling artist wins.

Since its the 50th celebration of Hip Hop they’d do well to televise at least two rap categories but that would be TOO MUCH like right for the Grammys

 

[tremonthustler1]

I wonder if Nas is showing up this year. He usually attends but for whatever reason he didn’t when he won for KD1 but he performed the year he was nominated for KD2 so I guess we’ll see.

Nas deserves to win and give a speech. I hope their televising Best Rap Album this year, usually they only televise when a bigger selling artist wins and when one doesn’t they relegate it to the pre-show and televise whichever rap award a top selling artist wins.

Since its the 50th celebration of Hip Hop they’d do well to televise at least two rap categories but that would be TOO MUCH like right for the Grammys

That passed already

and CBS is gonna do what they always do: get one from each field and then the big 4. Everything else is about the performances.

 

[Ziggiy]

Rolling Stone says that Lil Uzi Vert deserves to win Best Rap Song but Killer Mike WILL win

Grammy Winner Predictions for Best Rap Song
NAPA, CALIFORNIA - MAY 26: Killer Mike performs during the 2023 BottleRock Napa Valley festival at Napa Valley Expo on May 26, 2023 in Napa, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images)
TIM MOSENFELDER/GETTY IMAGES
The Nominees
Doja Cat – “Attention”
Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice featuring Aqua – “Barbie World”
Lil Uzi Vert – “Just Wanna Rock”
Drake and 21 Savage – “Rich Flex”
Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future, Eryn Allen Kane – “Scientists & Engineers”

The Lowdown
From Doja Cat’s formidable single “Attention,” and Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice’s cross-generational linkup on the Barbie soundtrack, and Killer Mike’s political and existential missive “Scientist & Engineers,” the Best Rap Song category was a mixed bag. The Grammys are certainly making strides in celebrating the contributions of women to the genre, and the inclusion of Lil Uzi Vert’s viral hit “Just Wanna Rock” is a sign of Grammy voters catching up to more youthful trends.

Who Should Win
Lil Uzi Vert, “Just Wanna Rock”
It was hard to escape the jubilant allure of Lil Uzi Vert’s “Just Wanna Rock” last year. The Jersey club-infused hit was an unofficial Super Bowl anthem and managed to infect the whole of pop culture with a new sonic sensibility. It’s a rare example of a track with the power to reconfigure audiences’ tastes.

Who Will Win
Killer Mike featuring André 3000, Future, Eryn Allen Kane, “Scientists & Engineers”
Killer Mike’s Michael checks all of the boxes for critical acclaim and “Scientists & Engineers” is suffused with the kind of biting social commentary he’s become known for, all interwoven in an intricately told narrative made all the more ethereal by the presence of rap’s foremost poet, André 3000. The song is one of those technically impressive and politically urgent singles that Grammy voters are sure to embrace.

2024 Grammy Predictions: Who Will Win the Big Awards?

Our 2024 Grammy predictions, including who will win Best New Artist and Best Album.

www.rollingstone.com

 

[Ziggiy]

Paste Magazine says picks The Hillbillies for Best Rap Performance but says Black Thought DESERVES to win


Best Rap Performance
Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar: “The Hillbillies”
Black Thought: “Love Letter”
Coi Leray: “Players”
Drake & 21 Savage: “Rich Flex”
Killer Mike ft. André 3000, Future, and Eryn Allen Kane: “Scientists & Engineers”

Will Win: Baby Keem ft. Kendrick Lamar, “The Hillbillies”
The Paste Pick: Black Thought, “Love Letter”

If “The Hillbillies” wins, that’s more than fine. But, it would be cool to see Black Thought get the victory here.

2024 Grammy Awards Predictions: Who Will and Who Should Win

SZA leads the field with 9 nominations, but will she take home more brass than anyone else? Here are Paste's 2024 Grammy Awards predictions.

www.pastemagazine.com

 

[Ziggiy]

Unless they make a last minute change then all of the rap categories will be part of the Premiere ceremony.

They’ll probably move Best Melodic Rap Performance to the main category since that category has the most mainstream artists.

 

[zayk35]

Did they invite Willie Dennis???

 

[Tetris v2.0]

Taylor and SZA are cleaning up. Jack Antonoff will get the Producer award

Rap nominees are a complete mess. Maybe Doja will get some. Kendrick will win whatever he's nominated for.

The album I have no clue. Obviously I'd want it to be Nas but I have doubts. I doubt it's Drake/21. Travis shyt came and went I don't care how many little white kids played it, it flopped culturally. Metro ain't winning that

They might give it to Killer Mike on some political shyt, which I don't even mind.

 

[Ziggiy]

Taylor and SZA are cleaning up. Jack Antonoff will get the Producer award

Rap nominees are a complete mess. Maybe Doja will get some. The album I have no clue. Obviously I'd want it to be Nas but I have doubts. I doubt it's Drake/21. Travis shyt came and went I don't care how many little white kids played it, it flopped culturally. Metro ain't winning that

They might give it to Killer Mike on some political shyt, which I don't even mind.

If Doja Cat wins a fukking rap Grammy after putting out songs mocking the killing of black men by police then Hip Hop is truly DEAD

 

[Tetris v2.0]

If Doja Cat wins a fukking rap Grammy after putting out songs mocking the killing of black men by police then Hip Hop is truly DEAD

It's the Grammys lol when have they ever got it right